Car Sex and Serial Killing in ‘Titane’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Metal Baby August has been a wild ride so far. Between art house discussions of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre (listen) and Paul Morrissey’s Blood for Dracula (listen), we squeezed in a look at screenlife sequel Unfriended: Dark Web (listen). Now we’re ready for more contemporary foreign content with Julia Ducournau‘s sophomore feature, Titane (2021). In the film, after […]

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‘The Babysitter’ Pulls Back the Curtain on Classic Teen Archetypes [The Lady Killers Podcast]

“Things get messy when you make a deal with the devil.” Babysitters occupy a unique place in society. Somewhere between child and adult, they step into the family system for a brief moment in time to hold the line of parental responsibility. Of course people of all ages and identities can and do babysit, but […]

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Stephen King’s ‘Hearts in Suspension’ Tackles Echoes of an Obdurate Past [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

Constant Listeners, yes, we originally planned to drop our Bazaar of Bad Dreams coverage this week. However, given Stephen King’s renewed interest in Hearts in Suspension, we opted to unlock our coverage of the collection from The Stephen King Archives. For those not in the know, The Stephen King Archives is our Patreon exclusive imprint […]

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Books, TV Specials, and the ‘Blair Witch’ Controversy [Guide to the Unknown]

The Blair Witch Project has been back in the news big time, and this time, no one is questioning whether it’s real or not. You may have heard that the production company Lionsgate announced that they’re teaming up with Blumhouse to reimagine (read: reboot) some of their horror classics, starting with The Blair Witch Project, […]

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Vampires, Ghost Stories, and More: A Conversation with Rodney Barnes [Scare You To Sleep Podcast]

Shelby Novak of the Scare You To Sleep podcast sat down with Rodney Barnes, a Hollywood mainstay with an impressive and eclectic resume: from The Boondocks to HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers, and so much in between. They discuss Barnes’ newest project the thrilling podcast series RUN, FOOL! A weekly compendium of grisly […]

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A Diva Dracula in Paul Morrissey’s ‘Blood for Dracula’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Wirgin Worries. After kicking off August with discussions of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s surrealist masterpiece Santa Sangre (listen) and the screenlife sequel Unfriended: Dark Web (listen), we’re returning to the world of Andy Warhol with a look at Paul Morrissey‘s Udo Kier-starring vehicle Blood for Dracula (1974). In the film, the deathly ill Count Dracula (Udo Kier) and his slimy underling Anton […]

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‘Alien: Romulus’ Works Best When It’s Not Being Nostalgic [Halloweenies Podcast]

Alien: Romulus is out and conquering the box office. For months now, the Halloweenies have been anticipating this moment, covering every entry in the Alien franchise — from Ridley Scott’s 1979 original to his 2017 sequel Alien: Covenant. As promised, the gang has seen Fede Álvarez’s new film, and they’ve returned with their review. Spanning […]

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Dario Argento’s ‘The Bird with the Crystal Plumage’ Explores the Art of Murder [The Lady Killers Podcast]

“You will not leave this house alone.” Paintings are known to inspire a variety of responses. We perceive art through the lenses of our own experiences and particular images are bound to evoke a smattering of complex issues – for better or worse. While an externalized representation of an upsetting event will often lead to […]

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Learn Everything About the ‘Alien’ Franchise Before ‘Alien: Romulus’ [Halloweenies Podcast]

Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus hits theaters this weekend. If you’ve been following along to the Halloweenies all year, you’re no doubt a scholar of the franchise and ready to roll with Romulus. But, if you haven’t been following along, you’re in for a little hardcore history on the series — a deep dive into the […]

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‘Shelterwood: A Suburban Gothic’ Docu-Horror Podcast Launching on Bloody FM Network 

Following the success of Re: Dracula, which recently surpassed 2.2 million lifetime downloads, writer and creator Stephen Indrisano is returning to the Bloody FM network with a new original scripted podcast. Shelterwood: A Suburban Gothic will bring a unique voice to the network, combining the style of True Crime investigative podcasts and the surreal horror […]

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The Mean Prescience of ‘Unfriended: Dark Web’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Mateo After wrapping up July with a Jan de Bont double feature discussing the movie magic of Twister (listen) and the laundry list of problems with his 1999 remake of The Haunting (listen), we’re tackled our first Alejandro Jodorowsky film with Santa Sangre (listen). Now we’re back on American soil for our first Screenlife horror film on […]

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Now Showing: On ‘Trap’, ‘Oddity’, and ‘The Devil’s Bath’ [Halloweenies Podcast]

With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a review on something new and something old in horror. This month, co-hosts Michael Roffman, Justin Gerber, and Dan Caffrey discuss M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap, Oddity, and The Devil’s Bath before revisiting Scooby Doo on Zombie Island, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, and Unlawful […]

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‘Influencer’ Explores the Connection Between Manipulation and Murder [The Lady Killers Podcast]

Most of us have a love-hate relationship with social media. Yes, our phones provide hours of entertainment and allow us to connect with the larger world, but the proliferation of social media also fosters harmful comparisons and can leave us feeling inferior to bare acquaintances and outright strangers. And that’s to say nothing of influencer […]

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‘Mr. Mercedes’ Season Two Swaps Out ‘Finders Keepers’ for ‘End of Watch’ — To Mixed Results [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

In 2018, the second season of David E. Kelley’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes aired once again on the Audience Network. Instead of adapting the second book in the true crime novel franchise — 2015’s Finders Keepers — the show’s sophomore season jumped ahead to the finale of the Mercedes trilogy, 2016’s End of […]

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The Beautiful Horror of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Santa Sangre’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Elephants, Eagles & Chickens, Oh My! After wrapping up July with a Jan de Bont double feature discussing the movie magic of Twister (listen) and the laundry list of problems with his 1999 remake of The Haunting (listen), we’re heading down to Mexico City to discuss Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s surrealist masterpiece Santa Sangre (1989). Santa Sangre sees Fenix […]

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