8 - Gary Works Too (The People Under the Stairs with Ian Voltaire Deanes/My Soul to Take)

The Calls Are Coming from Inside the Podcast

It’s Halloween week and time for a celebration! In honor of the 30th anniversary of The People Under the Stairs (released November 1, 1991), we fawn over the movie with actor and writer Ian Voltaire Deanes. This episode is jam-packed with tingly tales as we talk about the uses of art in horror, Craven’s exploration of masculinities in the film, manga, and we even get a visit from a spider! Then, Kevin requests you catch a Craven double-feature with his underloved, penultimate film, My Soul to Take (2010).

Donate to Ian’s choice non-profit, HelloBaby Chicago, here: https://secure.hellobabychgo.org/np/clients/hellobaby/donation.jsp

and check out more about the charity push from Bonsai Pop’s video.

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Referenced in this episode:

Ashlee Blackwell - Race, Vigilantism, & Zombies in Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs

The History of BDSM - The People Under the Stairs (1991): The Celluloid Dungeon

Kelly Konda - Rewatching Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs: Does It Hold Up?

Super Eyepatch Wolf - How Media Scares Us: The Work of Junji Ito

Yan Birch - Why ‘The People Under the Stairs’—And Wes Craven—Were Both Ahead of Their Time

Scout Tafoya (video essay for RogerEbert.com) - The Unloved, Part 22: “My Soul to Take”

Dread Central - Wes Craven - My Soul to Take