The Stacks

Episode 68 - Se7en + Shivers

This week in The Spooky Stacks, Shana and j. talk about David Fincher's 1995 highly influential serial killer mystery Se7en (going to 1:25:22), followed by David Cronenberg's squicky 1975 high-rise body horror film Shivers (aka They Came From Within!, discussing running to 2:40:41), concluding as always with discussion of the various other horror movies watched during the Halloween challenge this week, and decisions on what we're covering next week.

The Spooky Stacks are online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-spooky-stacks-1/

Episode 67 - Shadow of a Doubt + Child’s Play 3

As we begin this year's Spooky Stacks, Shana and j. begin with Hitchock's 1943 serial killer mystery Shadow of a Doubt (discussion going to 1:47:54), followed by Jack Bender's notorious 1991 video nasty (despite being quite tame altogether) Child's Play 3 (continuing to 3:02:27), as always followed by discussion of various other movies recently watched.

The Spooky Stacks are online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-spooky-stacks-1/

Episode 66 - Patty Hearst + 2001: A Space Odyssey

This week, as Shana and j. head on into the spooky season, we start off with Paul Schrader's 1986 impressionist true crime film Patty Hearst (discussion running to 1:20:49), followed by Stanley Kubrick's psychedelic 1968 rogue AI epic 2001: A Space Odyssey (continuing to 2:56:17).

October is horror month and that means all selections are from The Spooky Stacks:

https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-spooky-stacks-1/

Episode 65 - Benedetta + Sound and Fury

This week on The Stacks, Shana and j. delve into modern nunsploitation with Paul Verhoeven's 2021 film Benedetta (discussion going to 1:46:49), followed by the 1988 French surreal coming-of-age crime drama Sound and Fury (directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau, discussion continuing to 3:14:25), followed as usual with some discussion of other movies we've watched this past week and decision on what we're covering next episode.

The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

Episode 64 - New Tale of Zatoichi + New Nightmare

This week on The Stacks, Shana and j. return to our very gradual coverage of the Zatoichi series with part three, 1963's New Tale of Zatoichi (directed by Tokuzo Tanaka, discussion running to 1:07:58), then get very meta with Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994, discussion continuing to 3:05:19), concluding as always with some discussion of other movies we've watched in the past week and decisions on what to cover in next week's episode.

The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

Episode 63 - After Blue + Spartacus

Shana and j. go extra long this week, starting with the follow-up to The Wild Boys, Bertrand Mandico's 2021 lesbian sci-fi acid western After Blue (aka Dirty Paradise, discussion running to 1:43:26), followed by Stanley Kubrick's legendary 1960 sword and sandal epic Spartacus (carrying on to 4:01:53!), concluding as always with discussion of other films we've watched during the week and decision-making on what to cover on next week's episode.

The live list of The Stacks can be found online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

Episode 62 - Logan’s Run + Out of Order

This week in The Stacks, Shana and j. talk swingin' malltopia masterpiece Logan's Run (1976, directed by Michael Anderson, discussion running to 1:31:24), followed by the German thriller Out of Order (1984, directed by Carl Schenkel, discussion continuing to around 2:35:35, with maybe a little bit of puppet erotica talk in there too), concluding as always with additional capsule reviews and decisions on what we'll be covering next episode.

The live list of The Stacks can be found online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

Episode 61 - Witchhammer + Liza the Fox-Fairy

This week on The Stacks, Shana and j. continue the All the Haunts Be Ours folk horror box with 1970's Witchhammer (directed by Otakar Vávra, discussion continuing to 1:21:14), followed by the 2015 Hungarian romantic black comedy Liza the Fox-Fairy (directed by Károly Ujj Mészáros, discussion running to 2:29:20), then of course we make our decisions on what to cover next week.

The live list of The Stacks can be found online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

Episode 60 - JSA (Joint Security Area) + Batman (1966)

This week, Shana and j. talk about Park Chan-Wook's excellent 2000 political drama of soldiers in the DMZ between North and South Korea, JSA (discussion going until 1:12:29), followed by Leslie H. Martinson's delightful 1966 Batman feature film, based on the classic TV series (discussion continuing to 2:47:18), as always concluding with some discussion of the other stuff we've watched that week and decisions of what to cover on next week's episode.

The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

Episode 59 - Along With Ghosts + The Oregonian

This week, Shana and j. talk about the third film in the Yokai Monsters series, Along With Ghosts (1969, directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda & Yoshiyuki Kuroda, discussing running to 57:13), which has surprisingly few yokai as it turns out, followed by 2011's surreal regional horror pastiche The Oregonian (directed by Calvin Lee Reeder, discussion continuing to 2:07:17), then of course some mini reviews of additional movies watched this week and our decision-making on what to cover next week.

The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/