Happy Mother’s Day!  Make sure you water your plants on stable ladders, avoid unnecessary globe-trotting, and check your kid for birthmarks before tuning in to our coverage of the poster-child for being child-free by choice in 1976’s The Omen.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide, infanticide, religion 

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• Balanzategui, Jessica. “The Child and Adult Trauma in American Horror of the 1980s.” The Uncanny Child in Transnational Cinema: Ghosts of Futurity at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century, Amsterdam University Press, 2018, pp. 35–66. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv80cc7v.5. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

• Berlatsky, Noah. “Hell Is for Children: The Revolutionary Politics of ‘The Omen’”. https://wearethemutants.com/2020/10/30/hell-is-for-children-the-revolutionary-politics-of-the-omen/ 

• The Omen (1976) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omen 

• Nosferatu (2024) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075005/  

A night of roleplay with a stranger from a bar ends with a homemade breakfast in a farmhouse in the woods - but this isn’t the romance you may think.  Join us on a misadventure of expectations in 2023’s Strange Darling.

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• Strange Darling Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Darling 

• Strange Darling IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22375054/ 

• Ex Machina, Derek. "’Strange Darling’ Review: A Modern Classic Thriller that Brilliantly Deceives its Audience.” Derekexmachina.com. https://www.derekexmachina.com/blog/2024/8/28/strange-darling-review-a-modern-classic-thriller-that-brilliantly-deceives-its-audience  

We’re quenching your thirst for a new-ish release and tackling our first sequel of the year - grab your product placement water and Pizza Hut to enjoy 2024's Smile 2.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide, addiction, domestic violence, stalking

Minor spoilers for shows Midnight Mass and The Haunting of Bly Manor 

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• Smile IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29268110/trivia/

  Smile 2 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_2

Feeling lovesick this week?  Maybe check to make sure a secret admirer didn’t piss in a bottle with some herbs around you.  That might be the issue.

Join us as we take a trip back in time and aesthetic in the 60’s style horror comedy, The Love Witch.

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• “Johnny, don't leave me': How 'The Love Witch' and Pomplamoose enchanted #RevengeTok” by Allison Foreman https://mashable.com/article/johnny-dont-leave-me-tiktok-sound-origin#:~:text=Elaine%20killed%20him.-,%22The%20day%20he%20left%20me%20was%20the%20day%20that%20I,reborn%2C%20as%20a%20witch.%22  
• From  “In Bloom: A Yonic Reading of The Love Witch” from Girls on Tops https://www.girlsontopstees.com/read-me/2020/3/13/in-bloom-a-yonic-reading-of-the-love-witch#:~:text=The%20Love%20Witch%20calls%20out,as%20through%20the%20film's%20props. 
• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3908142/ 
• Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Witch 
• www.thetarotguide.com

What do you do when your ex abandons you in Turkish jail?  Follow her underground through the layers of hell in search of a stone that holds the secrets of eternal life, naturally.  Grab your headlamps and GET THE DAT as we venture into the catacombs for some found footage fun in 2014’s As Above, So Below.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide

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• Perdita Weeks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perdita_Weeks
• As Above, So Below: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2870612/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
• Philosopher’s Stone: https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-philosophers-stone#:~:text=According%20to%20legend%2C%20the%20philosopher's,metals%20like%20gold%20and%20silver.
• Hermeticism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism
• Bachman: https://screenrant.com/as-above-so-below-movie-title-meaning-alchemy-explained/#what-the-title-really-means
• This is Barry: https://www.thisisbarry.com/film/as-above-so-below-explained-plot-and-ending/

Who wants to play Bodies Bodies Bodies?  Trigger warning: this is not a safe space.

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• ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ and the Difficulty of Coping IRL by Kalia Richardson: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/movies/bodies-bodies-bodies-movie.html
• BBB IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8110652/
• BBB Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodies_Bodies_Bodies

It’s nice to have a friend…right?  She’s super strong with killer dance moves, she protects you from bullies, she’s bulletproof with nothin’ to lose, she’s 2023’s M3GAN.

