Lowbrow Lowdown

As part of a series of bonus episodes, Camp Scary and Squee is joining the Lowbrow Lowdown Universe, starting with Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)."Admit it, Buffy. Aren't there times when you just feel... less than fresh?" Were you ever obsessed by a movie when you were a teenager? We were. But is all that nostalgia clouding our vision of this camp-horror classic? And was it really as good as we remember?Damien is joined by fabulous friend, Emma to talk all about Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). And these two Aussies try to unpick if this movie gave them unrealistic expectations about life as an American high-schooler, cheerleading and the role of handkerchiefs in dramatic death scenes. Most importantly, Sarah Michelle Gellar will always be Buffy Summers.Movies and television shows named in this episode:Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)Note: It turns out that setting up a home studio for a podcast is a journey. This episode is Day 1 of that journey and I promise it gets better.Follow Camp, Scary and Squee on Instagram and Twitter: @campscarypod.Introduction music from the Youtube Audio Library: Groove Tube by Audio Hertz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Ok, I'm drawing a line in the fucking sand. Do NOT read the Latin!" This is the horror fan's horror movie, because it's a love letter to and a critique of the genre. Does that make it good though? Well that's the question, because this is a genre ripe with people who say that if it doesn't follow the rules, then it's just not cricket... I mean horror.Damien is joined by the always insightful Dave to talk all about The Cabin in the Woods (2011). Because when it comes to horror, we want to see the most self-aware, self-referential, up it's own ass horror movie - and you know what.. we love it!Check out Dave's podcast, the Brewery Street Playground.Movies and television shows named in this episode:The Cabin in the Woods (2011)The Exorcist (1973)Evil Dead (1981)Doll House (2009-2010)Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)Cloverfield (2008)Ringu (1998)Follow Camp, Scary and Squee on Instagram and Twitter: @campscarypod.Introduction music from the Youtube Audio Library: Groove Tube by Audio Hertz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"What's your favourite scary movie?" You know that feeling when you love a movie, and you find out your friend has never seen it? The level of anxiety and anticipation as you get them to watch it for the first time, praying that they love it.Well, Link has never seen Scream (1996)! And continuing our theme of love letters to the horror genre, it seemed like the perfect film to introduce him to the genre. Will he love it? Or will I be bitterly disappointed?Damien O'Meara is joined by Lincoln Law to find out if Scream (1996) really is that good, or perhaps teenage Damo has blinded grown-up Damo to what this really is. Does it hold up?You can hear more fabulous quips from Link on Twitter: @Link_Law.Podcast Mascot Stella the Staffy makes a noisy appearance towards the end.Movies and television shows named in this episode:Psycho (1960)The Hills Have Eyes (1977)Halloween (1978)A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)Scream (1996)I know What you Did Last Summer (1997)Final Destination (2000)Scary Movie (2000)Scooby Doo (2002)Tenet (2020)Follow Camp, Scary and Squee on Instagram and Twitter: @campscarypod.Introduction music from the Youtube Audio Library: Groove Tube by Audio Hertz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"What if we're not lucky?" Damien O'Meara is joined by Horror Maven, Lisa Rufus to talk all about Host (2020). This is going to ruin Zoom meetings for work on Monday.While 2020 has delivered its fair share of crappy times, Director, Rob Savage found a great opportunity, a 56 minute long horror movie, filmed over Zoom... Host (2020) is a beacon of innovation and terror that we needed to survive this bleak excuse for a year.Find out more about Lisa Rufus on her website.Follow Lisa on Instagram and Twitter: @ThatBlogChick.Lisa has contributed to a book that you can pre-order: Hannibal for Dinner.Movies and television shows named in this episode:Evil Dead (1981)Jaws (1975)The Blair Witch Project (1999)Creep (2014)Chronicle (2012)Searching (2018)The Den (aka Hacked) (2013)Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)The Cabin in the Woods (2011)Follow Camp, Scary and Squee on Instagram and Twitter: @campscarypod.Introduction music from the Youtube Audio Library: Groove Tube by Audio Hertz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"He