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Dan: On this episode we discuss The Unholy.
Elliott: Prequel to the movie... Holy.
Gillian: With me: Gillian Flynn! I'm back. I'm back! You couldn't get rid of me; like an evil, dark, unholy penny I arise and return for Shock — Shock — Shocktoberfest!

Official Show Notes[]

We’re joined for a second Shocktober by Edgar Award-winning bestselling author, screenwriter, and secret bad movie fan Gillian Flynn, to discuss The Unholy, a horror movie about a Three’s Company-level name misunderstanding.

Movie Summary[]

Premise[]

Alice, a girl with hearing impairment, is able to hear, speak and even heal the ill after having visions of the Virgin Mary. But when a journalist probes into the matter, he unearths a conspiracy.

Final Judgments[]

­The only way you're gonna get scared watching this movie is if you fall asleep and have a nightmare
       —Totally Snorifying (Dan) @ 1:27:26

­No thank you
       —Totally Snorifying (Stuart) @ 1:29:16

­It starts out ok, and just kind of.. treads water for most of the movie
       —Totally Snorifying (Elliott) @ 1:29:36

­Has all the rhythms there, but it felt like no one's heart was entirely in it
       —Totally Snorifying (Gillian) @ 1:30:40

Episode Highlights[]

Tangents[]

  • The Gillian Flynn "Un-" Trilogy @0:42
  • Cary Elwes @2:59
  • Actors and children out of time @3:51
  • Gold Meat @5:16
  • James Herbert's Shrine @5:42
  • Sparks Notes @6:19
  • Slightly Anachronistic Witch Burnings @8:28
  • Shattered Glass @9:36
  • Supernatural Clickbait Scoops @10:37
  • [...]
  • The Stuart Truck and Gillian's Robot Voice @1:44:22
  • A lack of fun B/B+ horror movies @1:51:45
  • Jump-Scare Jail @1:53:28
  • Yes, Gillian Flynn's Working On Her Next Novel @1:55:48

Movie Pitches[]

  • Uncola
    "A movie about a Sprite that turns people into zombies" (Elliot) @ 1:35
  • the Ghostbusters Present: Three Old Men and a Baby
    "It's the same three men but they're old now and they gotta take care of, like, their daughter's baby. [...] and somehow it's part of the Ghostbusters Universe or something (Elliott) @1:40:13
  • Horror Reboot of Night Court
    — @1:55:16

Quotes[]

Stuart: Dan's googling fuckin' pastas —
Dan: I'm looking at types of pasta, sorry.
Elliott: Dan, so wait. So Dan, you were admonishing us to be good and not do more pasta jokes
Dan: No, I know, it just seemed really fun so —
Stuart: And now he's googling pasta and he's licking his lips
Dan: Yeah. Now I'm just hungry for pasta.
— @1:36:05
Dan: We can take the heat by saying we're preventing Gillian Flynn from finishing her next book by having her watch the first half of a bunch of movies
Elliott: Well, luckily it'll be different with next weeks guest... George R. R. Martin? Uh oh!
Dan: Oh no!
Gillian: I actually have the same editor as George, so —
Elliott: Talk about a cushy job! Just sit around, wait all day for books that don't come in. Amazing!
— @1:56:55

Sponsors[]

  • Storyblocks @1:22:25
  • Smalls cat food @1:24:00

Listener Mail[]

Mailbag Song[]

-None-

Pasta Review Section of the Show[]

@1:32:45

Letters[]

  • What movie would you like to see a mini-sequel of? @1:34:08
    • spillover Pasta reviews @1:35:10
    • Suspiria (Stuart) @ 1:35:30
    • Dan's slow evolution into Garfield @1:36:05
    • The Guest (Dan)
    • Hot Fuzz (Stuart)
    • Never Too Young to Die; Flash Gordon (Gillian)
    • Shadow of a Doubt; not Gremlins; The Big Chill; Three Men and a Baby (Elliot)
    • Pretty in Pink; The Diner; The Adventure Begins (Gillian)
    • Big Trouble in Little China (Stuart)
  • the Peaches are in the Library of Congress; what titles and words should Stuart be associated with? @1:41:41
    • "#blessed" (Stuart)
    • "Man/Myth/Legend" ; "Wellington, Stuart (Equally Funny)" (Elliott)
    • Castle Freak booster (Dan)

Recommendations[]

  • Grizzly II: Revenge (2020) by André Szöts (Dan) @1:45:06
  • Dead & Buried (1981) by Gary Sherman (Gillian) @1:46:20
  • Pig (2021) by Michael Sarnoski (Stuart) @1:48:17
  • Malignant (2021) by James Wan (Elliott) @1:49:42

Stinger[]

Gillian: It's recording.
Dan: Ok, and we'll just assume you don't sound like a robot, that'll be...
Gillian: Soft robot. Soft robot.
Elliot: That'd be so funny if, as a joke, you did it as a robot without telling us and we look back —
Dan: "Guys, I swear"
Elliot: — and we're like, "that's why she kept mentioning robots during the whole thing her 'cause her batteries were low"
Gillian: Trying to see if anyone was paying attention.
Dan: She was the girl from Small Wonder all grown up.
Stuart: But she didn't talk like a robot, really.
Elliott: No, she doesn't grow up, Dan, she's a robot. That's the whole thing —
Dan: What!
Elliott: — she's always going to be a Small Wonder.
Dan: Aw...
Gillian: He did get you on that one, Dan, he did get you.
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