About this episode
Happy Valentine’s Day! And Happy One Year Anniversary to Bloodhaus! Today the ghouls discuss a “romantic” horror film, 2008’s Swedish vampire phenomenon, Let the Right One In . In particular, Drusilla has a lot to say about the gender rep in the film from a trans perspective. From wiki: “ Let the Right One In ( Swedish : Låt den rätte komma in ) is a 2008 Swedish romantic horror film directed by Tomas Alfredson , based on the 2004 novel of the same title by John Ajvide Lindqvist , who also wrote the screenplay. The film tells the story of a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a friendship with a strange child in Blackeberg , a suburb of Stockholm , in the early 1980s.” Also mentioned: Arrebato, Personal Shopper, The Tenant, Messiah of Evil, Lips of Blood, Derek Jarman, Wittgenstein, Jubilee, Little Nell, I Wanna Be a Beauty Queen, Pedro Almodóvar, Andy Warhol, Divine, New Beverly, Badlands, Straw Dogs, Bob Fosse’s Lenny, Sid & Nancy, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nekromantik, Happiness, Knock at the Cabin, Paul Tremblay, the M Night Shyamalan oeuvre, Jean Rollin, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Hunger, Juliet Landau, Legend of Hell House, Robyn, Sleepwalkers, Mick Garris, the indie sleaze era, Beth Ditto of The Gossip, Twilight, Infinity Pool, My Bloody Valentine (1981) NEXT WEEK: Targets (1968) Website: http://www.bloodhauspod.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BloodhausPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/ Email: bloodhauspod@gmail.com Drusilla's art: https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/ Drusilla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hydesister/ Drusilla's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/drew_phillips/ Joshua's website: https://www.joshuaconkel.com/ Joshua's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshuaConkel Joshua's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/ Joshua's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/joshuaconkel