Episode Details

This episode was recorded on July 11, 2023 and posted on August 12, 2023.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity, discussions of extreme and disturbing media.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 4
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Introductions to our guest - Jay of the Dead host of Horror Movie Weekly & JOTD's New Horror Movies, movie critic extraordinaire, podcasting master, & dear friend
• Today's Topic: Extreme Horror & Ethics of "Unwatchability"

Extreme Horror Discourse

• Our experiences with extreme horror
• Defining extreme horror and exploitation horror
• "Is it extreme horror?" rapid fire
• Historical lens of extreme & exploitation horror
• Ethics of making & consuming extreme media
• Censorship in horror media
• Jay's perspective on balancing horror & faith

Worst & Best Representations of Extreme Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Unwatchable Lists

• Salo: 120 Days of Sodom (1975) - Jay & Lonely
• August Underground (2001) - Lonely
• The Human Centipede (2009) - Suzie
• A Serbian Film (2010) - Jay & Lonely

Worst

• Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) - Jay
• Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - Suzie
• The Sadness (2021) - Lonely
• Eden Lake (2008) - Lonely

Best

• Martyrs (2008) - Suzie
• Kidnapped (2010) - Jay
• Eat (2014) - Jay
• Raw (2016) - Lonely

Suzie's Deep Cuts

• Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
• Ichi the Killer (2001)
• The Girl Next Door (2007)
• Megan is Missing (2011)

Other Extreme Examples from Jay

• Feed (2005)
• The Bridge (2006)
• The Act of Killing (2012)
• The Corpse of Anna Fritz (2015)

Final Thoughts

• As extreme horror continues to grow in popularity, are we risking becoming desensitized to violence?

Thank you to our guest!

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