Episode 96: The Pit featuring Angela Carlucci

Baker, musician, and artist Angela Carlucci is in the studio today and there’s taking us someplace dark with The Pit (1981).  This Canadian chiller is the story of a sexually-deviant 12-year-old boy, the long-term babysitter he lusts after and the sentient teddy bear who tells him to throw his enemies into a pit of trolls. The first two details make sense together, that bear and the titular pit are like a bolt out of the blue, much like this film.  No one will learn anything, nor will anyone respond appropriately to the boy who was “only watching you sleep.”  And, again, there’s the bear and the pit, also the trolls.  It’s a lot, yet turns out to be an oddly good time.  You can join us, have some laughs, and learn a little about the film financing trick that truly bolstered the output of Canadian cinema.  Tune in!