Four Favorites with Rebekah McKendry: absurd horror, Hedwig, Suspiria, The ’Burbs

Four Favorites with Rebekah McKendry: absurd horror, Hedwig, Suspiria, The ’Burbs

Never tumble-dry a bra! Film professor, director, Colors of the Dark podcaster and absurdist horror-comedy fan Rebekah McKendry joins hosts Slim and Gemma to gleefully dig into her four Letterboxd favs: Hedwig and the Angry Inch; The ’Burbs; Suspiria and Survive Style 5+. Plus: the download on Glorious, her new “classy glory-hole movie” for Shudder, starring Ryan Kwanten and JK Simmons.

Also: soap-opera amnesia, rewatching Old, the perfect horror rating, terrible neighbors, why Letterboxd’s Suspiria reviews are the best reviews, our thirst for Jessica Harper, important choreography chat, how to make a $50K movie, how to get JK Simmons in your film, how to get your glory hole the right size, why Rebekah always shows Hedwig to all her film students, and why you haven’t truly lived until you have seen Survive Style 5+.

Lists and links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; Rebekah and David Ian McKendry’s 25 favorite absurdist cult and horror films; Maggots in Movies by Gemma; Luiz Brayner’s films about lgbt people but where the main plot isn’t about them being lgbt; Jim Cummings Four Faves Episode; Patti Bellatoni’s book “If it’s purple, someone’s gonna die”; watch Survive Style 5+ on YouTube; Shudder’s Letterboxd HQ.

Reviews:
The ’Burbs by theriverjordan; Suspiria by iana; andrea; #1 gizmo fan; christie; Hedwig and the Angry Inch by Liz Purchell; Survive Style 5+ by Foggy; No.1 Spy Kids Fan

Credits:
This episode was recorded in Auckland, Los Angeles and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Brian Formo. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker.

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