Award-winning media literacy podcast from a horror lens. Gabe & Kae discuss real-life influences on our cinematic fears every Wednesday.
Blink Twice (2024): the Violence of Forgetting
Blink Twice (2024) · Jul 22, 2026
Obsession (2026): The Subtle Violence of the Nice Guy
Obsession (2026) · Jul 1, 2026
The Menu (2022): The Cult of Fine Dining
The Menu (2022) · Jun 17, 2026
Opus (2025): The Monster of Cult Celebrity
Opus (2025) · Jun 3, 2026
They Will Kill You (2026) Review: Bloody, Brutal & Timely AF
They Will Kill You (2026) · May 20, 2026
Kpop Demon Hunters (2025) Film Review: Healing Ourselves & the Generations Before Us
KPop Demon Hunters (2025) · Dec 24, 2025
Invincible: A Sup[er Heroic Reckoning
Invincible (2021) · Nov 26, 2025
Seoul Station: A Plague on a Vulnerable Population
Seoul Station (2016) · Nov 12, 2025
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REC (2007): Demonic Zombies & Found Footage Fears
[REC] (2007) · Oct 29, 2025
Blood Quantum (2019): Red They Dead, White They Bite
Blood Quantum (2019) · Oct 22, 2025
28 Years Later (2025): Growing Pains & Toxic Masculinty
28 Years Later (2025) · Oct 1, 2025
Until Dawn: Slasher Summer Fun
Until Dawn (2025) · Aug 27, 2025
Clown in a Cornfield: Slasher Summer is Here
Clown in a Cornfield (2025) · Aug 13, 2025
Companion (2025): A Bloody Honest Take on New Age Romance
Companion (2025) · Jul 2, 2025
Mickey 17 Predicts Our Dystopian Future Under Capitalism
Mickey 17 (2025) · Jun 18, 2025
Sinners: A Love Letter to Black Culture, Resiliency, and History
Sinners (2025) · May 23, 2025
Severance: Innies, Exploitation & Modern Company Towns
Severance (2022) · May 7, 2025
Interview with the Vampire: A Bold Reimagining of Queerness, Race & Abuse
Interview with the Vampire (1994) · Mar 5, 2025
Nosferatu (2024) Feminist Horror: Power, Possession & Repression
Nosferatu (2024) · Feb 19, 2025
The Power of Your Monster (2024): Feminine Rage and Confronting Emotional Neglect
Your Monster (2024) · Feb 5, 2025
From Grief to Gore: 'Lisa Frankenstein' Brings the Dead to Life
Lisa Frankenstein (2024) · Jan 22, 2025
The Shape of Water and America Today: Monsters, Empathy, and Division
The Shape of Water (2017) · Jan 8, 2025
Alien: Romulus – Corporate Greed, Bodily Autonomy, and the Fight for Freedom
Alien: Romulus (2024) · Dec 26, 2024
The Substance (2024): Beauty Is a Beast
The Substance (2024) · Dec 11, 2024
Faith, Folklore, and Agrochemicals: The Real-Life Horror in When Evil Lurks (2023)
Faith (2023) · Nov 27, 2024
Late Night with the Devil (2024): Cults, Conspiracies, and Celebrity Secrets
Late Night with the Devil (2024) · Oct 30, 2024
Longlegs (2024): Satanic Panic, Government Hysteria, and Horror in Girlhood
Longlegs (2024) · Oct 23, 2024
Suspiria (2018): Witchcraft, Dance, and Post-WWII Germany
Suspiria (2018) · Oct 16, 2024
Maxxxine (2024): A Neon Drenched Video Nasty
MaXXXine (2024) · Oct 9, 2024
The Witch (2015): A Folklore of Fanaticism and Family
The Last Witch Hunter (2015) · Oct 2, 2024
I Saw the TV Glow (2024): A Tale of Transition
I Saw the TV Glow (2024) · Sep 4, 2024
It Follows (2014): The Many Faces of the Monster
It Follows (2015) · Aug 21, 2024
The Craft (1996): Teen Girl Justice, Sisterhood, and Witchcraft
The Craft (1996) · Aug 10, 2024
