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Diabolique (1955) feat. Girl, That's Scary!

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Horror Queers

Lgbt, Gay Horror, Queer Horror, Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Queer, Lgbt Horror, Film History, Gay

4.7932 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Take out your enormous contact lenses because we're discussing Henri-Georges Clouzot's seminal 1955 chiller Diabolique! Joining us for the conversation are Jazz & Kat of the Girl, That's Scary! podcast! Join us as we laud this horror film/revenge drama/ghost story/queer-ish love story and praise one of its co-leads (the wonderful Simone Signoret), while we question the acting abilities of "Heart Attack Girl," aka Mrs. Véra Clouzot (in a role given to her by her husband: the film's writer/director). Throughout the episode, we'll compare Christina to Julie James, plan a movie night with Diabolique, Bound, Wild Things and Thelma & Louise and (of course) talk about that incredible twist ending. Plus: neematoads, child-slapping, gaslighting, ghost suits and a 1996 remake with Sharon Stone (spoiler alert: it's pretty good!)! References: Asibong, Andrew. “Nouveau Désordre : Diabolical Queerness in 1950s French Cinema” in Queer 1950s : Rethinking Sexuality in the Postwar Years : Rethinking Sexuality in the Postwar Years (2012) Hayward, Susan. Les Diaboliques (2005) Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote > Girl, That's Scary!: @GirlThatsScary Support the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:15.8

Beware.

1:33.2

You're obsessed with her and you're obsessed with her daughter!

1:34.4

All right, easy here, although.

2:03.6

And welcome back to horror queers. We're talking dirty pools. We're talking the return to the repressed. And we're talking a bathroom sequence so killer. It made Hitchcock jealous. And I'm Joe. And I'm Trace. And we're talking the most uncomfortable looking pair of contacts I have ever seen in my entire life.

2:06.2

Oh my gosh. Are those things like an inch thick?

2:12.0

I mean, I know that they used to have hard contacts, but I think like, I think in the 80s they were like really small.

2:15.6

But I guess in the 50s, they just covered your entire eyeball.

2:18.2

Can you imagine having to wear those for more than a second?

2:27.4

Fuck, no. Everyone, we are talking Diabolique or lay Diabolique or the devils or the fiends or that's it.

2:28.1

I think that's it.

2:29.1

I think that's it.

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