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Deliverance (1972)

Horror Queers

Horror Queers

Film Reviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Prep your canoes and don't anger the locals because we're discussing John Boorman's (in)famous 1972 thriller Deliverance and all the baggage that comes with it. Join us as we take a look at a film whose reputation precedes it, from its male rape scene to its portrayal of rural mountain folk. There's plenty to unpack here! Plus: Burt Reynolds' lamb bone, squealing pigs, raping landscapes, and the poignancy of watching a grown man weep. Reference: Isabel Machado. “Revisiting Deliverance: The Sunbelt South, the 1970s Masculinity Crisis, and The Emergence of the Redneck Nightmare Genre.” Center for the Study of Southern Culture Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on ⁠BlueSky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Youtube⁠, ⁠Letterboxd⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, or join the ⁠Facebook Group⁠ or the ⁠Horror Queers Discord⁠ to get in touch with other listeners. > Trace: ⁠⁠@tracedthurman⁠⁠ (Bluesky)⁠ / ⁠⁠@tracedthurman⁠⁠ (Instagram) > Joe: ⁠@joelipsett⁠ (BlueSky) / ⁠@bstolemyremote⁠ (Instagram)  Be sure to support the boys on ⁠Patreon⁠!   Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You have to control yourself.

0:10.0

You have to control yourself. And welcome back to horror queers.

0:26.5

We're talking any hillbillies up there.

0:29.4

We're talking rural horror.

0:31.9

And we're talking dueling banjos.

0:35.0

And I'm Joe.

0:36.1

And I'm Trace.

0:37.1

And we're talking, we're going to rape this whole goddamn landscape.

0:40.4

We're going to rape it.

0:41.4

Oh, my God. So that actually was my line. And then I was like, I can't open with that.

0:47.3

I know. So you didn't open with that. I open with that.

0:51.0

Of course. That line is kind of like very thematically, it's not,

0:54.6

y'all, okay. Yeah, it's double thematically relevant, but also there are so many references

1:00.7

to like ass and rape and like gay shit in this movie. I was surprised for a 1972 film. Very much so.

1:10.0

I think I can understand why it has such notoriety.

1:12.3

But yes, everyone, we are discussing John Borman's deliverance.

1:16.2

A film that, well, content warnings.

1:20.2

Yes, definitely a content warning for sexual assault.

1:24.5

And I mean, that's it, right?

1:26.8

Like, the scene is definitely there. It's more tasteful than I

1:31.3

remember. I don't think it's good. I think it's actually quite in your face. I mean, it's in

1:36.1

this actor's face. But, like, I remember this dominating every conversation, every offhand remark

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