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• Dead Meat M3GAN Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Hq4U_0iig
• M3GAN IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760708/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
• M3GAN is about how scary a tween girl can be by Alex Abad-Santos: https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/1/11/23548955/m3gan-horror-movie-tween-girl
• M3GAN Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3GAN

Our girl Pearl is BACK and while she may not be a gem…she is a STAAAAAAAR.

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• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18925334/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv 
• Bria, Bill. “Pearl Ending Explained: A Star Is Shorn.” https://www.slashfilm.com/1009341/pearl-ending-explained-a-star-is-shorn/ 

Happy 2023 Whorrors!  To kick off the new year, we decided to revisit some 2022 gems we didn’t get the chance to cover.  First up we have one fucked up horror picture that isn’t afraid to get horny, Ti West’s X.

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• X Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(2022_film)
• Gender in Horror Movies Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_horror_films
• Fisher, J.S., Rezk, A., Nwefo, E. et al. Sexual Health in the Elderly Population. Curr Sex Health Rep 12, 381–388 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11930-020-00278-0
• Ambler, Dana R et al. “Sexual function in elderly women: a review of current literature.” Reviews in obstetrics & gynecology vol. 5,1 (2012): 16-27.
• LaMotte, Sandee. “It's a Myth that Women Don't Want Sex as They Age.” https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/health/sexual-desire-older-women-study-wellness/index.html

What do you get when you put a National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Spy Kids 2, and the Alaskan Bull Worm from Spongebob in a blender?  Find out with the 2015 comedy that'll make you wanna break out the peppermint schnapps: Krampus.

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• Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christmas 
• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3850590/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv  
• “Krampus Ending & What The Snow Globe Really Means Explained” bu Steve Cuffari https://screenrant.com/krampus-2015-movie-ending-snow-globe-meaning-explained/ 

We’re Fresh out of the theaters (no, not that one) and feeling some Raw emotions (not that one, either) covering another cannibal movie!  Join us  as we discuss the coming of age love story that’ll eat your heart out - 2022’s Bones And All. Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License Works Referenced: Bones & All Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bones_and_All Bones & All IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10168670/

What’s more peaceful than a quiet night in a cabin in the woods?  This is a horror movie podcast…the answer is literally anything else.  

Join us as we get into our comfies, discuss Shay’s crush on Kate Siegel, and revisit the infamous ding ding fwee in 2016’s Hush.

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• How Deafness in Horror Evolved Beyond Damsels in Distress by Kristen Lopez: https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/mike-flanagan-hush-deafness-in-horror-1234593748/
• Hush IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5022702/
• Hush Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hush_(2016_film)
• What a Movie Like Hush Means for Disabled Representation by Kristen Lopez: https://filmschoolrejects.com/how-hush-brings-disability-into-the-light-58b7b1447af7/

We’re rounding out our witch bitch season with a trip into the Zombieverse full of psychedelic imagery, Noodle-y goats, and a flashback to the Salem Witch Trials…we’re confused, too.  Sit with us as we figure it out for 2012’s The Lords of Salem.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual assault, forced motherhood***

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• The Lords of Salem IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731697/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv 
•  “The Tragedy of Fate in The Lords of Salem” by Emily von Seele https://diaboliquemagazine.com/the-tragedy-of-fate-in-the-lords-of-salem/ 
• Smithsonian Magazine: “A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials: One town’s strange journey from paranoia to pardon” by Jess Blumberg https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/ 
• John Hathorn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hathorne 
• Lynn Stuart Parramore’s 2019 NBC News article, “This Halloween, remember witch hunts were created by a patriarchy terrified of older women” https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/halloween-remember-witch-hunts-were-created-patriarchy-terrified-older-women-ncna1074236 

We’re back to the seasonal slasher that’ll pierce you right through the heart (or in this version, the screen) in 2009’s My Bloody Valentine.

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• My Bloody Valentine 3D Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bloody_Valentine_3D 

• My Bloody Valentine (2009) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179891/ 

• Donato, Matt. “‘My Bloody Valentine Ed’ and its Reinvigorated Take on a Slasher Classic [Revenge of the Remakes].” BloodyDisgusting.com. https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3652746/bloody-valentine-3d-reinvigorated-take-slasher-classic-revenge-remakes/ 

“Wait, didn’t they do this already?”  Yes, and no.  If you think you know everything you need to know (or all you WANT to know…) about a witchy ballet coven in Berlin, think again!  Join us on the journey that is the less technicolor, more bloody, and just as wacky film that is the 2018 Suspiria remake!

