The Weird Walrus Fetish in Kevin Smith’s ‘Tusk’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Wallace the Walrus

February has truly been a ride as Trace and I venture through the wilds of Weird Sex Month. After spending the last few weeks of January buried in films of the 2000-2010s with remake House of Wax (2005) and Crimson Peak (2015), February has been dedicated to the early 1980s with Videodrome (1983) and Possession (1981).

Now we’re up to 2014’s Tusk, Kevin Smith‘s second foray into horror. The film stars Justin Long as Wallace, a d-bag podcaster who travels to Canada to mock a boy who cut off his leg on the internet. When the story falls through, Wallace travels to a remote mansion to meet with Howard Howe (Michael Parks), a recluse with plenty of stories and…odd interests.

When Howard goes missing, it’s up to his girlfriend Ally (Genesis Rodriguez) and Not-See Party podcast co-host Teddy (Haley Joel Osment), along with a bizarre French Canadian detective (an uncredited Johnny Depp), to track him down. But what they discover in Howe’s makeshift zoo is unlike anything seen on film before: Mr. Tusk, the human walrus.

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Episode 217 – Tusk (2014)

Subscribe to the Not-See Party podcast and be wary of walrus dicks because for week 3 of Weird Sex Month, we’re talking about Kevin Smith’s second foray into horror, 2014’s Tusk. Along for the Canadian journey is Dede Crimmins, who has watched this movie *a lot.*

Yes, this is the infamous “Justin Long gets turned into a Walrus” movie and we have plenty of thoughts on his early douchebag performance, Michael Parks’ epic monologues, the fetish-y Mr. Tusk skin suit, and…oh right, Johnny Depp’s grating (or funny?) supporting performance.

Plus: what the hell is a sex fetish act called The Whistling Walrus?

Cross out Tusk!

Coming up on Wednesday: Weird Sex Month wraps up with a true “how did this get made” entry as we revisit the $70M budgeted, Mike Nichols-directed, Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer starring romantic horror film, Wolf (1994).

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