Just Ghoul With It – Details, episodes & analysis

This week Nikki and Kate watched Us and discussed duality, the range required when playing two versions of yourself, and the unblinking horror of rabbits.

Content warnings:

Death of a child, stalking, kidnapping, blood, gore, audio gore, animal death, spiders, finger/toe mutilation, broken bones, strangling, someone struggling to breathe, someone is burned alive, torture, self harm, PTSD, anxiety attacks, jump scares, car crash, gun violence

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Jeepers Creepers and discussed the true crime origins of the opening scene, lore inconsistency, and wispy monster hair choices.

Rated R for terror violence/gore, language, and brief nudity

Content warnings:

Discussions of crimes against children, blood, gore, body horror, intimate partner violence, stalking, kidnapping, someone struggling to breathe, decapitation, cannibalism, eye mutilation, torture, broken bones, jump scares, audio gore, needles, claustrophobia, panic attacks, car crash, gun violence

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Dead of Winter (1987) and discussed the filmic origins of gaslighting, film perspective and claustrophobia, and the ideal speed of a chase scene.

Rated R

Content warnings:

Death by suicide (mentioned), blood, gore, audio gore, animal death, gaslighting, instititutionalization (mentioned), finger mutilation, someone struggling to breathe, jump scares

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Blair Witch Project and decided that Heather is unfairly maligned. #hellyeahheather 

Tune in for discussions on tropes, viral marketing, and the finer points of leading with teeth vs clocking the teeth. Grab a plate of spaghetti, this is a meaty episode. 

Rated R for violence and language

Content warnings for this movie: 

Shaky cam, blood, description of gore, dead animal, drug and alcohol use, human teeth, kidnapping, child death, stalking, jump scares, gaslighting, anxiety attacks

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

Special thanks and credit to Anthony Rocazella, who composed our intro and outro music. You can find him on instagram at puffthemagicbassist.   

This week Nikki and Kate watched IT: Chapter One and talked about the history of clown panics in the US as well as the potential explosive volatility of clowns. 

We had some audio issues (sorry!) but don't worry, we're fixing those for next week's episode.

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

Special thanks and credit to Anthony Rocazella, who composed our intro and outro music. You can find him on instagram at puffthemagicbassist.   

Rated R for violence/horror, bloody images, and for language

Content warnings for this movie:

animal death, blood, amputation, child abuse, implied child sexual abuse, incest, hate speech, slurs, ableist language, torture, bugs, alcohol abuse, cutting, flashing lights, jump scares, someone being burned alive, eye mutilation, broken bone, kidnapping, child death, clowns, stalking, audio gore, drool, vomit, anxiety attacks, shaky cam, domestic violence, someone struggling to breathe, guns

This week Nikki and Kate talk about leading with teeth. And also the first half of the 1990 made-for-tv adaptation of Stephen King’s IT. 

Oh, we also have new intro and outro music! Special thanks and credit to Anthony Rocazella, who composed it for us. You can find him on instagram at puffthemagicbassist.      

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

Content warnings for this movie: bugs, spiders, cutting, torture, parental death, child death, clowns, jump scares, possession, mental institution, gaslighting, anxiety attack, claustrophobic scene, death by suicide, self harm, flashing lights, sexual assault, hate speech, racist hate speech, anti-semitism, domestic violence, child abuse, someone struggling to breathe, blood

This week Nikki and Kate watched It Follows and questioned the actual functionality of the clam phone...sea-reader? Shell phone? Clamdle? Okay we’ll stop. 

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website at www.justghoulwithitpod.com If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

The music in this episode is Good Night by Private Hell Productions and was used with permission. The entire album, plus other works, can be found on the Private Hell Productions youtube channel. 

It Follows is rated R for graphic nudity, disturbing violent content, language, and sexual content. 

Content warnings are as follows: bodily mutilation, broken bones, kidnapping, death of a minor, stalking, jumpscares, hospital scene, gaslighting, anxiety attacks, sexual assault, sexual content, incest, someone struggling to breathe, drowning, gun violence, blood, car crash, bugs

We present...a teaser for the soon to be released comedy horror podcast Just Ghoul With It. Join two friends as they discuss how culture and history influence horror films. 

Our website is justghoulwithitpod.com and you can find us on instagram and twitter at justghoulwithit.

The music in the teaser is Good Night by Private Hell Productions and was used with permission. The entire album, plus other works, can be found on the Private Hell Productions youtube channel. 

This week Nikki and Kate watched Crimson Peak and discussed color schemes, stylized smoky ghosts, and ambiguous curd. 

Content warnings:

Child abuse, intimate partner violence, child sexual abuse, blood, gore, audio gore, gaslighting, jump scares, death of a dog, insects, animal abuse, sexual assault, finger mutilation, someone struggling to breathe, a head is squashed, eye mutilation, death of a child, vomit, ableism, incest 

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Witch and discussed immersion and historical accuracy, framing and isolation, and living deliciously.

Rated R  for disturbing violent content and graphic nudity

Content warnings:

Blood, gore, audio gore, child abuse, death of an infant and child, gaslighting, animal death, animal abuse, child sexual abuse, cutting, someone struggling to breathe, seizures, kidnapping, jump scares, vomit, damage to teeth, incest, religious trauma

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist