Brutal Film Girl Experiment Podcast

In this very giggly episode of BFGE, Emma shocks Sarah by warming up to Michael Haneke’s infamous home invasion satire “Funny Games.”  The ladies debate the film's artistic merit, Sarah reads angry zero star film reviews, and Emma urges audiences to #believewomen. Also in this episode: Sarah makes a bad investment European beef hands Sarah…

In this wildly silly episode of BFGE, Emma treks over to Sarah's freezing apartment to eat soup, huddle under a blanket, and watch “The Room” with Spanish subtitles off youtube.com.  Mmmm feels like it's 2008 and our meal cards just got declined at the dining hall again. In this episode: The Greg Sestero audiobook Lisa…

On this very chilly episode of BFGE, Sarah and Emma get together in the bleak midwinter to watch Stephen King's infamous 1990 thriller “Misery.” The ladies ask all the pressing questions including: Is there anything more terrifying than a scorned healthcare professional? Exactly how hung is Mr. King? Wouldn't we all want a nice little…

On this very contagious episode of BFGE, Emma endures 98 minutes of Herman Yau’s infamous Category III Hong Kong shocker “Ebola Syndrome.”  The film tells the rags-to-riches story of Kai, a psychopathic and unhygienic restaurant worker who contracts Ebola from one of his victims only to start two deadly outbreaks in South Africa and Hong…

On the season 2 premiere of BFGE, the ladies tuck into the 1970 Czech surrealist masterpiece “Valerie and Her Week of Wonders” in advance of their upcoming trip to Prague (selected by you, the listeners).  The film follows a young girl on the cusp of womanhood as she's preyed upon by lecherous priests, vampires, and…

In this never-to-be-repeated BFGE special, Sarah lets Emma choose the film as a special birthday surprise, and emma seizes the opportunity to subject Sarah to a whole new species of brutality: the 2001 romantic comedy nightmare “Bridget Jones's Diary.”  This nihilist masterpiece centers on a tragic 32 year-old British woman who finally takes control of…

On the season finale of BFGE, the ladies watch “Demon” (2015): a genre-defying (horror?  comedy?  drama?) Polish film written and directed by Marcin Wrona, released shortly prior to his tragic and untimely death.  The film unwinds a tale of a bridegroom possessed by an unquiet spirit (a “dybbuk”) in the midst of his own wedding celebration. Join us as we…

In this very goofed up episode of BFGE, the ladies get a cinematic lobotomy by watching Ralph Bakshi's legendary disaster film “Cool World.”  The film stars Gabriel Byrne as Jack Deebs, as ex-con cartoonist who gets released from prison only to be sucked into a parallel cartoon universe he thinks he created.  There he meets…

In this very special episode of BFGE, Sarah celebrates Emma's return from Italy by making her watch one of her favorite Italian horror films, Cemetery Man (Italian: Dellamorte Dellamore) directed by Michele Soavi.  The film stars Rupert Everett as Francesco Dellamorte, the beleaguered caretaker of Buffalora cemetery where the dead rise from their graves, whose…

In this very maternal episode of BFGE, Sarah treats her pregnant friend Amanda to a showing of “À l'intérieur” (Inside): a 2007 French slasher film written and directed by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury.  The film stars Béatrice Dalle as a scissor-wielding psychopath who terrorizes a pregnant widow (Alysson Paradis) on Christmas Eve.  Although all…