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Welcome to Fatal Femmes. A podcast that explores women in horror, thrillers, and mysteries. Each episode focuses on a female-created or female-led story. We are your hosts Laura Celest Cannon and Lacey Cannon-Gonzales. In this episode, we look at the 2023 movie Totally Killer Directed by Nahnatchka Khan. Written by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, and […]
Hello! We have been absent for a while and we just wanted to check in. We will be back with our regular episodes soon. Laura and Lacey
Welcome to Fatal Femmes. A podcast that explores women in horror, thrillers, and mysteries. Each episode focuses on a female-created or female-led story. In this episode, we look at the 2017 psychological thriller drama, Woodshock Written and directed by Kate and Laura Mulleavy. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Joe Cole, and Pilou Asbæk. Trigger Warnings for […]
We are back!! In this episode, we look at the 2023 Horror Comedy, M3gan Directed by Gerard Johnstone. Written by Akela Cooper, based on a story by Akela Cooper and James Wan. M3gan stars Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, and Jenna Davis. We want to caution you that this episode is full of spoilers. […]
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! We come to you from the Emerald Isle with the Irish Thriller Comedy, Pixie (2020). To get us started, here is a synopsis: Pixie plans a heist that will give her the means to leave her small town. But everything goes wrong and she has to flee from gangsters with two […]
In this episode we look at the 1977 Japanese movie House. Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. Written by Chiho Katsura. Starring Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Oba, Mieko Sato, Masayo Miyako, Eriko Tanaka, and Yōko Minamida. To get us started here is a synopsis: A schoolgirl travels with her six classmates to her ailing aunt's country […]
Joining us in this episode is the fantastic thriller writer Layne Fargo! In this episode we look at the 2000 slasher film American Psycho. Directed by Mary Harron. Screenplay by Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. Based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis. Starring Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Chloë Sevigny, Samantha […]
This is a special Patron selected episode! Our Patron Doug chose this for us to cover and he joined us to talk about it. In this episode, we look at the 2015 horror film written and directed by Osgood Perkins. Starring Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, Lauren Holly, and James Remar. To get us […]
Because of a family emergency we had to change the order of our episodes. The Blackcoat’s Daughter will now be part of our February line up. In this episode we look at the 2020 Netflix Mystery Enola Holmes. Directed by Harry Bradbeer, screenplay by Jack Thorne, based on the first book in the young adult […]
Happy New Year! To start off 2021 we are looking at stories set in desolate places. In this episode, we look at the 2020 Amazon Prime show The Wilds. Created by Sarah Streicher. Starring Sophia Ali, Shannon Berry, Jenna Clause, Reign Edwards, Mia Healey, Helena Howard, Erana James, Sarah Pidgeon, and Rachel Griffiths. Trigger Warnings […]
Happy Horror for the Holidays! This episode has been in the works for the last year. In this episode, we look at the 2018 Christmas Zombie Musical Anna and The Apocalypse. Directed by John McPhail. Written by Ryan McHenry and Alan McDonald. Based on McHenry’s 2010 BAFTA-nominated short Zombie Musical. Starring: Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, […]
Happy Horror for the Holidays! Joining us is a frequent guest and fabulous human being Laura Ray! In this episode, we look at the 1974 Canadian Holiday Slasher Black Christmas. Directed by Bob Clark, and written by A. Roy Moore. Starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Marian Waldman, Lynne Griffin, and John […]
To finish off Noirvember, we look at the 1996 neo-noir Bound. Written and directed by The Wachowskis. Starring Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon and Joe Pantoliano. Joining us is Sarah Truesdale! Trigger warnings for this episode are physical violence, gun violence, blood, and toxic masculinity. Recommendations: The Handmaiden (2016) Directed by Chan-wook Park Screenplay by Seo-kyeong […]
In this Noirvember episode Laura-Celest talks to author Halley Sutton about her debut noir thriller The Lady Upstairs. Twitter HalleySutton.com A modern-day noir featuring a twisty cat-and-mouse chase, this dark debut thriller tells the story of a woman who makes a living taking down terrible men…then finds herself in over her head and with blood […]
Happy Halloween! Try not to eat any boys on this spooky night. No matter how much you want to. This is part 1 of Jennifer’s Body. In this episode we look at the 2009 movie Jennifer’s Body. Screenplay by Diablo Cody (also Executive Produced) Directed by Karyn Kusama Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody, Jk Simmons, Amy Sedaris, and […]
Happy two year anniversary! We go back to where it all started for us to Elizabeth Taylor. Joining us in this celebration is Doug McCambridge from the Good Times Great Movies podcast. In this episode, we look at the 1959 Southern Gothic mystery film Suddenly, Last Summer. Based on the play by Tennessee Williams. Directed […]