Heathers (1988): A Dark Comedy for Dark Times
Heathers (1989) · Jul 24, 2024
Talk to Me (2023): Addicted to Possession
Talk to Me (2023) · Jul 10, 2024
Bodies, Bodies, Bodies (2022): Gen Z Struggles for Connection
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) · Jun 26, 2024
Assassination Nation (2019): A Spectacle of Teen Violence
Assassination Nation (2018) · Jun 12, 2024
Last of Us: The Resilience of Love at the End of the World
The Last of Us: All Gone (2022) · May 29, 2024
Fallout (2024): Societal Experiments & a Plan for the End of the World
Fallout (2023) · May 16, 2024
Infinity Pool (2023): An Unhealthy Obsession with the Rich
Infinity Pool (2023) · Feb 28, 2024
Possessor (2020): Labor Alienation & Data Mining Horrors
Possessor (2020) · Feb 22, 2024
They Cloned Tyrone (2023): Subverting Stereotypes & Government Conspiracies
They Cloned Tyrone (2023) · Feb 14, 2024
Get Out (2017): Black Horror and White Liberal Villains
Get Out (2017) · Jan 31, 2024
Us (2019): America's Selective Memory
Us (2019) · Jan 24, 2024
Culture Shock (2019): Horrors of Immigration & the Veiled Threat of the American Dream
Culture Shock (2019) · Jan 17, 2024
Don't Worry Darling (2022): Confused Feminism
Don't Worry Darling (2022) · Jan 12, 2024
Anaconda (1997): There's Snakes this Big?!
Anaconda (1997) · Dec 27, 2023
Crawl (2019): Gators & Florida Man
Crawl (2019) · Dec 13, 2023
The Birds (1963): Horrors Behind the Scenes and in the Skies
The Birds (1963) · Nov 29, 2023
Beast (2022): Battle of the Dads
Beast (2022) · Nov 22, 2023
Slotherhouse: the Slowest Slasher
Slotherhouse (2023) · Nov 15, 2023
Cocaine Bear: Rules to Survive a Bear Encounter
Cocaine Bear (2023) · Nov 8, 2023
Malignant: Family Trauma & Flawed Memory
Malignant (2021) · Nov 1, 2023
Insidious Franchise: Astral Projections & Family Secrets
Astral Projections (1978) · Oct 25, 2023
Paranormal Activity Franchise: Haunted by Plot Holes
Paranormal Activity (2007) · Sep 27, 2023
Alien Franchise: Mother & the Meaning of Human Existence
Alien (1979) · Sep 13, 2023
Dune (2021) : What's the Deal with Spice?
Dune (2021) · Jun 28, 2023
American Psycho: the Monster of Wealth and Consumerism
American Psycho (2000) · Jun 7, 2023
Severance: Horrors of Corporate Culture
Severance (2022) · May 31, 2023
The Platform (2019): A Hunger for Economic Reform
The Platform (2019) · May 24, 2023
The Mist (2007): A Disaster Society to Fear
The Mist (2007) · May 17, 2023
Candyman (2021): Generational Trauma & the Power of Folklore
Candyman (2021) · May 10, 2023
Swarm (2023): Finding Connection through Fanaticism
Swarm (2023) · May 3, 2023
Skinamarink: Experimental Horror Gets Real on Fear
Skinamarink (2023) · Apr 26, 2023
M3GAN (2022): An AI Companion for Grief & Parenting
M3GAN (2022) · Apr 12, 2023
Pearl (2022): Love in the Time of the 1918 Flu
Pearl (2022) · Feb 28, 2023
I'm Totally Fine (2022): Friendship is Love
I'm Totally Fine (2022) · Feb 22, 2023
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Break-Ups and the Pain in Your Brain
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) · Feb 8, 2023
Crimes of the Future (2022): Human Evolution
Crimes of the Future (2022) · Jan 31, 2023
Slash/Back (2022): Alien Imposters & Embracing Your Culture
Slash/Back (2022) · Jan 25, 2023
CAM: Sex Work & Social Identity
