“Junasty” Week 3: The Evil Dead (1981)! Plus, Carrie Courogen!
Dear Movies, I Love You
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🗓️ 16 June 2026
⏱️ 116 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s demonic episode of Dear Movies, I Love You, Millie and Casey celebrate week number three of “Junasty,” an entire month dedicated to the Video Nasties, by discussing one of the most famous Video Nasties, THE EVIL DEAD (1981). Plus, the writer Carrie Courogen (author of ‘Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius’) joins our hosts for another installment of “My Area of Expertise” to discuss the microgenre, “I'm always mad at my one sister."
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| 0:00.0 | This is exactly right. |
| 0:05.9 | Did you grow up TV traumatized by movies like The Brave Little Toaster or shows like |
| 0:11.3 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? |
| 0:12.7 | Turns out you're not alone. |
| 0:14.4 | Grab your flashlights and join Kalin and Christian, hosts of That's Pretty Dark, an 80s and 90s |
| 0:19.9 | nostalgia podcast. Together, they explore the history, Dark, an 80s and 90s nostalgia podcast. |
| 0:21.3 | Together, they explore the history, folklore, and pop culture behind the emotionally complex |
| 0:26.2 | entertainment that shaped a generation and the psychology behind why we all keep going back |
| 0:31.3 | for more. |
| 0:31.8 | So if you've ever wondered what inspired the most memorable shows, films, and stories from |
| 0:36.5 | your childhood. |
| 0:41.3 | Chances are, they're in the queue, or available right now on That's Pretty Dark. |
| 0:45.5 | Join them between your therapy sessions wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:47.0 | Hey, Casey, what's up? |
| 0:49.8 | Millie, not much. |
| 0:52.4 | We have some business to discuss. |
| 0:59.1 | Important pressing news items. Oh, yeah. We need to discuss important pressing news items we need to discuss we do so um what would you like to talk about first well you sent me this news item like we need to talk about this on |
| 1:03.8 | the show or you posted about it on instagram actually yeah something like i had written down |
| 1:08.6 | separately we need to talk about this. |
| 1:11.0 | And it is the fact that the filmmaker Paul Schrader, number one, had an AI girlfriend. |
| 1:19.8 | And number two, was dumped by the AI girlfriend. |
| 1:24.7 | Yeah. |
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