179 | Piranha

179 | Piranha

The Bloodlust

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Directed by Joe Dante

Written by John Sayles

Stars Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Dick Miller

Released August 3, 1978

Available on Amazon Prime, Hoopla

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 34min

RT: 69% critics 42% audience

Looks like animals are attacking all the kids!

Synopsis 

A failed and abandoned government experiment results in ferocious, mutant piranha swimming loose in a freshwater river. The man-eating fish leave carnage in their wake and no one is safe - not even precious, young campers.

Bobbit Worm

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For our next movie, we’re gonna check out the newest M. Night Shyamalan flick, Old. We’re heading to the theaters for this one so join us in two weeks!

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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178 | Saint Maud

178 | Saint Maud

The Bloodlust

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Written and Directed by Rose Glass

Stars Morfydd Clark and Jennifer Ehle

Premiered at TIFF September 8, 2019

Released February 12, 2021

Available in US on Hulu and Paramount+

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 24mins

RT: 93% critics, 65% audience 

Synopsis: Maud is a young nurse who has recently undergone a religious conversion after she was responsible for an unnamed but serious accident that caused the death of one of her patients. When she takes an in-home assignment with a dying former dancer and choreographer, Maud becomes convinced that her real mission is to save the woman’s soul.

Trivia

• Rose Glass’s first feature film. She was named best debut director at the British Independent Film Awards

• Holy shit that chest bursting scene came from a real story from an ICU nurse

Caravaggio’s “Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy”

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It’s that time of the year here in the midwest when we like to watch a movie about people being killed/attacked in the water. Last year we covered the classic, Jaws. Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing 1978’s Piranha, now streaming on Amazon Prime.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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