EPISODE 7: Gender Benders, Part 1 - "Psycho" (1960)

This episode kicks off our series on "Gender Benders", where we explore how horror films explored -mostly problematically - the challenges faced by people with repressed sexual or gender identifications.  Episode 7 - Oct. 27: "Psycho" - presented by Joe Sena Episode 8 - Nov. 3: "Dressed To Kill" (1980) - presented by Rob Graydon Episode 9 - Nov. 10 - "Sleepaway Camp" (1983) - presented by Sonia Harcourt Today's episode focuse on the Alfred Hitchcock classic "Psycho", in which we discover that Joe thinks he knows more about the film than he actually remembers, but does have a funny story about getting high in the actual Bates House on the Universal Studios backlot on his last day working there - and how he woke up in the wrongest possible set to come down from a high; Sonia discusses how "of course" women with sexual agency "deserve" to be killled; and Rob once again shows off his superior knowledge of filmmaking because he actually went to film school.