The Whorrors!

As the lore begins to pile up, we have to log everything we know about death's design before we submerge too far and lose sight of the surface.  See how clear these rivers truly are in 2003's Final Destination 2.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide, loss of a child Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Final Destination 2 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309593/trivia/Final Destination 2 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Destination_2

When 7 people cheat death's design, the path forward isn't as Clear as it appears.  Come find out why you don't want to mess with the Mack Daddy Grim Reaper in 2000's Final Destination.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion 9/11, hanging, suicide Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Determinism Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeterminismFatalism Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FatalismFinal Destination IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195714/Final Destination Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Destination_(film)Predeterminism Wiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predeterminism#:~:text=Predeterminism%20is%20the%20philosophy%20that,is%20closely%20related%20to%20determinism.Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/5yl579/determinism_vs_predeterminism_vs_fatalism_arent/

A night of Sax and Stars on the boardwalk opens up a underworld of glam rock aesthetics, motorcycling on the beach, and vampires…what could go wrong?  Celebrate Shay's birthday with the 1987 bloodsucking bash, The Lost Boys.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of child abuse, sexual abuseFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: The Lost Boys IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093437/trivia/‘The Lost Boys' through a ‘Dracula' Lens Highlights the Film's Queer Subtext On Its 35th Anniversary by Sezin Devi Koehler: https://blackgirlnerds.com/the-lost-boys-through-a-dracula-lens-highlights-the-films-queer-subtext-on-its-35th-anniversary/The Lost Boys Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys30 Years Ago, The Lost Boys Introduced Me to Queer Cinema by Alcy Leyva: https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2017/12/01/30-years-ago-lost-boys-introduced-queer-cinema/Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/bfmv0r/the_lost_boys_an_allegory_on_the_lasting_impact/

Iris was ready to spend a relaxing weekend by the lake with her boyfriend - but when she's forced to kill the host of the party, she realizes that her relaxing was never a part of the program.  Make sure your voice command settings are turned off before tuning in to 2025's Companion.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, suicide Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Companion (Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companion_(film) Companion (2025) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26584495/ Willmore, Alison. “Review: ‘Companion' Is a Perfectly Mean Romp.” Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025, https://www.vulture.com/article/review-companion-is-a-perfectly-mean-romp.html#:~:text=Friend%2C%20Guill%C3%A9n%2C%20and%20an%20unusually,is%20never%20less%20than%20perfect. Ruppert, Audrey. “Companion Explores an Unsettling Reality.” Severna Park Voice, 19 Jan. 2025, https://severnaparkvoice.com/stories/companion-explores-an-unsettling-reality,67425. 

When Reese gets a crush on a theater nerd, he's faced with the Troy Bolton conundrum of love or football…and he's going to wish he chose football.  Sneak into school with us after hours to catch a midnight performance of The Gallows (2015).***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of hanging Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: The Gallows (Wiki): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gallows The Gallows (IMDb): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2309260/

For Elyse's birthday episode, we're taking it way (way, way) back to one of the oldest horror films to grace our screens (except this time it's in 4k).  Join us as we unwrap the most twisted love triangle to date in Nosferatu.  ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of childhood sexual abuse/grooming, death of children, necrophilia Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources:  Lomaia, Natalia. “Return of the Repressed: The Real Horror of Robert Eggers' Nosferatu”. Headspace.org.  https://headstuff.org/entertainment/film/the-real-horror-of-robert-eggers-nosferatu/ Nosferatu (2024) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu_(2024_film) Nosferatu (2024) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5040012/ Weston, Kelli. “Robert Eggers's Nosferatu Is a Modern Gothic Triumph.” The Nation.com. https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/robert-eggerss-nosferatu/ https://filmint.nu/nosferatu-2024-against-tradwives-and-uplift-stories-j-m-tyree/ 

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 Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: 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.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual violence & assaultFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: 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  

What do you get when you cross the DNA of a human, salamander, kangaroo, fish, stingray, and bird?  A very twisted encore to body horror month with 2009's Splice.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, incest, domestic abuse, forced pregnancy, death of an animalFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Splice IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017460/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_in_0_q_spliceSplice Review by Steven Shaviro: http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=895Splice Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_(film)