Cam (2018) · Jan 18, 2023
Haunted Prisons: Horrors of Mass Incarcerations and Wendell & Wild reviews
Wendell & Wild (2022) · Dec 20, 2022
Haunted Towns (pt 1): Barbarian & Detroit, MI
Barbarian (2022) · Nov 29, 2022
Haunted Internet: Unfriended & Unfriended Dark Web
Unfriended: Dark Web (2018) · Nov 15, 2022
Haunted Attractions: Hell House LLC & McKamey Manor
Hell House LLC (2015) · Oct 26, 2022
Haunted People: The Others, A Tale of Two Sisters, & the Ghosts of Grief
The Others (2001) · Oct 18, 2022
Haunted People: The Others, A Tale of Two Sisters, & the Ghosts of Grief
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) · Oct 18, 2022
Haunted Underwater Houses: The Deep House (2021) & Sunken American Cities
The Deep House (2021) · Oct 11, 2022
The Handmaid's Tale: Margaret's Warnings
The Handmaid's Tale (1990) · Aug 2, 2022
Titane: Hot Cars and Found Family
Titane (2021) · Jul 5, 2022
X (2022): The Life We Deserve
X (2022) · Jun 28, 2022
Rosemary's Baby (1968): In Desperate Need of Feminism
Rosemary's Baby (1968) · Jun 22, 2022
Men (2022): A Green Man is Hard to Find
Men (2022) · Jun 14, 2022
Black Christmas (1974 & 2019): Attempts at Feminist Slashers
Black Christmas (1974) · Jun 7, 2022
Lake Mungo (2008): Grief Explored Through Found Footage
Lake Mungo (2009) · May 10, 2022
Underwater (2020): Aquatic Horrors & Lovecraftian Creatures
Underwater (2020) · May 3, 2022
Turning Red (2022): It's Okay to Feel All Your Feels
Turning Red (2022) · Apr 26, 2022
Blue My Mind (2018): Growing Mermaid Pains
Blue My Mind (2017) · Apr 19, 2022
Fresh (2022): Horrors of Modern Dating LIVE
Fresh (2022) · Apr 13, 2022
The Girl with All the Gifts (2016): Coming of Age in the Zombie Apocalypse
The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) · Apr 5, 2022
Jakob's Wife (2021): More Than a Preacher's Wife
Jakob's Wife (2021) · Mar 22, 2022
Ginger Snaps (2000): Puberty Can be a Real B*tch
Ginger Snaps (2000) · Mar 15, 2022
Jennifer's Body (2009): I Was a Teenage Succubus
Jennifer's Body (2009) · Mar 8, 2022
Don't Look Up (2021): Science Deniers & the End of the World
Don't Look Up (2021) · Mar 1, 2022
Unearth (2021): A Fracking Horror Story
Unearth (2020) · Feb 22, 2022
Annihilation (2019): the Alien Experience of our Environment
Annihilation (2018) · Feb 15, 2022
Spoor (2017): Hunters Become the Hunted
Spoor (2017) · Feb 8, 2022
The Bay (2012): Horror Ecological Mockumentary & Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay
The Bay (2012) · Feb 1, 2022
So Vam: Interview with Director Alice Maio Mackay
So Vam (2021) · Nov 4, 2021
Ghouls Survived 4 Years and Halloween
Halloween (1978) · Nov 2, 2021
Sweeney Todd: Cannibalism is Never the Answer
Sweeney Todd (2006) · Oct 26, 2021
Nightmare Before Christmas with Roland Boyden
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) · Oct 19, 2021
Phantom of the Opera with Angelina Meehan
The Phantom of the Opera (2004) · Oct 6, 2021
The Lure (2015): Monstrous Polish Mermaid Musical
The Lure (2015) · Sep 28, 2021
CLIMAX (2018) with Allie Gee
Climax (2018) · Sep 21, 2021
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008): Goth Opera for Theatre Kids & Organ Repossession
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) · Sep 14, 2021
Anna and the Apocalypse with Bobby Torrez
