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POD 366, EP. 189: XAVIER TERHOST’S VEGAS EYES LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE, JOHN LILLY, AND THE BARRIO LADY ADDICTION

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Discussed in this episode:

My Vegas Eyes (2026): Left behind with the riff-raff after the Rapture, Emo Superstar attempts to leave Sin City behind in this experimental microbudget feature.

The Addiction (1995): Read Alice Stoehr’s review. This is Arrow’s 4K UHD upgrade of ‘s arty, existential NYC vampire-as-addict experiment. Besides the new format, it’s identical to Arrow’s 2024 Blu-ray. Buy The Addiction.

Barrio Triste (2025): A “hallucinatory” found footage movie set among Medellin’s juvenile delinquents, from ‘s EDGLRD productions. Coming to Apple TV,  Plex, and Fandango At Home Oct. 9. Barrio Triste U.S. distributor site.

John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office (2025): Documentary about the controversial scientist whose work with psychedelics and isolation tanks inspired Altered States. Need more reason to sit up and take notice? It’s co-directed by and features as an interviewee. Buy John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office.

Lady (2025): An eccentric aristocrat with artistic pretensions pressures a young filmmaker into documenting her daily life, but things take a turn for the strange when she begins turning invisible. There are a lot of options to watch this in the UK, but in the US, it’s apparently only available through Apple TV at this time–here’s hoping it lands at more outlets soon. Lady from Metfilm on Instagram.

These People (2026): ‘s latest project is a public-domain-footage musical about the Lincoln assassination and its aftermath. Currently, it is only playing live at specific venues (it debuts at NYC’s Slipper Room on Oct. 12). The film’s homepage warns it is “not meant for online viewing,” but we’re hopeful it will somehow reach a wider audience. These People official homepage for information and schedule.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

No guest scheduled on next week’s Pod 366, but mark your calendars for the week after, when and return to the show to discuss their latest historical horror film, Vampires of New Orleans (which you can rent now if you want to support them financially—or wait until Halloween for a free version). In written content, Michael Diamades tells you whether ‘s rare and controversial Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1971) rules; Shane Wilson‘s latest Halloween assignment is The Assignment: The Witches Talisman (2013); Germán Biener has to make an Irreversible (2001) decision, and Enar Clarke tries to hear what is saying with Earwig (2021). Onward and weirdward!

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366 UNDERGROUND: MY VEGAS EYES (2026)

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DIRECTED BY: Xavier Terhorst

FEATURING: Kevin Ludowitz, Justin Cutler, Alyssa Duarte, Pamela Pace, Michael Vaughn

PLOT: Left behind with the riff-raff after the Rapture, Emo Superstar attempts to leave Sin City behind.

Still from My Vegas Eyes (2026)

COMMENTS: “There she was: the only innocence left on Earth.” She is a naked woman, mouth pursed in anticipation, and limbs ready to accommodate any bend. Easy to hold, easy to lift, easy to caress, and easy to inflate. Amidst the dregs of humanity, a crude sex doll may be the apex of humanity after the better souls are wrenched from our sick plane. This rapture is shown simply: human silhouettes—dozens, hundreds of them—in still-form floating above the garbage remnants of Las Vegas where the rat-like survivors cling tenuously to an existence of violence and getting high. Emo Superstar (Kevin Ludowitz) wants something more, and with the reluctant acquiescence of his drug boss, Superstar attempts an impossible journey for salvation—or at the very least, something more than the mass damnation where he finds himself.

Early on, Emo Superstar remarks that “[l]ife became colorful when my parents died.” Xavier Terhorst is obviously working through some rough thoughts, and we ride alongside him over the course of My Vegas Eyes. Guerrilla filmmaking and exhaustive editing make for a visually compelling journey. Vegas has rarely looked so depressing, sparsely populated by made-up psychos clinging to a lust for kicks or hope in the Lord. A photorealistic face of a person fills the screen, its eyes carved out to reveal a flickering backdrop of trash and bright lights. Colors saturate and flip as Superstar navigates a dead city and an ominous tunnel guarded by the Trash Man. The protagonist’s thoughts play quietly from time to time, only for us to be jarred back into the harsh now with full-volume shouts from a psychotic matriarch or simpering Mormon preacher.

The experience is rough. Terhorst’s feature debut shows much promise, however, maintaining stylistic coherence and a just-followable-enough narrative, all despite the apparent restraints of him nearly being a one man band. Terhorst slots firmly into the informal collection of “curious what comes next” filmmakers. Putting that potential future aside, though, My Vegas Eyes is an interesting exploration of life after the apocalypse, and how we can still find value in life (or death?) at its worst.

You can buy My Vegas Eyes now on Blu-ray from the distributor; we’re informed it will show up streaming (free option available) on bloodstream.tv from September 20.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY:

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