Episode 652: A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Summary

Jessica Shires joins Mike White and Heather Drain to discuss her Patreon request: Jess Franco’s 1973 film A Virgin Among the Living Dead. It’s the story of Christina ("Christina von Blanc"), a young woman who is summoned to her family’s mansion after the suicide of her father. There we meet her odd family. The film plays out somewhere between a dream and a nightmare following its own pace and logic.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Shut it off.
0:25.5	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off.
0:31.5	Hey, Andrew! The
0:40.3	The Oh, Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh! Woo! Oh! ... The
1:47.0	The I'm The
2:20.3	The Welcome to the projection booth. I'm your host, Mike White. Join me once again is Ms. Heather Drain.
2:46.7	Hello, hello. Also joining us is Ms. Jessica Shires.
2:51.0	Hello.
2:52.0	On this episode, we are looking at Jess Franco's 1973 film, A Virgin Among the Living Dead.
2:59.3	It's the story of Christina, played by Christina von Blanc, though that's not really her real name,
3:04.8	a young woman who is summoned to her family's mansion after the
3:08.0	suicide of her father. There we meet her very odd family. The film plays out somewhere
3:14.5	between a dream and a nightmare following its own pace and logic. And this episode is a request
3:20.3	from our Patreon donor, Jessica. So Jessica, why this one? I picked this one mostly because
3:27.3	a huge fan of the show. I've been listening to it. I started listening to it during the pandemic,
3:32.1	and it got me through quite a lot of time. So I listened to a lot of episodes going back pretty
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