Episodes
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S5 Ep 7: The Last Episode - The Funeral of The Monstrous Feminine Podcast
We are gathered here today with heavy hearts, but also a spirit of gratitude and remembrance, to celebrate the life of The Monstrous Feminine Podcast. At the ripe old age of five, she was stabbed 666 times by four witches. It was a short life, but a well-lived one. She will be lovingly remembered...
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S5 Ep 6: Horror Parody - The Blackening
Our last episode for horror parody is the 2022 film ‘The Blackening’, directed by Tim Story. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 We discuss the realistic friendship dynamics of the central group, describe our amusement at the playful use of Black stereotypes and explain how this film rejects Blackness as a monolith. The...
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S5 Ep 5: Horror Parody - The Final Girls
Welcome to Camp Bloodbath! 🌲🪓👧 Continuing with our horror parody theme, we're covering the 2015 comedy ‘The Final Girls’, directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson. In this episode, we identify the recurring use of grief in horror, analyse the final girl trope and this film’s regrettable lack of...
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S5 Ep 4: Horror Parody - Scream
“No, please don’t kill me Mr. Ghostface – I wanna be in the sequel!” It’s time for horror parodies and so we’re taking on the 1996 classic ‘Scream’, directed by Wes Craven. 😱🔪🩸 We compare the poignancy of the original to its many sequels, explore the difficulties of effective satire in the age...
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S5 Ep 3: Serial Killers - Red Rooms (ft. interview with director Pascal Plante)
For our last serial killer episode, we're covering the 2023 crime thriller ‘Red Rooms’, directed by Pascal Plante. 🟥💻 This episode is extra special because it includes snippets from an interview with the director himself. We discuss the fascinating shift in focus from murderers to their…
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S5 Ep 2: Serial Killers - I Saw the Devil
Continuing our serial killer theme, we're covering the 2010 action thriller ‘I Saw the Devil’, directed by Kim Jee-woon. 👁👁👹 In this episode, we discuss the thriller’s relentless violence and its thematic purpose, debate whether the main character's driving motivation is narcissism or grief…
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S5 Ep 1: Serial Killers - Tenebrae
Ciao a tutti ⋆˙☽ we're back with szn 5! Our first theme is serial killers, starting off with the 1982 Italian horror mystery, 'Tenebrae', directed by Dario Argento. 🟡👠 We summarise the origins of "giallo" in Italian cinema, unravel the many layers of Argento's meta-commentary through the film's...
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S4 Ep 11: Pride Special - Love Lies Bleeding (with Reem)
Hi gay! 🏳️🌈 For this extra long Pride special, we're covering the gory gay thriller ‘Love Lies Bleeding’, directed by Rose Glass. 🏋️♀️💉💪🍳💘💥🔫🚬 We discuss love and addiction, giantess kinks and bodybuilding as a form of drag. We also praise this film’s refreshing disregard for queer...
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S4 Ep 10: Dreams - Malignant
Our final dreams in horror pick is the 2021 crime mystery ‘Malignant’, directed by James Wan. 👹 🧥 This film is nothing like what you’d expect. We delight at the action-movie sequences and marvel at the camp of it all. We also debate this movie’s bonkers biology and manage to identify every…
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S4 Ep 9: Dreams - Last Night in Soho
Continuing our dreams in horror theme with the 2021 horror mystery ‘Last Night in Soho’, directed by Edgar Wright. 👩🎤💄🧥🔪👵🔥 In this episode, we express how we had some trouble pinning down the message of the film. We (shockingly) didn’t quite take to the female revenge storyline. We also...
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S4 Ep 8: Dreams - A Nightmare on Elm Street
This month, we’re tackling dreams in horror. Our first film is the seminal 1984 film ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’, directed by Wes Craven. 💤🛏️🩸😵📞👅 In this episode, we discuss how this film set the bar for the dream horror canon. We also debate the Freudian and monstrous feminine readings of...
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S4 Ep 7: Children in Horror - The Devil’s Backbone
Our last children in horror episode is the 2001 horror mystery ‘The Devil's Backbone’, directed by Guillermo del Toro. 👹🔙🦴 We talk about how the characters function as allegories for the many different political allegiances within the Spanish Civil War. We also delve into horror as a political...
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S4 Ep 6: Children in Horror - The Sixth Sense
Continuing our children in horror theme, we’re tackling the 1999 psychological thriller ‘The Sixth Sense’, directed by M. Night Shyamalan. 👂👅👃✋👁6️⃣ We debate the varying depictions of motherhood and fatherhood, address why this film works so well as a ghost story and discuss how it makes a...
