Just Ghoul With It

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Ruins and discussed nuclear semiotics, gore levels, and guarding beans.   Rated R for strong violence and gruesome images, language, some sexuality and nudity Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, cutting, amputation, body horror, someone struggling to breathe, broken bones, stabbing, death of a child, jump scares, trypophobia, vomit, anxiety attack, claustrophobia, self harm, gun violence   If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon   Sources: 99PI. (2014, May 12). Ten Thousand Years. 99% Invisible. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/ten-thousand-years/   SciShow & Savannah Geary (Host). (2025, August 29). How to Make a Warning Last 10,000 Years. SciShow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj1oITXzqyg&t=600s   Maya Bridge. (2023). Languages. Maya Bridge Language Services. https://www.mayabridge.org/languages   Na'atik Mexico. (2025, April 30). Is Maya a living language? https://naatikmexico.org/blog/is-maya-a-living-language   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages   https://wipp.energy.gov/pdfs/site_markers.pdf

This week Nikki and Kate watched Infinity Pool and discussed Nepo Babies, emotional substance vs. viscous substances, and twenty twenty splits.    Note: This film unlocked a feral energy and as such there is some audio clipping. They’ll monitor their levels more rigorously should a future recording also contain unprecedented primal energy.   Rated NC-17 or R Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, bodily fluids (all of them), vomit, gun violence, car crash, a head is squashed, cutting, flashing lights/images, mentions of rape, someone struggling to breathe, torture, broken bone, eye mutilation, trypophobia, jump scares, anxiety attack, shakey cam, antisemitic caricature. If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon   Show Notes: Konnikova, Maria. (2014, December 10). Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/science-misheard-lyrics-mondegreens   Lathan, Nadia. (2023, September 20). 50 years after being outlawed, redlining still drives neighborhood health inequities. UC Berkeley Public Health. https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/spotlight/research/50-years-after-being-outlawed-redlining-still-drives-neighborhood-health-inequities   Mimbela, Ricardo & Akselrod, Olga. (2024, May 30). The Long History of Discrimination in Job Hiring Assessments. ACLU. https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/the-long-history-of-discrimination-in-job-hiring-assessments   Rank, Mark R. & Eppard, Lawrence M. (2021, March 13). The 'American Dream' of upward mobility is broken. Look at the numbers. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/13/american-dream-broken-upward-mobility-us   Wikipedia Editors. Social mobility. Wikipedia. Accessed on Jan 7, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_mobility   Wikipedia Editors. Nepo baby. Accessed on Jan 7, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepo_baby   Cambridge Dictionary. Accessed on Jan 7, 2026. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/nepotism

This week Nikki and Kate watched Blood Quantum and discussed the complicated history behind the title, wide shots and disorienting camera angles, and how they’d unalive each other in the event of zombification.   Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, gun violence, eyeball mutilation, the dog dies (at least twice), a head is smashed, cutting, death by suicide, death of a baby, death of a child, vomiting, racism, slurs   If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon   Sources: Cameron, Michael.  (2021, July 13). On The Marrow Thieves and Blood Quantum: A conversation with Krista Collier-Jarvis. Dalhousie University. https://blogs.dal.ca/openthink/on-the-marrow-thieves-and-blood-quantum-a-conversation-with-krista-collier-jarvis/   TIFF. (2022, November 22). Jeff Barnaby on a Shared Love of Horror in BLOOD QUANTUM | From Studio 9. Original interview 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ohALDgihso   Blood Quantum and Sovereignty: A Guide. https://nativegov.org/resources/blood-quantum-and-sovereignty-a-guide/   Rule, Elizabeth. (2018, February 7). It’s Not Just About the Blood. As quoted in NPR’s Code Switch. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/583753149   Maher, Savannah. (2018, February 7). The Difficult Math Of Being Native American. NPR’s Code Switch. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/02/07/583665568/love-and-blood-quantum-buy-in-or-die-out

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Amityville Horror (1979) and discussed 1970s fashion, the Based on a True Story Effect, and the fulfilling of the demon pig prophecy.   Rated  Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, bugs, intimate partner violence, child abuse, finger mutilation, a head is squashed, death of a child, jump scares, vomit, claustrophobia, panic attack, car crash, gun violence If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon   Sources: Radford, Benjamin. (2005, April 8). Voice of Reason: The Truth Behind the Amityville Horror. LiveScience. https://www.livescience.com/6962-voice-reason-truth-amityville-horror.html   Vassar, Shea. (2020, October 15). Digging Up the Indian Burial Ground Trope. Film School Rejects. https://filmschoolrejects.com/indian-burial-ground-trope/   https://web.archive.org/web/20110707133921/http://www.amityvillemurders.com/catholic.html   https://amityvillemurders.com/the-haunting/lutz-vs-weber.html

