Episodes
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Halloween (2018)
We end our month of all things Halloween and Michael Myers with Halloween 2018. Boy did this movie play with us like gangbusters. How much did we like it? Did it scare Cyndi to death? Join us to find out.
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Halloween: Resurrection
Well we did it, we watched Halloween Resurrection and do we have a lot of thoughts and feelings about this movie. What are those thoughts? What about those feelings? You'll have to listen to find out. So sit back, relax, and trick or treat mother fuckers.
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Halloween H20
Another week another Halloween film. However, this week Cyndi and Josh bring you one that they agree is both short and pretty good. That's right we watched Halloween H20, Jamie Lee Curtis's return to the role and franchise that made her famous. Did we like it? Were we annoyed by Josh Hartnett's...
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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
So for October we decided to continue our watch of the Halloween films from a few years ago. We did Halloween (1978), Halloween 2, Halloween 4, and Halloween 5 a couple of years ago for October (with Halloween 3 coming years ago when we did witch movies). So we are starting out this month with…
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Weapons
Well we did it we finally finished our extended series of movies about identity. What started as an idea for Josh's birthday month has led to us covering some pretty incredible movies and today we are ending our series with Zach Cregger's Weapons. Now if you're a long time listener you'll know we...
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Cure (1997)
Well we finally watched and talked about Josh's birthday movie the Japanese classic Cure from 1997. This dread inducing film is part Se7en, part David Lynch and the stuff of nightmares. However, did Cyndi like it? Did Josh find a theme of the dissolution of modern society in the movie? Did it…
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District 9
Hello, I have two bits of important information for you. First, we watched District 9 the incredible, independent, sci-fi tale of as mid-level manager who turns into an alien and has to run for his life to avoid being eaten or torn apart and studied. Second, we are carrying over our identity…
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Perfect Blue
Well we did it, we watched our first animated film. That's right we watched Satoshi Kon's crazy horror, stalker, identity nightmare film about a Japanese pop singer who just wants to be a serious actress. Did we like it? Did it scare Cyndi to death? Join us to find out.
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Seconds
Well we watched a Rock Hudson movie for a horror podcast. Our first film of the month of August, a month of horror movies about identity. Did we like it? Did we love the black and white photography? Did it scare Cyndi to death? Join us to find out.
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Dangerous Animals
Well we made it to the end of our series on Summer vacations gone horribly wrong. We figured what better way to end it than in Australia with a certified banger. We watched Dangerous Animals but did we like it? Did it scare Cyndi to death? Join us to find out.
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The River Wild
Ladies and gentleman sometimes you see a horror film and it's filled with complete unknowns or people making their first film. Sometimes it's a cast of up and coming actors fresh off that television show or playing the second lead in larger movies. Well, sometimes it's just a cast of certified...
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Joy Ride (2001)
Well our month of vacations gone wrong has landed us in the car with Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker as they flee from a murderous trucker who is just a voice on the radio and seemingly everywhere at once. That's right we watched Joy Ride directed by John Dahl. Did we like it? Did it...
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Friday the 13th (1980)
Hello and welcome to July. Well we finally did it, we watched the 1980's Friday the 13th. Cyndi somehow being from New Jersey had never seen this seminal slasher film and the reason for the summer camp slasher craze of the 80s. However, did we like it? Did it scare her to death? Join us this week...
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Sleepaway Camp
Sorry for the irregular posting of episodes. This has been a crazy summer for both of us here at Let's Scare My Girlfriend to Death. We hope to get back on track next month as we continue a Summer of horror with a month of how I spent my summer horror movies. In the meantime enjoy our episode on...
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The Final Girls
Hello, we are so back with a belated month of summer camp horror movies. We are going to kick this shindig off with a holdover from last month's movies about moms with The Final Girls. A little movie with a lot of heart and some incredible jokes. Join us as we venture off to the Let's Scare My...
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Lights Out
We continue our month of mother's day movies with a horror mom that's more cautionary than some of our previously celebrated moms. We watched and finally got to record our episode for Lights Out. If you're a long time listener you know anything that as regular and well crafted jump scares really...
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Housebound
Did you watch Panic Room and think I loved this but I wish it were a tonal roller coaster that's both funny and scary? Well then you're in luck because we watched Housebound. A movie that scared Cyndi more than Panic Room by a country mile. Did we like it? Where we entertained? Did it scare Cyndi...
