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Directed by Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Written by Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz and Sergio Casci
Stars Riley Keough, Alicia Silverstone, Jaeden Martell and Lia McHugh
Rated R
Runtime of 1hr 48 min
“a constant barrage of bad parenting decisions”
Synopsis: A father insists on taking his two children to spend Christmas at their cabin with his new fiance shortly after the death of their mother, then promptly leaves the three of them there together to get to know each other. Already a profoundly stupid idea, right? But it gets so much worse - turns out dad’s fiance is the lone survivor of a Heaven’s Gate-like cult that committed mass suicide not long ago. Why wouldn’t you want to leave her alone with your kids in a remote cabin?
NOTES FROM THE EPISODE:
Okay listeners, which of these two do you think looks more like the cult leader from The Lodge? Let us know in the comments.
Here’s a fun thing I didn’t think of while we were recording - Jamie’s pick for who the cult leader looked like was The Six-Fingered Man (aka Christopher Guest), who played opposite my pick, Chris Sarandon. Ain’t life funny.
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Next up, The Wretched, now available for rent on Amazon as well as showing at select drive-in theaters. This movie is real hot right now and probably owes a lot of that success to the fact that times are crazy and one of the few escapes for folks is to head to the the drive-in.
Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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