That's So Gothic

Not the mama!Goodnight Mommy (2015) written and directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. Starring Susanne Wuest, Elias Schwarz, and Lukas Schwarz.Off-topic chat:Amanda: Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night ShyamalanChance: Alexandra Heller-NicholasThat's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com.Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

The Ma Cinematic Universe is the only MCU that matters. Ma (2019) dir. Tate Taylor written by Scotty Landes. Starring Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis, Missi Pyle, Luke Evans, and Diana Silvers. Off-topic chat:Amanda: Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan (srlsy)Chance: Pistachio Halva Rice Krispies Treats (NYT Cooking)That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com.Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

Is this a prequel to Chimp Crazy?Pacific Heights (1990) dir. John Schlesinger, written by Daniel Pine. Starring Melanie Griffith, Michael Keaton, Matthew Modine, and Laurie Metcalf. Off-topic chat:Chance: I Think We're Alone Now (Tubi)That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com.Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

That's so Mia Goth-ic is back, baby!Marrowbone (2011) written and directed by Sergio G. Sánchez. Starring George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy , Charlie Heaton and Mia Goth.Off-topic chat:Amanda: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng (book on Libby, the Library app)That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com.Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

If you suffered a traumatic event, would you a) go to therapyb) spend $7 million and make a fantasy movie about it and charge the public to see it?Guess which one Francis Ford Coppola chose! Twixt, aka B'Twixt Now & Sunrise (2011) written, directed, and produced by Francis Ford Coppola (in his dreams--literally!) Starring Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning, Ben Chaplin and Alden Ehrenreich! Off-topic chat:Amanda: Cabaret on Broadway starring Orville Peck and Eva NoblezadaChance: Mister Lonely (2011) dir. by Harmony Korine (DVD).That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com.Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

You know it's Satanic when there's Latin involved. Event Horizon (1997) dir. by Paul (not Thomas) Anderson, written by Philip Eisner. Starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, JACK NOSEWORTHY, Jason Isaacs, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard T. Jones and many more. Off-topic chat:Amanda: Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn (book)Chance: Whore (1991) dir. by Ken Russel (Blu-Ray).That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com.Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

Honestly, not a bad vacation.Speak No Evil (2024) written and directed by James Watkins, based on the Danish film of the same (English) name by Christian Tafdrup. Starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie "Tully" Davis, and Scoot McNairy. Off-topic chat:Chance: Fanatical (2024) on Hulu. FAKE TEGAN #FEGAN is really TEGAN.Amanda: Miniminuteman on YouTubeThat's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com.Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

Misery (1990) directed by Rob Reiner and written by William Goldman, based on the book of the same name by Stephen King. Starring Kathy Bates, James Caan, and Misery the Pig. Off-topic chat:Amanda: Walton Goggins's Architectural Digest tourChance: Spy X Family mangaThat's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com.Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

"Pitiful creature of darkness, what kind of life have you known?" The Phantom of the Opera (2004) written and directed by Joel Schmacher, based on The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. Starring Emmy Rossum, Gerard Butler, Patrick Wilson, Minnie Driver, and Miranda Richardson. Off-topic chat: Amanda: Capote, 2005 Molly: The Lighthouse Witches by CJ Cooke Chance: Stellar Blade on PS5 That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

"She was struck dumb at birth by a thunderclap!"Nothing But Trouble (1991) written and directed by Dan Aykroyd. Starring Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, John Candy, and Dan Aykroyd, with special appearance by Digital Underground and Tupac Shakur.Information about the filming location fromhttps://www.thennowmovielocations.com/2021/12/nothing-but-trouble.htmlThat's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com.Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

Nosferatu? More like Nosfera-POO! This and other intelligent observances on this episode of That's So Gothic. Nosferatu (2024) written and directed by Robert Eggers based on FW Murnau's Nosferatu (1922), Werner Herzog's Nosferatu (1979) and Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula (1992) with nary an original thought. Starring Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, Emma Corrin, and Ralph Ineson. Off-topic chat: Amanda - The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson. Chance - Manga Classics presents The Scarlet Letter. That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

