Incident in a Ghostland (2018) feat. Xero Gravity

Horror Queers

Film Reviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

This week we're covering our second Pascal Laugier film, 2018's Incident in a Ghostland. C/W: misogyny, transphobia. Along for the ride is Blerdy Massacre co-host Xero Gravity, who joins us in getting increasingly aggravated with the Martyrs director the more we learn what he thinks he's doing with this film, which includes a lot of teen female abuse, a caricature trans woman villain and unabashed love for HP Lovecraft?! We're more forgiving of the twist, as well as the performances of Emilia Jones and Taylor Hickson (whose disfigurement on the film's set is another controversy Trace unpacks). Plus: TCM-meets-giallo production design, a sly police subversion, a groan-worthy typewriter and dolls everywhere. Reference: Robin Ono. “Horror and Transcendence: An Interview with Pascal Laugier” Rue Morgue Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd, Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote > Xero: @idkgravity / @blerdymassacre Be sure to support the boys on Patreon! Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. We had a little disturbance on Zero's audio in this episode as she competed with the soundtrack from an NFT party.
0:09.0	We did our best to clean it up, but you'll still hear it as the episode progresses.
0:13.2	And the bottom line is that Zero is a great guest and NFTs suck. Enjoy the show.
0:23.6	Good morning, afternoon or evening,
0:27.0	and welcome to the bloody disgusting network.
0:31.0	The following show is just horrifying.
0:36.2	Beware.
0:36.9	Beware. Sheriff, you're not cheating on your wife if you eat my lemon square.
0:53.3	Your lemon squares taste like ass.
0:59.7	And welcome back to horror queers.
1:06.2	We're talking Chekhov's jump scare doll.
1:09.5	We're talking misogyny and transphobia.
1:12.7	And we're talking Rob Zombie's House.
1:16.0	And I'm Joe.
1:17.1	And I'm Trace.
1:18.2	And we are talking one cuckoo bananas twist in the middle of this movie.
1:23.7	Ah, is it that cuckoo banana?
1:25.9	No.
1:26.3	No, it's not.
1:27.4	No, but I will admit that it did get me on a first
1:30.5	viewing even though right when you rewatch it it is telegraphed very far in advance it is
1:35.5	but for that reason i almost appreciate it because it doesn't feel like the film is waiting until
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