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The Hello, Sidney Podcast

Episode 132: Donnie Darko (2001)

The Hello, Sidney Podcast

Sidney

Tv & Film

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sidney breaks down a movie that delves into time travel, Donnie Darko (2001), and deep dives into all the hidden meaning.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello? Hello, Sydney. What is up, you spooky bitches? We are back with another episode of the Hello Sydney podcast here, a podcast for horror lovers where we discuss any and all things horror. And it me your girl sydney happy wednesday happy october

0:23.8

happy donnie darko day i think this is going to be a doozy of an episode guys i i i love this movie so much

0:32.6

and i've been watching it for such a giant chunk of my life and I have done so much research on this film.

0:40.1

I feel like I was born to do this. I was meant to be exactly here and that actually has to go

0:45.8

along with the movie. Not to just jump right in or anything, but I am really excited to talk about

0:50.3

this movie today. But before we get into that, let's see. What have I watched this week?

1:01.4

I actually have had a really busy week because I saw Rob Zombie on Thursday. I saw a 20th anniversary edition of, it's not an edition. It's the same exact version that it always is, but they were doing a

1:06.2

20th anniversary screening of the Devil's Rejects at this tiny little theater in Connecticut,

1:11.3

the Bantam Theater. And Sherry Moon Zombie and Rob Zombie were there. And they were like literally

1:17.3

three feet away from me. Sherry Moon Zombie is a flawless, beautiful, beautiful woman. And I always

1:24.1

knew this. And I said, I'm pretty sure I, because I've covered House of a Thousand corpses, Devils Rejects, 3 from Hell. And I probably said in that episode that I would follow Baby Firefly into the depths of hell. And that is still absolutely true. And what I tell you, this woman has not aged. Like, she still looks exactly the same. Her skin is flawless and beautiful. and the strange thing about her is that like baby is such a menacing, threatening character,

1:46.7

but Sherry Moon Zombie, skin is flawless and beautiful. And the strange thing about her is that like baby is such a menacing,

1:45.8

threatening character. But Sherry Moon Zombie has like just the most calming aura about her. Like she is just

1:52.2

so motherly and just calming and she has this beautiful soft voice. Oh my God, I love her so much.

1:58.1

It was so cool. They came in and they did a Q&A for like an hour after

2:01.8

the movie was done. So that was super fucking cool. And then I had a couple friends staying with me after

2:06.3

that and I took them to Salem this weekend. So they got to experience their first Salem in October,

2:11.3

which was on a Saturday. So as you can imagine, was hectic as fuck. So but we went there because

2:17.3

there was a screening of this movie called Dream Eater,

2:20.5

which is coming out at the end of this month.

2:22.1

And this is a found footage movie, independent horror movie.

2:24.9

And my friend Chuck, your movie guy, kind of like blew it up on the internet.

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