Joy Ride (2001)

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4.7 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 104 minutes

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We're cruising into October with our trusty CB radio in hand for a rewatch of John Dahl's Joy Ride (2001). The film features a pretty iconic scene of stars Paul Walker and Steve Zahn walking naked into a diner, but that’s not the only queer aspect of this highway horror film. Using Eric Langberg’s Gayly Dreadful piece, we consider how the film is in conversation with the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard and how that opens up readings of hate crimes, gay panic and repressed sexuality in the film’s villain Rusty Nail (Ted Levine). Plus: Trace’s hatred of pranks, fears of doxxing, the film's MANY endings, misusing Leelee Sobieski, and coming to grips with the fact that Fuller is actually an asshole. References: Eric Langberg. Outside Of Laramie: Joy Ride (2001) As Gay Panic Horror. Gayly Dreadful Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote Be sure to support the boys on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:36.0	and welcome to the bloody Disgusting Network.
0:40.5	The following show is just horrifying.
0:45.6	Beware.
0:48.2	Music You're obsessed with her and you're obsessed with her daughter!
1:03.0	All right, easy, Geraldo.
1:09.0	And welcome back to horror queers.
1:14.9	We're talking black sheep and mama's boy.
1:17.7	We're talking former it girl Lili Sobieski.
1:21.5	And we're talking Reds and D Focus.
1:25.4	And I'm Joe.
1:26.9	And I'm Trace and we're talking candy cane
1:30.7	Candy cane I'm glad you got that out of the way early because I feel like it's
1:37.2	compulsory if you're going to talk about this movie you got to do a Ted Levine impersonation
1:41.2	you know I was gonna I was gonna go we're talking two beautiful butts but you didn't do candy cane, so I was like, okay, I guess I'm going to do it. So we're getting
1:48.2	candy can and two beautiful butts, y'all, because we are talking joy ride, the 2001 road trip
1:54.4	suspense thriller movie thing. Yes, it is all of those things, especially the thing. Especially the thing.
2:01.2	Yeah, it is that.
2:02.7	Yeah, it's the 20th anniversary of the film this week.
2:05.9	So we thought, well, shit, we've only talked about one Paul Walker movie this year.
2:10.1	So let's bring him back for a second.
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