Director: Panos Cosmatos
Writers: Panos Cosmatos & Aaron Stewart-Ahn
Synopsis: Red, a recovering alcoholic lumberjack, lives a peaceful, quiet life with his love Mandy in the Pacific Northwest of the early 1980s. Mandy is a daydreaming metalhead & fantasy enthusiast who makes psychedelic drawings when she’s not working at a local gas station. One day while out walking, Mandy catches the eye of the charismatic leader of a bizarre Christian cult who incorporates psychedelic drugs into their worship. Jeremiah, the cult leader, is instantly besotted with Mandy & orders his followers to capture her, with the help of some Cenobite-like bikers. This leads the devastated Red on epic quest for revenge at any cost.
Here’s the documentary about real-life cult EnlightenNext, which Jamie mentioned on the show.
Next up, the newest offering from Jeremy Saulnier, the fella who brought you Green Room & Blue Ruin. Tentatively looking forward to this one, but if too many wolves get killed it’s gonna be a ‘no’ from me, dawg.
Into/outro music courtesy of Peter Perfect. Check him out on Instagram | Soundcloud
All other music this episode by Johan Johansson from the original score of Mandy