Women In Horror Episodes

Welcome aboard Polyester Airlines for another trip back in time to the decade when Sonny and Cher were our King and Queen. Even though summer just started, your captain, Patrick Walsh, is taking you back to school because your final destination is September 9, 1973; the night SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS premiered as the ABC Wednesday Night Movie! A young woman goes undercover at an exclusive all-girls fine arts academy to investigate her sister's mysterious death and finds herself entangled i...

Welcome aboard Polyester Airlines for another trip back in time to the decade that gave us Horeshack, ABBA and Whatchamacallits for SHE'S DRESSED TO KILL starring Connie Sellecca, Jessica Walter and John Rubenstein was the NBC Monday Night Movie. Your captain, Patrick Walsh, is waiting to whisk you away to the night of December 10, 1979 for this spine-tingling whodunnit about glamorous models at a mountaintop fashion show who are getting murdered one by one...with their own makeup!!! Was ...

Run for your life! Another vintage ScreamQueenz Episode has broken out of the Crypt and is heading your way! And it's a MUSICAL! This time, we're heading back to February 14, 2014, Episode #104 for the outrageous SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE 2. You can expect: Killer Corn Dogs! Psycho Chickens! Pus Fountains! Conflicting Courtneys! Tokyo Convertibles! Hand Sandwiches A Rockabilly Driller Killer! A Hot Wet & Wild Time with guests ROBERT R. BEST & ALENA ACKER. ...

Welcome aboard Polyester Airlines for another trip back in time to the decade when Avocado Green reigned supreme and THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER starring Shelley Winters, Jonathan Frid and Abe Vigoda was the ABC Movie of the Week. Your captain, Patrick Walsh, is waiting to whisk you away to the night of January 9, 1973 for this terrifying tale of Satanic Panic, Sinister Lesbians and Weddings Gone Wrong. Your copilots on this ill-advised voyage into caftans and cults are KASEY LOMAN from Evil Good...

This episode originally aired on November 25th, 2011. It's Thanksgiving, so spend time at home with your family. Except maybe not this family. And definitely not this home! I am joined by my dear friend DAVID ROBEANO to discuss the 1976 supernatural shocker BURNT OFFERINGS, so bring extra lemon oil, stock up on Ding Dongs and for god's sake STAY OUT OF THE POOL! BURNT OFFERINGS was directed by DAN CURTIS and stars OLIVER REED, KAREN BLACK, BETTE DAVIS, LEE MONTGOMERY, BURGESS MEREDIT...

"DAMN YOU UNCLE LEWIS" will be taking a hiatus from our usual coverage of FRIDAY THE 13TH THE SERIES episodes until the show launches publicly this fall. Until then, we've put together a series of FRIDAY THE 13TH THE SERIES SPECTACULAR episodes in which we celebrate some of our favorite F13 heavy-hitting writers, directors and stars by checking out their other work. First up, HELLO MARY LOU-PROM NIGHT 2 directed by BRUCE PITTMAN (And Now the News, The Mephisto Ring) and starring WENDY LYON...

This episode, we're taking on a real brain-bender: the French film "Titane"'; a whirlwind of sex, death, cars, and a whole heap of existential questions. The movie is a tough cookie, but MAYA MURPHY and I here to break it down and make it all a bit simpler for you. Together we’ll explore the layers of this challenging but rewarding yet deeply f***ed up film. Trust me, there’s more than just the hyperviolence, graphic nudity and car sex surface to uncover. So buckle up, because we’re about ...

"Angela" -Episode Art by MZK Art and Design . Follow them on Instagram @matthewzkesslerart And buy some fabulous gay soap from Baron Von Soap Our two-part NIGHT OF THE DEMONS SPECTACULAHHRR continues with the in-depth conversation with superfan MATT KNIFE. We'll delve into our personal histories with the movie as well as why it resonates so well with us as gay men. NIGHT OF THE DEMONS is currently available to stream on Shudder, Peacock and Tubi. Mentioned in this episode: Bliss Book...

"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...

If you enjoyed this episode, say THANK YOU and SUPPORT THE SHOW with a one-time donation at bit.ly/sqthankyou. ***** In THEY WAIT IN THE DARK, Amy and her son Adrian seek refuge in an old abandoned farmhouse to escape her dangerous ex-partner, but instead awaken a supernatural force determined to take the boy away from her forever. I am delighted to have special guests AGNI HOGABOOM (Beauty, The Beast and the B's) and Notorious Canadian TARA GARNER join me to help unlock all the secrets of this...

