Drinking And Screaming - A Horror Movie Review Podcast · Charlene Bayer & Kelly Wright

S6E16: Color Out Of Space (2019)

October 31, 2022·41 min·2 clips

Theresa and her son become fused into a single body, and the scene is described as pure body horror.

1. Drinking And Screaming S6E16 covers Color Out of Space (2019), a Richard Stanley film based on H.P. Lovecraft's story. 2. Charlene Baer and Kelly Wright host the episode, and both identify as queer and feminist horror fans who pair film talk with cocktails. 3. The episode asks what Color Out of Space is doing as a Lovecraft adaptation and how its color motif works on screen. 4. Charlene introduces Lemonade Out of Space, a cocktail built from lemon juice, lime juice, peach schnapps, white rum, and butterfly pea flower syrup. 5. The hosts note that butterfly pea flower turns blue with brewing and pink when citrus is added, which mirrors the film's shifting color imagery. 6. Kelly calls the drink 'one of the fancier drinks we've ever had on the show' and says watching it be made was 'a event.' 7. The discussion names Richard Stanley as the director and says he is 'an abuser,' while also noting that H.P. Lovecraft was racist. 8. They summarize the cast with Nicolas Cage as Nathan Gardner, Joely Richardson as Teresa, Madeleine Arthur as Lavinia, and Elliot Knight as Ward Phillips. 9. The plot summary includes the meteor, the contaminated water, the missing meteor, and the family's worsening situation at the Gardner farm. 10. The hosts mention the alpacas, the well, the Wiccan ritual, and the film's focus on body horror and time distortion. 11. Kelly argues that the movie works because it shows a color the brain cannot process, then compares it to the idea that shrimp can see colors humans cannot. 12. Charlene links the film's discomfort to the question of whether 'my blue' is the same as 'your blue.' 13. The hosts say the concept is tied to trauma because the brain can split off a memory and turn it into 'something else inside your brain.' 14. Kelly recommends more Lovecraft-style horror made by people who understand the source material without its racist roots. 15. The episode names other adaptations, including The Curse, Color from the Dark, and The Farb, as possible follow-up watches. 16. Kelly describes Ward as an observer who grounds the story because he keeps trying to help while nobody follows his advice. 17. The episode stays conversational and reaction-driven, with both hosts interrupting, riffing, and returning to the film's details as they go. 18. The tone mixes cocktail breakdown, social critique, and horror analysis instead of a formal review structure. 19. Best for listeners who like body horror, Lovecraft adaptation talk, and Nicolas Cage. 20. Skip it if you want a spoiler-free, light horror recap with no abuse content.

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A lively Color Out of Space hangout with cocktail craft, cosmic horror, and Lovecraft context.

Drinking and Screaming's Color Out of Space episode fits its Halloween movie night setup without feeling forced. Char and Kelly do their best work when they sit with the film's off-kilter logic, especially the way something can feel wrong before anyone has a name for it.

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You want Lovecraftian horror talk with a cocktail and a clean-eyed check-in on the baggage around it.

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