had the blackest eyes. The devil's eyes."Halloween (1978) is a horror film that follows the rules with the unstoppable Michael Myers. Perhaps more accurately, this American classic starring Jamie Lee Curtis is a scary movie that sets the rules. And these unwritten rules of the horror genre are something filmmakers and audiences alike are still trying to shake more than 40 years later!Camp, Scary and Squee goes international when Damien (@damoo_la) is joined by his old friend Frazer, all the way from Scotland to talk about how much they love Halloween (1978).Movies and television shows named in this episode:Halloween (1978)Halloween 2 (1981)Halloween (2018)Jaws (1975)Alien (1979)The Terminator (1984)Hostel (2005)Saw (2004)Scream (1996)Follow Camp, Scary and Squee on Instagram and Twitter: @campscarypod.Introduction music from the Youtube Audio Library: Groove Tube by Audio Hertz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"It's true! Vagina dentata!" Damien is joined by his friend Nyari to find out why she thinks the horror-comedy film, Teeth (2007) is a film everyone should see. Directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein and starring Jess Weixler, John Hensley and Lenny von Dohlen, this film poses the question: What if vagina's evolved to have teeth?Think about how the world would change. How cultural ideas of power would change. But right at the end, Nyari makes a point that brings it all into perspective.Movies and television shows named in this episode:Teeth (2007)The Incredibles (2004)Content note: This episode includes discussion of rape and sexual violence.Follow Camp, Scary and Squee on Instagram and Twitter: @campscarypod.Introduction music from the Youtube Audio Library: Groove Tube by Audio Hertz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Dad, you only care about yourself. That's why mommy left"When it comes to zombie horror, I'm often a purist for the shuffle zombie over the sprinting zombie. But Sang-ho Yeong's Korean horror, Train to Busan (2016) might just be the exception to the rule. This film knows how to keep the pace going, engage with the human condition and keep the the walking dead as a consistent and frightening threat.Damien O'Meara is joined by horror aficionado, Daniel Clarke to talk about the incredible Train to Busan (2016).Follow Daniel on Instagram: @abrewtifulboyDaniel highly recommends our podcast friends at Wonderfully Done.Movies, television shows and books named in this episode:Max Brooks' Zombie Survival GuideOldboy (2003)#Alive (2020)Peninsula (2020)Kingdom (2019 - current)Lovecraft Country (2020)Follow Camp, Scary and Squee on Instagram and Twitter: @campscarypod.Introduction music from the Youtube Audio Library: Groove Tube by Audio Hertz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I'm a homicidal maniac, they look just like everyone else."Anjelica Huston and Christina Ricci shine as camp icons in The Addams Family (1991), one of the great camp horrors.Damien (@damoo_la) and his wonderful friend Ellen talk about appreciation of the affectation and exaggeration of high-camp in spooky movies.Follow Ellen on Instagram: @elenfaeFollow Ellen on Twitter: @elenfaeMovies mentioned in this episode:The Addams Family ValuesBeetlejuiceEdward ScissorhandsMen in BlackWild Wild WestSister ActHairsprayFollow Camp, Scary and Squee on Instagram and Twitter: @campscarypod.Introduction music from the Youtube Audio Library: Groove Tube by Audio Hertz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Fred, what we want is, I think, what everyone wants, and what you and your viewers have: civilization."Gremlins 2: Here they grow again (1990) might not be the comedy-horror sequel to break the mould, bit it certainly was the one to become a cult-classic. Where else can you see the high-camp of hundreds of gremlins singing New York, New York?Damien (@damoo_la) and his mate Chris (@sumo_21) talk about the film that dared to parody Trump before SNL and the problematic nature of the 90s. Perhaps we realise that Gremlins 2 was more prescient than we thought as we compare it to our own experiences on the corporate laddrFollow Chris on Instagram for some of the most striking and beautiful photography you've every seen: @sumo_21Movies mentioned in this episode:The BurbsGremlinsFollow Camp, Scary and Squee on Instagram and Twitter: @campscarypod.Introduction music from the Youtube Audio Library: Groove Tube by Audio Hertz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"If you don't turn that frown upside down, so help me God, I am going to drag you out by that stupid bow tie and