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Brutal Film Girl Experiment

Two longtime friends meet once a week to share some laughs and watch a classic cult, horror, or disturbing arthouse film. Sarah loves them, but Emma might not have the stomach for it. Will their already unstable friendship survive the Brutal Film Girl Experiment?

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

68:42

Cool World (1992) - men just wanna have fun (& sex...

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2024/11/13

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 Holli Would (Kim Basinger), a sultry cartoon vixen hell-bent on having sex with a human man so she too can become human, and Frank Harris (Brad Pitt), a hard-boi...

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78:20

Cemetery Man (1994) - zombies, sex, and guns (oh my)

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2024/10/30

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 lonely existence is suddenly upended by the arrival of a mysterious beautiful woman (Anna Falchi). Also in this episode:Emm...

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59:06

Inside (2007) - natal attraction

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2024/10/23

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 BFGE episodes have a ~content warning~, this one has a ~content warning++~, please listen at your own risk!Also in this episode:Sara...

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54:52

Psycho (1960) - mommy tissues

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2024/10/16

Halloween month at BFGE continues with the ladies watching the godfather of slashers, Hitchcock's "Psycho": a film Emma has never seen because she's lived under a rock like a small beetle-woman for 30+ years. Experience the twists and turns of "Psycho" as if you're seeing it for the very first time! Watch it through the eyes of a newborn babe who knew "it was about a hotel, a woman who gets murdered, and maybe there's a weird of mom character...I think?" That's it. Th...

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74:30

The Thing (1982) - MacReady or not

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2024/10/09

Sarah and Emma kickoff Halloween month by watching John Carpenter's arguably best film (in Sarah's opinion): his 1982 science fiction horror masterpiece "The Thing." The film follows a spunky all-male research team in Antarctica as it is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. Also in this episode:Emma loves hot adventure men wearing hats.Sarah discusses the origins of the film and the critical reproach upon its release.The ladies debate whethe...

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51:56

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) - the special...

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2024/10/01

In this very silly and stupid episode of BFGE, the ladies watch Todd Solondz' 1995 coming-of-age black comedy film "Welcome to the Dollhouse." The film centers around the life of Dawn Weiner (Heather Matarazzo), an awkward seventh-grader struggling to cope with inattentive parents, jr. high bullies, her annoying younger sister, and her own insecurities in suburban New Jersey. Also in this episode: Sarah gives away a disgusting rug.Emma gets sad after hearing Sarah's junior hig...

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115:47

Revenge (2017) / The Substance (2024) - butts 'n' guts

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2024/09/23

On this week's XXL episode of BFGE, Angelique fills in for Emma and the ladies discuss the TWO feature films of newcomer Coralie Fargeat. For an appetizer, the ladies dissect "Revenge": Fargeat's debut film, a 2017 thriller about a young woman who thirsts for vengeance after she is raped and left for dead in the desert by three men. For the main course, S & A tuck into "The Substance": a new body horror film about an aging aerobics star (Demi Moore) who injects herself with a ...

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53:59

Caligula: the Ultimate Cut (1979) - when in Rome

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2024/09/17

In this week's episode of BFGE, the ladies take a field trip to the movie theater to catch "Caligula: the Ultimate Cut (1979)" -- a complete reimagining of the reviled 1979 cult epic "Caligula," which is the world's first and last big-budget historical epic film infused with...uhh...hardcore pornography. Tune in as:The ladies discuss the catty man infighting amongst Vidal (screenwriter), Brass (director), and Guccione (producer).Sarah almost gets fired because of Caligulaaaa.Emma expla...

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60:26

Martyrs (2008) - two broke girls

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2024/09/03

In this harrowing episode of BFGE, the ladies watch "Martyrs": a 2008 French-language psychological horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier. The film centers on a young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child, which leads leads her and a friend on a terrifying journey into a living hell. In this film:Sarah and Emma showcase their own martyrs du jourEmma is "actually traumatized" and considers quitting the podcastThe ladies...

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58:42

Dancer in the Dark (2000) - the killing of a sacred...

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2024/08/28

In this very emotional episode of BFGE, the ladies celebrate Sarah's birthday by watching the infamous musical tragedy "Dancer in the Dark." Written and directed by professional sadboy Lars Von Trier, the film stars Icelandic singer Björk as OSHA's worst nightmare: a blind Czechoslovakian immigrant operating heavy machinery while daydreaming about musicals. Also in this episode:Emma is a heartless bitch who can't wait for Björk to dieSarah recaps the Dogme 95 filmmaking movement ...