Beware the stare of Mary ShawShe had no children, only dollsThis movie may be insufferably blueBut bite your tongue, and we'll Dead Silence (2007) to youFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Dead Silence Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Silence

We're back from spring break and taking on a MisterRei(d) full of religious horror in 2024's Heretic.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of religious trauma, entrapmentFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Ashley [@ewdatsgross]. "Did Anyone Else Put That Together or Am Do I Need to Get Off of Conspiracy Theory Tik Tok” TikTok. 16 November 2024. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YKo7q8/ “Heretic.” Google.com. https://www.google.com/search?q=heretic+definition&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1044US1044&oq=heretic+definition&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyEwgAEEUYJxg5GEYY-QEYgAQYigUyBwgBEAAYgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyBwgDEAAYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEAAYgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgATSAQgzMjU2ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Heretic Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heretic_(film) Heretic IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28015403/?ref_=tttrv_ov McNamara, Kelly. “‘Heretic's' villain treats women as props. Unfortunately the film does, too.” LATimes.com. “https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-11-12/heretic-a24-hugh-grant-election Stephen Nothum [authorstephennothum]. “Part 4| I Have So Much More Analysis Planned for This Film…” Tik Tok. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YKtX3r/ Stephen Nothum [authorstephennothum]. “Part 6| Love When Films Use Weather So Powerfully in the Storytelling. Heretic Does It Exceptionally Well.” Tik Tok. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YEFXbf/ 

To close out our body horror month, we're discussing an extraterrestrial being that brings with it extra-tentacle effects in 2011's prequel to the 1982 classic, The Thing.***CONTENT WARNING: mention of sexual assault, suicide Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: The Thing 2011 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0905372/trivia/The Thing 2011 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(2011_film)The Upsetting Story Behind 2011's The Thing by Isenhart Productions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAWfrfIbgMY

We're taking some active recovery during our body horror month with The Stuff (1985)…it's never enough.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of racism, diet culture Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Eggert, Brian. “The Stuff.” Deepfocusreview.com. https://www.deepfocusreview.com/reviews/the-stuff/ The Stuff IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090094/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv The Stuff Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stuff 

Before brat juice and The Substance, there was another green serum that was raising hell in the 80's.  Listen in as we take on our second installment of our body horror month with 1985's Reanimator.***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual assault, death of an animalFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources:  Frankenstein Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein  Petrie, Raine. “The Homoerotic History of Re-Animator (Part I)” https://medium.com/@thegorezone/comrades-in-science-the-homoerotic-history-of-re-animator-part-i-f8bf3f2785e8  Re-Animator (1985) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Animator  Re-Animator (1985) IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089885/?ref_=nm_flmg_knf_t_1  “This Can't Be Happening: Mad Science, Disbelief and the Female Perspective in Re-Animator.” View from the Morg, 18 Nov. 2019. https://viewfromthemorg.com/2019/11/18/this-cant-be-happening-mad-science-disbelief-and-the-female-perspective-in-re-animator/?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

When the nerdy guy you met at a party starts doing calisthenics in his living room after performing science experiments on himself, be afraid…be very afraid.  Join us as we kick off our body horror-themed month with 1986's The Fly. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of abortion, death of an animal, terminal illnessFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources:  ‘DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A SICK MAN TO YOU?': The Horror of Identity and the Identity of Horror in David Cronenberg's ‘The Fly' by Travis Woods: https://cinephiliabeyond.org/fly/#:~:text=In%20Cronenberg's%20The%20Fly%2C%20all,of%20their%20own%20masculine%20identities The Fly IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064/trivia/ The Fly 1986 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film) ‘I'm Becoming Brundlefly…': Body Horror, Gender Dysphoria, and David Cronenberg's 1986 sci-fi/horror The Fly by Lexi Bowen: https://medium.com/@transylvania/im-becoming-brundlefly-body-horror-gender-dysphoria-and-david-cronenberg-s-1986-a706d9a933f8

In this mall, the deals aren't the only thing that's killer.  Be sure to stay alive while you shop till you drop in 1986's Chopping Mall.Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us atthewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Chopping MallWiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopping_Mall Chopping MallIMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090837/ JoBlo Horror Originals. “WTF Happened To Chopping Mall?” YouTube, 24 Mar. 2023,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYi6Avw2zEo&t=510s. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025."Reaganomics."The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, edited by David R. Henderson, Library of Economics and Liberty, https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Reaganomics.html. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025. 

