Let's celebrate Fathers Day 2026 (in Australia) by looking at some Psycho Daddies together! Who doesn't have #daddyissues, right? Not Film Lady, surely…XD

Content Warning: like all of my eps, this is an explicit episode which is targeted at adults. It is labelled accordingly on your pod platforms with *E* symbol. Please go through the triggers below before jumping in!

Potential Triggers: mentions of suicide, sexual assault, domestic abuse, incest

Cold Open: psycho killer song: Talking Heads – Psycho Killer Lyrics

Warm Close: Daddy by PSY, translated to English: DADDY (English Translation) – PSY ft. CL | Genius Lyrics

Letterboxd list: https://letterboxd.com/filmladyroyal/list/psycho-daddies-in-horror-or-happy-fathers/

Music - via Free Music Archive — CC BY:

• VADE - Tone Down House - 4_4_25, 3.47 AM

• JMHBM - Little Looney

• Ethos - Forever Ending

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Email: kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com

Extended show notes & more on the website: Kino Royale

Movie blog: The Cinefile Blog

Equipment:

JBL Quantum Stream Studio | Quad pattern premium USB microphone for streaming, recording and gaming

Audacity - recording & editing - free!

Seed Talks

The Shining ‘Here’s Johny!’ scene: The Shining (1980) - Here's Johnny! Scene (7/7) | Movieclips

Acknowledgement of Country

I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.

Help Film Lady decide on November’s theme! The November poll starts on 5 September and finishes on 6 October. Vote below this episode on or on socials, or email me your vote.

This episode is part 3 (BONUS), ‘Wreckage’, where we peek behind the curtain to see what Monsters hide behind the Archives with Caroline Bicks’s 2026 exploration of Carrie’s earlier drafts & alternative plot twists!

Just like the Carrie novel, we have divided our discussion into 3 parts. We’ve even kept the OG names! So you can listen to either or all (or none), depending what you’re most interested in!

Previously, in ep19 - part 2 - ‘Prom Night’, we were following Brian de Palma to the epic school night of his 1976 iconic movie adaptation.

In the first instalment, in ep18 - part 1 - ‘Blood Sport’, we were dissecting the original 1974 Carrie novel by Stephen King. Expect scary spoilers, deep dives & terrifying tangents!

If you’re keen to come along on this bloody ride, make sure to stash some of those sanitary napkins & tampons from the broken vending machine in the bathroom, and get ready to PLUG IT UP!

Content Warning: like all of my eps, this is an explicit episode which is targeted at adults. It is labelled accordingly on your pod platforms with *E* symbol. However, if you’re listening on my website - take care of yourselves & your fam first! Please go through the triggers below before jumping in!

Potential Triggers: discussion or mentions of blood, menstruation, trauma, parental abuse towards their children, bullying, violence, school systems, sexual assault, religious mania, eating disorders, depression, major depressive episodes.

Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram.

Email: kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com

All eps & more on website: kinoroyale.net

Warm close: Carries poem on p. 71 : that's a five-line poem Carrie wrote as a seventh-grade class assignment, which her teacher kept — it's presented in the "board of inquiry" documentary sections along with background material on Carrie from seventh grade, described as a disturbing poem for a school assignment that her teacher saved.

Mentions:

Seed Talks - I did a workshop on Vampires & the Human Psyche with Katie Evans

Evolution of Horror pod

The Losers Club ep on Monsters in the Archives

Random Horror Pod Generator #9 - their ep on Carrie

Associations & Recs - see show notes from ep18

Research: Menstrual periods are arriving earlier for younger generations, especially among racial minority and lower-income individuals | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Other links from research also in p1 show notes.

Music - CC BY - via Free Music Archive :

Tiga Maine - Tiga Maine - Uhamba Nami (ft. Bhlaklyn & Lady Kay)

Soundwave Sphere - Dark Desires

Acknowledgment of Country

I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.