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Progressively Horrified
by Jeremy Whitley
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. Check out our Letterboxd list of all our reviews here: https://letterboxd.com/jerwhit/list/progressively-horrified/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
Episodes
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Influencers (AKA Influencer 2: This Time it's Textual) w/ Sarah Century and Emmanuel Lipscomb
Don't delete this podcast thinking you already listened to it last week! Influencers is the sequel to Influencer. That's right, Kurtis David Harder is the James Cameron of hot social media murderers! Cassandra Naud is back as CW and this time she's in love! And her girlfriend is French, so if you...
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Influencer (aka Step on Me too C.W.) with Sarah Century and Emmanuel Lipscomb
Two months of Pride wasn't enough, so the queer horror keeps on coming all through August. Now it's time to meet your badass lesbian femme fatale mommy, C.W., a woman who literally murders a woman by stepping on her. She hates social media...like...more than the normal amount. Who's responsible…
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Dead Mail (aka 80's but Not Like That) w/ Michael Tanner
Did you ever wonder what happens to the mail that you screwed up the address on? Well, this movie is going to answer that...but then not be about that at all. This movie is gonna throw a lot of things at you...and then keep moving? Who's responsible for this? Director: Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy...
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Cuckoo (AKA The Episode that Nearly Wasn't) with Justin Jordan
First Ben had a sudden deadline fall in their lap. Then Emily got sick. But Jeremy decided to soldier on without them! After all, comic writer Justin Jordan was joining the podcast for the first time and we were talking about the really good and very queer horror film Cuckoo. Then, Jeremy's…
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Slay (aka You got pronouns now?) w/ Amy Chase
A family drag queens arrives to do a show at a backwoods redneck bar, but they become heroes to the locals when vampires attack. Unless you hang out with drag queens, you've never heard the word "bitch" this many times in an hour and a half. Before we jump into our discussion of the movie, let’s...
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Clown in a Cornfield (aka The Whole Damn Country's a Clown Church) w/ Bronwyn Kelly-Seigh, Joe Corallo, and Adam and Brent of Homo Superior
June may be over, but the horror movies just keep getting queerer. Pride will continue unabated until morale improves. Who's Responsible for this? Director: Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale Vs Evil, Little Evil Writers: Carter Blanchard, Eli Craig, based on the book by Adam Cesare Stars: Katie Douglas,...
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Session 9 (aka World's Worst Coworkers) w/ Eric Miller
Who's Responsible for this? Director: Brad Anderson (expensive tv and cheap horror) Writers: Brad Anderson, Stephen Gevedon (Josiah Trelawny from RDR2) Stars: David Caruso (CSI: Miami, NYPD Blue), Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas, Larry Fessender Recommendations: Eric - The Devils by…
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Companion (aka F***able Furby) with Craig Alexander, Lan Pitts, and Morgan
Who's Responsible for this? Director: Drew Hancock Writers: Drew Hancock Stars: Sophie THatcher, Jack Quaid, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillen, Rupert Friend, Lukas Guage, Jabookie Young White Recommendations: Lan - Daredevil Born Again, F1, Widows Bay Morgan - Shadows over Ravenkirk, Pretty Lethal…
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Repo: A Genetic Opera Rerelease (RIP Anthony Stewart Head)
R.I.P. Anthony Stewart Head. Our love for you simply can not be expressed by any means other than sharing the episode where Jeremy goes on and on about your raw sexuality for like half an hour. Fear Level: Spoopy with a side of e Trigger Warnings: Director: Darren Lynn Bousman Writers: Darren…
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Le Vourdalak (aka Dick Spliters) with Jadzia Axelrod
Happy Pride y'all! Frankly movie is not the gayest one we've ever covered, but it damn sure may be the queerest. We got a young Russian trans peasant girl longing just to be accepted, an aristocratic French fop, a witchy goth girl, and a vampire puppet who just wants you inside him. Buckle up...
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Ghost Killer (aka Yakuza Ratatouille) with Jamie Noguchi
Okay, but hear me out: what if you were an average college girl with average college girl problems and you got Ratatouilled by a Yakuza Ninja Ghost? That's the brave question that Ghost Killer dares to ask! And Jamie Noguchi is here to help us sort it all out! If you haven't already, go pick up...
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K-Pop Demon Hunters (aka Corn has its Connotations) with Maia Kobabe
It's Ben's birthday show and we're talking about something that is a horror movie in roughly the same percentage as Funny People is a comedy, it's K-Pop Demon Hunters! Listen to us as we marvel at the brilliant writing. Nod with us as we observe the nature of a completely abusive mentorship.…
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Dream House (aka Business Goose Confirmed) w/ Erica Henderson
Years ago, when we first had Erica on the show the first time, she wanted to talk about the Hong Kong horror movie Dream Home, but it had disappeared from all the streaming platforms. Now, it's on Shudder and it's one of the most brutal horror movies we've ever seen. Who's responsible for this?...
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Noroi the Curse (aka All the Dogs Die) w/ Carolina and Katharine Shuda
This week we are joined by our amazing new artist friends Carolina and Katherine Shuda - frequent contributors to the Monster High comics world to talk about a Korean found footage horror film in which nobody takes unhoused people seriously enough and the plasma worms are coming through the…
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Weapons (aka Heat Seeking Naruto)
Well, when horror movies start picking up acting Oscars, we gotta cover em, right? And we already did Sinners, so it's time to talk about Weapons! Warning: if your triggers are: kids in danger, drug usage, needles, cops, or being absolutely wrecked by June Diane Raphael, this might be one to…
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AEW Blood and Guts 2025 (AKA Where are they hiding the blood packs?)