Birth grew up to be Babygirl. Birth (2004) dir. Jonathan Glazer, written by Glazer, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Milo Addica. Starring Nicole Kidman, Danny Huston, Cameron Bright, Peter Stormare, Anne Heche, and Lauren Bacall. Off-topic chat: Amanda - Powerwash Simulator on Windows, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. Chance - Carry-On on Netflix. That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

If Marriage Story were written by HP Lovecraft. Possesion (1981) written and directed by Andrzej Żuławski. Starring Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, and Heinz Bennent. Off-topic chat: Amanda - The Creep Tapes (2024) on Shudder. Chance - Sonny Boy by Al Pacino, audiobook narrated by the author. That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

Christmas arrives early this year with Luke Wilson in gray sweatpants! The Family Stone (2003) written and directed by Thomas Bezucha, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Coach (Craig T. Nelson), Claire Danes, Dermot Mulroney, and more. Off-topic chat: Amanda - Oddity (2024) on Shudder and DVD. Chance - Rise of the Golden Idol on Netflix Games That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

Happy Macy's Day! We are celebrating with a re-cast of the best (only?) Thanksgiving gothic: The House of Yes, starring Parker Posey. We'll be back in December with the most HORRIFYING Christmas gothic yet.

Slam in the back of our Dragula. House of 1000 Corpses (2003) written and directed by Robert Zombie, starring Sid Haig, Sheri Moon Zombie, Karen Black, Rainn Wilson/Dwight Schrute, Chris Hardwick, Bill Mosely, Walton Goggins, and more. Off-topic chat: Amanda - Jackass on Paramount+ Chance - Martha on Netflix That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

To one of our co-hosts, who grew up an only-child gay boy in the South, there's nothing scarier than 1) living with a roommate and 2) BOOBS. Single White Female (1992) dir. Barbet Schroeder, written by Don Roos from a book by John Lutz. Starring Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Jessica Lundy (Mrs. Stupid!) Off-topic chat: Amanda - We Used to Live Here, a novel by Marcus Kliewer Chance - Texas Chainsaw Massacre [colon] The Beginning (2006) aka the only good one That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month (unless it's the second and fourth). Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

What have you done with its eyes?! We were in labor a little long with this one -- thanks for your patience with the delay! Rosemary's Baby (1968) dir. by R---- P-------, written by same, based on the (exceptional) novel of the same name by Ira Levin. Starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordan, and Charles Grodin. "What does Hollywood's reverence for child rapist Roman Polanski tell us?" by Hadley Freeman for The Guardian. Off-topic chat: Amanda - the works of Paul Tremblay, author Chance - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom on Nintendo Switch. That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month (unless it's Friday). Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

We were so hot and bothered by today's movie that we needed a day to cool off before posting it! Come for the boobies (no pun intended) but stay for an in-depth discussion on the film's gothic influences and queer subtext. Poison Ivy 2: Lily. Directed by Anne Goursaud (editor for Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula) and written by Chloe King. Starring Alyssa Milano (Charmed, cookies), Jonathan Schaech (That Thing You Do, Ellen's beard) and Xander Berkeley (Candyman). Off-topic recs - Amanda: Riverdale on Netflix and the one episode that has Riley Keough, gothic heroine and Elvis's granddaughter, in it. Chance: Snacking Cakes by Yossy Arefi That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month (unless it's Friday). Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

We're the only podcast with a Presidential Medal of Freedom quiz. Does Willem Dafoe have one?? Shadow of the Vampire (2000) dir. E. Elias Merhige, script by Steven Katz, starring Willem Dafoe, John Malkovich, Udo Kier, Eddie Izzard, and Carey Elwes. This episode was recorded before Phil Donahue died. RIP Phil. Off-topic recs: Amanda - Pitch Black (2000) dir. David Twohy, starring Vin Diesel. Chance - The First Omen (2024) dir. Arkasha Stevenson which is different from the first The Omen (1976) dir. Richard Donner. Also, this smoking hot picture of Vin Diesel from a Timex print ad in the 90s. That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)