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The Poseidon Adventure (1972) feat. Stacie Ponder

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Queer Horror, Gay Horror, Lgbt Horror, Film Reviews, Queer, Tv & Film, Gay, Film History, Lgbt

4.7931 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Summary

Climb that metallic Christmas tree and follow that renegade reverend because we're going to Hell (upside down!) in Irwin Allen's production of Ronald Neame's The Poseidon Adventure (1972)! Tagging in for the conversation is horror blogger and Final Girl After Dark podcast host Stacie Ponder.

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0:00.0

I hate to say it, but his parents have been feeling unwell as of late, and I'm staying with them to help take care of Alex.

0:16.8

Oh, that's serious?

0:19.1

Oh, no, no, it's not serious, nothing terminal.

0:21.3

It's just a touch of consumption.

0:30.0

And welcome back to Horaqueers.

0:32.7

We're talking their suppositories, Mr. Rogo, not pills.

0:36.7

You don't, um, you don't swallow them. We're talking,

0:40.8

you ought to watch your language preacher. You sound like you come from the slum. And we're talking,

0:46.4

a semi-positive depiction of sex work in a 70s film? And I'm Joe. And I'm Trace, and we're talking

0:53.8

in the water. I'm a very skinny I'm Trace, and we're talking in the water.

0:54.8

I'm a very skinny lady.

0:57.0

Let the record show.

0:58.3

I left that for you.

0:59.8

It was always going to be my thing.

1:01.6

Always.

1:02.8

Everyone, we are discussing the 1970s disaster film, the Poseidon adventure.

1:08.1

A personal favorite of mine, Joe, I believe a first time watch for you.

1:13.3

It was indeed, yeah.

1:14.5

So, folks, we programmed this to coincide with our audio commentary on Poseidon, the 2006 remake, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week.

1:24.2

And it seemed like a really good excuse to talk about the better of the two films.

1:28.6

And, you know, some people may quibble and be like, well, is this really a horror film?

1:32.9

I consider disaster movies, essentially, like, slasher films. But, um, yes.

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