Have Mercy

Movie Meltdown - Episode 548  (For our Patreon "Horror Club")

This episode we discuss Mercy Black the 2019 film written and directed by Owen Egerton. And as we try to decide if we are ready to be out in the world, we also mention… Slice, Promising Young Woman, Rondo Hatton, Janeane Garofalo, childhood trauma, Chance the Rapper, pre-schizophrenic, clever filmmaking tricks, sacrifices and offerings, Creepypasta, Daniella Pineda, going to the library, mental health issues, why won’t you turn the lights on, the bathtub scenario, Austin Amelio, opening and closing doors, Carey Mulligan, that annoying brat, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the shrug option, Slender Man, Elle LaMont, real-world horror stories, kids drawing disturbing pictures, Lee Eddy, just a house in a field, not grounded in reality, Miles Emmons and the internet back in the day. 

Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for “Mercy Black”, so go watch the movie before you listen. You have been warned. 

“Yeah, let’s send this girl who’s kind of on the edge mentally to this old, creepy house.”