7 - Pay-Per-Sting (Candyman [1992] with Emmy Colón-Geistlinger/Dream Home)

The Calls Are Coming from Inside the Podcast

This week, the walls come crumbling down, and we reveal their gnarly innards as we look at a couple horror films depicting housing crises across the world. First, we talk with Chicagoan Emmy Colón-Geistlinger about the original hometown horror, 1992’s Candyman. Along the way, we discuss our feelings on bees, the gothic nature of the movie, and the history behind the adaptation of this Clive Barker story. Then, we travel across the world to peek in the grisly window of Pang Ho-cheung’s 2010 Hong Kong hit, Dream Home.

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Referenced in this episode:

Candyman Social Impact Initiative: https://www.candymanmovie.com/impact/

Carol J. Clover - Men, Women, and Chain Saws

The A.V. Club - Candyman: Cabrini Green and the Fear of Public Housing

RenewingAmericanCity - Carl Sandburg Village: The front line for blight prevention or an act of discrimination
Minh-Ha La - Understanding Hong Kong’s Housing Crisis

Sandy Li - Hong Kong’s property mania inflates prices of even the tiniest flats, putting affordability beyond reach for most first-time buyers