If you enjoyed this episode, say THANK YOU and SUPPORT THE SHOW with a one-time donation at bit.ly/sqthankyou ScreamQueenz is still on hiatus, so please enjoy this Flashback to April 1, 2016 - Episode #147 on MUTE WITNESS with special guests CHRYSTEN PEDDIE and DAN COHEN from KILLING YOUR DARLINGS. While working on a low-budget horror film shooting in Moscow, a mute American special effects artist gets locked inside the dilapidated movie studio after hours. While trapped inside she stumbles acr...

If you enjoyed this episode, say THANK YOU and SUPPORT THE SHOW with a one-time donation at bit.ly/sqthankyou What starts as an idyllic trip to the Canadian wilderness for two women celebrating their first wedding anniversary turns into a brutal battle for survival where no one is who they seem to be in WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE. Is this movie a new queer horror classic? Or is it homophobic? Helping me sort through the twisted web of deceit and violence are my two very special guests: fashion desi...

ATTACHMENT is an extraordinary film in which clashing Danish, British and Jewish Haredi cultures combine to tell a love story most queer: A story of Mothers and Daughters, of Daughters and Lovers, and of the Ancient Evil that wants to consume them all. To discuss this most unusual film I needed the most fabulous of guests, so I am delighted to be joined by ALYSSA SIMON (Moosehead Over the Mantel, They Will Outlive Us All) and CHRYSTEN PEDDIE (Killing Your Darlings). ATTACHMENT is ...

Think spending the holidays with your family is stressful? Meet the Morgan family. Their family get-togethers are killer. All aboard Polyester Airlines flight to the night of November 27, 1972: the night the Christmas proto-slasher HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS premiered on ABC. You can expect: -A truly knockout cast of heavy-hitting women. -Pulpy dialogue. -Fraught melodrama. -Perfectly timed thunderclaps. -Pitchfork murders -Worst. Christmas. EVER! Your copilot on this very wet journey into Ch...

Enter code BRUCE at checkout to SAVE 20% OFF YOUR ORDER of $20 or more at BARON VON SOAP. Offer valid thru March 31, 2023. ***** A WOUNDED FAWN is a surrealistic descent into madness in which a serial killer (JOSH RUBEN) lures his intended next victim (SARAH LIND) to a secluded cabin, but instead incurs the wrath of The Furies, goddesses of vengeance from ancient Greece. My very special guest for this episode is a burlesque performer, an artist, a purveyor of fabulous soaps, and an expert on Gr...

Our WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH Celebration continues with a look at IRIS K. SHIM's film UMMA. In UMMA, a Korean-American woman living on an isolated farm with her teenage daughter has her world turned upside down when the ashes of her abusive mother are delivered for her to bury. The longer she resists giving her Umma her final respects, the angrier Umma's spirit becomes. At first glance, UMMA is a straightforward ghost/possession story that plays with the universal fear of becoming one's parents. ...

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...

Our #WomenInHorrorMonth celebration continues with an in-depth look at the 1987 vampire Western hybrid NEAR DARK directed and co-written by future Oscar-winner KATHERYN BIGELOW (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Point Break, Blue Steel). My very special guests are PAUL STEVENSON (Who Will Survive?) and KELLY HOGABOOM. (Beauty, the Beast and the B's) You can expect: -Neck chewin' -Pelt trackin' -Bar brawlin' -Chest oilin' -Trucker tweakin' -Lassooin ' -Transfusin' -Rootin' -Tootin' -...

Meet the Hoffheinze family. They're respectable...presentable....and dangerous as hell. You are aboiut to watch a century's worth of their family history through the eyes of the one witness who has witnessed their crimes....who knows their secrets....and has never said a word. The moosehead over their mantel. Febraury is #WomenInHorrorMonth www.WomenInHorrorMonth.com, so I'm presenting you with an anthology film of sorts that boasts four female directors and a female screenwriter. And to he...

Get ready to blast off into a galaxy of gay camp and mortal terror as we go do the depths of space to battle the QUEEN OF BLOOD! A group of astronauts on a rescue mission to Mars suddenly find themselves on the menu when the beautiful female alien they've rescued turns out to be a bloodsucking femme fatale. A solo mission to space isn't any fun. That's why I've packed today's flight roster full of beefcake. My special guests are the boys of MONSTER MAKEUP LLC, the crew that brought us DEATH DR...

Season Twelve kicks off with some holy terror as we discuss the last temptation of SAINT MAUD (2019). Here to help me dodge the fire and brimstone and possibly provoke the wrath of God are my very special guests KASEY LOMAN, the creative mind behind EVILGOODS DESIGN and the FEMMES OF FRIGHT collection, and NICOLE DAVIS, co-host of MOVIE GO ROUND. In SAINT MAUD, a rather unstable nurse who has had a recent religious conversion is assigned a new patient and will go to dangerous lengths to save th...

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...