The Old Dark House (1932) feat. Kate Graham

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4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Pack your umbrella because we're braving bucketfuls of rain in the Welsh countryside as we make our way to James Whale's 1932 film The Old Dark House! Joining us for a threesome is Kate Graham, the co-host of the Stop! Horror Time! podcast. Join us as we enter the House Femm and meet all of its kooky queer characters and sit down for a lovely dinner of roast beef and potatoes. Enjoy it while it lasts, though, because it won't be long before the mute butler Morgan (Boris Karloff) breaks into the liquor cabinet, and that's never a fun time! We'll discuss Whale's important place in the annals of queer horror, laugh at his spoofing of heterosexuality (a marriage proposal within 12 hours of meeting? C'mon!) and play 'I Spy' with all of the secret queer aspects Whale had to sneak into the film. Plus, Joe lauds the film's secret third-act villain who is also a pyromaniac (or...flaming?), Trace makes an attempt to scat and Kate educates us all on the reasoning behind the gender-bending patriarch of the Femm family. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners. > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote > Kate: @dykemadden Support the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise! Check out the NEW online articles on Bloody Disgusting Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.0	We're talking couples seeking refuge from a storm in a dark house full of sexually deviant, possibly homicidal queer people, but we're not talking
1:12.4	about the Rocky Horror Picture Show. And I'm Joe. And I'm Trace. And we're talking forcing a bunch of
1:19.2	women back into the closet. So much closets in this movie. So many closets in this movie.
1:25.6	We are talking James Wales 1932 classic film,
1:30.0	The Old Dark House, and I just do want to clarify James Wales 1932 film. We are not talking
1:36.2	the William Castle remake from 1963, although I do want to see it now, having seen this original
1:41.7	film. Apparently, it's more comedic and therefore not as good.
1:46.4	Yeah, I kind of look through the plot summary. It's a bit different and it was not well received
1:52.2	upon its release, but I'm not going to lie. I could watch something that kind of leans heavier into
1:58.1	like the schlock factor, you know? We already have this really
2:01.0	quote unquote classy version from 32, so why not give us something that's William Castlely?
2:07.5	Well, I mean, that's what William Castle did, right? He schlocked things up and he gave them gimmicks.
2:13.2	That's true. So I think, correct me if I'm wrong, is this the oldest film we have covered
2:17.6	on the podcast? By far. Yes, we have not covered a film earlier than the 70s before now.
2:23.8	Oh, man, we are failures. But that's okay. It's part of the reason why we're doing this,
2:29.0	because we had a couple of people who asked us specifically to try to cover a few older films.
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