Anna and the Apocalypse (2018) · Sep 10, 2021
Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013): Indian Agents & Forced Assimilation
Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013) · Aug 31, 2021
Deep Blue Sea with Slash Her Pod
Deep Blue Sea (1999) · Aug 24, 2021
The Seer & the Unseen with Sara Dosa
The Seer and the Unseen (2019) · Aug 17, 2021
Take Back the Night with Gia Elliot & Emma Fitzpatrick
Take Back the Night (2022) · Aug 9, 2021
Gundala with Wi-Moto Nyoka of Dusky Projects
Gundala (2019) · Aug 3, 2021
Tag (2015), Feminism & the Fan Service
Tag (2015) · Jul 13, 2021
Relic (2020) & Dementia
Relic (2020) · May 25, 2021
Hereditary (2018) with Victims & Villains Podcast
Hereditary (2018) · May 18, 2021
They Look Like People (2015) & Psychosis
They Look Like People (2016) · May 11, 2021
Twister & Tornadoes
Twister (1996) · Apr 27, 2021
The Wave (2015) & Tsunamis
The Wave (2015) · Apr 13, 2021
Japan Sinks 2020 & Earthquakes
Japan Sinks: 2020 Theatrical Edition (2020) · Apr 6, 2021
The Promised Neverland
The Promised Neverland (2020) · Mar 30, 2021
Perfect Blue (1997)
Perfect Blue (1998) · Mar 16, 2021
Under the Shadow
Under the Shadow (2016) · Feb 16, 2021
His House (2020)
His House (2020) · Feb 9, 2021
Vampires Vs. the Bronx
Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020) · Feb 2, 2021
Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) · Jan 26, 2021
Impetigore (2019)
Impetigore (2019) · Jan 19, 2021
La Llorona (2020)
La Llorona (2019) · Jan 12, 2021
Blood Quantum
Blood Quantum (2019) · Jan 5, 2021
Good Manners (2017)
Good Manners (2017) · Dec 15, 2020
Thelma (2017)
Thelma (2017) · Dec 8, 2020
Spiral (2019)
Spiral (2019) · Dec 1, 2020
Assassination Nation
Assassination Nation (2018) · Jul 28, 2020
Sorry to Bother You
Sorry to Bother You (2018) · Jul 21, 2020
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man (2020) · Jul 14, 2020
The First Purge
The First Purge (2018) · Jul 7, 2020
See You Yesterday & Dragon Ball Z - Time Travel
See You Yesterday (2019) · May 26, 2020
The Triangle, Resolution, & Endless: Time Loops
Endless (2020) · May 12, 2020
Matrix Trilogy: Simulated Reality
The Matrix (1999) · May 5, 2020
Nerve: Apps for Manipulation
Nerve (2016) · Apr 28, 2020
Black Mirror's Be Right Back & A.M.I: Resurrecting Loved Ones
A.M.I. (2019) · Apr 21, 2020
Countdown & Bedeviled: Apps for Death
Countdown (2019) · Apr 14, 2020
Whatever Happened to Monday: Population Control
What Happened to Monday (2017) · Mar 31, 2020
The Handmaid's Tale: Oppression of Women pt. 2
The Handmaid's Tale (1990) · Mar 24, 2020
The Stepford Wives: Oppression of Women pt. 1
The Stepford Wives (1975) · Mar 17, 2020
Snowden & Orwell: Surveillance
Snowden (2016) · Mar 10, 2020
Parasyte & Snowpiercer: Classism
Snowpiercer (2013) · Mar 3, 2020
Parasyte & Snowpiercer: Classism
Parasyte: Part 1 (2014) · Mar 3, 2020
Earth Girls Are Easy & Attack the Block: Alien Romance
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) · Feb 25, 2020
The Island & Never Let Me Go: Clones
The Island (2005) · Feb 18, 2020
The Island & Never Let Me Go: Clones
Never Let Me Go (2010) · Feb 18, 2020
Her & Zoe: Artificial Intelligence
Her (2013) · Feb 11, 2020
Her & Zoe: Artificial Intelligence
Zoe (2018) · Feb 11, 2020
