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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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Bobby and Jamie discuss director Yfke van Berckelaer’s short ‘Lili’ (2020), which is an uncomfortable cat-and-mouse game about power, its misuse and female empowerment.  

Premise: A young actress’ audition grows increasingly tense with every line read in this single-take horror for the #metoo era. 

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Bobby: @BobbyTorez / @people_scares

> Jamie: @glitterburrito / @bloodybroadspod

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai and Kat discuss director Dicky Chalmers’ short ‘Angel.' This 16 minute short reminds us that connections with strangers while dating may not be all that it’s cracked up to be. Tune in to hear Sharai and Kat dive into this short, dating on the apps, & more!

Premise: When a girl goes back to a guy’s house following a dating app hook-up, she becomes suspicious of his true intentions after discovering his obsession with cooking ramen broth, and a strange AI digital assistant called Angel.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Kat: @DanniTheKidd / @GirlThatsScary

Sharai: @Misssharai / @NightmareFierce / @blerdymassacre

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jazz and Bobby discuss Andrew Hunt’s short ‘Level'. This discussion dives into the fringes of reality and fantasy while we tackle the many beginnings and endings of this short film. Be ready to respawn. 

Premise: Trapped inside a never-ending nightmare, a cat and mouse game plays out between a man and a hellish beast lurking in the shadows.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Jazz: @Smok1ngaces / @girlthatsscary

> Bobby: @Bobbytorrez / @people_scares

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Kat and Nichole discuss Lucía Forner's 'Marta' (2017), upstart serial killers, the perfect runtime of shorts, and a shared appreciation of foreign horror. 

Premise: Marta believes that her ideal profession would be that of a serial killer, and she wants Carlos to be her first victim.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Nichole: @BodiesHorror

> Kat: @DanniTheKidd / @GirlThatsScary

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai and Kat discuss director Marc Cartwright’s short ‘We Die Alone.' This short film tackles loneliness, dating, and why one should always vet before they connect. Tune in to hear their thoughts on this short and more!

Premise: A chance encounter dangerously intertwines the lives of three people with differing perspectives on love.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Sharai: @misssharai / @blerdymassacre

> Kat: @girlthatsscary

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Kat and Ky discuss Bishal Dutta’s short ‘Inferno’. This short was a RIDE. Tune in to hear Ky & Kat’s thoughts on this hellish overnight stay and more!

Premise: Trapped in a nightmarish motel, an exhausted woman uses the last of her energy to make a desperate escape attempt from the monster chasing her.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Ky: @ky_sfx / @MVHUPODCAST

> Kat: @girlthatsscary

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In this week’s episode of The ALTER Tapes, Adrian and Ky discuss creators Jerónimo Rocha and João Miguel Real’s short “Macabre”. They dive into the world of horror animation, Egyptian imagery and living in purgatory as an animal. As mentioned in the episode the art style of the short resembles the style of M. C. Escher.

Premise: K just crashed his Mercedes-Benz into a tree, moments after trying to avoid running down a small wild animal that ran across his path. He is on a backwater road in the countryside and it’s a very dark night. His evening has only just begun...

Connect with your co-hosts:

Ky: @ky_sfx / @mvhupodcast 

Adrian: @adrianraee / @slash_her_pod

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In this episode of The ALTER Tapes, Adrian and AJ discuss writer and director Daniel Foster’s short “Don’t Die First”. They discuss the very real horror of police brutality and the effects it has on marginalized groups, especially the Black community of America. Alongside this they also talk about the blending of horror and comedy and stereotypes plaguing the genre.

Premise: Finding himself trapped in a cabin in the woods with his white friends, Jay makes a call to a mysterious organization.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> AJ: @_ButWhoisshe / @d180podcast  

> Adrian: @adrianraee / @slash_her_pod

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, AJ and Joe discuss Beck Kitsis' short ‘The Three Men You Meet At Night’. We talk about how simple, yet horrifying the short is; how dread is just as effective as gore and violence, and AJ's awful real life experience with an untrustworthy man.

Premise: A young woman walking home alone encounters three different types of men. Whom can she trust?

Connect with your co-hosts:

> AJ: @_ButWhoisshe/ @D180podcast

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai and AJ discuss director Kate Trefry’s short 'How To Be Alone. These two nerds clearly talk a bit about Stranger Things, give Maika Monroe her flowers, and wonder if Joe Keery as a nurse would cause more harm than good for most of us.

Premise: One woman’s simple, three-step guide to surviving a night on your own.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Sharai: @Misssharai / @Nightmarefierce / @blerdymassacre

> AJ: @_ButWhoisshe / @D180podcast

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Ryan and Joe discuss 'The Thing That Ate The Birds' (2021) by co-directors Dan Gitsham & Sophie Mair. We dig into the legacy of the Moors, our plans for a feature and praise the short for showing the creature in full daylight. Plus: fun stuff like toxic coping mechanisms, trauma bonds, domestic abuse and alcoholism.