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  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  Sources:  Smile IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29268110/trivia/ Smile 2 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_2

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. 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  Sources:  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/ 

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 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  Sources:  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

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.  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  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/

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 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  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

You know we had to pump it up for our last movie of 2024 . . . join us in front of the TV for some snacks (and assorted body parts) as we discuss 2024's The Substance. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of body image & body horror 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  Sources:  The Substance IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv The Substance Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Substance

It's giving…Thanks(giving, 2023, directed by Eli Roth). ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of colonialism, genocide 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  Sources:  "John Carver (Governor)." Wikipedia, 24 Oct. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carver_(governor). Grobar, Matt. "‘The Designer': Gina Gershon, Ethan Slater to Star in Body Horror Movie." Deadline, 2024, www.deadline.com/2024/08/gina-gershon-ethan-slater-to-star-the-designer-body-horror-movie-1236046609/. Malkin, Marc. "Thanksgiving 2: Addison Rae and Eli Roth Join Cast." Variety, 2024, https://variety.com/2024/film/columns/thanksgiving-2-addison-rae-eli-roth-1236099017/. "The True, Dark History of Thanksgiving." Potawatomi.org, Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 25 Nov. 2020, www.potawatomi.org/blog/2020/11/25/the-true-dark-history-of-thanksgiving/.  Thanksgiving (2023) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(2023_film) Thanksgiving (2023) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1448754/

We're back to back with literary adaptations, but be careful not to get stuck in your imagination's creation.  Look through the looking (stone) as we discover the world behind the crawl space in 2009's Coraline.  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  Sources:  Belle Develle Co. “Part 68| Replying to Amethystjackson… This is my Theory on the Cat.” Tik Tok. Accessed 19 Oct. 2024.  Coraline (2009) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coraline_(film) Coraline (2009) IMDb:  Curtis, James. “Why Were You Born?: An Analysis of the Anti-Feminist Implications of the Film Adaptation of Coraline.” Gender Forum, no. 57, 2016, p. N_A-. Keller, Michael. “Coraline Fan Theories Scarier than the Movie.” CBR, 18 Oct. 2023, www.cbr.com/coraline-fan-theories-scarier-than-movie/. Picado, Claudia. “'Coraline' Gave Us One of the Best Monstrous Mothers in All of Horror." Collider, 13 Sept. 2023, https://collider.com/coraline-other-mother/. Accessed 19 Oct. 2024.

Episode 150 of The Whorrors! is here, and we decided to take a bite out of the vampire genre in Anne Rice's queer and twisted love story (with 0 romantic chemistry), Interview with the Vampire. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of grooming, sexual violence, enslavement  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  Sources:  Female autonomy and the illusion of choice in Interview with the Vampire by Ada Kalu: https://www.soundspheremag.com/news/female-autonomy-and-the-illusion-of-choice-in-interview-with-the-vampire/ Interview with a Vampire IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110148/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv Interview with a Vampire Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interview_with_the_Vampire_(film) The Vampire Chronicles Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vampire_Chronicles

Idle hands are the devil's playthings . . . and the reason all your friends and family are dying.  We're back with Elyse's first foray into horror where pulling yourself up by your bootstraps might be the way to go in 1999's Idle Hands. 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  Sources:  Keetley, Dawn. "It's Alive! Why so Many Hands in Horror?" Horror Homeroom, 23 Sept. 2016, www.horrorhomeroom.com/hands-in-horror/. Idle Hands (1999) IMDb: Idle Hands (1999) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idle_Hands 

