Basement Girls Horror Podcast

About Basement Girls Horror Podcast

A bi-monthly horror podcast that covers film and literature across the genre. Think My Favorite Murder meets The Tolkien Professor, but for horror, gothic, suspense, and mystery. 👻🖤 Hosted by writers Bianca Perez and Steph Grossman.

Publisher

Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

28 Jul 2020

Latest episode

15 May 2026

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 May 2026

   20. Classic Horror: THE WOLF MAN (1941) | With Leticia Urieta, author of the dark fiction collection THE REMEDY IS THE DISEASE from Undertaker Books

   This week, the Basement Girls head into the shadows with the 1941 horror classic THE WOLF MAN. Joined by writer, editor, and community teaching artist Leticia Urieta, we discuss transformation, body horror, inherited fear, and the enduring tragedy of the monster story. We also celebrate the release of Leticia’s newest horror collection, THE REMEDY IS THE DISEASE, and talk writing about the body, illness, terror, and what horror can reveal about vulnerability and survival. Grab your silver bullets—or silver canes...you do you—and join us in the basement. !!!Spoiler-heavy as always!!! SHOW NOTES Leticia Urieta | leticiaaurieta.com (https://leticiaaurieta.com/) THE REMEDY IS THE DISEASE by Leticia Urieta | bookshop.org/a/4492/9781966387282 (https://bookshop.org/a/4492/9781966387282) Werewolf-y Books, Films, and Shows Leticia Recommends: SUCH SHARP TEETH (https://bookshop.org/a/4492/9780593545836) by Rachel Harrison (Read Leticia's review of SUCH SHARP TEETH (https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2023/02/03/reclaiming-what-has-been-taken-a-review-of-rachel-harrisons-such-sharp-teeth/) for The Ancillary Review of Books) QUEER AS FOLKLORE (https://bookshop.org/a/4492/9781807070397) by Sacha Coward VAN HELSING (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338526/) THE BEAST WITHIN (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14539318/) PENNY DREADFUL (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2628232/) (shout out to Steph's childhood friend Jonny Beauchamp (https://www.instagram.com/jonnybeauchamp) who played Angelique ❤︎!) ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gemini Gospel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel) | Bianca Pérez's debut poetry chapbook, published by Host Publications ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel). Can't buy right now? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shelve it on Goodreads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126376301-gemini-gospel)! "⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Likeness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://open.spotify.com/episode/bit.ly/mirrorstory)"⁠ | Steph Grossman's latest horror-tinged short story, published in Joyland Magazine. Free to read. Bitly link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/mirrorstory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://bit.ly/mirrorstory) Basement Girls Podcast Store on Bookshop.org | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bookshop.org/shop/basementgirls (https://bookshop.org/shop/basementgirls)

2. 

   26 Apr 2026

   19. HELL HOUSE LLC Trilogy Review | With Post-Punk Poet Em Fullenwider

   In this episode, Bianca Pérez descends into the Abaddon Hotel with poet Em Fullenwider—Basement Girl honoree and fellow lover of language that lingers. Steph’s out of the Basement (we miss her bad), but we’re still asking the real question: Would you stay in a haunted hotel if the vibes were off…but the rent was cheap? From the original 2015 cult classic to its increasingly unhinged expansions, Bianca and Em break down plot, production lore, and why the scariest thing isn’t what moves...it’s what waits. Plus: Em brings her beautiful poems to the dark. !!!Spoiler-heavy as always!!! So tell us: If you knew the truth…would you still walk into the Abaddon Hotel? SHOW NOTES Em Fullenwider's Insta! | ⁠⁠instagram.com/postpunk_poet⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/jenni.video/) ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gemini Gospel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel) | Bianca Pérez's debut poetry chapbook, published by Host Publications ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel). Can't buy right now? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shelve it on Goodreads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126376301-gemini-gospel)! "⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Likeness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://open.spotify.com/episode/bit.ly/mirrorstory)"⁠ | Steph Grossman's latest horror-tinged short story, published in Joyland Magazine. Free to read. Bitly link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/mirrorstory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://bit.ly/mirrorstory) Basement Girls Podcast Store on Bookshop.org | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bookshop.org/shop/basementgirls (https://bookshop.org/shop/basementgirls)

3. 

   23 Dec 2025

   Holiday Rewind: SPENCER Movie Review | With Adam D. Jameson

   With the 2025 Christmas season upon us, enjoy this shiny holiday re-post of when we had Adam D. Jameson on to review SPENCER, an unsettling biopic about a Christmas weekend Princess Diana, played by Kristen Stewart(!)(?), spends in the countryside with the royal family. It is the epitome of a gothic Christmas horror. Totally worth the watch. Merry Krampus, y'all! *** "Is she eating the g*dd*mn pearls?!" Author and film critic Adam D. Jameson joins Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez to discuss the horror and gothic elements of Pablo Larraín's princess Diana movie SPENCER (2021), written by Steven Knight, and starring Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sean Harris, and Sally Hawkins. Show Notes: Adam D. Jameson's website: ⁠https://adjameson.wordpress.com/⁠ (https://adjameson.wordpress.com/) Buy I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing: Star Wars and the Triumph of Geek Culture  by Adam D. Jameson: ⁠https://bit.ly/LackofFaithBG⁠ (https://bit.ly/LackofFaithBG) Buy Cinemaps: An Atlas of 35 Great Movies by Adam D. Jameson and Andrew DeGraff: ⁠https://bit.ly/cinemapsBG (https://bit.ly/cinemapsBG)

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5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

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Engagement

32

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