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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, the people have demanded horror, so we’ll watch a particularly popular modern horror movie: Insidious (2010). It centers on a couple who move into a spooky house and then become shocked when spooky things start happening. Demons start possessing their son and then go “boo!” a lot. I would simply move out of the house, but hey, I don’t live in a horror movie. Director is James Wan, the guy who brought us The Conjuring (2012), as well as, uhh, Aquaman (2018). A ringing endorsement. I guess it is slop night.

After that, by request, is Happiness of the Katakuris (2001), an absurdist comedy-musical from exceptionally prolific Japanese auteur Takashi Miike. Surprisingly, the only other Miike we’ve watched is his video-game adaptation Yakuza (2007). This seems like a good place to start. It centers on a family that runs a guest house out in the middle of nowhere. Their guests suddenly start dying, and they have to go to increasingly ridiculous lengths to cover up each incident, including taking out others who discover the truth. Hilarity ensues as the cartoonish antics pile up. A cult classic.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Insidious: https://letterboxd.com/film/insidious/
• Happiness of the Katakuris: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-happiness-of-the-katakuris/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Insidious: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/10093
• The Happiness of the Katakuris: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/14053

CWs for Insidious:

• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Child abuse.
• Sexual assault: a demon licks a woman’s cheek.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Choking.
• Body horror.
• Asphyxiation.
• Unconsciousness.
• Seizure.
• Death of major character.
• Kidnapping.
• Ghosts.
• Jump scares.
• Clowns.
• Possession.
• Mannequins.
• Hospital scene.
• Unstable reality.
• Meltdown.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Crying baby.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Babies.
• Discussion of religion.
• Demons.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

CWs for The Happiness of the Katakuris:

• Child abuse.
• Deaths of animals.
• Carnism.
• Bugs.
• Implied pedophilia.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Shaving.
• Someone is crushed to death.
• Broken bones.
• Finger mutilation.
• Death by falling.
• Eye mutilation.
• Death of child.
• Kidnapping.
• Ghosts.
• Self-harm.
• Suicide.
• Shaky cam.
• Flashing lights.
• Fat jokes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• Insidious: https://tankie.tube/w/aFwaBx2yhLjsqkJfH5Hzoc
• The Happiness of the Katakuris: Forthcoming. Currently uploading to Tankietube.