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Irish director Damian McCarthy’s first two films, Caveat and Oddity, have popped up in side discussions and recommendations before around here, but we’ve never devoted a full episode to one of his films and it seems like it’s about time. Hokum is his most sophisticated film yet, and Jessi and Jen each had slightly different experiences with it—but there’s a lot here to like and discuss.

Sometimes even we want a break from the unrelenting horrors. We decided to mix it up just a bit and have some fun with the slapstick supernatural noir/horror comedy that is 1992’s Death Becomes Her. Don’t worry, it’s still got plenty of darkness to dissect. But it also has a bunch of amazing women we love to watch and also a herd of manservants, so that’s nice.

We found the ideal “quiet little horror as giallo”—1976’s The House with Laughing Windows. We discuss weird Italian towns, brightly-lit attics, and this film’s overlap with folk horror. Also: what’s in that bag?

We go on an existential romp through loneliness, isolation, and serial killings, with a dash of bizarre sailor-themed nightclub musical. 1970’s The Strangler is a French giallo of deep weirdness and opportunity for discussion—which is what we do around here, so this one is a good one.

Since we got on the topic of demonically possessed faux documentary, what else could we do next but talk about Ghostwatch and its timeless capacity for inspiring abject horror and lasting mental trauma. Have fun!

It’s summer for us at Quiet Little Horrors, so it’s the perfect season to picnic, loll dreamily on the lawn, and disappear into an ancient, mysterious rock formation, never to be seen by humans again. We get metaphorical with our coming-of-age theme while discussing 1975’s Picnic at Hanging Rock.