Psychological Horror Episodes

"You can fool everybody, but landy deary me, you can't fool a cat!" Irena, a lonely young Serbian immigrant, believes she is descended from a tribe of shape-shifting witches and fears that any physical intimacy will change her into a killer jungle cat. Irena can run. Irena can hide. But she cannot deny the Beast Inside. CAT PEOPLE somehow managed to tell a clearly queer-coded tale of forbidden desires and unspeakable passions at the height of Hayes Code Production censorship, and we are thrilled...

Last episode, we took you to the brink of utter insanity with our discussion of SISSY. But now we're back. We're gonna finish what we started. With SPOILERS this time! My extra special guests for the #WomenInHorrorMonth selection are NICOLE DAVIS (Movie-Go-Round) and MAYA MURPHY (Rosewater, "Damn You, Uncle Lewis!"). SISSY is currently available on Shudder or wherever you rent movies. SISSY was directed by HANNAH BARLOW & KANE SENES, written by HANNAH BARLOW and stars AISHA DEE, HANNAH BAR...

On the surface, SISSY is your standard bully/revenge slasher. Underneath, there's soooo much more. In fact, there's so much I have to split this episode on it into two parts! My extra special guests for the #WomenInHorrorMonth selection are NICOLE DAVIS (Movie-Go-Round) and MAYA MURPHY (Rosewater, "Damn You, Uncle Lewis!"). SISSY is currently available on Shudder or wherever you rent movies. SISSY was directed by HANNAH BARLOW & KANE SENES, written by HANNAH BARLOW and stars AISHA DEE, HANN...

Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays...unless you live in the house a recently escaped killer used to reside in. Following the tradition of the past few years, I let you, the listeners, decide what holiday horror movie I covered in December. You spoke. I obey. The winner by a landslide was BLACK XMAS (2006). A houseful of sorority sisters are about to wish they went home for Christmas break, because serial killer Billy Lenz just escaped from the mental hospital, and he doesn't ca...

"He's family..." Our salute to CANADIAN HORROR movies continues with a chat about the deeply unsettling (and tragically out-of-print at this time) psychosexual thriller, PIN from 1988. A young man develops an unhealthy attachment to Pin, his father's medical anatomy doll and reigns terror upon anyone who threatens his fractured reality. To help me navigate this dark and twisted path, I am delighted to have MAYA MURPHY ("Damn You, Uncle Lewis!") and real-life Canadian JOE LIPSETT (Horror Queers ...

Our celebration of WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH continues with a discussion of the powerful and controversial film SWALLOW. I am delighted to be joined by two very special guests: gender-bending queer horror filmmaker ALAN ROWE KELLY (Tales of Poe, The Blood Shed) and cohost of the MOVIE GO ROUND podcast NICOLE DAVIS. **This episode contains frank discussions of sexual assault, domestic abuse and eating disorders. See below for links to resources that provide help** Plus, I sit down for a chat with t...

If you've ever wondered what would happen when I covered a movie that truly terrified me...you're about to find out. Because LAST GIRL STANDING is a movie that shakes me to my core. Twice before I've tried to talk about this film on the show. Twice before I've had to scrap the entire project because just scratching the surface turns me into a blubbering, frightened mess. Turns out what I needed was the calming soothing presence of my special guests CHRIS MOORE and KEVIN JONES (Hosts of the u...

Mini reviews of Universal Pictures THE INVISIBLE MAN, and my plan to help you stay sane, connected and super entertained throughout this crisis starting with the.. SPOOKY SATURDAY DOUBLE FEATURE: "Coraline" and Abbott & Costello's "The Time of Their Lives" 2pm Eastern Time https://www.mycircle.tv/33-2963-6303 SUNDAY SOCIAL SESH: 4pm Eastern Time https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/5575251910 SPONTANEOUS DISCO PARTY: Don't be jealous of my boogie... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY_zPQVfsmQ ...

