Ep. 93: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) - Borderline Dad Joke

Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice and Joyous Holiday to one and all! This month your favorite ghouls are discussing avant-garde and new wave queer cinema director, Curtis Harrington's Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972). Grab yourself a gingerbread man and eat up this deliciously campy hagsploitation Christmas film! Trigger warnings: child abuse, child death, Vietnam War, fat shaming, and menopause. Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com BLM & TLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ & https://translifeline.org/donate/ Resources: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) by She Blogged by Night (Stacia) https://shebloggedbynight.com/2016/whoever-slew-auntie-roo-1972/ When the Woman Screams: Who Slew Auntie Roo (1971) https://wordpress.lehigh.edu/screams/2020/02/17/who-slew-auntie-roo-1971/ A Look at Joan Crawford and the Gay Icon Phenomenon by Sara Clements https://medium.com/@saraclements/a-look-at-joan-crawford-and-the-gay-icon-phenomenon-b8172f20e3e0 Why Gays Fell In Love With These Original Shock Queens By Anthony Uzarowski https://www.queerty.com/why-gays-fell-in-love-with-these-original-shock-queens-20160123 Retro Review: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? By Dana Vargas https://www.macabredaily.com/articles/retro-review-who-slew-auntie-roo Who Slew Auntie Roo? Review by Nathaniel Thompson for TCM https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/95729/who-slew-auntie-roo#articles-reviews Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoever_Slew_Auntie_Roo%3F Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) Review by Michi https://randommoviemusings.com/2019/09/24/whoever-slew-auntie-roo-1971/amp/ A PRIMER FOR THE UNEXPECTEDLY AWESOME HAGSPLOITATION HORROR SUBGENRE By Rebecca Pahl https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/a-primer-for-the-unexpectedly-awesome-hagsploitation-horror-subgenre?amp 10 Grand Hagsploitation Horror Movies https://filmschoolrejects.com/best-hagsploitation-horror-movies/?amp THE HAGSPLOITATION, GRAND DAME GUIGNOL & THE PSYCHO-BIDDY HORROR SUBGENRE by Wynn https://mubi.com/lists/the-hagsploitation-grand-dame-guignol-the-psycho-biddy-horror-subgenre ‘Hagsploitation’: horror’s obsession with older women returns by Anne Billson https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/18/hagsploitation-horrors-obsession-with-older-women-returns Psycho-biddy: Gender in Horror Films Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_horror_films MENOPAUSAL MANIACS: A HAG HORROR WATCHLIST https://rue-morgue.com/menopausal-maniacs-a-hag-horror-watchlist/ Dollar Double Feature: Christmas Horror: Rabid (1977) and Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? By GG Graham https://wickedhorror.com/features/editorials/dollar-double-feature-christmas-horror-rabid-1977-and-whoever-slew-auntie-roo/ Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana – Tragic Gay Icons https://josephsciambra.com/judy-garland-marilyn-monroe-princess-diana-tragic-gay-icons/ Why Do Gay Men Historically Adopt Female Stars as Their Icons? By Trevor Martin https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-do-gay-men-historical_b_3895070/amp http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/hereditary-grief-and-motherhood/ Maternal Horror Films: Understanding the ‘Dysfunctional’ Mother https://the-artifice.com/maternal-horror-films-dysfunctional-mother/ When Santa Was a Woman: 5 Christmas Histories You Want to Know By Sivan http://www.revivingherstory.com/rhblog/2014/12/16/when-santa-was-a-woman-5-christmas-histories-you-want-to-know Who is the Celtic Mother Goddess? http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/opinionated-celtic-faqs/mother/