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Panic Room
We begin our month of celebrating moms with a New York City Brownstone, a hidden fortune, a corn rowed Jared Leto, a sympathetic Forest Whitaker, a psychopathic Dwight Yoakum, a young Kristen Stewart, a protective motherly Jodie Foster, a meticulous director in David Fincher, and it all centers…
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Marshland
We ended the month with a serial killer film that feels a little like Zodiac by way of True Detective Season 1. That's right we watched Marshland, a Spanish serial killer - police procedural movie to end our month of award winning films. Did we like it? Were we floored by how pretty it was? Did…
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The Secret in Their Eyes
We watched The Secret in their Eyes. Not the American remake with Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman. The original 2009 film from Argentina and all we can say is wow. One of the great nearly forgotten revenge movies and a film that not only won major Goya awards but won best foreign language film at...
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Shin Godzilla
We are back and we figured what better day to drop our Shin Godzilla episode. The day the first teaser for Godzilla Minus Zero was released. Well we did it. We watched another Godzilla movie. This movie is part allegory and part Godzilla movie by way of David Cronenberg. We hope you enjoy it as...
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Taking a Time Out
As things in Appalachia (and all of America) get harder and harder to navigate, your favorite podcast-couple-who break-down-horror-movies-thematically-by-month are taking a break from making episodes. We'll be back in April. Until then... Mind the doors.
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Decision to Leave
Back to back Chan Wook Park films on the Let's Scare My Girlfriend to Death timeline. To go from Thirst to Decision to Leave is notable in the way the films overlap and are at odds with one another. There are no monsters or vampires in this film. There are no sex scenes at least not in the same...
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Thirst
Well as we come to the end of our month of Valentine's horror we watched Thirst. That's right a South Korean vampire, romance film from the director of Oldboy. Did we like it? Was Cyndi grossed out? Did it scare her to death? Join us this week to find out.
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Heart Eyes
Hello one and all. Well we did it we finally got around to releasing our Valentine's Day episode. How did we ring in the most lovey dovey of holidays you ask? Well we watched Heart Eyes a Valentine's Day slasher that joins the illustrious list of films which includes My Bloody Valentine, it's...
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Let the Right One In
What a case of art mirroring real life. Do a month a series of movies about the cold and snow and get hit with two giant snow and ice storms. Apologies for the delay but here is our episode on Let the Right One In. It has cold, snow, Sweden, romance, vampires, children, and some of the best/worst...
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The Grey
We watched The Grey Two. That's right two movies in a row set in the cold snowiness of Alaska. Except this time we are trading in vampires and the town of Barrow for wolves and the harsh unforgiving Alaskan wilderness. Poorly marketed as a movie where Liam Neeson punches wolves. However, what we...
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30 Days of Night
Hello and welcome to our first episode of 2026. We are kicking the new year off with three snow bound - extremely cold horror films. This week we start in Alaska with 30 Days of Night. A vampire movie set during a month long period of darkness that's also super gory? Yes please. We watched it but...
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Deadly Games aka Dial Code Santa Clause
Welcome to our annual Christmas episode and do we have a doozy for you all. We watched Deadly Games also known as Dial Code Santa Clause. A French Christmas film that puts an extremely capable child against a home invader. This incredible Christmas horror film set the stage for Home Alone which…
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Thanksgiving
How do you top off your month of movies that are all leading to Thanksgiving? With a holiday set slasher directed by Eli Roth. That's right we watched Thanksgiving, but did we like it? Did Josh love the kills? Did it scare Cyndi to death? Join us to find out.
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Parasite (2019)
Well we did it. We finally got Cyndi to watch Bong Joon Ho's masterpiece Parasite. Join us for for an exploration of family dynamics, class, and capitalism with two families, one wealthy and one not in modern South Korea. Did we like it? Were we blown away by the films acting, directing,...
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Delicatessen
Our journey through the month of November and words that are synonymous with Thanksgiving continues as we sit down and watch a movie about food - 1991's Delicatessen. Join us for a post-apocalyptic French dark comedy/romance/horror movie about the end of the world, falling in love, class…
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The Ritual
Hello and welcome to the month of November. We have something special planned for you all this week revolving around Thanksgiving. We selected a number of key words associated with Thanksgiving, like friendship, travel, family, food, and tradition. We are using those keywords to select our movies...
