I Love Splatter
I Love Splatter
Amie Simon
On a mission to make sure no one ever says, "There are not a lot of female directors period, and even less who are inclined to do horror." EVER AGAIN, co-hosts Amie and Adrienne (sometimes joined by very special guest and film scholar, Heather) discuss women-directed horror films on the I Love Splatter! podcast -- aka: the Splattercast.
Splattercast episode 22: Mirror, Mirror
In which Amie & Adrienne discuss Mirror, Mirror (1990), Directed by Marina Sargenti. Featuring a L.A. Goth girl in Iowa, bad wigs, creepy demon hands, and the longest sandwich making scene ever put on film. “Face eating’s always on the table for me...” - Adrienne Reflecting on Marina Sargenti’s Teenage Horror ‘Mirror, Mirror' | Bloody Disgusting https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3707423/reflecting-on-marina-sargentis-teenage-horror-mirror-mirror-young-blood/ Cult Classic Mirror, Mirror Turns 30 | SYFY https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/cult-horror-classic-mirror-mirror-turns-30
Dec 31, 2022
1 hr 19 min
Splattercast episode 21: XX
In which Amie & Adrienne discuss XX (2017), an anthology Directed by Sofia Carrillo, Jovanka Vuckovic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin & Karyn Kusama. Featuring hopeless horror, a rapping panda, camping bros, and a devilish sequel. 
Nov 23, 2022
1 hr 8 min
Splattercast episode 20: The Lure (Córki dancingu)
In which Amie & Adrienne discuss THE LURE (2015), Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska. Featuring man-eating mermaids, a neon 1980’s nightclub, the grossest surgery EVER, and some of the most fantastic musical numbers of ALL TIME. Alexandra Waliszewska Artworks: https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/147928 Interview: Agnieszka Smoczyńska on Heeding the Siren Call of “The Lure” | Moveable Feast: https://moveablefest.com/agnieszka-smoczynska-lure/ “Discover the flavour of things denied to you…”: Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s The Lure | cléo: http://cleojournal.com/2017/12/19/agnieszka-smoczynskas-the-lure/
Oct 1, 2022
53 min
Splattercast episode 19: Saint Maud
In which Amie & Adrienne discuss SAINT MAUD (2019), Directed by Rose Glass. Featuring twisted religious obsession, thumb tacks, queer love, and FIRE. Writer/Director Rose Glass Keeps the Frightening Faith with ‘Saint Maud’ | Rue Morgue https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-interview-writer-director-rose-glass-keeps-the-frightening-faith-with-saint-maud/ Revelations: An Interview with ‘Saint Maud’ Director Rose Glass | Anatomy of a Scream https://anatomyofascream.com/2021/02/11/revelations-an-interview-with-rose-glass/
Jul 21, 2022
1 hr 31 min
Splattercast Special Episode: Anne Rice
In which Amie & Adrienne discuss the works of our Gothic Queen Anne Rice! Including how they first discovered her books, Tom Cruise understanding the assignment in Interview with the Vampire, and the Nu Metal disaster of Queen of the Damned. The Legacy of Anne Rice: The Modern Day Queen of the Vampires | Slash Film https://www.slashfilm.com/742364/the-legacy-of-anne-rice-the-modern-day-queen-of-the-vampires/ AUTHOR BUYS 8-PAGE AD TO CRITIQUE `VAMPIRE’ FILM | Deseret News https://www.deseret.com/1994/12/26/19150082/author-buys-8-page-ad-to-critique-vampire-film Rice's About-Face: Cruise Is Lestat : After Screening 'Interview With the Vampire,' Author Lauds His Work | LA Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-21-ca-41119-story.html CRUISE'S VAMPIRE TURNS OFF OPRAH - SHE WALKS OUT | Orlando Sentinel https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1994-10-20-9410200300-story.html
May 8, 2022
1 hr 47 min
Splattercast Interview: Kate Dolan, Writer/Director of You Are Not My Mother
Amie talks with Kate Dolan about her first feature film, YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER - just released in theaters and on demand. 
