This week on The Seat Struck Movie Podcast, John and Curtis discuss the irreverent 80s slasher: Sleepaway Camp! We are Quinn-less this week as he is tied up (not literally!) with real life plans. We first talk about the production and development of this movie before covering the plot summary, release and legacy, and provide our reviews. We discuss the infamous shock twist ending and continued chatter around the film's handling of gender, both positive and negative. Is this a transphobic and homophobic piece of trash? Is it actually, like Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2, a stealth queer-coded underrated gem? We discuss both perspectives in detail.
Following this discussion, we run down through what we watched this week. Stay tuned for next week's final entry in spooktober as we cover THE DESCENT!
TIME STAMPS
00:00:00 Introduction, quick chatter and recap
00:02:38 SLEEPAWAY CAMP Discussion (summary and analysis)
00:45:40 Our Ratings
What We Watched This Week
51:44 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Curtis)
53:52 Halloween Kills (Curtis)
56:04 Titane (Curtis) (minor plot structure spoilers)
57:50 Pig [2021] (Curtis)
58:45 The Handmaid's Tale Season 3 (John)
1:00:26 Squid Game (John)
01:03:11 The Witch [2015] (John)
01:05:23 Final wrap up
CREDITS AND PLUGS
Intro: Sleepaway Camp Trailer
Outro: Frankie Vinci - Angela's Theme ("You're Just What I've Been Looking For")
For further discussion about transmisogyny in Sleepaway Camp, see this article written by someone much more qualified than us: http://cleojournal.com/2015/08/10/how-can-it-be-shes-a-boy-transmisogyny-in-sleepaway-camp/
A transgender defense of Sleepaway Camp: https://harmonycolangelo.medium.com/the-transgender-defense-of-angela-baker-and-sleepaway-camp-82dd54ddf9cd
Bloody Disgusting essay on Sleepaway Camp: https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3625816/sleepaway-camp-elephant-room-trapped-gender/
Quinn: @seatstruckreviews
Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'
John: johnnycakes.substack.com
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