***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide, antisemitism, grooming, sexual assault***

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• Empty Yourself So Her Work Can Live Within You: Mothers and Daughters in Suspiria (2018) by Amber Walker: https://www.unpublishedzine.com/film/empty-yourself-so-her-work-can-live-within-you-mothers-and-daughters-in-suspiria-2018
• A German History Primer for the Confused Suspiria Viewer by Nate Jones: https://www.vulture.com/2018/10/suspiria-a-german-history-primer.html#:~:text=Suspiria%20takes%20place%20in%20Berlin,unrelenting%20stream%20of%20political%20violence.
• Remaking Suspiria: An Homage to a Feeling by The Take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ9yWVlKgaA&list=WL&index=2
• Suspiria Ending Explained: Let’s Talk about That Bonkers Conclusion by Matt Goldberg: https://web.archive.org/web/20181103054331/http://collider.com/suspiria-ending-explained/#images
• Suspiria 2018 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034415/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
• “Suspiria” Review: A Masterpiece is Reborn by Britt Hayes: https://web.archive.org/web/20181031034827/http://screencrush.com/suspiria-review-2018/
• Suspiria 2018 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspiria_(2018_film)
• The 'Suspiria' Remake Recognizes the Terrifying Power of Mothers by Hannah Ewens https://www.vice.com/en/article/bj4k3m/the-suspiria-remake-recognizes-the-terrifying-power-of-mothers
• Understanding Suspiria: Who Are The 'Three Mothers' And How Will It Affect The Remake? By Jeff Ewing https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffewing/2018/08/23/understanding-suspiria-who-are-the-three-mothers-and-how-will-it-affect-the-remake/?sh=218eca3416dc

Gather round as we revisit some of our favorite characters: witchy bitches!  Revisit the nostalgic classic where walking on water isn’t so Christ-like, Billy Loomis is still the bad guy, and you gotta be very careful what you wish for in 1996’s The Craft.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide, racism, self-harm, sexual assault

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• The Craft IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115963/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
• The Craft Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Craft_(film)
• Relax, It’s Only Magic: An Oral History of The Craft by Matthew Jacobs
•  and Julia Brucculieri: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-craft-oral-history_n_5734f7c9e4b060aa7819d362
• The Profound, Enduring Legacy of The Craft by Angelica Jade Bastien: https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/the-craft-its-enduring-legacy.html

Happy Halloween (2018) Whorrors! ;) Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd - Standard Music License  Works Referenced: Halloween 2018 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1502407/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv Halloween 2018 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_(2018_film) Why 2018's 'Halloween' is the slasher movie made for the #MeToo era by Jess Joho: https://mashable.com/article/2018-halloween-reinvents-final-girl-feminist-horror-trope

At last we reach the final stop on our haunted house terror tour with Elyse’s redemption arc: 2013’s The Conjuring.

***CONTENT WARNING: religion, discussion of suicide***

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• The Conjuring IMDB:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1457767/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
• The Conjuring Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conjuring
• The sad true story of The Conjuring witch Bathsheba by Emma-Jane Betts https://www.thedigitalfix.com/the-conjuring/the-sad-true-story-of-the-witch-bathsheba
• 10 Times Ed And Lorraine Warren Were Outed As Frauds by Chrissy Stockton https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2021/05/10-times-ed-and-lorraine-warren-were-outed-as-frauds/
• War Over ‘The Conjuring’: The Disturbing Claims Behind a Billion-Dollar Franchise by Kim Masters & Ashley Cullins https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/war-conjuring-disturbing-claims-behind-a-billion-dollar-franchise-1064364/

The classic haunted house movie based on a true story…or was it?  Follow us into the deep dive behind the terrifying-ly 2000’s remake of The Amityville Horror.

