Welcome back to the podcast, scaredy cats! Today we head to the theater to watch Ari Aster’s 2019 folk-horror ritual masterpiece: MIDSOMMAR. It’s all on-topic today as we talk about Ari Aster’s handful of completed scripts and speaking charisma, dodging spoilers, horror in broad daylight, Will Poulter’s Pennywise audition, and even kick off a De-hype Meditation segment. Then we get into it and talk all about genuine relationship portrayals, laughing as a response to horror, bountiful rituals, sneaky images and easter eggs, lame boyfriends, weird sex scenes, constant druggings, relatable cults, giant hammers, unending artwork, and not-so-scary (but scary) horror. All that and more in a jam packed mid-summer Midsommar episode of the TEXCHRIS DAVESAW MASSACRE! Continue reading →