Premise: On the North Yorkshire Moors, Abel, Head Gamekeeper, discovers the thing that is eating his grouse.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Ryan: @brotherghoulish / @blerdymassacre

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Bobby Torrez and Brother Ghoulish discuss David Velduque’s short ‘Estigma’. Come for the creepy crawlies and stay for a hookup that descends into body horror and a discussion around the queer stigmas addressed in the short.

Premise: It's Friday night, the bell rings and Alex opens the door to the worst of his fears.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Bobby Torrez: @BobbyTorrez / @people_scare

> Brother Ghoulish: @BrotherGhoulish / @blerdymassacre

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jamie and Bobby watch Devi Snidely's 2009 short 'Death in Charge.' We get representations of death, an unlikely friend duo, and a look at how dangerous boxed mac n cheese can be.

Premise: An impatient single mom leaves her nine year old daughter, Whitney, with Death, carelessly mistaking the dark-cloaked, scythe-carrying Reaper for her tardy babysitter. When Whitney reveals some dark tendencies of her own, it's up to Death to lighten things up before returning to its grim duties.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Jamie: @gliterburrito / @bloodybroadspod 

Bobby: @BobbyTorrez / @people_scares

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai and Jamie discuss director Matthew Lynn’s short ‘The Things We Do When We're Alone’ (2020). We laugh in the face of thunder, dig into toxic masculinity, spend a moment dragging shitty dads, and call on the cool taxidermists to step forward because they need better PR. 

Premise: With his wife and son gone for a weekend getaway, a closeted gay man copes with his demons of conversion therapy.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Sharai: @misssharai / @nightmarefierce / @blerdymassacre

> Jamie: @glitterburrito / @bloodybroadspod

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Nichole and Mark discuss Santiago Saba Salem’s short “Red Gloves”. A callback to the great Giallo films of the 80s, Mark and Nichole discuss the influences of the subgenre that permeates throughout the shorts 10 minute runtime and whether it should be extended into a feature length film.

Premise: In 1980s NYC, a young dancer at the top of her class is stalked during a lonely night of rehearsing by a shadowy figure wearing red gloves.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Nichole: @BodiesHorror/ Bodies of Horror

> Mark: @TheAntiCritic/ Midnight Social Distortion

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jazz and Sharai discuss Ciara Boniface’s short ‘Skintight’ (2018). Tune in as we discuss how deep the chains run in American life as a Black woman.

Premise: Set in a small Texas town, a young Black woman becomes the prey of a cult built on a secret that is skin-deep, with a Southern virtuous figure at its forefront.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Jazz: @smok1ngaces / @girlthatsscary

Sharai: @Misssharai / @Nightmarefierce

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This week on The Alter Tapes podcast, Jazz teams up with Joe to discuss Kristine Gerolaga’s 2021 short “Concealer”. They discuss a variety of make-up tips, the power of female friendships and the housing crisis, with tangents on Catwoman and Gothika. 

Premise: “When Ivy agrees to let her old friend Bless treat her to a spa day, she soon learns that Bless has joined a cosmetics pyramid scheme.”

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

> Jazz: @Smok1ngAces / @GirlThatsScary

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This week on The Alter Tapes podcast, Kat teams up with Joe to discuss Aislinn Clarke’s 2017 short “Childer.” They discuss strict parenting, time loops, agoraphobia, YouTube theories and the chemistry between leads Dorothy Duffy and Luke Walford. 

Premise: “An introverted mother's worst fears are amplified when she is seemingly stalked by the feral children living in the woods surrounding her home.”

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

> Kat: @DanniTheKidd / @GirlThatsScary

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This week on the Alter Tapes podcast Adrian teams up with Kat to discuss Julia Max’s 2020 short “Pieces of Me”. They discuss the horrors of Hollywood auditions, beauty standards and the eating of human flesh. 

Premise: “A struggling young starlet uncovers a deadly secret which may be the key to the fame and fortune she so desperately craves.”

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Adrian: @adrianraee / @slash_her_pod

>Kat: @DanniTheKidd / @GirlThatsScary

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In the latest episode of The ALTER Tapes, Adrian and Joe drive out to Robbie Barclay’s short “Backstroke”. We discuss power hierarchies, unusual readings, threatening men and skinning dipping!

 Premise: Two runaway teens steal a car with dreams of heading down to Florida, but things take a dark turn after a dangerous game.

