Rose Madder

And so in the early '90s, suddenly we start getting a focus on women as survivors, women as victims and then victors.

In Dolores Claiborne, Rose Madder, as well as Gerald's Game, these are women who have survived sexual trauma, physical abuse, and they are running from it for the longest time, and then they stand and face it.

And that bravery is something to be celebrated, and I don't think that it is discussed enough.

I, I... 'cause those are the books that don't get a lot of readers because they're not seen as horror, Eric.

Interesting scenery in those books.

And we are getting really fucking tenuous as well, 'cause we're gonna read Rose Madder.

It's a chance to read a lot of the books that don't get talked about a lot, right?

Yeah.

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Again, we are kicking off season of spook [scary organ music] [thunder] with Pet Sematary from 1989, directed by Mary Lambert and written, adapted, by Stephen King from the book written by Stephen King.

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At the edge of the woods, behind the Creed's new house, is the old animal graveyard, the place where devoted pets are laid to rest.

And I say stories because, as we've already kinda mentioned, this movie's not perfect certainly.

No.

It is one of the better Stephen King adaptations because the man himself was directly involved with adapting his book to the screen.

And the changes that he makes for the movie, ar- while minor, work better for the movie, I feel like.

Yeah

... a, I think of Angry, I think of Norman from Rose Madder.

Uh [laughs] I'm sure they would love-

Yeah.

... to have a sponsorship ad with the abusive husband-

[laughs] Hey

... from, uh, Rose Madder.

You know, they, they, they're in the horror game.