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Drusilla and Josh discuss Sam Raimi's underseen film The Gift and its connections to psychic experiences.

This week, Drusilla and Josh discuss one of Raimi’s underseen films, The Gift. From wiki: “The Gift is a 2000 American Southern Gothic supernatural thriller film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson.[4] Thornton and Epperson had written the screenplay for the film prior to the former's 1996 breakout success Sling Blade, with Thornton taking inspiration from his own mother's alleged psychic experiences.[5]” Also discussed: Long Island Medium, Body Double, Sy...

People in this episode

Hosts: Joshua Conkel, Drusilla Adeline

Topics covered

• film analysis
• supernatural thriller
• Southern Gothic
• psychic experiences
• Sam Raimi

Keywords

• The Gift
• Sam Raimi
• Billy Bob Thornton
• Southern Gothic
• supernatural thriller
• psychic

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Gift, Sling Blade, Long Island Medium, Body Double

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