It’s Wednesday and you know what that means! Progressively Horrified is coming at you live from Jeremy’s garage right here in beautiful Durham, North Carolina, with the podcast where we hold horror to progressive standards it never agreed to. But tonight we’re not talking about a horror movie, oh...
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Velocipastor (aka Hinged Enough) with Tomi Trembath
It's time for our special crossover episode with Giant-Sized Violence and we are ready to talk about a man of the claw-th Who's responsible for this? Director: Brendan Steere Writers: Brendan Steere Stars: Greg Cohan, Alyssa Kempinski, Jiechang Yang, Daniel Steere, and Fernando Pacheco De Castro…
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Bring Her Back (aka Columbia House Resurrection Collection) w/ Cullen Bunn
It's THE Feel Bad Movie of 2025, making it to the podcast! Bring Her Back is a movie about Sally Hawkins being the absolute worst and tormenting poor children and just how for adults will go to justify doing whatever they wanted to do in the first place. Warning: This is a great movie that will...
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Talk to Me (aka Possession is a Party Drug) w/ Asia Simone
Take our hand and come with us to the magical world of Australia as we tackle one of the most genuinely great horror movies of the 2020's "Talk to Me". It's about kids doing drugs, except the drug is that your mom died and you risked being possessed by a malevolent ghost just to talk with her...
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Frankenstein (2025) (aka Netflix's Guillermo del Toro's Mary Shelley's) w/ Greg Silber
Whose Frankenstein is it anyway? Who cares! Live, laugh, love. Who's responsible for this? Director: Guillermo deal Totoro Writers: Guillermo del Toro, Mary Shelley Stars: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Walz Recommendations: Greg - The Anatomy Lesson, Bernard Rose’s Frankenstein,...
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The First Purge - Black Directors Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Saloum - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Petey Wheatstraw - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Mr. Crocket - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Master - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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The Blackening - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Us - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Ash (aka Space Durdened)
Look, there were just too many potential names for this one. The sky on this planet comes pre-shroomed. The cultural context of the medic bot's voice is troubling. People who find a giant AC vent installed into the ground of a planet and throw a rock in deserve to die. The biggest moment of…
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His House - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Get Out - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Eve's Bayou - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Blink Twice (aka Not the Bob of a Hero) w/ Amanda Meadows, Vita Ayala, Emmanuel Lipscomb
This movie is one big trigger warning. Channing Tatum has his evil twin goatee so you know it's on. I've seen Heathers, so I would never do drugs near Christian Slater. Alia Shawkat has never survived a horror movie and that's not about to change now. If I walked into my therapist office and Kyle...
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Tales from the Crypt Demon Knight - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Tales from the Hood - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Def By Temptation - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Candyman (2021) - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Bad Hair - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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An Angry Black Girl and Her Monster - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Sweetheart (aka Who Knows What's in There?) with Stephanie Williams
In tonight's episode, we discover that the real monster is man THE FUCKING OCEAN, MY DUDES! WHO KNOW'S WHAT THE FUCK IS IN THERE?! Jeremy breaks into a rousing found of "There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea", Emily debates the comfortability of hollow logs and the fuckability of various water...
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Sorry to Bother You - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Blacula - Black Directors Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Antebellum - Black Directors' Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Nope - Black Director's Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Sinners - Black Directors Month
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Horror Noire
In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the...
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Birds (aka Annie Hayworth Gay Icon)
We came up short a guest this week, so it's just the three hosts talking about a true classic where a whole town of people get taken out by some angry pigeons. But the real story of this thing is the red hot chemistry between Tippi Hedron and Suzanne Pleshette as Melanie and Annie. Sure, they're...
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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (aka Les Incompétents) with Justin Richards
You've seen the slasher from every possible point of view...or have you? Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is about an aspiring slasher who brings along a documentary crew for the ride to show them what he does and how he does it. The humor is dark. The references are thick on the…
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Mother! (aka I Did My F*cking Best, okay?) with Jude Ellison Doyle
I don't think you should listen to this episode when it comes out. I mean, it's a good episode but god if it isn't January 9th 2026 and the world's one fire and everywhere you look some horrible shit is happening and that is this fucking movie in a nutshell. This movie is horrible shit happening...
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The Anniversary Show 2025 (aka A Place for Sinners)
Every year at this time of year we review our big list of movies we've watched for the last year and try to figure out where they go on the list of all the movies we've watched before. It's a big nasty list of video nasties and every year we duke it out to decide which ones join the ranks of the...
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The Animatrix - Patreon Preview
Tilly Bridges joined us this week to continue our Patreon only series "Progressively Wach" exploring all the work of the Wachowski Sisters. We're half way through the extant Matrix films, so that means it's time to talk about The Animatrix! For the full episode and all of our patreon bonus...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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.
Check out our Letterboxd list of all our reviews here: https://letterboxd.com/jerwhit/list/progressively-horrified/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
HOSTED BY
Jeremy Whitley
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