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• The Amityville Horror (2005) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror_(2005_film),
• The Amityville Horror Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror#:~:text=11%20External%20links-,Historical%20basis,of%20Long%20Island%2C%20New%20York.
• Amityville Horror IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384806/
• THE BETTER OF TWO EVILS: 15 YEARS OF THE THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (2005) by Stephanie Cole: https://nofspodcast.com/the-better-of-two-evils-15-years-of-the-the-amityville-horror-2005
• The Real 'Amityville Horror': Chilling Facts About the Crime and Haunted House by Biography.com: https://www.biography.com/news/the-real-amityville-horror-facts
• Was ‘Amityville Horror’ Based on a True Story? By Snopes https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-amityville-horror/
• Warren Investigation “ghost” boy photo: https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/amityville-ghost-boy.php

Before Florence Pugh was stuffing her ex-boyfriend inside of a bear and setting him on fire or girl-bossing at the Venice Film Festival, she was…running a scam paranormal investigative team in Scotland?  Tune in to see the team visit the ghoulish gals in Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends in 2018’s Malevolent. 

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• Malevolent Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malevolent_(2018_film)
• Why those TV ghost-hunting shows are transparently fake by Scott Craven: https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/arizona/2017/10/02/ghost-hunting-shows-fake/705566001/

Welcome to our first installment of our Haunted House series where the husbands are back to being useless, dancing children are terrifying instead of endearing, and you’re not happy for the woman in the wedding dress.  Tune in tiptoe through the tulips with us in James Wan’s 2010 classic, Insidious.

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• “Female “madness” as the driving force behind the monstrous in the Insidious film series” by Maja Pandzic: https://www.outskirts.arts.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2950901/Outskirts-Pandzic.pdf
• “Here's How to Watch the Insidious Movies in Order (Chronologically and By Release Date” by Lauren Gilmore:https://collider.com/insidious-movies-in-order-how-to-watch/
• Insidious IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1591095/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
• “Insidious 5 release date, cast and everything you need to know”  by Ian Sandwell: https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a34549457/insidious-5-release-date-patrick-wilson/
• Insidious Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insidious_(film)

Our reigning Villains March Madness champion is BACK to invade more mansions, steal more daddies, and cause chaos in the way only Esther can!  Tune in to learn more about the origin story of our favorite mini maniac in Orphan: First Kill.  

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• Orphan First Kill IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11851548/quotes/?ref_=tt_trv_qu 
• Orphan First Kill Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan:_First_Kill
• https://www.fox5dc.com/news/orphan-first-kill-review-esther-age-prequel-is-it-streaming 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_JonBen%C3%A9t_Ramsey 

We are 50 episodes old and closing out Cannibal Power Hour with a bang…ing your gay roommate?!  Don’t do that.  Actually, don’t do a lot of what happens in this movie.

Feast your ears as we discuss the notorious & all-consuming body horror film, Raw.

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• Raw IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4954522/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
• Raw director Julia Ducournau: 'Cannibalism is part of humanity' By Alex Godfrey: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/30/raw-director-julia-ducournau-cannibalism-is-part-of-humanity
• “Nevertheless, She Feasted: Why Girls Get Hungry in Horror Movies. Why female coming of age in horror movies means getting hungry.” by  Francesca Fau  https://filmschoolrejects.com/girls-get-hungry-in-horror-movies/
• Raw Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_(film)

When always-single Noa daydreamed about the prospect of a hot doctor putting her on a table to take her ass, I don’t think she imagined it’d happen quite so literally.  Tune in as we dive into episode 2 of our Cannibal Power Hour with 2022's Fresh.

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• Appetites and Anxieties: Food, Film, and the Politics of Representation -  Chapter 5: When Humans Are the Food Product: An Ideological Look at Cannibal Films by Cynthia Baron, Diane Carson, and Mark Bernard: https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/sites/default/files/Pages%20from%209780814338056-epdf.pdf
• Fresh Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_(2022_film)
• The Horror Films Navigating Cannibalism and Female Desire by Alex Denny: https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/13972/the-horror-films-navigating-cannibalism-and-female-desire
• Why are we so obsessed with cannibalism? By James Greig: https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/4awm3q/fresh-cannibalism-movies-tv

Who knew a semester abroad would lead to such bad vibes?  Grab your rabbit’s tail and don’t trust the cat in 2004’s The Grudge.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of domestic violence, suicide, death of a child, death of an animal

