This week’s movie from Summer 2021 of the podcast was honestly kind of a spoiler as the scare and I forget what as the style, because man I’m bad at this. The downside of talking about Raw is that I’m going to have to jump into those spoilers, because it’s that kind of movie. But not yet!

So there’s this vegetarian chick from a vegetarian veterinarian family, and it’s almost time to go to vet school! But also, vet school is really weird. Source: the movie, but it apparently involves getting hazed by upperclassmen and even professors? Like, the whole incoming class gets Carried, and hell, probably with actual pig blood, why not? They sure have access to some! Plus weird all night mandatory raves and closet makeouts. It’s honestly a lot more like a mixed-gender fraternity than a professional medical school for animals. Er, about animals.

But the thing is, one of the hazings is to eat a pickled rabbit kidney. And kind of like being introduced to the new religious viewpoints (or political viewpoints, or sexual awakenings) that college brings to many people, it just stands to reason that if you give a confirmed lifelong vegetarian a hunk of meat, they’re gonna go all out with it, you know?

Spoilers below.

So, the scare die I didn’t provide earlier is “flesh eaters”, which I’ll admit I did not keep as close to the vest as I maybe could have. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, though, and in the end, I’m still not entirely sure what was actually going on. Like, okay, yes I know the generalities, but the specifics? Not a clue.

Still, though, as a coming of age drama and a family drama and an unexpectedly strong body horror movie, all the pieces worked really well. I just don’t have any idea why the things that were happening, um, happened. It’s not like the underlying cause was important to the story, I just expected to know by the end.