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Episode 49: Paperhouse (1988) & Candyman (1992)

May 16

1h 40m

Episode Description

Welcome to episode 49 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

In this weeks episode we discuss two films from British director Bernard Rose, one based on the children's book Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr, and the other based on a work from the opposite end of the literary spectrum The Forbidden by Clive Barker.

First up is Paperhouse (1988) Dir. Bernard Rose w. Charlotte Burke, Glenne Headly, Elliott Spiers, and Gemma Jones

and then we follow this with

Candyman (1992) Dir. Bernard Rose w. Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen, Kasi Lemmons, Xander Berkeley, and Vanessa Williams.

Along the way we discuss the links between children's fiction and horror, childhood trauma, the career of director Bernard Rose, surreal imagery in the horror film, the early works of writer Clive Barker, the history of Cabrini Green, themes of class, repression and oppression, the career of the late, great Tony Todd and much more.

Recommendations

Shockheaded Peter by Heinrich Hoffmann

Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr

The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

The Books of Blood by Clive Barker

The Great & Secret Show by Clive Barker

Coldheart Canyon by Clive Barker

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

IvansXTC (2000)

References

https://filmfreakcentral.net/2022/08/bernard-rose-interview/