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Podcast: Retro Blood
Episode: Retro Blood 216 – Home Sweet Home (1981)
Description:
James Kline and J.H. Alison close out 1980s Killer Families Month with one of horror’s strangest forgotten Thanksgiving slashers: Home Sweet Home (1981). A PCP-crazed bodybuilder, a dysfunctional family gathering, and pure early-’80s chaos—this one has it all.
We kick things off with our first impressions, including the amazing trailer and how James randomly discovered this long-lost DVD. Then we dive into the film’s behind-the-scenes history:
Director Nettie Peña — one of the few female horror directors of the era
Writer Thomas Bush — his only screenplay before shifting into sound work