195 w/ Jessie J - House (1977) & Midsommar (2019)

Published: July 27, 2021, 5:03 a.m.

Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/i/events/1419879251055038468\n\nCW:\xa0Suicide\n\nIt\u2019s Guest Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey invite one of the Jessies back for some seriously great and bonkers movies!\n\nThe Classic Film:\xa0House/Hausu (1977)\n"A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted\u201d (IMDb.com). House may be\u2014and this isn't a joke\u2014just about the most bonkers horror movie ever made. And it's magnificent. \n\nThe Modern Film:\xa0Midsommar (2019)\n"A couple travels to Scandinavia to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult\u201d (IMDb.com). You might already know what we think of Ari Aster as a horror filmmaker from our episode on Hereditary, and we get more of his signature auteur style with Midsommar. But is his sophomore feature film more or less evocative than his first?\n\nAudio Sources:\n"Fanta Commercial - Fantanas" via Brian Friedman @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F614uU3DsqM\n"House" (1977) produced by PSC & Toho Company\n"House (1977) Monster Madness X movie review #19" via Cinemassacre @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp_ZCuZHVtk\n"I Know an Old Lady" performed by Burl Ives\n"Midsommar" produced by A24, et al.\n"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones