Ep. 93: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) - Borderline Dad Joke

Published: Dec. 21, 2021, 10 a.m.

b"Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice and Joyous Holiday to one and all! This month your favorite ghouls are discussing avant-garde and new wave queer cinema director, Curtis Harrington's Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972). Grab yourself a gingerbread man and eat up this deliciously campy hagsploitation Christmas film!\\n\\nTrigger warnings: child abuse, child death, Vietnam War, fat shaming, and menopause.\\n\\nThanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com\\n\\nBLM & TLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ & https://translifeline.org/donate/\\n\\nResources:\\n\\nWhoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) by She Blogged by Night (Stacia)\\nhttps://shebloggedbynight.com/2016/whoever-slew-auntie-roo-1972/ \\n\\nWhen the Woman Screams: Who Slew Auntie Roo (1971)\\nhttps://wordpress.lehigh.edu/screams/2020/02/17/who-slew-auntie-roo-1971/\\n\\nA Look at Joan Crawford and the Gay Icon Phenomenon by Sara Clements\\nhttps://medium.com/@saraclements/a-look-at-joan-crawford-and-the-gay-icon-phenomenon-b8172f20e3e0 \\n\\nWhy Gays Fell In Love With These Original Shock Queens By Anthony Uzarowski\\nhttps://www.queerty.com/why-gays-fell-in-love-with-these-original-shock-queens-20160123 \\n\\nRetro Review: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? By Dana Vargas\\nhttps://www.macabredaily.com/articles/retro-review-who-slew-auntie-roo\\n\\nWho Slew Auntie Roo? Review by Nathaniel Thompson for TCM\\nhttps://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/95729/who-slew-auntie-roo#articles-reviews\\n\\nWhoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) Wikipedia\\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoever_Slew_Auntie_Roo%3F\\n\\nWhoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) Review by Michi\\nhttps://randommoviemusings.com/2019/09/24/whoever-slew-auntie-roo-1971/amp/\\n\\nA PRIMER FOR THE UNEXPECTEDLY AWESOME HAGSPLOITATION HORROR SUBGENRE By Rebecca Pahl\\nhttps://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/a-primer-for-the-unexpectedly-awesome-hagsploitation-horror-subgenre?amp\\n\\n10 Grand Hagsploitation Horror Movies\\nhttps://filmschoolrejects.com/best-hagsploitation-horror-movies/?amp\\n\\nTHE HAGSPLOITATION, GRAND DAME GUIGNOL & THE PSYCHO-BIDDY HORROR SUBGENRE by Wynn\\nhttps://mubi.com/lists/the-hagsploitation-grand-dame-guignol-the-psycho-biddy-horror-subgenre\\n\\n\\u2018Hagsploitation\\u2019: horror\\u2019s obsession with older women returns by Anne Billson\\nhttps://amp.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/18/hagsploitation-horrors-obsession-with-older-women-returns\\n\\nPsycho-biddy: Gender in Horror Films Wikipedia\\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_horror_films\\n\\n\\nMENOPAUSAL MANIACS: A HAG HORROR WATCHLIST\\nhttps://rue-morgue.com/menopausal-maniacs-a-hag-horror-watchlist/\\n\\nDollar Double Feature: Christmas Horror: Rabid (1977) and Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? By GG Graham\\nhttps://wickedhorror.com/features/editorials/dollar-double-feature-christmas-horror-rabid-1977-and-whoever-slew-auntie-roo/\\n\\nJudy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana \\u2013 Tragic Gay Icons\\nhttps://josephsciambra.com/judy-garland-marilyn-monroe-princess-diana-tragic-gay-icons/\\n\\nWhy Do Gay Men Historically Adopt Female Stars as Their Icons? By Trevor Martin\\nhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-do-gay-men-historical_b_3895070/amp \\n\\nhttp://www.horrorhomeroom.com/hereditary-grief-and-motherhood/ \\n\\nMaternal Horror Films: Understanding the \\u2018Dysfunctional\\u2019 Mother\\nhttps://the-artifice.com/maternal-horror-films-dysfunctional-mother/ \\n\\nWhen Santa Was a Woman: 5 Christmas Histories You Want to Know By Sivan\\nhttp://www.revivingherstory.com/rhblog/2014/12/16/when-santa-was-a-woman-5-christmas-histories-you-want-to-know \\n\\nWho is the Celtic Mother Goddess?\\nhttp://www.digitalmedievalist.com/opinionated-celtic-faqs/mother/"