watch them rip you apart."Little Monsters (2019) is the hilarious zombie-romance starring Lupita Nyong'o, Alexander England and Josh Gad. This is absolutely a romantic comedy that features the walking dead, and not the other way around.In the season finale of Camp, Scary and Squee, Damien O'Meara (@damoo_la) is joined by his friend David Micallef (@saysdavid) and the world realises that we both just watch films for the man candy...Follow Dave on Twitter and hear about his PhD studies:@saysdavidFollow the Melbourne Queer Film Festival on Twitter: @MQFFFollow Camp, Scary and Squee on Instagram and Twitter: @campscarypod.Introduction music from the Youtube Audio Library: Groove Tube by Audio Hertz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lowbrow Lowdown explores the cultural moment in front of us right now by reviewing how it manifests in pop, trash and pulp culture. Natasha and Damien dial into what’s happening around us, drink a glass (or two) of something and wheeze-laugh their way through the fabulous and the dastardly of pop, trash and pulp culture.Season 1 is all about pandemic prose, the self-published literature of coronavirus.Music from the Youtube Audio Library: Book Bag by E's Jammy Jams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 1 of the Lowbrow Lowdown and Damien and Natasha tackle their first piece of pandemic prose: The COLDVIR-20 Killer. What happens when an anti-mask, anti-vaxxer, right wing conspiracy theorists writes a novel? Tune in to find out!Here we are thinking this whole thing will be a slew of bad erotica, and the first title we pull out of the hat is an alt-right COVID thriller. Yes your eyes don't deceive you, we're about to see how a right-wing conspiracy theorist writes a character with an arts degree. Major content warnings, this dude is racist, sexist, homophobic and never learnt the principles of 'show don't tell'.Do you have questions, comments or want to share your thoughts on what we're reading? Email us at lowbrowlowdown@gmail.com.Music from the Youtube Audio Library: Book Bag by E's Jammy Jams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Imagine this, you're a sexy scientist tasked with finding a cure for the coronavirus, or is it a vaccine? Look the science isn't clear, but the steamy desires of Dr Alexa Ashingtonford are crystalline, she is in love with COVID.We promised erotica and after a bumpy start, in Episode 2 Natasha and Damien break down Kissing the Coronavirus. Join us for waterslides, hotdogs and a cavalcade of fun park analogies as we find out how COVID can get steamy.Rating out of five masks:Natasha: 😷😷😷Damien: 😷😷😷 (and a half)Do you have questions, comments or want to share your thoughts on what we're reading? Email us at lowbrowlowdown@gmail.com.Music from the Youtube Audio Library: Book Bag by E's Jammy Jams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MJ Edwards is back with a second instalment in her Kissing the Coronavirus chronicles. This book picks up a month after Dr Ashingtonford's vaccine discovery and the vaccination effort is well underway. This time we follow Dr Kelly Cauldron as she plays her part in the vaccination drive against the coronavirus, giving out thousands of vaccines each day. Are they using the Pfizer? AstraZeneca? Moderna (the Dolly Parton one)? Who knows! Join Natasha and Damien has they review this wild erotic tale of cool injections and even more hotdogs. Of course, it wouldn't be an MJ Edwards novel without graphic and confusing sex scene. And the bulky, chonky, thicc boy, COVID from book one returns!Rating out of five masks:Natasha: 😷😷😷😷Damien: 😷😷😷😷Do you have questions, comments or want to share your thoughts on what we're reading? Email us at lowbrowlowdown@gmail.com.Music from the Youtube Audio Library: Book Bag by E's Jammy Jams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the final instalment of MJ Edwards' Kissing the Coronavirus series, the mutant strain *ominous music plays*. Honestly, the whole idea of a mutant strain is traumatic as Delta sees Natasha and Damien stuck in a never-ending Melbourne lockdown. Of course, that means there's no better time to record a podcast, because we literally have nothing else to do.In Kissing the Coronavirus 3: The Mutant Strain, Dr Alexa Ashingtonford and Dr Kelly Cauldron are distant memories, as we meet Dr Amy Amyson, a microbiologist who knows human anatomy in the way only a microbiologist can. Look, we were puzzled by that too. Join us to find out all about the mind-bending sex of the world of microbiology. Oh! And don't forget, the mutant strain of COVID that will change everything.Join