The Lobster, Equals & Black Mirror's Hang the DJ: Dystopian Dating
The Lobster (2015) · Feb 4, 2020
The Lobster, Equals & Black Mirror's Hang the DJ: Dystopian Dating
Equals (2015) · Feb 4, 2020
UnReal & The Truman Show: Reality TV
TRON: Legacy (2010) · Jan 28, 2020
UnReal & The Truman Show: Reality TV
unReal (2015) · Jan 28, 2020
Stay Alive & Sword Art Online: Games
Stay Alive (2006) · Jan 14, 2020
The Net & Pulse: Internet
The Net (1995) · Jan 7, 2020
Get Out & Us - Jordan Peele: Part Two
Get Out (2017) · Dec 31, 2019
Get Out & Us - Jordan Peele: Part Two
Us (2019) · Dec 31, 2019
Ana Lily Amirpour
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) · Dec 10, 2019
Guillermo Del Toro
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) · Dec 4, 2019
Guillermo Del Toro
Crimson Peak (2015) · Dec 4, 2019
The Endless & A Dark Song: Occultism
A Dark Song (2016) · Nov 26, 2019
The Endless & A Dark Song: Occultism
The Endless (2017) · Nov 26, 2019
Before I Wake & Paprika: Dreams
Paprika (2006) · Nov 19, 2019
Before I Wake & Paprika: Dreams
Before I Wake (2016) · Nov 19, 2019
The Conjuring (1 & 2) and Hostage to the Devil: Demonology
The Conjuring (2013) · Nov 12, 2019
The Conjuring (1 & 2) and Hostage to the Devil: Demonology
The Conjuring 2 (2016) · Nov 12, 2019
Joe Hill, Horns and NOS4A2
Horns (2013) · Oct 29, 2019
Dean Koontz, Phantoms and Demon Seed
Demon Seed (1977) · Oct 15, 2019
The Terror: East Asian Representation
Ad Astra (2019) · Sep 24, 2019
Hush & A Quiet Place: Disability Representation
Hush (2016) · Sep 17, 2019
Midsommar: Mental Health & Disability Representation
Midsommar (2019) · Sep 12, 2019
What Keeps You Alive: Queer LGBTQIA+ Representation
What Keeps You Alive (2018) · Sep 3, 2019
La Llorona & Culture Shock: Latinx Representation
Culture Shock (2019) · Aug 27, 2019
La Llorona & Culture Shock: Latinx Representation
La Llorona (2019) · Aug 27, 2019
Ma (2019): Black Women Representation
Ma (2019) · Aug 20, 2019
Apocalypse: Zombies LIVE SHOW
28 Days Later (2002) · Aug 6, 2019
Melancholia: Cosmic Apocalypse
Melancholia (2011) · Jul 30, 2019
Child's Play (2019) & I AM MOTHER: Digital Apocalypse
Child's Play (2019) · Jul 23, 2019
Soylent Green & The Day After Tomorrow: Ecological Apocalypse
Soylent Green (1973) · Jul 16, 2019
Chernobyl & Dr. Strangelove: Nuclear Apocalypse
Contagion & Containment: Viral Apocalypse
Contagion (2011) · Jul 9, 2019
Contagion & Containment: Viral Apocalypse
Containment (2015) · Jul 9, 2019
Blood & Black Lace and Demons: Italian Giallo
Demons (1985) · Jun 25, 2019
Blood & Black Lace and Demons: Italian Giallo
Blood and Black Lace (1964) · Jun 25, 2019
The Wailing & I Saw the Devil: Korean
The Wailing (2016) · Jun 18, 2019
Raw, High Tension & Martyrs: New French Extremity
Martyrs (2008) · Jun 11, 2019
Gerald's Game & 10 Cloverfield Lane: Inside Isolation
Gerald's Game (2017) · Apr 16, 2019
The Descent & The Forest (game): Underground Isolation
The Descent (2005) · Apr 2, 2019
Abducted in Plain Sight & Last Podcast on the Left: Gabe's True Crime
Abducted in Plain Sight (2017) · Mar 19, 2019
Spring & Honeymoon: Loving Monsters
Spring (2014) · Mar 5, 2019
Spring & Honeymoon: Loving Monsters
Honeymoon (2014) · Mar 5, 2019
You & Swimfan: Stalkers
Sorry to Bother You (2018) · Feb 19, 2019