In spirit of the holiday season and our fourth year of podcasing, we're revisiting Our First Times and giving them their proper coverage - starting with Shay's favorite, Poltergeist (1982). ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of domestic violence, death of a child 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  Sources:  Cursed Films Docuseries on Shudder Poltergeist IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084516/trivia/ Poltergeist Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist_(1982_film)

Moving into your boyfriend's haunted house is a literal nightmare, but wait until you find out it's you that's haunted.  Find out how a shitty boyfriend can make EVERYTHING worse in 2007's Paranormal Activity. 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  Sources:  Paranormal Activity wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal_Activity

You'll never believe what the cat dragged in.  Find out why sometimes, dead is better in 1989's Pet Sematary. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide, terminal illness, death of a child, killing of an animal 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  Sources:  Pet Sematary (1989) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sematary_(1989_film)  Pet Sematary (1989) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098084/  Lopez, Kristen. “When Your Own Body Is the Big Screen Monster.” IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2022, www.indiewire.com/features/general/pet-sematary-zelda-women-horror-1234771017/.

We're not in Connecticut anymore . . . the long-awaited coverage of the most unnecessary sequel to exist is here: find out what the deal is in 2013's A Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of racial violence, enslavement  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  Sources:  The Haunting in Connecticut 2: The Ghosts of Georgia (2013) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunting_in_Connecticut_2:_Ghosts_of_Georgia  The Haunting in Connecticut 2: The Ghosts of Georgia (2013) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1457765/?ref_=nm_knf_t_2  Wiggins, Steve A. "The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia." 22 July 2019, https://steveawiggins.com/tag/the-haunting-in-connecticut-2-ghosts-of-georgia/. Accessed 30 Aug. 2024.

We saved you the time-travel and are bringing you right back to Derry 27 years later to see if this Penny is any more the wiser in IT Chapter 2. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide, homophobia, abuse, racial violence, self-harm, fatphobia  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  Sources:  ChatGPT. "Key Differences Between Stephen King's Novel, It, and the 2017 & 2019 Film Adaptations." ChatGPT, 16 Aug. 2024, openai.com/chatgpt. It: Chapter 2 (2019) IMDb:  ​​https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7349950/  It: Chapter 2 (2019) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Chapter_Two   Moniz, Alyssa. "Stephen King's IT: Why It Has Both Male & Female Forms." Screen Rant, 14 Aug. 2023, https://screenrant.com/stephen-king-it-male-female-confusing-reason-answer/. Accessed 16 Aug. 2024.  Peitzman, Louis. "How the Ending of It Chapter Two Differs From the Book." Vulture, 9 Sept. 2019, https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/it-chapter-two-ending-how-the-movie-differs-from-the-book.html. Accessed 16 Aug. 2024.

Spooky season is coming up quick and we wouldn't Derry clown around with you…come float with us in 2017's IT. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual assault, abuse, racial violence, self-harm 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  Sources:  Foutch, Haleigh. "IT: Beverly Marsh and How the Movie Both Improves and Fails Her." Collider, 7 Sept. 2017, https://collider.com/it-movie-beverly-marsh/. Accessed 16 Aug. 2024. It (2017) IMDb:  ​​https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396484/ It (2017) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(2017_film)  Tierney, Joan. "Freddy and Pennywise: Memory Loss and the Personification of Childhood Trauma." Medium, 27 Oct. 2022, https://medium.com/we-die-first/freddy-and-pennywise-memory-loss-and-the-personification-of-childhood-trauma-2bb17e3f000c. Accessed 16 Aug. 2024.

Throw everything you know about haunted dolls out the window - today we're unboxing Chucky, the toy that'll be your friend till the end (of your life) in 1988's Child's Play. ***CONTENT WARNING: mention of sexual assault 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  Sources:  Cabbage Patch riots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_Patch_riots Child's Play IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094862/trivia/ Child's Play Reflects on the Gendered Panic of Boys n Dolls by Alison Stine: https://www.salon.com/2022/10/06/chucky-childs-play-boys-dolls-gender/ Child's Play Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%27s_Play_(1988_film)

