Ep. 57: Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) - Evil Flowers

Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 9 a.m.

b'How could something so beautiful be so evil? That\'s what we\'d like to know! Here\'s our episode about the cult classic directed by John Hancock! Topics of discussion include: lesbianism in the 1970s, Baudelaire\'s poem entitled The Flowers of Evil, the image of death, and Godlike husbands.\\n---\\nThanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com\\n\\nListen to our episode about Dracula\'s Daughter (1936): https://soundcloud.com/goodmourningnancy/ep-53-draculas-daughter-1936-lesbian-power\\n\\n---\\n\\nResources:\\n\\nLet\'s Scare Jessica to Death. Dir. John Hancock (1971)\\n\\nCharles Baudelaire: The Flowers of Evil (1857)\\nhttps://fleursdumal.org/1857-table-of-contents \\n\\nWomen and psychiatry\\nhttp://broughttolife.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/themes/menalhealthandillness/womanandpsychiatry \\n\\nWomen & Hysteria in the History of Mental Illness\\nhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480686/ \\n\\nLesbian Vampires Wikipedia\\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian_vampire \\n\\nNot Just Dead, But Gay! Queerness and the Vampire by William A. Tringali\\nhttps://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1172&context=honors_proj \\n\\n#FlashbackFriday\\u2014Today in 1973, the APA Removed Homosexuality From List of Mental Illnesses By Elliott Kozuch \\nhttps://www.hrc.org/blog/flashbackfriday-today-in-1973-the-apa-removed-homosexuality-from-list-of-me \\n\\n31 Days of Feminist Horror Films: LET\\u2019S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH + HONEYMOON by Kate Hagen\\nhttps://blog.blcklst.com/31-days-of-feminist-horror-films-lets-scare-jessica-to-death-honeymoon-e460db67afe1 \\n\\nDEEP CUTS: LET\'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH by Sara Century\\nhttps://www.syfy.com/syfywire/deep-cuts-lets-scare-jessica-to-death \\n\\nLET\'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH 1971 by Ken Anderson\\nhttps://lecinemadreams.blogspot.com/2018/10/lets-scare-jessica-to-death-1971.html \\n\\n31 Days of Halloween 2012: Let\'s Scare Jessica to Death by Stephanie Lane\\nhttp://www.clevelandmovieblog.com/2012/10/31-days-of-halloween-2012-lets-scare.html \\n\\nLET\'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (1971) Written by: The Arrow\\nhttps://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/reviews/lets-scare-jessica-to-death \\n\\nConfessional Review: "Let\'s Scare Jessica to Death" (1971) by Stuart Monroe.\\nhttps://www.getonmydamnlevel.com/blog/2019/4/22/confessional-review-lets-scare-jessica-to-death-1971 \\n\\nREVIEW: Let\'s Scare Jessica to Death by Jay SHATZER\\nhttp://thelucidnightmare.blogspot.com/2010/04/review-lets-scare-jessica-to-death.html \\n\\nLet\'s Scare Jessica to Death (1971) by Tom Fallows\\nhttps://classic-horror.com/reviews/lets_scare_jessica_to_death_1971 \\n\\nLet\'s Scare Jessica to Death: Wikipedia\\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Scare_Jessica_to_Death \\n\\nLET\'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (MOVIE REVIEW) by TOR\\nhttp://www.bloodygoodhorror.com/bgh/reviews/lets-scare-jessica-to-death \\n\\nA Glimpse Into 1970s Gay Activism\\nhttps://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/a-glimpse-into-1970s-gay-activism/284077/'