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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is Squid Game (2021), a Korean Netflix series set in a dystopian world in which cash-strapped contestants agree to compete against each other in children’s games for a cash prize, only to discover that the penalty for losing is death. Who will be the last person standing to collect the loot, and what kind of twisted minds came up with this game, anyway? I guess we’ll find out. Director Hwang Dong-hyuk is otherwise best-known for the acclaimed drama Silenced (2011), which we have not yet watched, but we will. This was a huge hit when it debuted on Netflix, and Letterboxd loves it, so let’s give it a whirl. Episodes 1 through 3 tonight.

After that is Mad Love (1935), starring Peter Lorre as a mad scientist obsessed with an actress. When her husband (Colin Clive of Frankenstein [1931] fame) is wounded in an accident, the doctor seizes the opportunity to amputate the man’s hands and replace them with those of a murderer, and they retain their violent impulses. Horror ensues as the hands take on a mind of their own and start trying to kill everyone. Director Karl Freund is otherwise best-known for The Mummy (1932), which we have not yet watched on the ‘tube; this is often considered his magnum opus, and one of the better horror films of the 1930s in general.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Squid Game: https://letterboxd.com/film/squid-game/
• Mad Love: https://letterboxd.com/film/mad-love/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Squid Game: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/821931?index1=-1&index2=-1
• Mad Love: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/241768

CWs for Squid Game:

• Child abandonment.
• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Woman brutalized for spectacle.
• Child abuse.
• Domestic violence.
• Abusive parents.
• Gaslighting.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Stalking.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Drug use.
• Deaths of animals.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Animal corpses.
• Death of pet.
• Bugs.
• Genital trauma.
• Finger mutilation.
• Amputation.
• Broken bones.
• Hand damage.
• Dislocations.
• Someone is drugged.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Slapping of woman.
• Bullying.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Suicide.
• Death of parent.
• Death of family member.
• Kidnapping.
• Claustrophobia.
• Razors.
• Mannequins.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Vomiting.
• Audio gore.
• Someone soils themselves.
• Spitting.
• Eye mutilation.
• Squashed head.
• Decapitation.
• Incarceration.
• Needles.
• Cancer.
• Hospital scene.
• Misophonia.
• PTSD.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Body dysphoria.
• Mental illness.
• Nervous breakdown.
• Hanging.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Asphyxiation.
• Choking.
• Flashing lights.
• Shaky cam.
• Jump scares.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Babies.
• Ableism.
• Hate speech.
• Misrepresentation of minority.
• Discussion of religion.
• Suicide attempt.
• Self-harm.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Discussion of sexual assault.
• Dementia.
• Terminal illness.
• Chronic illness.
• Discussion of existentialism.
• Homelessness.
• Honking horns.
• Screeching tires.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Body horror.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Cannibalism.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Stabbing.
• Someone falls down stairs.
• Death by falling.
• Unconsciousness.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Mad Love:

• Gaslighting.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Finger mutilation.
• Amputation.
• Kidnapping.
• Possession.
• Hospital scene.
• Someone struggles to breathe.

Links to movies:

• Squid Game (2021) s1e1: https://tankie.tube/w/oK3GwaDg6SZXtGkezmqZPA
• Squid Game (2021) s1e2: https://tankie.tube/w/mEtbLTntqZq6RcqLDwLKY6
• Squid Game (2021) s1e3: https://tankie.tube/w/6xBZtj8wxfJVJWqcx23dS9
• Mad Love: https://tankie.tube/w/pMyxGbUKNStrP4udYJMCUZ