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• Ju-On franchise Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-On

• Ju-On: The Grudge Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-On:_The_Grudge

• The Grudge IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0391198/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

• The Grudge Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grudge

• Onryo wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onry%C5%8D

The Hills are aliiiiiive with the sound of…cannibalism!?  Join us in our first episode of our Cannibal Power Hour series where “eat the rich” takes on a whole new meaning in Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes. ***CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault, suicide attempt, animal cruelty Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Works Referenced: THHI Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hills_Have_Eyes_(1977_film) Through the Eyes of America: Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes by Matt Carlin: https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/through-the-eyes-of-america-wes-craven-s-the-hills-have-eyes The Horror & Meaning of The Hills Have Eyes video by Ryan Hollinger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmehGWAjpQU

Sapphics, holy rollers, and God-gasms, oh my!  Join us as we discuss the A24 religious horror film that fucks, Saint Maud.

***CONTENT WARNING: Christianity, self harm, suicide, sexual assault

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Works Referenced:

• Saint Maud Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Maud
• Saint Maud IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7557108/
• “'Saint Maud' writer-director Rose Glass on the devilish details you may have missed” by Alison Foreman https://mashable.com/article/saint-maud-ending-explained-hidden-details 
• https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=83
• https://eidolon.pub/mary-magdalene-8f5e7bc13fdb
• http://www.blakearchive.org/exhibit/biblicalillustrations

“Alexa, queue Body by Megan Thee Stallion & Snatched by Big Boss Vette”

This week, we’re tackling the Invasion of the Body Snatchers franchise, where the flowers can’t be trusted, sleep is the enemy, and an emotionally unavailable boyfriend might actually save your life.

Big thanks to our friend Jason D of @jasondshotsauce for suggesting this one!

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Works Referenced:

• The Legacy of Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jim Knipfel: https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-legacy-of-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/
• Howe, Andrew (2015). "Monstrous Flora: Dangerous Cinematic Plants of the Cold War Era". In Patrícia Vieira; Monica Gagliano; John Charles Ryan (eds.). The Green Thread: Dialogues with the Vegetal World. Lanham: Lexington Books. pp. 147–166. ISBN 978-1498510608.
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers Wikis:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Body_Snatchers; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pod_People_(Invasion_of_the_Body_Snatchers); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Snatchers_(1993_film)#CITEREFKn%C3%B6ppler2017
• Knöppler, Christian (2017). The Monster Always Returns: American Horror Films and Their Remakes. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. ISBN 978-3839437353.
• Horror Timelines Episode 73 : Invasion of the Body Snatchers video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wBEBkTEJ7U

A movie featuring a badass lady overcoming her abuser?  Us covering this shouldn’t come as a . . . surprise.

CONTENT WARNING: domestic abuse, stalking

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Works Referenced:

• The Invisible Man IMDB Trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1051906/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
• The Invisible Man Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man_(2020_film)
• Isolation and Abuse in The Invisible Man by Esmerelda Voegele-Downing: https://www.thefinalgirls.co.uk/bloody-women/the-invisible-man
• The Invisible Man Haunts Us in the Way Abusers always Have by Joshua Rivera: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/5/21166333/invisible-man-review-abuse-uncanny-valley-the-assistant-harvey-weinstein
• How The Invisible Man Based Its Gaslighting Thriller on Real-Life Stories of Abuse by Eliana Dockterman: https://time.com/5792835/the-invisible-man-domestic-abuse/

Tune in for our discussion of 2012’s Would You Rather, where the stakes (and foie gras) are much higher than your typical party game.

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Works Referenced:

• https://www.ushistory.org/civ/6e.asp 
• “VIEWER PARTICIPATION AND DECISION MAKING IN WOULD YOU RATHER (2012)” by Gwyn from Horror Homeroom (http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/viewer-participation-and-decision-making-in-would-you-rather-2012/) 
• Would You Rather IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1999995/

Yo whorrors, how come this movie is so fucked up?  Join Elyse and Shay as they explore the kooky summer camp slasher with a complicated history, 1983’s Sleepaway Camp.

