Day 20: The Fan (1981)

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Hello and welcome back! It’s Day 20 of our 31 Days of Horror series, and today we’re talking about 1981’s The Fan, starring the lovely Lauren Bacall. If you’ve spent much time with me, either in person or via my internet ramblings, you know that I am in a committed relationship with Classic Hollywood. We are not exclusive, per se, but let’s face it–I’m not really interested in seeing other people. Charles may take every opportunity to rib me about my love of Barbara Stanwyck (we even did an episode about her on The Good, The Bad, and the Podcast!) and other 1940s actresses of a similar ilk, but I’m #sorrynotsorry. I’m of the firm belief …

Day 16: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)

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Well, we are officially past the halfway mark in our 31 Days of Horror series, which puts us in the 1970s! Today we’re talking about another film that belongs to one of my favorite sub-genres: Hag Horror. The movie in question is 1972’s Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, and it’s quite the humdinger. It’s a modern-day take on the tale of Hansel and Gretel, and Shelley Winters stars as the titular Auntie Roo. Man, poor Shelley Winters. Despite a colorful, decades-long career and numerous Oscar nominations/wins, she never seems to get to play somebody whom you actually like. To me, Winters will forever be the frumpy sad-sack, Alice Tripp, getting kinda-sorta-deservingly drowned by Montgomery Clift in A …