Apr 15, 2022
14 min
Splattercast episode 18: Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
In which Amie & Adrienne discuss FREDDY’S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (1991), Directed by Rachel Talalay. Featuring the (supposed) death of Freddy Krueger, Breckin Myer hopping like a cartoon, throwing stars, and stunt casting. [Interview] ‘Freddy’s Dead’ (For Now, Anyways…): Director Rachel Talalay! | Bloody Disgusting https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/27226/interview-freddys-dead-for-now-anyways-director-rachel-talalay/ WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH: Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare and how Rachel Talalay tackled the patriarchy | Screen Queens https://screen-queens.com/2017/02/27/women-in-horror-month-freddys-dead-the-final-nightmare-and-how-rachel-talalay-tackled-the-patriarchy/ 'Freddy's Dead' at 30: Robert Englund says death of hearing-impaired teen showed he was an 'equal-opportunity killer' | Yahoo https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/freddys-dead-the-final-nightmare-robert-englund-hard-of-hearing-character-carlos-death-210702333.html
Jan 31, 2022
1 hr 20 min
Splattercast episode 17: Censor
In which Amie & Adrienne discuss CENSOR (2021), Directed by Prano Bailey-Bond. Featuring video nasties, gorgeous giallo colors, VHS glitches, the horror of conservative values, and male inadequacy revenge catharsis. ‘Video nasties’: It was the 1980s, and moral madness stalked the land - The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/video-nasties-it-was-the-1980s-and-moral-madness-stalked-the-land-1.4644825 Chatting Horror and Influences with Prano Bailey-Bond, Writer/Director of CENSOR - Cinapse https://cinapse.co/chatting-horror-and-influences-with-prano-bailey-bond-writer-director-of-censor-b867a055559c Film-maker Prano Bailey-Bond: ‘People think horror is just exploding heads’ - The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/dec/06/prano-bailey-bond-director-censor-horror-interview-faces-of-year
Jan 1, 2022
54 min
Splattercast episode 16: Revengenda Double Feature: M.F.A. & Promising Young Woman
[CW: sexual assault] In which Amie & Adrienne discuss M.F.A. (2017), Directed by Natalia Leite & PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020), Directed by Emerald Fennell. Featuring a comparison of these revenge-filled films, and a discussion of what we liked about them. ‘M.F.A.’ Director Natalia Leite Faced Her Sexual Assault By Directing a Rape-Revenge Thriller | IndieWire https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/mfa-natalia-leite-sexual-assault-1201887081/ Interview with Director Natalia Leite and Writer Leah McKendrick | M.F.A. | The Hollywood Outsider https://www.thehollywoodoutsider.com/interview-director-natalia-leite-leah-mckendrick-mfa/ On Promising Young Woman, Consent, and a Harrowing Ending | AP News https://apnews.com/article/carey-mulligan-emerald-fennell-promising-young-woman-oscars-d5548a43d5c880c0cc38cdb9544d4aff Emerald Fennell on Promising Young Woman | Sight & Sound https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/interviews/emerald-fennell-promising-young-woman-carey-mulligan-rape-culture-revenge
Oct 31, 2021
1 hr 19 min
Splattercast episode 15: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
In which Amie & Adrienne discuss BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1992), Directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui! Featuring slapstick humor, 90’s spandex, many parade floats, DREAMY LUKE PERRY, and the funniest vampire death sequence ever. AMC Backstory: Buffy the Vampire Slayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nki7Ed-hHsw Buffy's' Gnarly Date With Destiny - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-31-ca-4213-story.html Ben Affleck On That Time He Was In Buffy The Vampire Slayer | 8 Days https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/hollywood/ben-affleck-on-that-time-he-was-in-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-12500700?redir=1
Sep 26, 2021
1 hr 33 min
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