Connect with your co-hosts:

>Adrian: @adrianraee / @slash_her_pod

>Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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In the latest episode of The ALTER Tapes, Ryan and Joe discuss David Mikalson’s short 'Stuck.' We discuss disposing of bodies, dick trauma, the temptation to extend shorts (or not!), and why Becky doesn't realize she's in a horror movie.

Premise: A gymnastics coach must deal with a man who has taken an interest in the young girls she coaches. The man makes a bold move and the coach responds with an even bolder one.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Ryan: @brotherghoulish / @blerdymassacre

Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai Bohannon and Brother Ghoulish discuss Roxy Shih’s short ‘The Visit’. Come hear us unpack this short's themes of the pressures against women (especially those in cultural intersections), intergenerational diseases such as Alzheimers, and a bevy of loosely related tangents.

Premise: A pregnant woman and her husband visit her aging grandmother in the rural mountains of Taiwan only to witness the older woman's disappearance through the will of a malevolent mountain spirit.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Sharai Bohannon: @MissSharai / @NightmareFierce

> Brother Ghoulish: @BrotherGhoulish

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai and Bobby discuss Raymond C. Lai’s 2020 short ‘Logan Lee & The Rise of the Purple Dawn.' We talk about representation on television, our individual histories with the show Supernatural, get a little into Bobby’s astrology chart, and weigh the pros and cons of this magical strain of weed.

Premise: It's the night of the Hungry Ghost Festival, and Chinese-American scratch DJ Logan Lee is poised to make his live debut at his best friend Beatrice Pan's house party. The problem is, he's a nervous wreck.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Sharai Bohannon: @misssharai / @nightmarefierce / @blerdymassacre

Bobby Torrez: @BobbyTorrez / @people_scares

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In the latest episode of The ALTER Tapes, Sharai and Joe discuss writer Mae Catt and director Tim Hendrix’s short 'Couples Therapy.' We're back to talk more about sex, female serial killers, the subjectivity of horror comedies, and asking for shorts to push the envelope. Plus: a challenge to listeners!

Premise: A nice couple is having some problems so they go to a therapist.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Sharai: @Misssharai / @NightmareFierce

Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Joe and Bobby discuss R.H. Stavis & Katherine Fisher's short ‘Posies.’ We're discussing rotting set design, Dawn of the Dead, spoilery screen caps and Anna Diop's exquisite performance.

Premise:

As people begin to "devolve" into monsters, one woman attempts to hide her transformation by placing flowers under her skin.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Bobby: @BobbyTorrez / @People_Scares

Joe: @bstolemyremote / @HorrorQueers

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Mark and Joe discuss Jerónimo Rocha's 'Dédalo' (2013), Alien movies, Resident Evil briefcases, and why a tense and scary 8-minute short can be more effective than a two-hour film.

Premise: Trapped inside the Space Freighter/Refinery DÉDALO, a young woman tries to survive an infestation of diabolic creatures

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Mark: @theanticritic / @KingzScream / @MidnightSocialDistortion (Insta)

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Kat and Bobby discuss Christa Boarini’s short ‘Brackish.’ Come hear us discuss the lore on this Dark Nymph Undertaker.

Premise:

A menacing spirit lurks in the mangroves waiting for an unsuspecting victim. She is the Brackish Undertaker, cursed by the crown she wears.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Kat: @DanniTheKidd / @GirlThatsScary

Bobby: @BobbyTorrez / @People_Scares

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Brother Ghoulish and Kat discuss Jessica Henric’s short ‘Don’t Let it In.' Come hear us discuss the film’s Native American folklore elements and what we would have done if confronted by a skinwalker.

Premise:

A Native American woman must reconnect with her heritage to defeat a legendary evil.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Brother Ghoulish: @brotherghoulish / @blerdymassacre

> Kat: @DannyTheKidd / @GirlThatsScary

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Adrian and Ryan discuss Clint D’Souza’s short ‘The House Abandon.' Come join us as we discuss video game horror movies, what we would have done in the same situation, and other fun tangents rooted in our millennial love for the genre.

Premise:

A young kid, Cody, receives a mysterious package appears with the game, "The House Abandon". Can Cody survive this interactive horror text game or become another in its long line of victims?

Connect with your co-hosts:

Adrian: @adrianraee / @slash_her_pod

Ryan: @brotherghoulish

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai Bohannon and Adrian Rae discuss Soo-young Kim’s short ‘Superpower Girl.’ Expect a call for more violence, deep dark confessions, Disney conspiracy theories, and some foul language. 

Premise:

A story about a top student named Mina and an inferior student named Juri. One day, both of them suddenly get tremendous capabilities.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Sharai: @misssharai / @NightmareFierce /@blerdymassacre 

Adrian Rae: @adrianraee / @slash_her_pod

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In the latest episode of ‘The ALTER Tapes,’ Jazz and Sharai discuss Lauren Sick's 2021 short “PARE”. We dive into how lighting, tension, and mystery can engage the viewer. Expect to have jackets ruined for you.

