HORROR BUSINESS Episode 59: SATAN’S SLAVES & DON’T LEAVE HOME

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys. In this episode, we’re talking about 2017’s Satan’s Slaves and 2018’s Don’t Leave Home, both Shudder exclusives. First and foremost, we want to give a shoutout to our sponsors 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. Also, thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally grateful for that support. Thanks! We start by briefly discussing the concept of spoiler culture and then discuss what we’ve done recently involving horror. Liam talks about catching a recent screening of Knife + Heart and Justin talks about attending Monsterpalooza in Los Angeles, meeting Carly and Amy from the Final Girls podcast, and we the both talk about seeing the remake of Pet Sematary. We begin by talking about Satan’s Slaves. We give a brief plot outline of the movie, and Justin talks about how the movie is very successful in setting up an atmosphere of terror and eeriness. Liam discusses how the film, given its proximity to East Asia (the film itself is Indonesian), is very reminiscent of some Asian horror films and modern horror films as well, in addition to some horror films of the ’70s. We discuss how a turn in the third act changes much of the film’s mood retroactively. We discuss how much of the movie feels somewhat disjointed and disconnected. The cohesion of the family unit is touched up, and some of the creepier scenes are discussed. The film’s uniqueness in being a religiously themed horror film that doesn’t fall into many of the tropes other religious horror films fall prey to is touched upon. Next up is Don’t Leave Home. We begin by giving a brief outline of the film, and spend much of the time discussing the concept of colonization as a source of horror. The phenomenon of pastoral horror is explained and discussed. The film as a fairy tale is touched upon, and how that fairy tale is a metaphor for Ireland’s relationship with England. The film’s decision to avoid religious tropes in a movie that delves lightly into religion is discussed, as are some of the performances of the actors in the film. As always thanks 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. 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 as always to Justin Miller 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, Alexis, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com), 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, 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.com for 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!