It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.

Do you believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?

We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.

Welcome back to the next picture show, a movie the week podcast devoted to a classic film in the way it shaped our thoughts on a recent release.

I'm Scott Tobias here again with...

Genevieve Kosci.

And...

Tasha Robinson is currently at South by Southwest, but she'll be hosting our next pairing.

On the first half of this episode, we discussed H.G. Cluzzo's 195 film Diabolique, a psychological

thriller about two women who conspired to murder a terrible man whose husband to one and

lover to another. In this episode, we'll bring in Thurrow Breds, a stylish and naughty black

comedy about friendship and murder from Corey Finley, a 28-year-old making his debut as

writer-director. Like Diabolique, Thoroughbreds develops around a plot between two women, teenagers

in this case, who enter into a pact to murder a purely malevolent man. Set in suburban

Connecticut, the film stars Olivia Cook and Anya Taylor Joy as Amanda and Lily, respectively, former childhood

best friends who become reacquainted after a long period of estrangement. In fact, when they meet up again

in Lily's mansion for a hanging out and tutoring session, it's revealed that Amanda's mother is paying

Lily $200 an hour to socialize with her. Amanda more or less declares herself to be a sociopath, incapable of

feelings beyond hunger and tiredness, but Lily nonetheless takes a genuine interest in her and has some

antisocial instincts of her own. Lily hates her emotionally abusive stepfather Mark, played by

Paul Sparks, the type of guy who hunts big game and obsesses over his physique, which he hones

over countless hours on the rowing machine. Amanda floats the idea of killing him, but Lily doesn't

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