A spooky self-care podcast about the mental health benefits of horror. Journey into the horrifying depths with Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist (and all-around spooky ghoul), as she explores how mental health themes are portrayed in your favourite horror movies and beyond. Drawing on archetypes from final girls to horror villains, Candis provides guidance in each episode about how listeners can navigate their own mental health woes. Mental Health is Horrifying is the recipient of two Canadian Podcast Awards — Outstanding Health & Fitness Series, and Outstanding Education Series.
Sleepaway Camp — Trauma un-informed summer camp
Sleepaway Camp (1983) · Jul 17, 2026
Forbidden Fruits — The divine therapy of pink horror
Forbidden Fruits (2026) · Jul 3, 2026
Obsession — I’m afraid of intimacy, so I’ll just wish on this patriarchy stick
Sharp Obsession (2025) · Jun 19, 2026
Practical Magic — Sisterhood is a spell to banish violent men
Practical Magic (1998) · Jun 5, 2026
Undertone — How sound can heal (or curse) you
Undertone (2025) · May 8, 2026
The Blair Witch Project — Are we in a period of collective psychosis?
The Blair Witch Project (1999) · Apr 24, 2026
Interview With The Vampire — This relationship is draining me!
Interview with the Vampire (1994) · Mar 12, 2026
In Search of Darkness 1995-1999 — The psychology of 90s nostalgia
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 (2025) · Feb 12, 2026
Knives Out — How grief scrambles family dynamics
Knives Out (2019) · Jan 15, 2026
Black Swan — Perfectionism is a horrifying performance
Black Swan (2010) · Dec 11, 2025
Frankenstein — Narcissism is the real monster
Frankenstein (2025) · Nov 20, 2025
Scary Movie — Laughing through the horrors
Scary Movie (2000) · Oct 23, 2025
Sleepy Hollow — Somatic therapy with the Headless Horseman
Sleepy Hollow (1999) · Oct 9, 2025
Mother! — Mother Nature’s Mental Health w/ Chloe Hurst
mother! (2017) · Sep 4, 2025
Your Favorite Scary Movie — Interview w/ Ashley Cullins on how Scream changed us
Scream (1996) · Aug 21, 2025
Midsommar — I’m afraid of women’s circles
Midsommar (2019) · Aug 7, 2025
I Know What You Did Last Summer — Emerging adulthood is a killer
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) · Jul 17, 2025
Phantom of the Paradise — The mental anguish of the creative soul w/ Angelica Cresci
Phantom of the Paradise (1974) · Jun 19, 2025
The Craft — How to become yourself w/ Kait Fowlie
The Craft (1996) · May 13, 2025
The Strangers — Engagement Nightmare Story w/ Shannon Knight, LMHC, LPC
The Strangers (2008) · Apr 10, 2025
Midnight Mass — Existential extravaganza!
The Manson Brothers: Midnight Zombie Massacre (2021) · Mar 20, 2025
The Witch — Satanic scapegoating
The Witch (2016) · Feb 27, 2025
Companion — What f@*%ed up attachment style is this?
Companion (2025) · Feb 11, 2025
The Shining — Loneliness will kill ya
The Shining (1980) · Jan 21, 2025
Nosferatu — Shame is a nightmare
Nosferatu (2024) · Jan 6, 2025
A Haunting in Venice — Cozy horror makes life less scary
A Haunting in Venice (2023) · Dec 13, 2024
The Substance — We're all gonna die
The Substance (2024) · Nov 29, 2024
Trick 'r Treat — Halloween is good for your mental health
Trick 'r Treat (2007) · Oct 15, 2024
Halloween (1978) — The *perfect* final girl, and her anxiety boogeyman
Halloween (1978) · Oct 8, 2024
Longlegs — Intrusive thoughts, brought to you by Nicolas Cage
Longlegs (2024) · Sep 10, 2024
Trap — Thirst is good for your mental health
Trap (2024) · Aug 10, 2024
Lisa Frankenstein — Love as an (un)living altar to grief
Lisa Frankenstein (2024) · Jul 23, 2024
Tarot — Relax, it’s only a portal into your soul
Tarot (2024) · Jun 12, 2024
Scream — What if this is all Sidney's trauma nightmare?
Scream (1996) · Apr 23, 2024
Cam — Double double ego trouble
Cam (2018) · Feb 27, 2024
Host — Even the ghosts have lockdown anxiety
Host (2020) · Jan 23, 2024
Krampus — It’s beginning to look a lot like seasonal depression
Krampus (2015) · Dec 12, 2023
Five Nights at Freddy’s — Dreamwork to navigate the unconscious and a murderous teddy bear
Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) · Nov 13, 2023
Hocus Pocus — I put a spell on your nervous system
Hocus Pocus (1993) · Oct 10, 2023
The Ring — Grief is a well you’ve been thrown down
The Ring (2002) · Sep 27, 2023
They Live — 5 tips to manifest out of this dystopian hellscape, babe
They Live (1988) · Aug 28, 2023
Jaws — Don’t ignore your emotions or they’ll swim up and bite you in the ass!
Jaws (1975) · Jul 27, 2023
The Mist — Cloudy with a chance of monsters (+ climate anxiety and xenophobia!)
The Mist (2007) · Jun 26, 2023
M3GAN — an AI robot treating mental health... what could go wrong?
M3GAN (2022) · Jun 5, 2023
Carrie —she's not a monster, she's just religiously traumatized!
Carrie (1976) · Jun 5, 2023