087 - Thesis (1996) & Kill Me Please (2015)

CW: Suicide, Torture, Graphic Discussion of Rape and Murder It’s the end of another school year on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey are getting intellectual with two horror movies about school that you have to read! The Classic Film: Thesis [Tesis] (1996) "While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured [to] death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her [college]" (IMDb.com). This 90s foreign classic comes to us from Spain and asks the important question: "Should filmmakers strive to give audiences what they want when what they want is violence?" The Modern Film: Kill Me Please [Mate-me Por Favor] (2015) "Barra da Tijuca, West Side Zone of Rio de Janeiro. A wave of murders plague the area. What starts off as a morbid curiosity for the local youth slowly begins to spoil away at their lives. Among them is Bia, a fifteen-year-old girl. After an encounter with death, she will do anything to make sure she's alive" (IMDb.com). This Brazilian/Argentine festival darling has a lot to say about growing up as a young woman in the modern day. But is its dreamlike beauty and emotional metaphor enough to make up for a lack of… anything else? Get more at podsematary.com! Read our Afterthoughts at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1134946933733068802 Audio Sources: "Kill Me Please [Mate-me Por Favor]" produced by Bananeira Filmes, et al. "A League of Their Own" produced by Columbia Pictures & Parkway Productions "Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones "The Princess Bride" produced by Act III Communications, et al. "Split" produced by Universal Pictures, et al. "Thesis [Tesis]" produced by Las Producciones del Escorpión & Sogepaq "Tom Hanks/Lady Gaga" (Saturday Night Live S42E04) produced by Broadway Video & SNL Studios