Natasha and Damien for mile-high antics, Big Momma's House 2 and characters who are truly defined by their job in this parade of provocative pathogens.Rating out of five masks:Natasha: 😷😷Damien: 😷😷Do you have questions, comments or want to share your thoughts on what we're reading? Email us at lowbrowlowdown@gmail.com.Music from the Youtube Audio Library: Book Bag by E's Jammy Jams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fever dream that is a handsome sentient face mask that protects you from COVID and pounds your butt. Welcome. Chuck Tingle brings together a just-different-enough-to-avoid-copyright world of Friday the 13th-style killers, anti-maskers, deep group and wild muppet sex.Natasha and Damien move on from the wild science of Kissing the Coronavirus to the wild imagination of Chuck Tingle, the most prolific (in terms of volume) writer we've seen so far. A writer who reads the news in the morning and has published a novel by lunchtime. Come down the rabbit hole of this crazy story. Join Natasha and Damien for public confrontations, hockey-masked serial killers and an abundance of chocolate milk in, My Handsome Sentient Face Mask Protects Me Despite The Ridiculous Conspiracy Theories That He Won't Also He Pounds My Butt.Rating out of five masks:Natasha: 😷😷😷😷 (and a half)Damien: 😷😷😷😷Do you have questions, comments or want to share your thoughts on what we're reading? Email us at lowbrowlowdown@gmail.com.Music from the Youtube Audio Library: Book Bag by E's Jammy Jams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back in the realm of buxom women and giant green sex machines with Courting the Coronavirus. Not the most progressive view of women, this book has prompted the revelation that maybe sex scenes need more than heaving breasts and giant sausages.Natasha and Damien are back in the world of questionable science, wild imaginations and protagonists that have very questionable approaches to the world. Join Natasha and Damien for useless hazmat suits, cum-guzzling frat boys, and 19th century dance parties in Courting the Coronavirus.Rating out of five masks:Natasha: 😷Damien: 😷😷Do you have questions, comments or want to share your thoughts on what we're reading? Email us at lowbrowlowdown@gmail.com.Music from the Youtube Audio Library: Book Bag by E's Jammy Jams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When you're not the target market for the vaccine, zombie, superhero, exploding people and sloths book, it does make it hard to enjoy. But here we are with Death Vaxxers the first book (and the only one we'll be reviewing) in John P Logsdon's 2021 Vaccine Zombies series).Natasha and Damien despite leaving COVID-erotica, we're still in a world of questionable science and improbable love-interests. Although the world-building of the questionable science is markedly better.Join Natasha and Damien for irresistible nerds with magic powers and questionable ideas about appropriate behaviour in Death Vaxxers.Rating out of five masks:Natasha: 😷😷😷Damien: 😷😷😷Do you have questions, comments or want to share your thoughts on what we're reading? Email us at lowbrowlowdown@gmail.com.Music from the Youtube Audio Library: Book Bag by E's Jammy Jams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, a content warning for a super racist and somewhat sexist book, The COVID Killer was... well... you know what you need most in a genre that is built on suspense? That's right, suspense. I'd say The COVID Killer was missing an editor, but I don't even know if an editor could save this book. It was a lot like a Chip Driver mystery (a Good Place reference for those of you playing at home).Join Natasha and Damien for bad motives and abysmal police work in The COVID Killder.Rating out of five masks:Natasha and Damien: 😷 (combined, they gave half a mask each).Do you have questions, comments or want to share your thoughts on what we're reading? Email us at lowbrowlowdown@gmail.com.Music from the Youtube Audio Library: Book Bag by E's Jammy Jams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natasha and Damien return to the unique and surprising MJ Edwards in, what turned out to be, an incredible collection of poetry. I F*cking Hate Zoom Quizzes charts the year that was 2020 in funny and heartfelt ways.Join Natasha and Damien for a surprisingly heartfelt experience.Rating out of five masks:Natasha: 😷😷😷😷😷Damien: 😷😷😷😷😷Do you have questions, comments or want to share your thoughts on what we're reading? Email us at lowbrowlowdown@gmail.com.Music from the Youtube Audio Library: Book Bag by E's Jammy Jams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.