****CONTENT WARNING: transphobia, homophobia, sexual assault

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Works Referenced:

 

• Blood, Bodies and Binaries: Trans Women in Horror by Jenni Holtz (they/them): http://fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/2019/01/18/blood-bodies-and-binaries-trans-women-in-horror/
• “How Can It Be? She’s a boy.” Transmisogyny in Sleepaway Camp by Willow Maclay (she/her): http://cleojournal.com/2015/08/10/how-can-it-be-shes-a-boy-transmisogyny-in-sleepaway-camp/
• Sleepaway Camp IMDB Trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086320/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
• ‘Sleepaway Camp’: The Elephant in the Room [Trapped By Gender] by Alice Collins (she/her): https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3625816/sleepaway-camp-elephant-room-trapped-gender/
• Sleepaway Camp Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepaway_Camp
• “Who’s Afraid Of The Big, Bad Trans Woman? On Horror and Transfemininity” by Mey Valdivia Rude (she/her): https://www.autostraddle.com/whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-trans-woman-on-horror-and-transfemininity-198212/
• www.translifeline.org US: 877-565-8860 / Canada: 877-330-6366

Who said what?  In this gamey episode, Elyse and Shay test each other’s memories with innocuous quotes from movies’ past.  Listen to find out who comes out victorious! Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License 

Have you seen this 4th of July-themed 90’s slasher?  No?  Well WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FORRRRRR?  Tune in as we learn why keeping secrets is no fun in the nautical & nostalgic classic, I Know What You Did Last Summer.

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• IKWYDLS IMDB Trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119345/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
• IKWYDLS Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Know_What_You_Did_Last_Summer

 

***CONTENT WARNING*** Discussions of Roe v Wade, death of a child, Christianity, assault

If religious allegories, anthropomorphic houses, and unrelenting discomfort are your jam, then you’re in luck!  Take a deep breath and strap in as we discuss the disorienting and deeply disturbing Darren Aronofsky film, mother!

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Works Referenced:

• Alternate theory by _apunyhuman_ on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/70wgwm/an_alternate_theory_on_mother_contains_spoilers/ 
• Collider article by Matt Goldberg: https://collider.com/mother-movie-explained/ 
• mother IMDB Trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5109784/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv 
• https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/07/darren-aronofsky-on-mother-jennifer-lawrence-was-hyperventilating-because-of-the-emotion
• https://bust.com/feminism/19471-roman-polanski-petition.html

Welcome to prime time, whorrors!  Tune in as we discuss dream powers, flighty nuns, and knife fights to close out our discussion (so far!) of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

CONTENT WARNING: discussion of rape, suicide 

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• https://anightmareonelmstreet.fandom.com/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_3:_Dream_Warriors 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_3:_Dream_Warriors

If you think last week’s madness had you gagged…I don’t think you’re ready for this chain of events (& shit) in 2010’s The Human Centipede (2010). 

***CONTENT WARNING: animal cruelty, discussion of N*zism, racism, xenophobia, antisemitism, suicide, if you’ve somehow made it this far without knowing what this movie is about we implore you Google it, etc. 

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Sources: 

• The Human Centipede (2010) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Centipede_(First_Sequence) 

• The Human Centipede (2010) IMDb: 

• “Was The Human Centipede Real? From Horror to Reality.” BeingHuman.org. https://beinghuman.org/was-the-human-centipede-real/

Gather round girls and gays!  In our second installment of our Freddy-filled June, we’re covering A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge - one of the queerest horror films to ever come out of the 80’s.

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Works Referenced:

• ANOES 2 IMDB Trivia: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0089686/trivia/?ref_=tt_ql_trv
• The Nightmare Behind The Gayest Horror Film Ever Made by Louis Peitzman: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/louispeitzman/the-nightmare-behind-the-gayest-horror-film-ever-made
• A Nightmare On Elm Street 2's Queer Subtext Was Intentional by Jack Wilhelmi
• https://screenrant.com/nightmare-elm-street-2-jesse-walsh-character-queer-subtext-intentional/
• A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: The Horror of ‘Coming Out’ in 80’s America by Neil Baker https://cineramafilm.com/2019/10/22/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-2/

One, two, Freddy’s coming for you . . . gross. 

