Don't Breathe (aka Cinema Hate Crimes)

Fear Level: Existentially disconcerting Trigger Warnings: RAPE, assault, sexual assault, ableism, dog related violence Y'all, this is a tough one. Let's put it out there - the third act twist is RAPE. For two acts this movie walks a fine line along the edge of abielism, then it very intentionally throws itself off of a horrible and disgusting cliff. Director: Fede Alvarez Writers: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues Stars: Stephen Lang (Avatar, Freddy Lounds in Manhunter), Jane Levy (Evil Dead, Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist), Dylan Minnette (Let Me In, Lost), Daniel Zovatto (Greg from It Follows) What’s it about? Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems. Topics of Discussion: Chekov's everything What the fuck is up with Money? Tyler Perry melodrama Ableism A good movie wrapped in a trashbag full of bricks and dumped in the river Third act rape twists: a thesis. Disabled people as monsters Veterans as monsters Happy dogs pretending to be scary dogs These very dead protagonists Recommendations: Center for Disabilty Rights article by Dominick Evans called “Don’t Breathe Uses Blindness as a Plot Device while Casting a Seeing Actor” Laura Kremmel - http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/disability-in-dont-breathe/ John Wiswell - Evil Isn’t a Disability - https://firesidefiction.com/evil-isnt-a-disability Jordan Phillips - http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/thousand-words-the-horrors-of-sensory-disability-the-actualisation-of-disabled-power-in-hush-and-dont-breathe/ Being Seen - Elsa Sjunneson https://www.snarkbat.com/being-seen Hush Silver Bullet A Quiet Place Wait Until Dark “Granny” Mad Max: Fury Road, Monkey Shines Deafula Netflix's "Daredevil" Follow us on twitter @proghorrorpod Follow Emily on twitter @megamoth Emily's Website: Megamoth.net Follow Ben on twitter @benthekahn Pre-Order Ben's new book, Renegade Rule. Follow Jeremy on twitter @jrome58 Visit his website at JeremyWhitley.com RSS Feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/progressively-horrified Website: https://progressivelyhorrified.transistor.fm/ Join our Patreon at: patreon.com/progressivelyhorrified to support the show, get bonus episodes, early access to upcoming episodes, and a cool Progressively Horrified t-shirt. Come back next week to hear about Annihilation! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ JOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slay Take our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.