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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.