Gear up for our first episode covering the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, Wes Craven’s 1984 original introducing badass final girl Nancy Thompson and the infamous sex (offender) on fire, Freddy Krueger. 

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Works Referenced:

• ANOES IMDB Trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087800/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
• ANOES Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street
• “Mommy Killed Him”: Gender, Family, and History in Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) by Jay Daniel Thompson https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/1281
• Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKA4gVc-MSU
• The Haunting True Story That Inspired A Nightmare On Elm Street by Joshua Meyer https://www.slashfilm.com/786819/the-haunting-true-story-that-inspired-a-nightmare-on-elm-street/?utm_campaign=clip
• THE LEGACY OF VIGILANTE JUSTICE IN A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET by Shayna Murphy https://www.brattleblog.brattlefilm.org/2016/05/27/the-legacy-of-vigilante-justice-in-a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4021/

I’ll wager with you, I’ll make you a bet, the more you deny…that Samuel is actually emotionally intelligent AF and is the backbone of his household…the sillier you get.

Join us as we dive into the back story of our favorite gay icon and yours, The Babadook!

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Works Referenced:

The Babadook Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babadook

The Babadook IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321549/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv

The Babadook Creator Finally Acknowledges Her Character Becoming a Gay Icon by Julie Miller https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/01/the-babadook-movie-gay-icon

Prom night, everything is (not) alright!  This week we’re celebrating prom season with TWO prom-tastic franchises - grab some punch and tune in to hear us talk about Carrie (1976) & (2013) and Prom Night (1980) & (2008).

CONTENT WARNING: self harm, bullying, animal cruelty

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Works Referenced:

• Carrie White Burns in Hell: Carrie’s 40th Anniversary by Becky Belzile http://www.audienceseverywhere.net/carrie-white-burns-hell-carries-40th-anniversary/
• High School Prom by Ann Anderson
• They’re All Going to Laugh at You: 5 Reasons Why The Carrie Remake Didn’t Work by Drew Taylor https://www.indiewire.com/2013/10/theyre-all-going-to-laugh-at-you-5-reasons-why-the-carrie-remake-didnt-work-92430/
• Prom Night 1980 IMDB Trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081383/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
• Prom Traditions Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prom#:~:text=Proms%20may%20be%20held%20in,in%20Moscow%20%E2%80%93%20Sparrow%20Hills).

This week, heads will roll as we cover Ari Aster’s haunting portrayal of grief, Hereditary.

CONTENT WARNING: death of a child, discussion of suicide 

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Works Referenced:

Female madness, decapitation and cults in ‘Hereditary’ by Emma Wang: https://stanforddaily.com/2020/11/11/female-madness-decapitation-and-cults-in-hereditary/

Hereditary IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7784604/trivia/?ref_=tt_ql_trv

Hereditary Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary_(film)

In Most Films About Demonic Possession, Women are Simply Vessels by Emily Gaudette: https://www.bitchmedia.org/post/in-most-films-about-demonic-possession-women-are-simply-vessels

Listen...we didn't think it would turn out this way either.

Tune in to find out who outlasts the Villains bracket and how our reigning Final Girls champ fairs against the most evil of them all!

Idea inspiration credit to The Dead Meat Podcast!  Listen to their March Madness episodes here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Ehpm0xUJnO5cDiPzOo29z?si=6422ef1feed54992

https://open.spotify.com/episode/24ufmWbosigEdKPVwMVVJX?si=bad24bbc71d74a7e

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2F36O9CBeZfFc43hEN4ZVG?si=8dec7013a4f9482c

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Today’s the day: all the mistresses of magic and hounds of hell are unleashed to determine WHO will prevail in round one of our Villains March Madness!  Listen to see if your favorite makes the cut.