Joining us in this episode is Carl Gonzales as we look at the 1997 TV Show Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Created Written Joss Whedon. Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendon, Charisma Carpenter, and Anthony Stewart Head. As of 2018, a spin-off “sequel” of the series is being developed for television, with Monica Owusu-Breen […]
In Episode 30 we welcome our very special guest Andy Wolverton for our Mother’s Day episode about Mildred Pierce. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Screenplay by Ranald MacDougall based on the book by James M. Cain. Starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden and Ann Blyth. Trigger warnings for this episode are gun violence, […]
In honor of National Siblings Day, we cover our favorite siblings the Hudson sister in What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? Joining us is Sarah Truesdale. She writes for Goombstomp.com Released in 1962. Directed by Robert Aldrich. Written by Lukas Heller. Based on the book by Henry Farrell. Staring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Trigger […]
In this episode we look at the 2018 movie Assassination Nation. Written and Directed by Sam Levinson. Staring Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef, Abra, and Anika Noni Rose. Trigger warning for this episode are bullying, blood, abuse, classism, death, drinking, drug use, sexual content, toxic masculinity, homophobia, transphobia, guns, nationalism, racism, kidnapping, murder, attempted […]
In episode 26 we look at the 1996 movie Set It Off. Directed by F. Gary Gray, written by Kate Lanier and Takashi Bufford. Staring Jada Pinkett-Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise. Trigger warning for this episode are gun violence, death, racism, sexism, violent imagery, sexual exploitation, state violence, homophobia, classism, and […]
In this episode we look at the 2016 movie Hush. Directed by Mike Flanagan, written by Kate Siegel and Mike Flanagan, staring Kate Siegel John Gallagher Jr., Michael Trucco, Samantha Sloyan. A deaf and mute writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight for her life in silence when a […]
We had the pleasure of talking to author Michele W. Miller about her latest book Widows-in-Law. Widows-in-Law is a gripping tale of mothers and daughters, wives and ex-wives, broken and remade families, and unlikely partners-in-crime. Most of all, it is a moving story about the women left behind to clean up the messes men make. […]
Wrapping up Noirvember with the 1950 Noir The File on Thelma Jordon. Directed by Robert Siodmak, written by Ketti Frings based on a story by Marty Holland, staring Barbara Stanwyck and Wendell Corey. Recommendations: Pushover (1954) Directed by Richard Quine Staring Fred MacMurray, Phil Carey and Kim Novak Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) Directed by Anatole […]
Joining us is Carl Gonzales to talk about the Limited Hulu Series Veronica Mars Season 4. Created by Rob Thomas Staring Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni and Jason Dohring. Released on July 19, 2019 the series consists of eight episodes. Recommendations: Jessica Jones Staring Kristen Ritter Us Written and Directed by Jordan Peele Widows-in-Law by Michelle […]
Episode 22: Laura-Celest is joined by KC Ryan to finish up sexy September talking about the 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction. Directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay written by James Dearden, based on his 1980 short film Diversion. Starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer. Ellen Hamilton Latzen as Ellen Gallagher The movie received […]
In Austin, Texas we have had 24 days of temperatures of 100°F/38°C or higher in 2019. So this seemed like the perfect time to talk about Body Heat. Joining us is author Halley Sutton. http://halleysutton.com Released in 1981 Written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. Staring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner and Richard Crenna. Trigger warning for murder, […]
Episode 20: We are joined by Jenni Warner-Green to talk about the 2015 TV series Jessica Jones. Created by Melissa Rosenberg.Based on the Marvel Comic character, Staring Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, Rachael Taylor and David Tennant. [We are] very aware this is the first female superhero Marvel’s ever introduced as a lead. But there was […]
Episode 18: We welcome Doug McCambridge from the podcast Good Times Great Movies! Doug is an expert on 80’s movies and we are so happy to have had this chance to talk to him. Burglar (1987) Directed by Hugh Wilson Staring Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait, G.W. Bailey and Lesley Ann Warren Based on the book […]
Due to some health and scheduling issues we don’t have full episode up this week but Laura-Celest is here talking about some books that dig deeper into the world of female filmmakers. Our next episode will cover the 1987 Whoopi Goldberg movie Burglar! Thank you to everyone who voted. Books talked about in this episode […]
Episode 18: I Want To Live This episode is dedicated to our Nana, Celest in honor of her 95th birthday this May. Susan Hayward is her favorite actress and this is one of her favorite performances. Nana is strong lady that has lived all over the world, she ran the first self service gas station […]
Episode 17: Joining Laura-Celest and Lacey in their celebrations of the Mothers of the world is Valerie Kalish (Mom of 7) to talk about the mother of all domestic thrillers, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Released in 1992 Directed by Curtis Hanson Written by Amanda Silver Starting Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy […]