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Dark Harvest (2023)
Hello and a very happy Halloween week to all our listeners out there. We wanted to end this month of harvest horror on a high note doing a film set at Halloween. That's right we watched Dark Harvest. Join us as we venture into 1960's Halloween vibes, cornfields, dead teenagers, and of course...
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow
This week, we wander into the haunted cornfields of the American South — and straight into the eerie world of early ’80s made-for-TV horror — with Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981). To our knowledge, it’s one of the very first films to make a scarecrow the central monster of a horror story. Did…
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Children of the Corn
Harvest Horror Month continues as we make our this week to the corn fields of Nebraska with Children of the Corn. That's right the Stephen King short story turned 80's pre-Terminator Linda Hamilton vehicle is our film this week. Join us as Cyndi experiences He Who Walks Behind the Rows for the...
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Clown in a Cornfield
It's not often that we cover a movie the same year it gets released. However, today we bring you 2025's Clown in a Cornfield a movie about clowns, corn, friends, and most of all Friendo. However, did we like it? Were we entertained by the exploits of Friendo and the group of teenage victims? Did…
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Memories of Murder
Join us as we wrap up our true crime serial killer month with Bong Joon Ho's masterpiece Memories of Murder. Based off a series of killings by what is considered to be the first South Korean serial killer. Did we love it? Were we struck by the film's ability to go from funny to terrifying to...
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The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Welcome to week three of our month of serial killer films based on true events. This week we watched the 1976 quasi factual The Town that Dreaded Sundown from the filmmakers behind The Legend of Boggy Creek. Come for the story of a masked man terrorizing Texarkana Arkansas and stay for wonderful...
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Cruising
This week, we dive into Cruising (1980), William Friedkin’s controversial thriller about an undercover cop hunting a serial killer in New York City's vibrant late-'70s LGBTQ nightclub scene. Inspired by the chilling Bag Murders—where dismembered bodies were discovered in garbage bags floating in...
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Zodiac
Join us this week as we watch the meticulously constructed David Fincher directed Zodiac. A star studded film that reminds us how good a thriller/procedural can be in the hands of a master. However, did both of us like it? Did it scare Cyndi to death? Join us this week to find out.
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Dirty Harry
Well you can't do a month of movies about serial killers made by actors or directors at the height of their power without talking about this film. That's right we watched Dirty Harry a thinly disguised zodiac killer movie made during the height of the zodiac killings in the bay area. Did we love...
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
Join us for a beautifully shot film about an American sociopath social climber on extended vacation in 1950's postwar Italy. Come for the murders and stay for the surprisingly beautiful film. Join us to see if we loved Matt Damon thriller and if it somehow, someway scared Cyndi to death.
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Peeping Tom
This week we jump forward to 1960 London with the beautiful Michael Powell directed Peeping Tom. Did we like it? Were we in love with the look and color of the movie? Did it scare Cyndi to death? Join us this week to find out.
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M (1931)
Join us as we begin this month by going back to Weimer Germany and the rise of Nazism with Fritz Lang's M. The film that helped create the police procedural and the serial killer film as we begin our month of serial killer films made by A list talent at the height of their game.
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Longlegs
There she is the almost birthday angel. This week we watched Osgood Perkins 2024 film Longlegs. Join us as we help celebrate Leigh Harker's birthday in style with a super creepy performance from Nic Cage. Did we love it? Does Leigh Harker have a good birthday? Did it scare Cyndi to death? Join us...
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The Hitcher
This week we travel the lonely roads of North Texas in search of a nihilistic but great serial killer/ slasher film with 1986's The Hitcher. However, did we like it? Were we blown away by Rutger Hauer's John Ryder? Did it scare Cyndi to death? Join us this week to find out.
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Shocker
As we dive deeper into supernatural serial killer month we arrive here at Wes Craven's Shocker. A movie about a serial killer who develops electricity powers that let him jump from body to body to escape his son who has dream foresight powers and was raised in foster care by the cop who is out to...
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Dust Devil
We end our tour of folk horror from around the world in with this South African film set in neighboring Namibia on the eve of it's independence. This movie has it all a supernatural serial killer, magic, beautiful shots of the lonely desert, violent crime scenes, a wonderful score, and great...
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Tumbbad
Our fifth week of our folk horror from around the world takes us to India with the 2018 film Tumbbad. A surprising film currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Did we like it? Were we amazed at the beautiful locations? Did it scare Cyndi to death? Join us to find out.