Join me as we continue to explore the "NEW YEAR! NEW YOU! NOT YOU!" theme with a classic tale of paranoia and forced assimilation: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS starring DONALD SUTHERLAND, BROOKE ADAMS, JEFF GOLDBLUM, LEONARD NIMOY and my goddess, VERONICA CARTWRIGHT. To add to the insanity, I'm being joined by the reigning Queenz of Crazy, STACY and CINDY from CREEPY KITCH Plus, prepare to give a 21-tiara salute to PAUL HOBBS and EVAN JONES from YOUR QUEER STORY, our latest inductees into the...

Curtain up! Light the lights! You got nothing to feel but the FRIGHTS!!![ On the surface, THE FAN from 1981 starring LAUREN BACALL and MICHAEL BIEHN was been ill-advised flop. The story of an aging screen legend trying to make a comeback by appearing in her first Broadway musical didn't appeal to horror fans. The attempt to cash in the recent success of films like FRIDAY THE 13th by adding over-the-top violence scared off everyone else. I still can't believe someone made a slasher movie with...

Remember JUMANJI? Now picture that with demons and chainsaw murders instead of goofy explorers and cute zebras. Come join JORDAN MCLAUGHLIN and I for a round of the game everyone's DYING to play! THE BLACK WATERS OF ECHO'S POND directed by GABRIEL BOLOGNA stars JAMES DUVALL, DANIELLE HARRIS and ROBERT PATRICK. EVERY DAY IS H A L L O W E E N: A Fundraiser for New Alternatives For Homeless LGBT Youth Donate directly at bit.ly/sqpodna or through Facebook at bit.ly/sqpodfb Just in time for the ...

Kick off Pride Month with this tense gay Hitchcockian thriller!5 Mentioned in this episode: Bliss Book Pick up the gnarly new survivor horror novel BLISS by Brandon Halsey on Amazon! "It's like 28 DAYS LATER meets THE STAND meets TRAINSPOTTING!" Bliss Promo This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

Before you do anything else, please take 30 seconds to sign the ACLU's petition to STOP THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL & SEXUAL ABUSE OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN OUR CONCENTRATION CAMPS. ************************************************************************** In UNDOCUMENTED, a film crew accompanying a group of Mexican immigrants' illegal crossing over the United States border are captured by a violently patriotic band of mercenaries who are more than happy to give them lberty... and give them death. Wh...

THIS EPISODE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE SUBSCRIBERS OF It's a Patreon SuperScreamer Takeover this episode, and they're picking the movies! CHRIIS S. has selected FORGET ME NOT: a supernatural thriller in which childhood games and long lost friends combine with existential dread with deadly consequences for the jello shot set. TARA G. picked ANGUISH: a experimental art house hypnofreaky mother-issue exercise in mindfuckery and eye-gougery. Find out all the perks of becoming a ScreamQueenz...

Kick off WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH with the story of a promising young medical student who discovers unexpected fame among the underground body modification community. But does the road lead to Glory or Destruction?? Mentioned in this episode: Bliss Book Pick up the gnarly new survivor horror novel BLISS by Brandon Halsey on Amazon! "It's like 28 DAYS LATER meets THE STAND meets TRAINSPOTTING!" Bliss Promo This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://anal...

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: DAY 19 Shit gets so real this episode that, by my own rules, I should be wearing a diaphanous nightgown! But what did I expect when I invited ANDREW HUFF and MATTY ZARADICH from FRIGAY THE 13th over to play? ANDREW HUFF & MATTY ZARADICH Our topic is director MAURICE DEVEREAUX's brilliant, soul-wrenching film END OF THE LINE, in which a simple subway ride home becomes a horrific battle for survival. Made in 2006, the film is even more terrifying in 2018, because ri...

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: DAY 6 What happens when a movie breaks all the rules by... obeying the rules??? For this leg of the COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN POD-A-THON, I'm serving you some deconstructed slasher goodness. BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON, ingeniously directed by SCOTT GLOSSERMAN, stands the genre on its head by taking you behind the scenes, showing you the ins and outs of the kind of planning required to become the next legendary mass murderer. And then it rips your throat ...