Today we explore where nostalgia and dissociation meet in 2024 metaphorical masterpiece I Saw the TV Glow. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of gender dysphoria, transphobia, repression, abuse, suicide 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 Sources: 'I Saw the TV Glow' director breaks down that emotional ending, teases potential sequel by Patrick Ryan: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/05/18/i-saw-the-tv-glow-ending-explained/73672439007/ ‘I Saw the TV Glow' Director Jane Schoenbrun Shares a Theory for Why We're So Nostalgic for the '90s by Chris O'Falt: https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/i-saw-the-tv-glow-jane-schoenbrun-90s-nostalgia-hauntology-1235002972/ ISTTVG IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15574270/ I Saw the TV Glow's Ending Is Full of Hope, If You Want It to Be by Emily St. James: https://www.vulture.com/article/the-hidden-hope-in-i-saw-the-tv-glows-ending-explained.html I Saw the TV Glow Stars Address Trans Allegories of A24 Film by Jeremy Dick: https://www.cbr.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-justice-smith/ ISSTV Transcript: https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/i-saw-the-tv-glow-2024-transcript/ ISTTVG Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Saw_the_TV_Glow New Yorker article: Jane Schoenbrun Finds Horror Close to Home by Holden Seidlitz: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/jane-schoenbrun-finds-horror-close-to-home

Pre-Homecoming checklist: Ditch plans with your mom who's really into community theater  Flirt with the cute guy on the football team Switch bodies back with a raging serial killer by getting possession of a powerful blade with questionable origins before midnight Find out if Millie is stuck as the Blissfield Butcher forever in 2020's Freaky. ***CONTENT WARNING: implied sexual violence  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  Sources:  Freaky (2020) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freaky_(film)  Freaky (2020) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10919380/  ​​Freaky Friday. Directed by Gary Nelson, Walt Disney Productions, 1976. "Philemon and Baucis." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Aug. 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baucis_and_Philemon.Pulver, Andrew. "Freaky Review – Wildly Entertaining Body-Swap Comedy Horror." The Guardian, 11 Nov. 2020, www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/11/freaky-review-wildly-entertaining-body-swap-comedy-horror.

We've reached the end of Sawgust, and we're going out with a bang...right through the TV screen in 2010's Saw 3D. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of self-harm, misogyny, hanging 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  Sources:  Saw 3D IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477076/trivia/ Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History Saw 3D Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_3D

Jigsaw takes on corporate America and makes a compelling argument for universal healthcare in this next installment of Sawgust.  Make sure you know all your coworkers' dirty secrets, because it just may save your life in Saw VI (2009). ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of self-harm 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  Sources:  Saw VI IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1233227/trivia/ Saw VI Was the Perfect Early Obama Era Horror by Darren Mooney: https://www.escapistmagazine.com/saw-vi-was-the-perfect-early-obama-era-horror/ Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History Saw VI Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_VI

Jigsaw may have a new face, but the new man behind the mask is just as determined to bleed you dry.  Find out what 5 strangers have in common and don't get crushed when you find out who dies next in Saw V. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of addiction, domestic violence, self-harm 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  Sources:  Nerve Gas House reddit threads: https://www.reddit.com/r/saw/comments/15ede1i/was_the_house_mallick_burnt_down_the_saw_ii_nerve/ https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/j8fbmx/the_one_great_thing_about_saw_v_that_no_one_ever/ Saw V IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132626/trivia/ Saw V Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_V Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History

We want to play a game…again.  We've given you Sawtember…Jigsaw came early this year, and we're kickin' off Sawgust with 2007's Saw IV.  ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual violence, rape, domestic abuse, suicide 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  Sources:  Saw IV IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0890870/trivia/ Saw IV Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_IV Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History Ten Years Ago: Saw IV by Stevi Costa: https://tenyearsago.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/ten-years-ago-saw-iv

LET US IN NOWWW, AND IT CAN BE NIIIICE, LISTEN TO US COVER LONGLEGS (2024) NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIIIIIIKE. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide, transphobia  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  Sources:  Longlegs IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23468450/ Longlegs Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longlegs @roomforscream. “Spoilers: There are a lot of references in Longlegs so here is a breakdown of the lore to help better understand the film.” TikTok. 12 July 2024. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRETnun7/