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66:58

Bad Lieutenant (1992) - full frontal keitel

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2024/08/20

In this week's episode of BFGE, the ladies dissect Abel Ferrara's delightfully scuzzy 1992 crime drama "Bad Lieutenant" starring Harvey Keitel as a drunk, drug-addled crooked cop investigating the rape of a young a nun. In this episode:Emma loves drinking water, but Sarah thinks it's stupid and overrated.Sarah sheds some light on the interesting and controversial life of actress/screenwriter Zoe Lund.Emma is a little puritan who doesn't know what crack & smack look like.Can you beli...

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74:18

Bad Boy Bubby (1993) - a punk rock incest odyssey

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2024/08/13

On this week's very special episode of BFGE, Sarah and Emma enlist the services of a third friend, Melbourne-native Angelique, to watch Rolf de Heer's singular and indescribable Australian absurdist black comedy "Bad Boy Bubby". The film centers around the titular Bubby: a man who has spent thirty-five years trapped in a small room with his abusive mother. After he finally manages to escape, his adventure into a dazzling and nihilistic life begins. The ladies drill down on t...

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62:19

Boxing Helena (1993) - hot simp summer

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2024/07/16

In this very sensual episode of BFGE, the ladies watch nepo baby Jennifer Lynch's 1993 box office dumpster fire, Boxing Helena: a film about a wealthy surgeon (Julian Sands) who becomes obsessed with a seductive woman (Sherilyn Fenn) with whom he once had an affair. Refusing to accept that she has zero romantic interest in him, he lovingly amputates her limbs and holds her captive in his stately mansion.In this episode:The ladies debate how much simping is too much simping.Sarah discuss...

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49:38

Nekromantik (1988) - ze germans are c*mming

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2024/07/10

In BFGE's most gross-out episode to date, Sarah and Emma watch Jörg Buttgereit's depraved West German exploitation classic about a man that loses everything after his hot bitchy girlfriend leaves him for a comely corpse he brought home for a ménage à trois.In this episode:The ladies discuss whether polyamory can ever work (no).Sarah gives some historical insight into why the Germans took a 50 year hiatus from making horror films after the 1930s (you know why).The ladies discuss the ethics of ...

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61:12

The Warriors (1979) - a testosterone-soaked urban...

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2024/07/02

On this week’s episode of BFGE, Sarah & Emma celebrate their annual trip to Coney Island by watching Walter Hill’s 1979 hyper-masculine New York City fairy tale, the Warriors. The film centers on a fictitious NYC street gang who must travel 30 miles from the the Bronx to their home turf on Coney Island, fighting off a bunch of kooky rivals gangs along the way, after they are framed for the murder of a charismatic gang leader. The ladies discuss the best and worst gangs and all their ...

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60:43

Street Trash (1987): Goo Girls Gone Wild

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2024/06/25

In this week’s episode of BFGE, the ladies enjoy pre-show cocktails before they tuck into J. Michael Muro’s “democratically offensive” horror-comedy, Street Trash: a film in which a group of vagabonds living in a Brooklyn junkyard falls prey to Tenafly Viper—$1 booze that’s gone bad and turns anyone who drinks it into a technicolor puddle of slime. Also in this episode:Sarah reveals why she loves living next to the toxic Meeker Avenue Plumes.Emma pontificates about the Vietnam War, a wa...

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58:49

The Piano Teacher (2001): girl r u ok?

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2024/06/18

This week, Sarah and Emma bond over Michael Haneke’s (Funny Games) unnerving character study of a repressed middle-aged piano instructor who seeks an outlet for her controversial sexual desires while in the grasp of her controlling mother. The ladies discuss the film's central theme of the dynamics of power & control. An 18-year old Sarah visits a rural roadside smut shop with her friends. Emma begrudgingly gives a dramatic reading of the film’s infamous kink letter, wh...

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64:22

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Brutal Film Girl Experiment ·

2024/06/11

Sarah starts a podcast to lure Emma to her apartment to watch one of her favorite films, Tobe Hooper's 1974 grindhouse classic "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre." Emma reveals her trauma from the civil war ghost tours she was forced to endure as a young girl scout, Sarah discusses the grisly inspiration for the film and the chilly reception from cranky film critics, Emma survives the TCM by offering to make a Sephora run for Leatherface.

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