50. Ted Kotcheff’s Wake in Fright (1971)

Extreme Animal Cruelty Content Warning: this movie contains one of the single most despicable scenes of actual violence against animals either of us have likely ever seen in cinema. Kangaroos are shown being shot, struggling to escape, and slowly, painfully dying. There is a shot of a pile of severed kangaroo upper torsos that the camera lingers on. Do not watch this movie if that is the kind of thing that will upset. It upset John and it upset Josh. It’s a really good movie in all respects, other than the depiction of inexcusable animal cruelty. Yes, we know the arguments about why it was a good thing, or whatever.
 
When not discussing that element, we have a good ol’ time talking about this lost film, which some might call the greatest Ozploitation movie of all time. John and Josh disagree about whether or not this qualifies as a “horror movie,” which leads to one of (but not THE) our most disparate rating results in our show’s history. I know you concerns yourselves with that sort of thing, and even read this at all. It’s Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast, and occasionally one of the top 50 film review podcasts in all of Taiwan!
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The Loathsome Things Official Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time List (of those we've reviewed for an episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast)
(1) Andrzej Żuławski's Possession (1981) (2) Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976)(3) Rose Glass’ Saint Maud (2019)(4) Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974)(5) George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)(6) Alex Garland’s Men (2022)(7) Miike Takashi’s Audition (1999)(8) Ti West’s X (2022)(9) Bob Clark’s Deathdream (1974)(10) David Prior’s The Empty Man (2020)
 
Honorable Mentions: Beyond the Door III (1989) – Not a great horror movie, but so much fun to watch!The Pit (1981) – Watch this coming-of-age story about seeing boobs and feeding beasts!

33. Hagazussa (2017) ein Film von Lukas Feigelfeld

We really schatten the bed with this blutty film about how much it sucked to live with emotional trauma in the Black Plague-era Alps while being identified as any combination of a witch, heathen or Jew. Here, I’ll horn in a content warning: this episode unqualifiedly discusses rape, infanticide, cannibalism, and anti-semitism. Now that feuer of you are interested hearing what we’re going to chuckle about, please watch the movie and listen to this newest episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast!
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The Loathsome Things Official Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time List (of those we've reviewed for an episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast)
(1) Rose Glass’ Saint Maud (2019)(2) Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974)(3) George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)(4) Miike Takashi’s Audition (1999)(5) Bob Clark’s Deathdream (1974)(6) David Prior’s The Empty Man (2020)(7) Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case (1982)(8) Nicolas Roeg’s Don't Look Now (1973)(9) José Mojica Marins’ At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (1964)(10) Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth (2021)
 
Honorable Mentions: Beyond the Door III (1989) – Not a great horror movie, but so much fun to watch!The Pit (1981) – Watch this coming-of-age story about seeing boobs and feeding beasts!

24. Gareth Evans’ Apostle (2018)

Gareth Evans told us to try a new recording software, so the audio sounds a bit like we travelled to a low-tech island where the good Lord has been usurped by some kind of gauzy vineyard witchiness. Wait, maybe I’m getting some details confused. Dan Stevens, Kristine Froseth, Mark Lewis Jones, Lucy Boynton, Michael Sheen star in this long, complex horror film about the aforementioned actors having to band together to prevent Iko Uwais from getting to the top of the fertility goddess’ high-rise… wait… Ok, I think I got confused again, either that or I just came up with a great movie pitch guest-starring Tony Jaa! Either way, give yourself a listen to the newest episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast!
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Please rate and review if you think other people would enjoy our show, or if you feel they should be warned!
 
The Loathsome Things Official Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time List (of those we've reviewed for an episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast)
(1) Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974)(2) George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)(3) Miike Takashi’s Audition (1999)(4) Bob Clark’s Deathdream (1974)(5) David Prior’s The Empty Man (2020)(6) Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case (1982)(7) Nicolas Roeg’s Don't Look Now (1973)(8) Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth (2021)(9) David Bruckner’s The Ritual (2017)(10) Nick Szostakiwskyj’s Black Mountain Side (2014)
Honorable Mentions: Beyond the Door III (1989) – Not a great horror movie, but so much fun to watch!

13. Ben Wheatley‘s In The Earth (2021)

Ben Wheatley continues his adventures in British Pagan Horror with this socially-distanced gem. A great soundtrack and peculiar intrigue set the shard-strewn groundwork for some splendid creep-outs, rapturous highs, and a microdose of some impressive practical effects. Get out your glow sticks, apply your pasties, and paint your junk for a rad party in the woods because we’re watching In The Earth!
 
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The Loathsome Things Official Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time List (of those we've reviewed for an episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast)
1. Deathdream (1974) 2. The Empty Man (2020) 3. Basket Case (1982) 4. Don't Look Now (1973) 5. In The Earth (2021) 6. Black Mountain Side (2014) 7. The Thing from Another World (1951) 8. Head Count (2018) 9. Spider Baby (1967) 10. Honeydew (2020)

6. Nick Szostakiwskyj’s Black Mountain Side (2014)

Welcome to the show notes for the sixth episode of the Loathsome Things Podcast!
In the northern Taiga Cordillera, some dudes found something strange between bouts of playing cards and drinking, so they did the only natural thing to do: get some other dude to come here. Enter Black Mountain Side, a movie that, at its heart, is about male friendship, fellowship, and camaraderie. Also getting in on the feel-good action is a Lovecraftian deity that manifests as a deer standing up on its hind (get it!) legs. What a wacky crew! Go enjoy yourself a watch of this lovely low-budget flick, then listen in as we discuss all the zany antics in this episode of Loathsome Things!
 
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