Idea inspiration credit to The Dead Meat Podcast!  Listen to their March Madness episodes here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Ehpm0xUJnO5cDiPzOo29z?si=6422ef1feed54992

https://open.spotify.com/episode/24ufmWbosigEdKPVwMVVJX?si=bad24bbc71d74a7e

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2F36O9CBeZfFc43hEN4ZVG?si=8dec7013a4f9482c

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We're BACK with Part 2 of our Final Girls March Madness!  Listen to see who comes out on top for the ladies, and stay tuned for next week for Part 1 of our VILLAINS March Madness! Idea inspiration credit to The Dead Meat Podcast!  Listen to their March Madness episodes here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Ehpm0xUJnO5cDiPzOo29z?si=6422ef1feed54992 https://open.spotify.com/episode/24ufmWbosigEdKPVwMVVJX?si=bad24bbc71d74a7e https://open.spotify.com/episode/2F36O9CBeZfFc43hEN4ZVG?si=8dec7013a4f9482c Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License

Let's get ready to RUMBLEEEEE!  This week we're kicking off our March gametime spectacular: Final Girls March Madness!  Join Elyse and Shay as they pit the final girls from the movies covered so far against each other to see who comes out on top.  Stay tuned for Part 2 next week!

Idea inspiration credit to The Dead Meat Podcast!  Listen to their March Madness episodes here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Ehpm0xUJnO5cDiPzOo29z?si=6422ef1feed54992

https://open.spotify.com/episode/24ufmWbosigEdKPVwMVVJX?si=bad24bbc71d74a7e

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2F36O9CBeZfFc43hEN4ZVG?si=8dec7013a4f9482c

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What does handmade salsa, a hot curling iron, and shitting your pants have in common?  Find out in our discussion of the 2014 supernatural cyberbullying flick, Unfriended.

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Works Referenced:

• Dellosantos, Karl. “Unfriended Movie Review — A smart premise makes for a great horror movie”. https://smashcutreviews.com/film-review-unfriended/ 
• Dujsik, Mark: “Unfriended” https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/unfriended-2015 
• Peters, Lucia. “Here's Every Creepy Tweet Adam Ellis Has Posted About ‘Dear David’”. https://www.bustle.com/life/what-is-dear-david-here-is-everything-writer-adam-ellis-has-tweeted-about-his-haunted-apartment-from-start-to-finish-7714979 
• Wiseman, Andreas. “‘Dear David’: Lionsgate & BuzzFeed Team For Movie Thriller About Twitter Ghost Story That Went Viral”. https://deadline.com/2021/11/dear-david-movie-buzzfeed-ghost-story-viral-lionsgate-1234876024/ 
• Unfriended IMDB Trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3713166/trivia
• Unfriended Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfriended

The Whorrors are BACK for 2025, and as a token of appreciation for your patience, we present you a work of Art (the clown, from Terrifier 2016).

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of misogyny, suicide, transphobia, sexual violence

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Sources: 

• Terrifier: A Gendered Look at Its Kills and How They Assert Its Inherent Misogyny by Melvin Benson: https://cinematicdoctrine.com/2024/10/24/terrifier-a-gendered-look-at-its-kills-and-how-they-assert-its-inherent-misogyny/

• Terrifier Director on Criticisms: 'I'm the Furthest Thing From a Misogynist' by Patricia Abaroa: https://movieweb.com/terrifier-director-responds-to-criticism-not-misogynistic/

• Terrifier Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrifier

Hey boom boom ;) This week Elyse gets nostalgic, Shay goes on a boomer rant, and we have a blast revisiting mid 2000's fashion trends in our discussion of the 2006 remake of When a Stranger Calls.

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When A Stranger Calls Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_a_Stranger_Calls_(2006_film)

When A Stranger Calls IMDB Trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455857/trivia

West, Simon, director. When a Stranger Calls. Sony, 2006.

Ghostface has returned, and so have we!  Join us for our semi-hot-off-the-presses discussion and review of the requel, Scream 2022.

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Works Referenced:

Quimm City Presents Scream Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0j6EgGnjAsNOTia24ptxeZ?si=588fa63806b24804

Zack Cherry’s Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty4UhvA1MjM&t=541s

What do you do when the new girl in a Bo Peep dress goes loco crazy?  Cap off 2021 with the snowy, vehicular disaster-y, and CREEPY 2009 classic, Orphan!

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Bad Lip Reading video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjGk_jU6t5A

Orphan IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1148204/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv

Orphan Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_(2009_film)

Roger Ebert Review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/orphan-2009

Screenrant article: https://screenrant.com/orphan-true-story-real-life-crime-explained/

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