The ALTER Tapes – Details, episodes & analysis

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Kat and Joe discuss Helen Liu's short, 'High End Dying' (2023), class and race, beautiful food and practical FX, and how this fits into the recent trend of culinary horror.

Premise: An elite-level chef literally puts herself into her craft, as her attempt to impress a famed food critic descends into a bloodbath.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Kat: @DanniTheKidd / @GirlThatsScary

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers / @murdermfiction

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Xero and Joe discuss Sasha Aubort's 'Gummy' (2023) which has incredible sound design and draws comparisons to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Harmony Korine's Gummo and The Loved Ones. In short: prepare to be disgusted (complimentary)

Premise: A masochistic dentistry student grapples with unrequited love and her manipulative father by pulling out her own teeth for addictive pleasure.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Xero: @xghorror / @blerdymassacre

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers / @murdermfiction

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Kat and Bobby discuss Abby Alleyne Brooke's 'Skin Deep' (2023). 

Premise: On the last night of summer in a sleepy seaside town, an insecure young woman finally reveals to her crush exactly how she feels — and what she is..

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Bobby: @bobbytorrez / @KingzScream / @People_Scares

> Kat: @DanniTheKidd / @GirlThatsScary

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Joe and Kat discuss Chris Elena’s short ‘Audio Guide'. We're talking time travel and choose your own adventures, the dirtiness of public bathrooms, and whether you would want to know your own future. We're scared!

Premise: Inside an art gallery, a woman wearing gallery-issued headphones unexpectedly learns about life’s mysteries—whether she wants to or not.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Kat: @GirlThatsScary

Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai and Kat discuss director Chloë Wicks’s short ‘Aftertaste' (2020). We discuss urges, intimacy, and the importance of being honest about needs when starting a new relationship.

Premise: Moll and Alfie are on the verge of falling in love after a few years of friendship - but she has a secret that threatens not only their budding romance but also his life. A film about intimacy, shame and appetite.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Sharai: @Misssharai / @NightmareFierce / @blerdymassacre

> Kat: @DanniTheKidd / @GirlThatsScary

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai and Jamie discuss Stuart Graham’s short ‘The Good Word’ (2015), religious horror, cannibalism, and titties. Oh my! 

Premise: A traveling preacher with a penchant for murder meets his match when he turns up at the farmhouse of Ma and Da Taggart.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Sharai: @Misssharai / @NightmareFierce / @blerdymassacre

Jamie: @glitterburrito / @BloodyBroadsPod

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jamie and Joe discuss Joanna Tsanis’ short ‘Smile' (no, not that Smile!) We're talking depictions of depression and mental illness in horror, fantastic creature design and the three films that Jamie immediately connects to this short.

Premise: When a young woman struggles to smile, her depression becomes something truly monstrous.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Jamie: @glitterburrito / @bloodybroadspod

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Ky and Joe discuss director Javier Chavanel’s short ‘Smiles’ (2019), which uses a Get Out approach to create a comedy/horror of manners. They're in love with the goopy practical FX, the hinted at generational backstory and how this short ruins Nick Jr from Nickelodeon.

Premise: Borja is about to meet his girlfriend's parents.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Ky: @ky_sfx / @mvhupodcast

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Ryan and Ky discuss Henry Kaplan’s short 'We Together.' On the surface, there are break-dancing zombies (and that’s great!). However, what is buried under the beat? Join Ryan and Ky to find out.

Premise: A zombie is awakened.

> Ryan: @BrotherGhoulish

> Ky: @ky_sfx

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This Week on The ALTER Tapes, Jamie and Ryan discuss Gabriel Popoff and Jeanne Noulin’s short ‘ARÀKHNÊ’ (2022). Come join us as we unravel a web of supernatural scares, and unpack the woes of a struggling artist and her infanticidal boo-thing.

Premise: In an isolated house, a supernatural phenomenon disturbs the mental balance of a mother worried about her son.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Jamie: @GlitterBurrito / @BloodyBroads

> Ryan: @BrotherGhoulish

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