Episode 16 looks at the 2018 BBC series Killing Eve. Based on the Novella: Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings,Developed for TV by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Staring Sandra Oh as Eve and Jodie Comer as Villanelle. Jia Tolentino acknowledged in The New Yorker how critics have noted that women characters are substituted for men “in every […]
In Episode 15 we look at the 1947 film Lured with our special guest Tiffany Inman. Directed by Douglas Sirk Written by Leo Rosten Staring Lucille Ball, George Sanders and Charles Coburn. Eloise Jenssen did the gowns. She designed 21 projects and also worked on I Love Lucy. Produced by James Nasser. His family built […]
Welcome back Laura Ray to talk about the book and TV show You. You by Caroline Kepnes was published in September 2014. Staring Penn Badgley, Elizabeth Lail, Luca Padovan, Zach Cherry and Shay Mitchell. The series was developed by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble and premiered on Lifetime on September 9, 2018. The pilot was written by Greg Berlanti & Sera Gamble and […]
Episode 13 looks at the unromantic not comedy He Love Me, He Love Me Not or À la folie… pas du tout Directed by Laetitia Colombani. Staring Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carré, Sophie Guillemin as Helouise and Clément Sibony as David. Written by Laetitia Colombani and Caroline Thivel Trigger warnings for stalking, suicide and pregnancy loss. A […]
Joining Laura-Celest on this episode is Ericca Long from The Magic Lantern podcast to talk about the 1950 movie Woman on the Run. Based on the short story “Man on the Run” by Sylvia Tate. Directed by Norman Foster and staring Ann Sheridan and Dennis O’Keefe. Written by Alan Campbell, Norman Foster and Ross Hunter. The […]
Happy Winter Solstice! On this darkest day of the year Laura-Celest is joined by Laura Ray while Lacey tries to overcome one of the busiest and most stressful times her year. For this cold and dark day we are talking about the 2015 book, in a dark, dark wood by Ruth Ware. 3.67 stars on goodreads […]
We made it to episode 10 y’all! We are looking the Netflix show The Fall staring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. The show was created and written by Allan Cubitt. Recommendations: Prime Suspect (TV) Acceptable Risk (TV) Web site: www.FatalFemmesPodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FatalFemmes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fatalfemmes Twitter: https://twitter.com/fatal_femmes
In this episode we welcome our special guest KC Ryan! Rebecca by Dame Daphne du Maurier Published in 1938 Rebecca Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison Staring Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier and Judith Anderson Recommendations: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Crimson Peak directed by Guillermo del Toro Notorious directed by Alfred Hitchcock New Adaption of […]
Our topic today is a listener recommendation! Thank you Michael Dupin for suggesting we check out Miss Sherlock. Miss Sherlock is produced by Hulu Japan and HBO Asia. Staring Yuko Takeuchi and Shihori Kanjiya Articles: The Ringer – Time for a new Sherlock Polygon – Why You Should Watch Miss Sherlock Recommendations: The entire season of […]
Happy Halloween Fatal Femmes! For this spooky episode we look at the 1963 movie The Haunting and the 1959 book The Haunting of Hill House. The Haunting Based on the novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Published in 1959 4 years from the publication of he book to the movie -The Haunting […]
It is that wonderful time of year in Central Texas when the air cooler, the leaves are falling and everyone turns into a giant ball of allergies! Happy Fall everyone! In episode 6 we explore the book and mini-series Death Comes to Pemberley. Written by P.D. James Published in 2011 Her last book before she […]
Thank you for joining us! We apologize for the delay in getting this episode out. In this episode we will look at the 1955 movie Les Diaboliques staring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, and Paul Meurisse and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. Based on the novel Celle qui n’était plus or She Who Was No More by […]
This time we look at the off-broadway musical Murder Ballad. This is one of our favorite musical in the last few years. A big thank you to our special guest Carl Gonzales. He digs deep into the music of the show. Thank you everyone who has joined today and in the last two months. Happy […]
Laura and Lacey take on the TV show How To Get Away With Murder staring the great Viola Davis. We get a little giddy over this amazing performer and this twisting mystery and some how manage to talk about Legally Blonde and The Fonz. There are also a few sound issues so please forgive us. […]
Laura and Lacey take a look at the 5th book in the Dublin Murder Squad series by author Tana French. Tana French is an actor who started writing in the lulls between acting job. She lives in Dublin with her family. There are 6 books in the Dublin Murder Squad series. Her newest book, a […]
It’s Fatal Friday! Thank you you joining us on this exploration of the wonderful bad-ass women of the mystery genre. In this first episode we are talking about the thriller Night Watch. Here are a few facts about the movie: Released in 1973 Based on the play by Lucille Fletcher Directed by Brian G. Hutton best […]
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