This week Nikki and Kate watched We Are Still Here and discussed towns with dark secrets, smoky lighting, and turtleneck counts. Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, a head is squashed, possession, car accident, gun violence, cutting, someone is burned alive, eye mutilation, jump scares, shaky cam, self harm, references to death by suicide   If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon

This week Nikki and Kate watched 28 Days Later (finally!) and discussed the tension invoked by abandoned cities, the challenges in turning a bustling city into an empty one for filming, and Kate’s worsening British Brain infection.   Rated  Content warnings: Sexual assault, r*pe, p*edophilia, blood, gore, audio gore, death by suicide, gun violence, car crash, eye mutilation, cutting, amputation, animal death, a head is squashed, death by hanging, child death, jump scares, vomit, hospital scene, needles, shaky cam, flashing lights/images   If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon

This week Nikki and Kate watched Barbarian and discussed hate sinks, subverting expectations, and Obi-Wan Kenobi.    Rated R Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, sexual violence (mentions of serial r*pe and p*d*philia), inc*st, gun violence, car crash, eye gore, child sexual abuse, someone struggling to breathe, amputation, torture, jump scares, vomit, death by suicide, shakey cam, homophobic slurs   If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon

This week Nikki and Kate watched Tucker and Dale vs. Evil and discussed Murphy’s Law, Alan Tudyk’s genius, and tapeworms.   Rated R Content warnings: Bees/wasps, mention of r*pe, sexual assault, cutting, finger mutilation, someone struggling to breathe, someone is burned alive, torture, blood, gore, audio gore, gun violence, car crash, hospital scene, ableism, jump scares   If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon

This week Nikki and Kate watched Se7en and discussed pathetic fallacy and precipitation, meticulous set dressing, and the origin of PBR.   Rated R for grisly afterviews of horrific and bizarre killings and for strong language Content warnings: Death by suicide, sexual assault/r*pe, torture, anti-fat bias, homophobia, ableism, slurs, dead animals, cutting, blood, gore, audio gore, decapitation, finger mutilation, genital mutilation, gun violence, jump scare, hospital scene   If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon

This week Nikki and Kate watched Jacob’s Ladder and discussed undercranking, heaven and hell in lighting, and being jumpscared by Macaulay Culkin.   Rated R Blood, gore, audio gore, racial slurs, homophobic slurs, ableist slurs, ableism, institutionalization, needles/syringes, gun violence, PTSD   If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon

This week Nikki and Kate watched Ava’s Possessions and discussed the debunked gateway drug theory, neon lights, and outer demons.   Rated R Content warnings: Blood, gore, vomit, possession, death of an animal, hospital scene, institutionalization   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon

This week Nikki and Kate watched Byzantium and discussed the representation of sex workers in horror, classic seaside lighting, and very polite vampires.   Rated R Content warnings: Throat cut, beheading, blood, gore, audio gore, r*pe (offscreen/implied), hospital scene, needles/syringes, cancer   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon

This week Nikki and Kate watched Oculus and discussed the many uses of mirrors in horror, sterile and sickly lighting, and triple bamboozles.    Rated R Content warnings: Blood, gore, finger mutilation, audio gore, death of a dog, child abuse, someone struggling to breathe, intimate partner violence, possession, gaslighting, animal abuse, choking, teeth damage, jump scares, mental institutionalization, self harm, death by suicide, anxiety attacks, flashing lights, ableism, fatphobia, gun violence   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Cuckoo and discussed brood parasitism, the juxtaposition of welcoming colors and a hostile environment, and egg squiggles.  Rated R for violence, bloody images, language, and brief teen drug use. Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, body horror, stalking, gaslighting, sexual assault, someone struggling to breathe, car crash, gun violence, vomit, throat mutilation, seizures, kidnapping, jump scares, hospital scene, flashing lights/images   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Mama and discussed the story of Genie Wiley, scare chord repetition, and hair mops.   Rated PG-13 for violence and terror, some disturbing images, and thematic elements Content warnings: Child abuse, death of a child, intimate partner violence, blood, gore, audio gore, spiders, body horror, broken bones, seizures, hospital scenes, child abduction, someone falls to their death, jump scares, possession, ableism, mental institutionalization, suicide, flashing lights/images, car crash, drowning, gun violence    You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched We Are What We Are and discussed the Donner-Reed Party, nature motifs, and how public school is the real hero here.   Rated R for disturbing violence, bloody images, some sexuality, nudity and language Content warnings: Cannibalism, blood, gore, audio gore, child abuse, someone is restrained, a head is squashed, cutting, someone struggling to breathe, jump scares, suicide, incest, terminal illness, gun violence   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Void and discussed primary and secondary colors, twists on the cosmic horror subgenre, and also the utter betrayal of the closed captions.    Content warnings: Blood, gore, a head is squashed, body horror, someone is restrained, cutting, someone struggling to breathe, decapitation, someone is burned alive, amputation, eye mutilation, broken bone, seizures, finger/toe mutilation, audio gore, vomit, needles/syringes, self harm, hospital scenes, claustrophobia, shaky cam, flashing lights/images, jump scares, miscarriage/stillbirth, birth trauma, gun violence   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Smile and discussed ethical dilemmas, the majesty of the daxophone, and monotonous trauma.    Rated R for strong violent content, grisly images, and language Content warnings: Death by suicide, blood, gore, audio gore, gaslighting, possession, death of an animal, child abuse, stalking, drug abuse, ableism, cutting, eye mutilation, someone is burned alive, body horror, a head is squashed, broken bones, damage to teeth, overdose, jump scares, vomit, hospital scene, self harm, dissociation, anxiety attacks, PTSD, flashing lights/images   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched I Saw the TV Glow and discussed liminal spaces, the horror of feeling forced to apologize for your very being, and the Manscent.    Content warnings: Child abuse, intimate partner violence, cutting, self harm, blood, gore, someone is buried alive, ableism, someone struggling to breathe, asthma attack, panic attack, body horror, torture, kidnapping, clowns, vomit, deadnaming, homophobia, transphobia, cancer, suicidal ideation, body dysphoria, claustrophobia, PTSD (implied), jump scares, flashing lights/images, mentions of stroke, chronic illness   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Talk to Me and discussed deviations from the possession film formula, the horror of laughter, and the residual haunting of the Head On commercials.     Content warnings: Death by suicide, blood, gore, audio gore, eye mutilation, finger mutilation, possession, sexual assault, death of an animal, car accident, broken bones, self harm, seizures, broken bones, hospital scene, vomit, panic attack, stalking   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist 

This week Nikki and Kate watched Us and discussed duality, the range required when playing two versions of yourself, and the unblinking horror of rabbits.   Content warnings: Death of a child, stalking, kidnapping, blood, gore, audio gore, animal death, spiders, finger/toe mutilation, broken bones, strangling, someone struggling to breathe, someone is burned alive, torture, self harm, PTSD, anxiety attacks, jump scares, car crash, gun violence   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Jeepers Creepers and discussed the true crime origins of the opening scene, lore inconsistency, and wispy monster hair choices.   Rated R for terror violence/gore, language, and brief nudity Content warnings: Discussions of crimes against children, blood, gore, body horror, intimate partner violence, stalking, kidnapping, someone struggling to breathe, decapitation, cannibalism, eye mutilation, torture, broken bones, jump scares, audio gore, needles, claustrophobia, panic attacks, car crash, gun violence   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Frogman and discussed the differences between folklore and cryptids, humanizing characters through found footage, and first name last names.   Content warnings: Body horror, blood, gore, audio gore, stalking, kidnapping, gun violence, forced pregnancy, sexual assault (not depicted)   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched As Above, So Below and discussed the creation of the Paris catacombs, realism in found footage style films, and the right time to ask if you’re dead   Rated R for bloody violence/terror, and language throughout Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, death by suicide, a head is squashed, claustrophobia, someone struggling to breathe, panic attacks, someone is burned alive, broken bones, someone is hanged, finger/toe mutilation, someone falls to their death, death of a child, jump scares, PTSD, shaky cam, flashing lights/images, drowning   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Suspiria (2018) and discussed showing your work, compared the muted color palette of the remake to the original, and also asked ghosts for their opinions.   Rated R Content warnings: Gaslighting, blood, gore, audio gore, stalking, child abuse, sexual assault, death by suicide, self harm, finger/toe mutilation, decapitation, someone struggling to breathe, body horror, a head is squashed, teeth damage, broken bones, seizures, torture, jump scares, vomit, anxiety attacks, flashing lights/images, references to the Holocaust   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Suspiria (1977) and discussed Technicolor’s three dye transfer process, dubbing a multilingual production, and maggot hair.   Rated  Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, flashing lights/images, someone is hanged, death of a child, jump scares   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Aliens and discussed the elements of the perfect sequel, brood mothers, and undercarriages.    Rated R Content warnings: Gaslighting, blood, gore, someone struggling to breathe, bugs, gun violence, someone is burned  alive, body horror, amputation, death of a child, kidnapping, jump scares, audiogore, hospital scene, PTSD, claustrophobia, anxiety attacks, shaky cam, death by suicide/self sacrifice, flashing lights/images, hate speech   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Hallow and discussed the use of practical effects in creature features, effective jump scares, and undercover Aussies.   Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, animal death, eye mutilation, holes (so many holes), finger mutilation, intimate partner violence, needles/syringes, claustrophobia, car crash, gun violence    You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night and discussed Spaghetti Westerns, immersive soundtracks, and an abandoned hacky sack.   Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, stalking, drug abuse, addiction, someone is drugged, someone is restrained, sexual assault, amputation, finger mutilation, needles/syringes, shaky cam, flashing lights/images   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Lodge (2019) and discussed the trope Everyone is Jesus in Purgatory, the difficulty in locating a villain in the family drama, and turkey hats.   Rated R for disturbing violence, some bloody images, language and brief nudity. Content warnings: Death by suicide, gun violence, child death, gaslighting, death of an animal, blood, gore, audio gore, child abuse, someone struggling to breathe, ableism, hate speech (ableist slur), hanging, torture, jump scares, vomit, PTSD, religious trauma, anxiety attacks, drowning   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Dead of Winter (1987) and discussed the filmic origins of gaslighting, film perspective and claustrophobia, and the ideal speed of a chase scene.   Rated R Content warnings: Death by suicide (mentioned), blood, gore, audio gore, animal death, gaslighting, instititutionalization (mentioned), finger mutilation, someone struggling to breathe, jump scares   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Crimson Peak and discussed color schemes, stylized smoky ghosts, and ambiguous curd.    Content warnings: Child abuse, intimate partner violence, child sexual abuse, blood, gore, audio gore, gaslighting, jump scares, death of a dog, insects, animal abuse, sexual assault, finger mutilation, someone struggling to breathe, a head is squashed, eye mutilation, death of a child, vomit, ableism, incest    You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Witch and discussed immersion and historical accuracy, framing and isolation, and living deliciously.   Rated R  for disturbing violent content and graphic nudity Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, child abuse, death of an infant and child, gaslighting, animal death, animal abuse, child sexual abuse, cutting, someone struggling to breathe, seizures, kidnapping, jump scares, vomit, damage to teeth, incest, religious trauma   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist 

This week Nikki and Kate watched Insidious Chapter 2 and discussed astral projection, potentially excessive red lighting, and evil armoires.    Rated PG-13 Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, intimate partner violence, child abuse, hospital scene, someone struggling to breathe, body horror, teeth mutilation, torture, kidnapping, jump scares, needles, self harm, ableism   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Halloween II and discussed the emotional betrayal of retcons, lackluster monster reveals, and the crisp Foley of the 80s.   Rated  Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, stalking, eye mutilation, someone struggling to breathe, drowning, cutting, death by hanging, someone is burned alive, jump scares, needles/syringes, institutionalization, ableism, PTSD, car crash, gun violence   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Scream 2 and discussed the political context of the 90s, mystery-solving stress, and the proper pluralization for sorority girls.   Rated R Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, stalking, cutting, eye mutilation, anxiety attacks, someone struggling to breathe, broken bone, torture, jump scares, PTSD, claustrophobia, flights lights/images, homophobic slurs, ableism, car crash, gun violence   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and discussed cultural constructions of monstrosity, lighting for effect vs. for realism, and canals.   Content warnings: Blood, racial slurs, kidnapping, stalking, possession, anxiety attacks   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Nope and discussed spectacle, seamless characterizations, and sphincters.   Rated R Content warnings: Animal death, eye mutilation, animal abuse, blood, gore, audio gore, stalking, someone struggling to breathe, death of a child, jump scares, shaky cam, death by suicide, PTSD, anxiety attacks, flashing lights/images, car crash, gun violence   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist 

This week Nikki and Kate watched V/H/S and discussed analog memory and anxiety, found footage filming styles, and kids falling on roller skates.    Rated  Content warnings: Sexual assault, stalking, racial slurs/hate speech, gaslighting, intimate partner violence, animal death, broken bones, eye mutilation, cutting, amputation, blood, gore, audio gore, torture, someone struggling to breathe, kidnapping, jump scares, vomit, self harm, PTSD, panic attacks, shaky cam, flashing lights and images, car crash   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched What Lies Beneath and discussed subgenre plot structures, disjointed dialogue, and gurgling shhhs.    Rated PG-13 Content warnings: Death by suicide, gaslighting, intimate partner violence, stalking, someone struggling to breathe, drowning, claustrophobia, panic attacks, blood, gore, car crash   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist  Elevator music is BossaBossa by Kevin MacLeod

This week Nikki and Kate watched Triangle (2009) and discussed grief and guilt, labyrinthine layouts and claustrophobia, and the plight of Heathers in horror.   Rated R Content warnings: Child abuse, death of a child, animal death, gaslighting, someone struggling to breathe, blood, gore, cutting, hate speech (ablelist slur), ableism, claustrophobia, drowning   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Sea Fever and discussed dimensions of culture and pandemic response, science vs. superstition, and what to call goo. They also discovered they are both anti gaping maw.    Content warnings: Eye mutilation, death by suicide, animal death, finger mutilation, someone falls to their death, blood, gore, audio gore, drowning   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Death Becomes Her and discussed societal expectations, vanity, and the real heroes of practical effects.    Rated PG-13 Content warnings: Body horror, fatphobia, stalking, intimate partner violence, gun violence, someone struggling to breathe, someone is burned alive, a head is squashed, eye mutilation, blood, gore, cutting, amputation, broken bones, someone falls to their death, audio gore, ableism, institutionalization, hospital scene, body dysphoria, claustrophobia, hate speech, self harm, car crash   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

Rated R Content warnings: Blood, gore, cutting, amputation, finger/toe mutilation, death of a pet, animal death, dead animals, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, broken bones, cannibalism, ableist slurs, kidnapping, jump scares, audio gore, vomit, hospital scene, anxiety/panic attacks, disordered eating, body dysphoria, self harm, claustrophobia, flashing lights/images, hate speech, homophobic slurs, car crash   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Sixth Sense and discussed the year of our lord 1999 and the impact of DVDs, relationships and changing perspectives, and also jelly shoes.   Rated PG-13 Content warnings: Death by suicide, child abuse, intimate partner violence, death of a child, gun violence, blood, gore, cutting, self-harm, someone is hanged, someone is burned alive, someone struggling to breathe, claustrophobia, hospital scene, vomit, jump scares, anxiety attacks, ableism, car crash   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Incantation and discussed the fourth wall, Descent Tier lighting, and wormies.   I’d say if you’re not into holes, then this is the second worst movie for you to watch. The first being Holes, based on the novel by Louis Sachar.   Content warnings: Death by suicide (depicted), body horror, trypophobia, someone falls to their death, someone struggling to breathe, seizures, damage to teeth, blood, gore, audio gore, someone is burned alive, child abuse, gaslighting, eye mutilation, a head is squashed, amputation, possession, jump scares, vomit, needles/syringes, hospital scene, institutionalization, ableism, self harm, PTSD, claustrophobia, anxiety attacks, shaky cam, flashing lights/images, car crash, gun violence, animal death, bugs   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Event Horizon and discussed gothic themes and motifs in space, tent scares and sound design, and the ideal movie night pairings.   Rated R Content warnings: Sexual assault and rape (shown in flashes), death by suicide (depicted), blood, gore, audio gore, torture, eye mutilation, a head is squashed, cutting, amputation, body horror, someone struggling to breathe, cannibalism, someone is burned alive, jump scares, clowns, self harm, needles/syringes, medical scenes, PTSD, claustrophobia, flashing lights/images, panic attacks,  bugs   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched Dark Skies and discussed the implications of alien invasion films, developing side characters (or not), and putting your whole butt in it.   Rated PG-13 Content warnings: Animal death, child abuse, gaslighting, self-harm, death by suicide, stalking, eye mutilation, sexual assault, someone struggling to breathe, asthma attack, seizures, kidnapping, jump scares, flashing lights, gun violence, blood, ableism, hospital scene   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Wicker Man (1973) and discussed folk horror, intent and engagement over the past 50 years, and Christopher Lee’s emo theater kid vibes.   Rated R Content warnings: Gaslighting, animal death, stalking, amputation, someone struggling to breathe, someone is burned alive, kidnapping, claustrophobia You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Black Phone and discussed the use of masks in theater and horror, artful misdirection, and scrunchie fires.    Rated R for violence, bloody images, language and some drug use Content warnings: Child death, child abuse, kidnapping, alcoholism, child sexual abuse (implied, not shown), torture, death by suicide (mentioned, not shown), hate speech (homophobic and racist slurs), blood, gore, broken bone, someone struggling to breathe, jump scares, anxiety attacks, shakey cam   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com  If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!  You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support!    Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist