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Tell Me When It’s Over
by Claire Reilly, Lucy O’Brien
Everyone’s entitled to one good scare – some of us just like it more than others. Tell Me When It’s Over is a podcast for horror fans and first-timers alike, which takes a stab at the greatest horror films of all time to find out why they’re so damn good. Each week, horror aficionado Lucy O’Brien and terrified newcomer Claire Reilly watch a classic from the horror canon, partially to watch Claire die inside, but mostly to discover the joys of this much-maligned film genre.
Episodes
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32 - Soft and Quiet (2022)
This week, it's time for a wild pivot in the Home Invasion genre with a film that is dark and haunting for a whole new raft of reasons: the directorial debut from Beth de Araújo, Soft and Quiet. Sometimes the most terrifying villains aren't masked men with chainsaws...
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31 - Us (2019)
This week, Luce and Claire crack into Jordan Peele's brilliant 2019 film, Us (much like you would crack into a skull and eat the juicy brains inside). They talk about Peele's clever easter eggs, Lupita Nyong'o's stunning performance, and the true message of the home invasion genre: If our homes…
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30 - Martyrs (2008... or 2015)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Tell Me When It's Over has officially turned 1! That's right, Rosemary's Baby is all grown up. We're celebrating horror's biggest holiday and the first movie of our "Home Invasion" genre with a very special episode. So special, in fact, that this week Claire and Luce watched not...
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29 - The Descent (2005)
Spelunking in the dark caves of North Carolina? Squeezing yourself through tight passages and traversing underground chasms?? Going on a forced-fun girls trip and having to wake up early instead of sleeping in?!? It's a HARD NO on all those things! Thankfully, this week Luce and Claire just have…
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28 - Shin Godzilla (2016)
This week, nature is wreaking vengeance... in the form of a rapidly-evolving, blood-gushing, googly-eyed ocean monster that's taking over the city of Tokyo. That's right, Claire and Luce are talking about Shin Godzilla... or are they actually talking about mankind's incompetence and hubris? Kaiju...
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27 - Jaws (1975)
It's the 4th of July weekend in an American seaside town, the teens are drinking on an unpatrolled beach and the mayor has a jacket that screams "nautical chic with a side of small-town hubris" - what could possibly go wrong! This week is Shark Week, as Luce and Claire dive deep into their fears…
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26 - Cloverfield (2008)
We love New York! We love Lizzie Caplan! We love huge monsters rampaging through Manhattan and messing up the Statue of Liberty! And you'd better BELIEVE we love seeing it all captured on a HandyCam that has a questionably-long battery life. So it's only natural that Cloverfield was an absolute...
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25 - The Thing (1982)
Terrifying isolation, monstrous creatures looming up out of the dark, a bearded alcoholic wearing the world's most ludicrous hat -- no, we're not talking about Claire's trip to Burning Man... it's The Thing! John Carpenter's 1982 body horror classic might have divided audiences when it was first...
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BONUS - The One Where Claire Reviews Ghost Ship (2002)
Luce is on holidays and Claire is at home with the recording gear and NO ONE TO STOP HER! So this week, she's opening the Tell Me When It's Over mailbag with a letter from a listener who wants to hear all about Ghost Ship. Is Claire allowed to review a movie by herself? Is she going to sing…
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24 - Alien (1979)
(Singing gently) Ellen Ripley... picks up the trace in the room where the Alien's been... what has she seen? This week, Luce and Claire dig their salivating teeth into Alien - tackling disgusting eggs, suffocating facehuggers, bloody chestbursters and everyone's favourite action hero, Ripley...
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23 - The Fly (1986)
It's the first episode of Tell Me When It's Over's Monsters season, and we're kicking off with one of the more disgusting feats of visual effects in cinema history: David Cronenberg's body horror classic, The Fly. Luce and Claire discuss the curious magnetism of Jeff Goldblum, the very obvious...
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22 - Hereditary (2018)
Hereditary. An absolute no-go movie for Claire and an absolute banger of a film to talk about for horror fans and terrified newcomers alike. This week Luce and Claire talk about their love of Toni Collette, their hatred of mouth sounds and how, if you can't say something nice to your children…
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21 - Poltergeist (1982)
This ain't your average horror movie from the '80s, despite the fact it was directed by Tobe 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' Hooper. It is, in fact, our first 'family' horror flick, and one that Luce has deep nostalgia for! Claire quickly had to throw out any preconceptions while grappling with the...
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20 - Ring (1998)
Crawling out of your headphones and clawing its raggedy nails into your eardrums, this week we tackle the J-Horror ode to pirated VHS tapes everywhere: Ring. Claire and Luce discuss proper techniques for draining a haunted well in regional Japan, the power of unwashed hair and why the biggest...
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19 - The Conjuring (2013)
When it comes to paranormal investigations, how important is it for your local ghost hunters to be stone-cold hotties? This week, Luce and Claire dive into the world of chilling terror and steamy actors with The Conjuring (a film that left them deeply divided on ghost lore, but firmly united on...
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18 - The Shining (1980)
After a brief break, Luce and Claire are back from the dead (get it?) with a new sub-genre: GHOSTS! Claire wanted Patrick Swayze, but instead Luce chose an absolutely axe-through-the-door classic, The Shining. This week, we talk hauntings (both real, imagined and whatever poor Shelley Duvall went...
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17 - Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Vomit! Orifices! Talking goats! No, it’s not your hillbilly cousin’s barn wedding, it’s the absolutely BANGING Sam Raimi horror flick, Drag Me to Hell! This week, Claire talks about her love of the snap zoom and Luce makes a case for possibly the greatest movie fight scene EVER — with plenty of...
