Ep. 112 Audition & The Stepfather

“Only pain and suffering will make you realize who you are.” A
Halloween double feature! Hosts John Cribbs and Christopher
Funderburg look at a pair of re-marriage thrillers in which the new
spouse turns out to be diabolically psychotic: Audition and The
Stepfather. Director Takashi Miike and screenwriter Donald E.
Westlake (the respective creative forces behind each film) bring a
masterful level of artistry and intelligence to the brutality (both
physical and emotions) of the movies, taking genre filmmaking to
its apex. The conversation compares the films’ depiction of the
differences between feminine and masculine performance, their
themes about abuse and exploitation, and what each one has to say
about the nature of evil. Beware of your fantasies of a perfect
family and a perfect spouse, they might kill you. All Pink Smoke
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for Two” Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas"