A podcast that holds horror to standards horror never agreed to. Hosts Jeremy Whitley, Ben Kahn, Emily Martin and guests watch, read, listen to, and check out movies, tv shows, comics, books, art and anything else from the horror genre and discuss it through a progressive lens. We'll talk feminism in horror, LGBTQ+ issues and representation in horror, racial and social justice in horror, disability and mental health/illness in horror, and the work of female and POC directors, writers, and creators in horror. We're the podcast horror never agreed to take part in.
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I fucking hate this fucking movie with all the passion I have left in this shell of a body. Ridley Scott cursed us with this franchise in 1979 and it's been slowly killing us ever since.
Who's responsible for this shit?
Director: Fede Alvarez
Writers: Fede Alvarez with credits to Dan Obannon and Ronald Shusett
Stars: Cailee Spaney, David Johsson, Archi Reneaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu
Recommendations:
Emily - Dominion Tank Police
Ben - Coyote Vs ACME
Jeremy - AEW All In, Akira Kurasawa’s High and Low
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16 Oct 2026
John Carpenter's Vampires (aka Gaywalker)
What a deeply and totally unpolished turd.
And now that I'm done talking about James Woods, now for the rest of this movie!
Who is responsible for this?
Director: John Carpenter
Writers: Don Jakoby, based on the novel by John Steakley
Stars: James Woods (notorious Hollywood shithead, known for being in Kingdom Hearts and suing anyone who doesn’t agree with him, incl his harassment victoms), Daniel Baldwin (b list Baldwin but at least he didn’t shoot anyone afaik), Sheryl Lee (Laura Palmer! She should have stayed in the Black Lodge), Thomas Ian Griffith (martial artist and yet not the hero of this film), Maximillian Schell (he is German), and more! Wait, is that Shang Tsung?????
What do we recommend?
Emily - Rockula, any other Vampire movie. Also Tim Curry and Dolly Parton RIP
Ben - Near Dark, What We Do in the Shadows, Avatar Aang
Jeremy - Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
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9 Oct 2026
The Mummy (2016) (AKA Tom Cruise IS the Mummy)
When we said we were covering some shitty, dusty ass, good for nothing movies that were best not remembered at all...wait, why did we decide to do this again?
Who's Responsible for this?
Director: Alex Kurtzman
Writers: David Koepp, Christopher Macquarrie, Dylan Kussman
Stars: Tom Cruise, Sofia Bourtella, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Russell Crowe, Courtney B. Vance
What do we recommend?
Emily - Stargate
Ben - Research flock cameras, Yu-gi-o
Jeremy - Predator: killer of killers
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