Two armed and dangerous women do battle with the forces of cinema villainy.
A movie podcast hosted by two female film aficionados who love nothing better than getting under the skin of famous movie villains to discuss whether or not these 'baddies' are just plain evil... or should we cut them some slack? Could the villains actually be the victims? If so, what is the true root of evil in the thrillers, horrors and action movies we all know and love?
Send us Fan Mail We're back after a summer break with the film people have called "The film that saved cinema" "The best horror of the year" "The best film of the year" and broke many industry records with it's meteoric rise into movie stardom and success. Kim and Em talk about why the film is so zeitgeist, why the new horror villain seems to be your average bloke and of course - the vagina dentata theories! Support the show
24 Jun 2026
EPISODE 12: MIDSOMMAR
Send us Fan Mail To celebrate our recent Summer Solstice festivities here in Britain on the 21st June, Kim and Em quite fittingly discuss all things MIDSOMMAR including why fans and critics were so divided about the movie, who the true villains really are (Christian, Dani or the Haga?!) as well as pubic hair pies (yum) and menstrual love potions (very effective clearly) Do we love or loathe the film? Who cares, lets get on with those awkward as arse orgies, viking death penalties and, yes, pu...
10 Jun 2026
EPISODE 11: HOUSE
Send us Fan Mail Introducing Kim & Em's forgotten movie GEMS! There are certain films in our lives (horror in our case) that burnt their gory glory and dreamlike atmosphere onto our retinas and while they may not be worthy of the critics thumbs up - we love them anyway for how they made us feel. The nostalgia flicks! The unsung underated heros of our formative years. We love these quirky films and one of us gets to choose a favourite weirdo movie from our past to revisit. This week it's B...
27 May 2026
EPISODE 10: ROSEMARY'S BABY
Send us Fan Mail You might think that our podcast has an easy job rooting out the true villains in a film all about Satanists, and featuring the devil himself, but this is Kim & Em Vs EVIL! We dig a lot deeper then the surface 'evil' presented in our favourite genre films to root out hidden baddies, too! Rosemary's Baby is a key film in cinema history for many reasons real, fictional, and in terms of legacy and cultural impact. Not only do we talk sex with Satan but we also delve into the...
1 Apr 2026
EPISODE 9: THE UGLY STEPSISTER & THE NEON DEMON
Send us Fan Mail Just like fame, beauty costs. And here's where you start paying! Kim and Em are fascinated with the recent slew of Beauty Horror gracing our screens, often (but not always) directed by women seeking to reflect, comment on, and rebel against unattainable beauty standards. These are standards which are increasingly becoming the normal way to achieve validation as well as financial success. Kinda depressing right?! But is this a new thing? Kim and Em delve into the histori...
18 Mar 2026
EPISODE 8: THE BEAUTY
Send us Fan Mail Inspired by Ryan Murphy's recent hot! hot! hot! series,The Beauty, Booth and Taylor-Foster discuss the emergence of a nascent subgenre in Horror. The subgenre in question? The aptly named 'Beauty Horror'. That's what we're calling it for now, at least. Our obsession with youth and beauty might not be new, and neither is its exploration on the screen, but we've certainly seen a surge in horror movies over the past few years positioning the topic front and centre. Nicolas...
4 Mar 2026
EPISODE 7 2026 PREVIEWS
Send us Fan Mail After a wee break we're back for the second series kicking off with a preview show of what to look out for in 2026 and the spunky flicks we want to fling your way over the coming months! We also pick and announce a competition winner and even treat you to some post pod ASMR if you're into that kinda thing.... Movies and TV covered include THE BEAUTY, THE BRIDE, SEND HELP, EVENT HORIZON. Yum.
21 Jan 2026
EPISODE 6: FRANKENSTEIN
Send us Fan Mail Kim and Em take on Frankenstein's long suffering creature in this last episode of Season 1 with the OG villain/victim who has – thus far – spanned a whopping 208 years! That's insane, right? Embodied by the magnificent Jacob Elordi in this Guillermo Del Toro adaptation, we explore the subtle and not-so-subtle nuances driving the evil motivations in this sumptuous gothic classic.
22 Dec 2025
EPISODE 5: GREMLINS
Send us Fan Mail Kim & Em get festive this week with their favourite little (sometimes) green men; Gremlins! They're also joined by Gizmo himself so expect a LOT of singing and the odd Mogwai impression... The gore girls delve into everything from the real Chinese origin story of the Mogwai, to Roald Dahls' surprising involvement to the social commentary hidden deeper within the film. Joe Dante's 1984 Christmas Horror Film is an absolute classic and hugely entertaining but there's always ...
11 Dec 2025
EPISODE 4: FRIDAY THE 13TH
Send us Fan Mail Slicing and dicing is the order of the day as our intrepid duo Kim & Em take a gory summer-vacay sojourn to Camp Blood to interrogate villainy in the original Friday the 13th. Tackling teenage sex and slasher movie no-nos, this finger-wagging horror movie helped cement the rules for "Don't" flicks and the stalk and slash pic, and Kim & Em take a dive into Crystal Lake to rummage around at the bottom for what – about an hour? – dredging the sludgy fare that birthed a h...
26 Nov 2025
EPISODE 3: FATAL ATTRACTION
Send us Fan Mail A slice of cut-throat (literally) Hollywood controversy as Emily and Kim go back to 1987 – a time of big hair, big thrills ,and big-time erotic thrillers! But were the sexual politics of the 80s questionable at best? Expect more buttock thrusts than Michael Douglas in sex rehab as we shine a light into those lovelorn eyes of Alex Forest to reveal her character as quite the victim of the the times in the wake of the feminist backlash of 1980s America. Yes, we love Alex as the ...
12 Nov 2025
EPISODE 2: HELLRAISER
Send us Fan Mail Em & Kim wade through the murky underworld of Clive Barker's Hellraiser, discussing all things fleshy, sexy, gruesome, and just plain evil! But are the Cenobites truly evil? We look at society, family values, boring marriages, kink culture, and everyone's favourite deadly sin – LUST – in weeding out this incredible film's evil roots! Artwork by Popaisy Sound Mix John Nichols
29 Oct 2025
EPISODE 1: JAWS
Send us Fan Mail Emily and Kim take a deep dive into the depths of one of the scariest horror movies of all time, Jaws. Emily has always felt sorry for the shark. Kim's not so sure. But could the real source of evil come in the shape of something land-based and two-legged (aka human), or from somewhere not even human or aquatic at all...?
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