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16 - The Omen (1976)
What is it with occult films and truly cursed children? This week, Luce and Claire dive into the 1976 film The Omen, reliving some childhood trauma of their own and talking about what makes children (one kid in particular, here's looking at you Damien) really, really terrible.
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15 - The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Grab your tissues and wipe your noses, it's time to look at another modern horror classic. This week we dig into the turn-of-the-millennium, "did they really wear those jeans" flick that had everyone afraid to go camping, The Blair Witch Project. Luce and Claire talk about the power of viral...
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14 - The Wicker Man (1973)
It's time to keep your appointment with The Wicker Man! This week there's no Nicolas Cage in sight as Luce and Claire break down the original folk horror classic that spawned all the meme-worthy remakes. They talk harvest season, shagging in the barley and the epic hair of Christopher Lee, and…
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13 - The Exorcist (1973)
Is The Exorcist the greatest occult film of all time? Was this the ONE horror movie that Lucy was never allowed to watch growing up? And my goodness, has Claire written ANOTHER Broadway song parody to explain the plot of a film she definiteloy has no idea about?! This week, Claire and Luce…
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12 - Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Nobody puts Rosemary’s Baby in the corner! This week, Luce and Claire kick off their season on The Occult with the film that arguably kicked it all off. They talk amazing fashion, under-appreciated haircuts and terrible neighbours… with a little bit of Satan thrown in for good measure.
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11 - M3GAN (2022)
It's time for a BONUS EPISODE! To celebrate the most ridiculous horror movie to come out in 2022 (we're calling it early), Luce and Claire head to the cinema together to see M3GAN and talk about camp movies, queer horror and the excellent legacy of killer dolls in cinema.
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10 - Train to Busan (2016)
In a twist this week, Claire picks one of her favourite movies and a zombie flick that Lucy hasn't seen: the sensational Korean film Train to Busan. You want perfectly choreographed fight scenes? Check! You want hunky beefcake role models showing us nuanced interpretations of fatherhood? Bingo!…
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9 - REC (2007)
It's Lucy's turn to choose a movie, and you bet she's picked a scary one this week. REC takes the duo into the harrowing walls of an apartment building filled with a creeping infection...and its residents desperate to escape. How did Claire deal with REC's final 10 minutes in particular? Tune in...
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8 - 28 Days Later (2002)
Exactly how long does it take for society to totally crumble into oblivion after a zombie outbreak? Exactly two fortnights! This week, Claire chooses a harrowing Danny Boyle flick about a misfit band of survivors trying to make their way to safety a little less than a month after an outbreak…
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7 - Rabid (1977)
We're carefully continuing our foray into zombie-filled waters with David Cronenberg's early, and influential, Rabid. Does Claire really want to know where the zombies originated from in this particular movie? Does anyone? The answer, is of course, no, because this is Cronenberg. Plus, hear...
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6 - Night of the Living Dead (1968)
After surviving the slashers it's time for a new horror genre: Zombies! For the start of their foray into a terrifying new world of undead monsters, it's Claire's time to pick, and once again she has confused about five movies into one. So while she couldn't pick Richard Ramirez's "From Dusk 'Til...
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5 - Candyman (1992)
It's time to bust out the urban legends. This week, Claire and Lucy dig into the world of the Candyman. Is he a monster (played by Pierce Brosnan) who lives in your toilet? Or is he one of the most iconic horror figures at the heart of a '90s film masterpiece? Either way, by the end of this…
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4 - Scream (1996)
What's your favourite scary movie? Claire has done a few slasher movies now, so it's time to go full meta with one of the few horror movies she's already seen (?!) -- the 1996 Wes Craven banger, Scream. Lucy is absolutely here for it. Let's talk self-referential horror, fandom and the joy of a...
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3 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
All bets are off. We're only three episodes in and Lucy is out here to absolutely ruin Claire's life. This week, Lucy talks about one of her slasher favourites (who has a chainsaw poster on their wall?!) and Claire questions her will to live (is that a face purse he's carrying?) with the…
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2 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Whatever you do, don't fall asleep! In today's episode of Tell Me When It's Over, it's Claire's turn to choose the movie. So she's chosen a film that brought her many sleepless nights as a child (despite the fact she never watched it), A Nightmare on Elm Street.
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1 - Halloween (1978)
Welcome to the first episode of Tell Me When It's Over! In today's episode, hosts Lucy O'Brien and Claire Reilly lay out the ground rules: one of them loves horror, one of them is terrified of it, but each week they'll take turns choosing a horror movie to watch and dissect. Can Claire make it…
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Everyone's entitled to one good scare, some of us just like it more than others. Tell Me When It's Over is a podcast for horror fans and first-timers alike, taking a stab at the greatest horror films of all time to find out why they're so good. Each week, horror aficionado Lucy O'Brien and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Everyone’s entitled to one good scare – some of us just like it more than others. Tell Me When It’s Over is a podcast for horror fans and first-timers alike, which takes a stab at the greatest horror films of all time to find out why they’re so damn good. Each week, horror aficionado Lucy O’Brien and terrified newcomer Claire Reilly watch a classic from the horror canon, partially to watch Claire die inside, but mostly to discover the joys of this much-maligned film genre.
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Everyone’s entitled to one good scare – some of us just like it more than others. Tell Me When It’s Over is a podcast for horror fans and first-timers alike, which takes a stab at the greatest horror films of all time to find out why they’re so damn good. Each week, horror aficionado Lucy O’Brien...
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