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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is Squid Game Season 2 (2024), 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 of season 2 tonight.
After that is The Seventh Victim (1943), a gothic horror film about a young woman who travels to New York City to search for her missing sister, only to be drawn into the machinations of an underground Satanic cult that seeks to kill anyone divulging its secrets. Much spookiness ensues as the protagonist tries to rescue her sister from being the cult’s next victim. Expect a whole lot of dark corridors and long shadows. Director Mark Robson is otherwise best-known for the showbiz drama The Valley of the Dolls (1967), which we have not yet watched. Considered one of the better horror films of the 1940s.
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/
- The Seventh Victim: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-seventh-victim/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- Squid Game: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/821931?index1=-1&index2=-1
- The Seventh Victim: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/81258
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 The Seventh Victim:
- Stalking.
- Kidnapping.
- Shower scene.
- Hanging.
- Death of LGBT person.
- Suicide.
- Sad ending.
Links to movies:
- Squid Game (2021) s2e1: https://tankie.tube/w/upFd7tobj3jbcfV9SvpDtg
- Squid Game (2021) s2e2: https://tankie.tube/w/9HuygFMX4U1dam4pMnhmwE
- Squid Game (2021) s2e3: https://tankie.tube/w/q3mdxRfCoRNN4GnDKY9kKS
- The Seventh Victim: https://tankie.tube/w/n6rUzdBvXQ5EgpY3i8PR2c