The Thing & The Faculty: Alien Imposters LIVE
The Thing (1982) · Feb 5, 2019
The Thing & The Faculty: Alien Imposters LIVE
The Faculty (1998) · Feb 5, 2019
Hemlock Grove: Monstrous Men
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) · Jan 29, 2019
Single White Female & The Roommate: Envious Imposter
Single White Female (1992) · Jan 22, 2019
Single White Female & The Roommate: Envious Imposter
The Roommate (2011) · Jan 22, 2019
American Mary: Body Modification
American Mary (2013) · Jan 8, 2019
Jennifer's Body: Monstrous Women
Jennifer's Body (2009) · Jan 1, 2019
Needful Things, The Box & Button, Button: Gifts
Needful Things (1993) · Dec 11, 2018
Alien: Space Exploration
Alien (1979) · Nov 27, 2018
Bela Lugosi & Boris Karloff: Classic Horror
Dracula (1931) · Oct 23, 2018
Bela Lugosi & Boris Karloff: Classic Horror
The Raven (1935) · Oct 23, 2018
Saw, Cabin Fever & Hostel: Gore & Torture Porn
Hostel (2006) · Sep 25, 2018
The Strangers & Them: Home Invasion
The Strangers (2008) · Sep 10, 2018
The Strangers & Them: Home Invasion
Them (2006) · Sep 10, 2018
The Strangers & Them: Home Invasion
Home Invasion (2012) · Sep 10, 2018
Short Horror Films
Lights Out (2016) · Aug 27, 2018
David Cronenberg, Existenz, Scanners & Videodrome
Videodrome (1983) · Jun 22, 2018
David Cronenberg, Existenz, Scanners & Videodrome
eXistenZ (1999) · Jun 22, 2018
David Cronenberg, Existenz, Scanners & Videodrome
Scanners (1981) · Jun 22, 2018
Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity series & GHOSTWATCH: Found Footage
The Blair Witch Project (1999) · Jun 5, 2018
Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity series & GHOSTWATCH: Found Footage
Paranormal Activity (2007) · Jun 5, 2018
Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity series & GHOSTWATCH: Found Footage
Ghostwatch (1992) · Jun 5, 2018
The Fourth Kind, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, X-Files & The Stan Romanek Story
The Fourth Kind (2009) · Apr 5, 2018
Suspiria: Horror Movie Music Scores
Suspiria (1977) · Mar 21, 2018
Exorcism of Emily Rose & The Last Exorcism
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) · Mar 6, 2018
Exorcism of Emily Rose & The Last Exorcism
The Last Exorcism (2010) · Mar 6, 2018
Friday the 13th & Tattoos
Friday the 13th (1980) · Jan 29, 2018
M. Night Shyamalan, Sixth Sense, Unbreakable & Split
The Sixth Sense (1999) · Jan 17, 2018
Child's Play & Annabelle: Dolls
Child's Play (1988) · Jan 1, 2018
Child's Play & Annabelle: Dolls
Child's Play (2019) · Jan 1, 2018
Silent Hill, Resident Evil & Until Dawn: Horror Video Games
Until dawn (2013) · Dec 18, 2017
Dawn of the Dead: Zombies
Dawn of the Dead (1978) · Dec 4, 2017
Dawn of the Dead: Zombies
Dawn of the Dead (2004) · Dec 4, 2017
The Blair Witch Project & The Witch: Witches
The Blair Witch Project (1999) · Nov 13, 2017
The Blair Witch Project & The Witch: Witches
The Last Witch Hunter (2015) · Nov 13, 2017
Nightmare on Elm Street & The Nightmare: Nightmares & Sleep Disorders
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) · Oct 23, 2017
Nightmare on Elm Street & The Nightmare: Nightmares & Sleep Disorders
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989) · Oct 23, 2017
Stephen King‘s IT, IT (2017), & CLOWN: Clowns
Clowns (2017) · Oct 2, 2017