We're throwing it as far back as we've ever thrown it to visit the Bates Motel and find out what Jamie Lee Flirty's mom was up to in 1960 with Hitchcock's seminal film, Psycho. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of transphobia 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  Sources:  Clover, Carol J. Men, Women, and Chainsaws. Princeton University Press: New Jersey, 1992. Print.  Klein Martins, David. “‘We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes. Haven't You?': Psycho and the Postmodern Rise of Gender Queerness.” Aspeers : Emerging Voices in American Studies, vol. 10, 2017, pp. 39–53, https://doi.org/10.54465/aspeers.10-05. Psycho (1960) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv  Psycho (1960) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film) 

Ever wake up from a nap and feel like you entered a different time period?  Grab some clippers to fix your wacky haircut and brush up on your driving lessons before sitting down to hear about what happened while you were sleeping in 2002's 28 Days Later. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, drug use, suicide, 9/11 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  Sources:  28 Days Later Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Days_Later  28 Days Later IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/?ref_=ttpl_ov  Gellner, Sydney. “How '28 Days Later' Became an Accidental 9/11 Film.” https://collider.com/28-days-later-accidental-911-film/  Kelly, Alan. “How '28 Days Later' Forever Changed Zombie Movies.” https://collider.com/28-days-later-zombie-movie/  

Our favorite 4th of July slasher is back to have you hooked as we spin in more circles and find trouble in Paradise in 1998's I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. 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  Sources:  I Still Know What You Did Last Summer IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130018/trivia/ I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Still_Know_What_You_Did_Last_Su ISTWYDLS Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/1bsj6mc/i_still_know_what_you_did_last_summer_why_didnt/ JHL on IKWYDLS Legacy Sequel: https://www.cbr.com/i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-sequel-jennifer-love-hewitt/

The sun is setting on Take 2 June, so we're descending back to hell (or…up in a spaceship?) to revisit the kinky, gooey, and reality-bending box in 2022's Hellraiser. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions surrounding addiction & drug use  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  Sources:  Hellraiser (2022) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellraiser_(2022_film) Hellraiser (2022) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887261/?ref_=tttrv_ov  Smith, Nadine. “Beyond Pain and Pleasure, the New Hellraiser Challenges All Human Binaries.” https://www.them.us/story/hellraiser-2022-review-jamie-clayton-pinhead  Shatto, Rachel. “Hellraiser Is Modern, Unabashedly Queer, And It Gets Its Hooks In You.”https://www.pride.com/gay-movies/hellraiser-is-modern-unabashedly-queer-and-it-gets-its-hooks-in-you#:~:text=The%20original%20film%20came%20out,who%20himself%20is%20LGBTQ%2B%20identified.  

We're taking Take 2 June lakeside to the hellscape that was 2009…or Camp Crystal Lake to revisit our infamous summertime slasher, Friday the 13th. 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  Sources:  Friday the 13th (2009) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(2009_film)  Friday the 13th (2009) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758746/  White, Michael. “10 Years Without Jason, Can We Now Admit ‘Friday the 13th' 2009 Was Damn Good?” Bloody-Disgusting.com. https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3540680/revisionist-history-looking-back-positively-ten-years-since-friday-13th/ 

Mirror mirror on the wall, which version of Candyman will be my downfall?  Our 2nd installment of Take 2 June is taking us to the other side of the medicine cabinet as we revisit Cabrini Green in 2021's Candyman. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of racial violence, police brutality, suicide 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  Sources:  Candyman 2021 IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9347730/trivia/ Candyman 2021 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candyman_(2021_film) How “Candyman” Fails Black Women and Femmes by Jessica Lanay : https://electricliterature.com/how-candyman-fails-black-women-and-femmes/ Nia DaCosta Breaks Down the Silhouette Stories from 'Candyman' by Alyssa Miller: https://nofilmschool.com/dacosta-breaks-down-candyman-shadow-puppetry They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror: A Murder in the Projects by Steve Bogira: https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/they-came-in-through-the-bathroom-mirror/

