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Slay Away
by E.L. King
Slay Away is a horror podcast hosted by E.L. King, dissecting horror films, the true events that inspired them, lore, gore, and every kill in between, with a focus on examining horror through a queer and female lens bi-weekly with special guests.
Episodes
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Post Mortem: An Interview with Sam Walker on The Seed (2022)
Writer and director Sam Walker joins E.L. King to talk about THE SEED (2022) — a twisted blend of body horror, sci-fi, gore, and dark comedy. What begins as a girls’ trip in the Mojave Desert quickly spirals into cosmic terror, alien erotica, and mind-bending madness. The film premiered at Beyond...
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Post Mortem: An Interview with Martin Melnick on Lilly Lives Alone (2025)
Writer and director Martin Melnick sits down with E.L. King to unpack LILLY LIVES ALONE (2025) — a harrowing descent fueled by addiction, paranoia, and the ghosts of generational trauma, while grief and guilt blur into waking nightmares driven by a deliciously unreliable narrator.
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Poltergeist (1982): Carol Ann and the Hellmouth in the Closet
E.L. King and horror film enthusiast Katie B. dive into the deep end with an analysis of POLTERGEIST (1982) — Tobe Hooper’s suburban supernatural science-fiction horror that made us all fear the static on our TVs. We unpack the paranormal chaos that descends on the Freeling family, the...
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The Thing (1982): The Invader and Warmest Place to Hide
E.L. King and special guest, Staker, dig into The Thing (1982) — John Carpenter's cult classic science fiction whodunnit and creature feature. This is one of our top horror film picks. ("I know I'm human...") We break down the paranoia, the practical effects that still impress audiences, and our...
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The Blair Witch Project (1999): Found Footage and The Legend of Elly Kedward
E.L. King dissects the found footage phenomenon The Blair Witch Project (1999) with horror film enthusiast Nick Diction. Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind. We talk cursed...
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Scream (1996): Subverting the Slasher and the Gainesville Ripper
E.L. King dissects Wes Craven's iconic slasher Scream (1996) and the Gainesville Ripper serial slayings that inspired Kevin Williamson to write the cult classic with horror enthusiast Reeva Proctor. We examine the "slasher" and the film's meta-horror commentary. If you've shipped the unrequited...
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Death Rattle: Celebrating Women in Horror - Part Two
Slay Away celebrates women in horror with a series of interviews with filmmakers, podcasters, creators, and horror genre enthusiasts. The episode features special guests and horror creators Janine Pipe (Author/Filmmaker), Vicky Clerici (Artist/Mask Maker at MakeupBilly), and Kyasia Fields (SFX...
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Death Rattle: Celebrating Women in Horror - Part One
Slay Away celebrates women in horror with a series of interviews featuring filmmakers, podcasters, creators, and horror genre enthusiasts. The episode features special guests and horror creators Ashlina (Twitch Partner), Lucy Holmes (Horror Academic/Writer), S.C. Parris (Author of The Dark World...
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Silver Bullet (1985): Small Town Americana and the Cycle of the Werewolf
E.L. King dissects Stephen King’s Silver Bullet (1985) with film writer and producer, Heather Buckley (Ranger, The Sacrifice Game), exploring the film’s themes, small town Americana, the Cycle of the Werewolf author, being “Othered,” and the film’s religious iconography. "There are no such things...
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Slay Away is a horror podcast hosted by E.L. King that dissects horror films, the true events that inspired them, lore, gore, and every kill in between, with a focus on examining the genre through a queer and female lens with special guests.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Slay Away is a horror podcast hosted by E.L. King, dissecting horror films, the true events that inspired them, lore, gore, and every kill in between, with a focus on examining horror through a queer and female lens bi-weekly with special guests.
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Slay Away currently has 45 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Slay Away is a horror podcast hosted by E.L. King, dissecting horror films, the true events that inspired them, lore, gore, and every kill in between, with a focus on examining horror through a queer and female lens bi-weekly with special guests.
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Slay Away is created and hosted by E.L. King.
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