Premise:

After a woman finds a blood stained jacket on a secluded road in the woods, she is haunted by a mysterious presence in a winter not-so-wonderland.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Sharai: @Misssharai / @NightmareFierce

Jazz: @Smok1ngAces / @GirlThatsScary

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In the latest episode of ‘The ALTER Tapes’, Jazz and Joe discuss Justin Harding’s short “Kookie”. We discuss the need for parents to *actually* parent, white gated communities, why the short could have ended earlier and Bree's unorthodox horror film choice.

Premise:

Bree, a dishonest 9-year-old, meets a terrifying visitor after a parenting lesson goes horribly wrong

Connect with your co-hosts:

Jazz: @Smok1ngAces / @GirlThatsScary

Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Dax and Joe watch Evan Cooper's 2019 short 'The Armoire.' We talk about comparisons to M. Night's Signs, the high cost of living in LA and the need for cheap furniture, and the appeals of low budget practical effects. Oh, and Dax nearly forgets his own haunted armoire story!

Premise

A struggling actress moves to Hollywood where she discovers a piece of furniture in her apartment is haunted by a malicious ghost.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Dax: @DaxEbaben / @WONApodcast

Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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On the seventh episode of The ALTER Tapes, Dax and Ryan watch Karen Gillan's 2018 short "Conventional." Come hear about toxic fan culture.

Premise:

A horror film actress deals with her fall from stardom.

Connect with your co-hosts: 

Ryan: @BrotherGhoulish 

Dax: @DaxEbaben / @WONApodcast

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jazz Crawley and Ryan “Brother Ghoulish” Kinney discuss Al Lougher’s 2019 short ‘The Dollmaker’. Come for the dollmaking, but stay for the shady wizards, maudlin, and kitchen covered in cheesy grits. 

Premise:

A grieving mother latches on to a magical surrogate for her lost child. But small miracles come with big consequences.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Jazz: @Smok1ngAces / @GirlThatsScary

Ryan: @BrotherGhoulish

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In our fifth episode of The ALTER Tapes, Jazz and Bobby discuss Caleb J. Phillips’ “Other Side of the Box”. They dive into irresponsible boyfriends and sketchy siblings, then discuss the value of a great premise and effective scares. 

Premise: 

Ben receives a gift from his estranged brother. This holiday season is about to get interesting.

Connect with your co-hosts: 

Jazz: @Smok1ngAces / @GirlThatsScary

Bobby Torrez: @BobbyTorrez / @People_Scares 

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Adrian and Joe discuss Kelsey Bollig’s short 'Asking For A Friend' (2019). They discuss the lived-in humour between the leads, incredible autopsy practical FX, and why the end of the short feels like such a tease.

Premise: Blake and Q are childhood best friends, roommates, and well - soulmates. After a long day, Blake returns home to find Q has made nachos, and also unexpectedly killed someone in their apartment. Through a series of heavily graphic and hilarious situations, the girls tap into their inner serial killers and decide to handle the body themselves. 

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Adrian: @adrianraee / @slash_her_pod

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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In the fourth episode of The ALTER Tapes, Bobby and Adrian look to discuss director Mateo Marquez’s “The Quiet”. Our co-hosts talk about the timely relevance of the short and how they relate to its sense of dread and isolation.  

Premise:

In the midst of a deadly outbreak, a man returns home in search of family.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Bobby Torrez: @BobbyTorrez / @People_Scares

Adrian Rodriguez: @adrianraee / @slash_her_pod

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In the third episode of The Alter Tapes, Adrian and Kat look to discuss director Chloe Okuno’s “Slut”. The short displays attempted sexual assault, and can be very difficult for some viewers to watch. Our hosts make sure to cover this concern while also discussing the intense scares and small town fashion choices in the film. 

Premise:

A naive young girl becomes the target of a murderous sociopath when she attempts to reinvent herself to impress the boys in her small Texas town.

WARNING: There is an attempted rape within the film.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Adrian: @adrianraee / @slash_her_pod

Kat: @DanniTheKidd / @GirlThatsScary

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This week on ‘The ALTER Tapes’, Kat and Sharai discuss Andrew Rutter’s short “Peter the Penguin”. We tackle dating people with children, how to handle a child in crisis, and some of the possible theories/allegories discovered after a few rewatches.

Premise:

Nigel is on his way to meet his partner's daughter Emily for the first time and he hopes to make a big impression.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Kat: @DanniTheKidd / @GirlThatsScary

Sharai:@Misssharai / @NightmareFierce

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