For Shay's birthday episode, we're taking a trip back down Elm Street to swoon over Kyle Gallner and meet Freddy's new face in 2010's A Nightmare on Elm Street.   ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, suicide, self-harm 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  Sources:  ANOES 2010 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179056/trivia/ ANOES 2010 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_(2010_film) Christensen, Kyle. “‘Look What You Did to Me!': (Anti)Feminism and Extratextuality in the Remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).” Journal of Film and Video, vol. 68, no. 2, 2016, pp. 29–45. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.5406/jfilmvideo.68.2.0029. Accessed 12 Apr. 2024 Pied Piper wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin Robert Englund: an Exclusive Interview by Aaron Williams: https://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/725682-robert-englund-an-exclusive-interview

We're covering two movies with “man” in the title, but DON'T BE FRIGHTENED - there's lots of ladies committing trickery in the folk horror flick, The Wicker Man (1973 & 2006). ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, spoilers for Midsommar 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  Sources:  Campbell, Dr. Danny. “Weekly Sermons: The Unholy Trinity.” The Tabernacle Family. The Tabernacle, 2022. https://www.thetabernaclefamily.org/tabernacle-sermons/weekly-sermons/sermon/650-the-unholy-trinity. Accessed December 2022. Web.  Chambers, Jamie. "Troubling Folk Horror: Exoticism, Metonymy, and Solipsism in the "Unholy Trinity" and Beyond." JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, vol. 61 no. 2, 2022, p. 9-34. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/cj.2022.0014. Accessed December 2022. “Constructing The Wicker Man: Film and Cultural Studies Perspectives.”Offscreen.com. https://offscreen.com/view/wicker_man#:~:text=Ashurst's%20essay%20demonstrates%20how%20The,the%20usual%20male%2Ddriven%20narrative. Poole, W. Scott. “Monstrous Beginnings.” Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsessions with the Hideous and the Haunting. 2nd edition. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2018. Print. The Wicker Man (1973) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicker_Man  The Wicker Man (1973) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/  The Wicker Man (2006) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicker_Man_(2006_film)  The Wicker Man (2006) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450345/ 

This is not a test. This is your emergency broadcast system announcing the commencement of The Whorrors!'s coverage of The Purge (2013). Commencing at the siren, any and all crime, including murder, will be legal for 12 continuous hours. Listen in to hear about this hellish nation reborn. 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 Sources: McClendon, Blair. “The ‘Purge' Films Reveal the Ugly Truth About America.” NYTimes.com. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/magazine/the-purge-movies.html The Purge Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purge_(2013_film) The Purge IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2184339/?ref_=ttpl_ov

It's Elyse's birthday!  As a treat for our historical context giving, period piece adoring, and literary loving host, we present you something campy that has it all: 2016's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of enslavement 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  Sources:  Baiesi, Serena.  “Remediating Jane Austen through the Gothic: ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.'” 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/1889/5045. Accessed 29 March 2024. Web.   Miquel-Baldellou, Marta. “‘As Soon As Ever She Died, the Hauntings Began': Revisiting the Victorian Fallen Woman as a Gothic Archetype in Susan Hill's The Woman in Black." Ex-centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media [Online], 0.5 (2021): 164-183. Web. 27 Apr. 2023 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies_(film)  Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1374989/  Tongco, Tricia. “What 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' Tells Us About Women And Marriage” Huffpost.com. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies-marriage_n_56bbfa21e4b0b40245c55ec9. Web. 

This is no dream, this is really happening…we're finally covering Rosemary's Baby. ***CONTENT WARNING: r*pe, discussions of childhood sexual abuse, abortion 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  Sources:  Carstensen, Thorsten. “Is It Really Happening? The Postmodern Horror of Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby.” American Studies in Scandinavia, vol. 55, no. 2, 2023, https://doi.org/10.22439/asca.v55i2.7039. Jacobs, Laura. “The Devil Inside: Watching Rosemary's Baby in the Age of #MeToo.” VanityFair.com. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/05/watching-rosemarys-baby-in-the-age-of-metoo  Rosemary's Baby (1968) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary%27s_Baby_(film)  Rosemary's Baby (1968) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522/