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Guillermo holds a PhD, Jennipher has a PH. Both have strong livers! Pour yourself a glass while these two revisit your favorite horror movies and analyze how the characters and themes of the genre hit differently in our modern day hellscape.

Jennipher Foster & Guillermo R. Rodríguez


    • Jan 22, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 27 EPISODES


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    Do You Wanna Be Buried in a Pet Sematary?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 78:58


    "Sometimes dead is better"- we're looking at you, 2023! We're putting last year six feet underground as we crank The Ramones, deal with zombie fish and shake our heads at Herman Munster. Work out that childhood trauma and spellcheck with us as we go deep into "Pet Sematary"! 

    Ordering off The Menu

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 74:04


    Bring your appetite, it's all carne and carnage as we serve up themes of The Menu! Please accept our invitation to eat the rich with us, chow down on Rosebud cheeseburgers and wonder when the middle class became synonymous with gluten. Plus- perfect Greek pronunciation while intoxicated, the return of David Fincher and Jigsaw as a Master Chef. Reservations strongly discouraged!

    What Happens in the Faculty Lounge...

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2023 71:57


    Bond girl teachers, alien thirst traps and a sexy student body run amok in Robert Rodriguez's 1998 teen cult classic! Watch again with us, this flick is "guaranteed to jack you up". 

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    I'm a Barbarian Girl!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 80:22


    There's different Kenergy in our Season Four Opener! This Halloween, we are reading Airbnb listings a little more carefully after watching "Barbarian". Plus, screamers and streamers, saggy tits and banned exorcisms. It's a Mother of an episode! 

    Gremlins Boozy Holiday!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 68:58


    What do you expect when the holiday office party consists of two people? We go off-the-rails in full Gremlin mode, revisiting inconvenient truths, deadbeat dads, and Mogwais glossing up their lips with chicken grease. With listening comes great responsibility, expect full mayhem if you play this episode after midnight.

    What an Excellent Day for The Exorcist

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2022 74:04


    Clutch that crucifix, we're calling “The Exorcist” in our Halloween Spooktacular! Facts are spewing like pea soup as we unveil behind-the-scenes mayhem, demystify curses and impossible shots, plus realize the scariest film of all time is a feminist piece that…. Inspired “Rocky”? We're feeling as chaotic as William Friedkin today, drinking whiskey in a fabulous coat recommended.

    It's All Hereditary, Baby!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2022 83:16


    Not everyone can shake what 'ya mama gave 'ya. Our 23andMe is linking us straight to hell in “Hereditary”, where we ponder demon pronouns, examine the phenomenon of grief porn, and make a quick stop at Satan's Etsy shop. 

    The Lost Boys of Summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2022 88:58


    Oil up those pecs and grab your sax, we're vamping out with Kiefer and the two Coreys today! Never grow old, never die, just thrive as a GenXer in the Murder Capital of the World if you still believe in Joel Schumacher's masterpiece, "The Lost Boys".

    CandyMen

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 119:00


    We go full Destiny's Child saying his name. This episode goes from meat hooks to bell hooks as we analyze the patron saint of urban legends and read the fine print of Tony Todd's bee contract. 

    Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, Capitalism‘s a B*tch

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 91:07


    Two more days 'til Halloween, Halloween! Put on your masks and pump up the volume, we are celebrating the most underrated film in horror franchise history, Halloween 3: Season of the Witch! We get just as deep and zany as the film itself talking Garfield mugs, creepy crawlies, media replacing humanity and Bezos finding inspiration in Michael Meyers. Bonus points to anyone listening in a homemade costume, it could just save your life. 

    Promising Young Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 81:36


    Well, Cosby is walking around free and Britney remains locked up. Time to deep-dive into what is considered one of the first #MeToo movies, the triggering, polarizing, genre crossing and award winning -"Promising Young Woman". 

    This American Psycho Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 82:03


    Bring out the moisturizer and blast the Huey Lewis, we are going full American Psycho today! We objectify Christian Bale's body a little too much, talk Gloria Steinem power moves and declare Mary Harron's classic the ultimate female gaze film. 

    A Tale of Two Annabelles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 55:58


    In this extra boozy episode, we make a solid case of why "Annabelle: Creation" should replace the 2014 OG completely or straight up reboot with Candy Spelling. 

    Everyone's Favorite Period Piece...Carrie!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 86:14


    Hold up those Diva Cups- it's all about "Carrie" in our Season Two opener! Guillermo brings his whole family to Puerto Rican Prom, we discuss the catharsis of rage and Chris Cornell guest stars as Jesus. 

    Get Outta Here Pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 69:04


    It's our Season One Finale! We give thanks for Jordan Peele encounters, recast the 2016 election w/Oscar winning screenwriters, and all the white oppressor talk conjures the spirit of Phil Spector. 

    Get Outta Here Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2020 66:15


    Microaggressive racist remarks? Sadistic family members? It's Thanksgiving & time to GET OUT! Be kind to the TSA today- they might just save your life.  

    Fava Beans and Daddy Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 87:48


    Put the sanitizer on it's skin or we get Covid again! We experience an earthquake while Clarice smashes the glass ceiling, praise Oprah for being all knowing and recognize that Hannibal is ultimately the true daddy. 

    Fava Beans and Daddy Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 69:04


    Plexiglass dividers have never been so en vogue. Grab your skin suit, we are cutting deep into "The Silence of the Lambs!" Hannibal & Clarice are friendship goals, trans controversies surround Buffalo Bill and we talk RBG, Fire Walk with Me! You can pair w/a nice chianti but hey. We know our audience. A White Claw will be fine. 

    Dracula is a F*ckboy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 28:41


    We have a special, fun-sized Trick or Treat episode for you right here! Nurse your Halloween hangover as we belligerently talk vampires, porn, and Gary Oldman sliding into our DMs. 

    Don't Scream For Me Jamie Lee Pt2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 71:06


    Laurie Strode ain't getting back in that closet! In the second part of HALLOWEEN 2018, we're happy to see black lives matter and everyone being a bit nicer to their mothers. 

    Don't Scream For Me Jamie Lee Pt1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 75:04


    It's HALLOWEEN 2018 in quarantine! Are you Laurie Strode, working through your 2020 trauma? Or are you more Michael Myers, going mental behind a mask? We're chugging wine like Jamie Lee as we head back to Haddonfield!   

    The Jawbreakers of Beverly Hills

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 53:48


    We got your Halloween candy right here. G and I might have had one too many hailing the sexual powers of Rose McGowan and comparing teenage vengeance to Real Housewives reunions. 

    We Gonna Babadook

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 71:49


    Are we all collectively grieving during the pandemic? Let’s pour one out for the parents stuck with their kids all day, the gay bars we love that are closed but not forgotten, and the fabulous Babadook himself.

    The Walken Dead Zone

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 72:54


    Should we nurse this DNC hangover or just keep drinking? Stephen King terrifies us from the 80s with predictions of MAGA rallies and the rise of Trump.

    The Fog Lady

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 89:03


    This entire year seems like a fog. Join us in The Witching Hour as we do our best Stevie Wayne impressions, talk hateful statues and the genius of Debra Hill. 

    Polterzeitgeist Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 78:29


    Everybody's hungry, pool boys are gangbangin' in a Trans Am, are we supposed to go into or stay away from the light?

    Polterzeitgeist Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 60:05


    We're all screaming at the walls in quarantine like the Freeling family. Also: Spielberg conspiracy theories, capitalism is a demonic force, Craig T Nelson is useless. 

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