This week Ian and David discuss Extra Ordinary!
Ian and David cracked open their Time-Life Books of the Occult to discuss ghosts, demons, virgins, ritual murder and sacrificing goats for this week’s film Extra Ordinary – a charming Irish supernatural rom-com.
Come for the awkward romance. Stay for the exploding goats!
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Listening to this reminded me of Cast a Deadly Spell, a 90s TV movie that’s a sort of humorous noir detective/horror mash-up. It’s likewise set in a world where ghosts, demons, and magic are all commonplace, and the conclusion also involves a virgin sacrifice that goes awry when the virgin turns out to not be one. It’s fairly obscure so it probably wasn’t a direct influence on this movie, but they share a somewhat similar spirit.
I added this to my watch list on Crave literally the night before this episode went up so of course I had to watch it immediately that night. No languishing on my watchlist until it disappears! I too was drawn in by the font so that’s good design. And also that Claudia O’Doherty was in it who was great as the housemate who travels halfway across the world to be the same damn person (I can relate) in the Apatow series “Love” on Netflix.
Happy Halloween! Thanks for recommending this little gem. I started watching it with my sister, but she checked out after Christian showed up. I almost did too as the character was too broad for my taste, especially in comparison to the other characters, but I liked the quirkiness of the movie so I stayed with it. Appreciating the comedy of Will Forte is not my forte. And in case this comment generates an internet alert…It’s not you, it’s me, Will. You do you. I recast the part in my mind as I was watching the movie and Cary Elwes sprang to mind because, like Dave, this movie reminded me of Teen Lust which also has a virgin sacrifice plot. Even with a story on this small a scale, I’d have liked Rose and Martin to have had a slightly more formidable opponent.
It didn’t raise a red flag for me that Sarah insisted on her Dad arranging the exorcism of his wife himself. You have to want to leave a bad relationship. He’s Irish, so maybe he was still feeling a lot of Catholic guilt over causing Bonny’s death which is why he has put up with her haunting him up to this point. Besides, what teen working as a clerk in a store is going to want to spend her own money to fix a problem her Dad ought to be taking care of?