HORROR BUSINESS Episode 168: LADY STAY DEAD & DON’T GO IN THE WOODS

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about Lady Stay Dead and Don’t Go In The Woods, both from 1981. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam discusses the film Infinity Buffet, and Justin talks about the films This Is Not A Test, Hokum, Disclosure Day, and some of the films he watched for the Chattanooga Film Festival. Up first is Lady Stay Dead. We talk largely about how unpleasant we found the film to be, mostly since it felt interested mostly in being cruel and shocking and not so much in telling some kind of story. We compare the sexual assault scenes to other famous horror films that use such a tactic, and how the film has the unsettling tendency to sexualize such things instead of portraying them as acts of violence. Liam points out the film somehow is the worst at this amongst ‘80s horror films, and not only is it edgy for the sake of edgy it’s also not particularly good at it. We talk about how the film seems unable to make the antagonist a real believable threat, and how the film lacks the sense of catharsis most rape revenge films have so the violence comes off as completely pointless. Liam talks about how the film can’t decide if the antagonist is developmentally challenged or just an asshole, as well as the idea that this film isn’t really “the nastiest of the nasty” because it’s just a weak example of that phenomenon. Up next is Don’t Go In The Woods. We talk about how the poster might be familiar to horror fans even if they haven’t seen the movie. Justin talks about how the film might the archetypical slasher film and unlike the previous film in the episode is compelling and interesting. Liam talks about how it’s interesting that the film takes its time in revealing the killer, and possibly uses Bigfoot as a red herring before revealing the killer as a strange hippy Viking. Justin talks about one of the more striking and eerie scenes in the film that was more the result of a low budget than any actual artistic choice. We discuss how even though the previous film had a much higher production value, this film feels like it’s being made by someone who cares and that shines through. We talk about the ending and how it feels way heavier than it has any right to be. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers!  Check out www.cinepunx.comfor more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra-stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!