215: Deadly Blessing + Prince of Darkness

Hey film buds,April is a month dedicated to all the April Holidays, and this week we begin to look at Religious Horror for the Easter and Halfway-to-Halloween season.First film this week is the early Wes Craven film Deadly Blessing. The film is a unique Slasher from early in the genre that utilizes religious violence and repression to create an atmospheric, isolated Horror. Joining us is one of the film's Screenwriters, Glenn Benest. He helps us about the movie, how it uses religion and why they used it, and how well it incorporates religion into the film.Introduction - 00:00Glenn Benest Interview - 11:54Deadly Blessing Review and Discussion - 37:06Second, we talk about Prince of Darkness by iconic curmudgeon, John Carpenter. Utilizing a singular location, like other previous Carpenter stories, the film plunges into a lot of heady topics and ideas. We talk about how well they convey some of those concepts, how the film handles possession, and how its handling of religion differs from Deadly Blessing.Glenn Benest Interview Pt 2 - 01:04:06Prince of Darkness Review and Discussion - 01:16:04What We’re Watching and Outro - 01:39:45Total Runtime - 01:54:11To finish the show, we have a quick talk about What We're Watching. If you haven't already, be sure to check out last week's episode, and be sure to check back Saturday for more from the Buds. If you want to know more about Glenn Benest, check out his personal website.Thanks y'all,The BudsBe a Friend to the Film Buds:[email protected]/thebudsthefilmbuds.bandcamp.com@filmbuds on Twitter@thefilmbudspodcast on InstagramPaul’s Letterboxd