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Welcome to Not Scared: A Horror Movie Podcast, where I talk to people about their favorite horror movies and why they are so special. Today I talked with my outgoing new friend Betsy Tomszak, the bookstagrammer and podcaster behind Books with Betsy and curator of the Off Color Book Club , about an essential movie in her horror education, Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead (1981). We chat a lot about the cursed production element of this movie, but we also cover the music, a fugly necklace, why this movie is NOT a slasher, and the brilliance of a low budget scare. We also discussed a slew of books that reminded us of The Evil Dead because we are both advanced library users. Of course Betsy would pick a horror movie with a book in it! TW: rape. There is a tree rape scene in The Evil Dead that we mention throughout (in detail at 36:00-41:00) and so an extra layer of discretion is advised. 00:00-06:00 Intro / Book Talk 06:00-15:00 Why Betsy Loves Horror / How We First Saw The Evil Dead 15:00-36:00 Production / Brief Synopsis / Scariest Scenes / Music / Acting 36:00-41:00- Tree Scene 41:00-1:05:00 Sequels / Double Feature Ideas 1:05:00- Outro / Betsy’s Podcast & Book Club Info Please note: timestamps are estimates. References “ 27 Things We Learned from The Evil Dead Commentary Track ,” Film School Rejects “ Sam Raimi and the Raping Tree ,” by Matthew Lickona, San Diego Reader, October 17, 2012 “ Why The Evil Dead is Still So Alive after 40 Years ,” by Katie Rife, AV Club, October 29, 2021 Books mentioned: * Uzumaki by Junji Ito * Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom * The Viy by Nikolai Gogol * Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix * Dreamcatcher by Stephen King * Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin (the next book club book at Betsy’s Off Color Bookclub , as of recording) Find us online: Betsy’s Instagram Books with Betsy Podcast Follow Off Color Brewing for info on Betsy’s Book Club. The Off Color Book Club
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