150 - The Seventh Victim (1943) & Mandy (2018) →

CW: Suicide (multiple references and lengthy discussion)

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

It’s Nightmare Cult Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey leave their boarding school and fall in with backwoods biker cenobites on LSD.

The Classic Film: The Seventh Victim (1943)
"A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village, and finds that they may have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance” (IMDb.com). More complex, odd, and baffling than you might expect a 1940s mystery to be, The Seventh Victim packs more plot developments and intrigue into its 70 minutes than a le Carré espionage novel.

The Modern Film: Mandy (2018)
"The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance” (IMDb.com). (Gestures wildly at everything.)

Audio Sources:
“A.T.H.F.” written by Daniel Dumile and Brian Burton & performed by Danger Doom (Danger Mouse & MF Doom) 
"The Beginning: Making Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. 
"Blurred Lines” written by Marvin Gaye, et al. & performed by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams
“Mandy” produced by SpectreVision, et al.
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Planets and Moons" (Bill Nye, the Science Guy S03E01) produced by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), et al.
“The Seventh Victim” produced by RKO Radio Pictures
"Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith” produced by Lucasfilm, et al.