Adventures in Movies: Short and Sexy
We talk about one of our favorite shorts out of Fantasia and the stellar new doc “We Kill for Love” about the history of erotic thrillers.
Transylvanie (short)
There is not much in the way of movie news this week (at least not the kind we are interested in talking about), so it begs the question: are the two ongoing strikes in Hollywood starting to show their effects?
On the other hand, it is one of the slower movie months of the year, so how much would there be to talk about even if things were going smoothly? Plus, there were plenty of posters and trailers that came out. We also talk about the career arc of Bill Maher.
Then it’s on to our new movie spotlight.
It has been a while since we have talked about a short film on the show. This year’s Fantasia Film Festival provided us with some of the best stuff we have seen this year.
Transylvanie is an interesting short whose silly name will throw audiences off. Yes, it is cute and has some funny moments, but it is also very dark. We talk about where it fits in the plethora of vampire movies and whether we would be interested in seeing it as a full feature.
Our featured presentation is a dazzling doc about erotic thrillers, available to stream now!
We have never made it a secret that we love erotic thrillers. We dedicated a whole month to the genre (check out our Stank Month shows!) and have talked about it on numerous episodes this year. We have also been lucky enough to cover a couple of movies that came out this year that are reminiscent of the late-night premium cable staples.
WE KILL FOR LOVE is one of the best documentaries about cinema out there. It never takes itself too seriously, but it also is careful never to poke fun at the genre that teenagers of the 1990s grew up on.
It tracks the history of erotic thrillers and provides some interesting points. All the while, it will fill audiences with a sense of nostalgia. Even those unfamiliar with the movies will get a kick out of the great interviews and clips.
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ABOUT THIS PODCAST:
Every week AIPT Movie Editor Nathaniel Muir and his cinema partner in crime Blake Heath discuss indie and genre movies you have have never heard of, the ones you cannot hear enough about, and the ones you never want to hear about again.
Episode 369: ‘Find Your Friends’ (2026)
Aside from Art the Clown, what has Damian Leone contributed to horror? We also come dangerously close to gatekeeping while we discuss what extreme horror is. Plus a discussion on the 28 Years franchise somehow leads to a talk about The Bride.
We spend a good amount of time talking about Find Your Friends. About 98% of it is spent on the film’s writing. It does not take long to realize this is not a good thing. There have been plenty of movies that have led to a discussion about the writing. There has been nothing like this one.
The movie clearly deals with sensitive subjects. But it does it in a way that downplays the circumstances, the victim, and its heady themes. It is so bad that we have to constantly reiterate how we are not shitty men. (Who knows? Maybe we are. But that’s a different matter.)
How bad was the writing for Find Your Friends? So much so that we were constantly filing in story beats to make it make sense to us. And even then, we were still frustrated by what we had seen. This movie had all the ingredients to tell a powerful story about how women are treated. It instead was content to erratically work towards its admittedly wild finale.
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Adventures in Movies! is hosted by Nathaniel and Blake. You can find Nathaniel on Instagram at nathaninpoortaste. Blake can be found on Twitter @foureyedhorror and on Instagram at foureyedhorror. You can reach us personally or on Twitter @AdventuresinMo1.
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