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S4 Ep 5: Children in Horror - Children of the Corn
This month's theme is children in horror, and we’re starting with the 1984 ‘Children of the Corn’ directed by Fritz Kiersch. 👦🏻🌽✝️👧🏼🌽✝️ In this episode, we talk about how the presence of children affects the genre and what they symbolise in horror. We also identify the folk horror elements…
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S4 Ep 4: Folk Horror - Enys Men
Our last folk horror film of the month is the 2022 psychodrama ‘Enys Men’, directed by Mark Jenkin. 🗿☎️🚤📻🔦📘 For us, this film raises the central question: what do you want from horror? Do you like style (vibes) or substance (plot)? Is style without substance monotonous? We debate this film’s...
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S4 Ep 3: Folk Horror - Impetigore
Continuing with our folk horror theme with the 2019 film ‘Impetigore’, directed by Joko Anwar. 🏚🤰🏽🌲👺 In this episode, we discuss the film's many thrilling slasher tropes, talk about how ‘Impetigore’ plays with conventions of the folk horror subgenre, and locate its true source of horror…
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S4 Ep 2: Folk Horror - The Wicker Man
This month, we’re exploring the "happenings" of folk horror - kicking off this theme with the 1973 horror musical ‘The Wicker Man’, directed by Robin Hardy. 🌾🐰💐🌈🃏 In this episode, we give an overview of the global folk horror canon and discuss its tropes. We then focus on British folk horror...
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S4 Ep 1: Valentine’s Special - The Handmaiden
WELCOME TO SZN 4. To show our love, we’re kicking off the year with a one-off Valentine’s Special, and our patreon pledges have selected the 2016 thriller ‘The Handmaiden’, directed by Park Chan-wook. 🍭👄📚🐙 In this episode, we discuss the cinematic gaze as a tool to explore queerness, subvert...
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S3 Ep 37: Femcel - Ma
Our final femcel case study to discuss is the 2019 film ‘Ma’, directed by Tate Taylor. 🍻🤘🏿🏓😈 The general takeaway from this movie is: don’t think too hard about it. Are there plot holes? Yes. Are there bizarre character and plot inconsistencies? Absolutely. Does race add a strange dimension…
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S3 Ep 36: Femcel - Gone Girl
Continuing our exploration of femcels movies, we’re tackling one of Tyia’s favourites, ‘Gone Girl’, directed by David Fincher. 📍🔍 💇♀️🗞 Cool Girl ~gender neutral~ /ku:l/ /ɡəːl/ noun 1. The unrealistically chill persona you adopt during the early days of a relationship in order to seem more...
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S3 Ep 35: Femcel - Perfect Blue
Our final theme of this season is femcel horror and we’re kicking off with the 1997 anime ‘Perfect Blue’, directed by Satoshi Kon. 🎤🎀👁 In this episode, we explain the history and origin of the term "femcel", discuss the dangers of internet stan culture and delve into the exploitative nature of...
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S3 Ep 34: Hagsploitation - Barbarian
The final movie for our hagsploitation theme is the 2022 horror drama ‘Barbarian’, directed by Zach Cregger. 🚪🍼 We dissect the evolution of the hag in horror into something monstrous, discuss women's necessary hyper-vigilance around supposed “nice guys” and debate whether the use of the hag...
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S3 Ep 33: Hagsploitation - X
The next movie for our hagsploitation theme is the 2022 slasher ‘X’, directed by Ti West. 🎥🪓 In this episode, we interrogate ageist attitudes towards sex and discuss how "the hag" character suggests a de-feminisation of postmenopausal women. We then debate whether this film perpetuates ageist...
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S3 Ep 32: Hagsploitation - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Our new theme for this month is hagsploitation, and the first film we are going to tackle is the iconic 1962 psychological horror ‘What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?’, directed by Robert Aldrich. 🎀🎤 We provide an overview of hasploitation, and discuss how Crawford and Davis serve in this film. We...
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S3 Ep 31: MEN - Clock
Our last episode featuring horrible men in horror is the 2023 psychological film ‘Clock’, directed by Alexis Jacknow. 🕰️👶🧸 We discuss how this film accurately captures the valid psychological and physical fears of pregnancy as well as the overwhelming familial, cultural and societal pressures…
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S3 Ep 30: MEN - Men
Perhaps the most on-brand film for our ‘horrible men in horror’ theme is the 2022 British folk horror film ‘Men’, directed by Alex Garland.🌲🍎 We think this film deserves more attention. In this episode, we dissect how biblical imagery is used, discuss the monstrous birthing scene and debate...
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S3 Ep 29: MEN - American Psycho
We’re back and better than ever! Our theme this month is horrible men in horror, and of course we couldn’t do this film without talking about the 2000 classic ‘American Psycho’, directed by Mary Harron. 👔🪓 In this episode, we discuss how different demographics have interpreted this film over…
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S3 Ep 28: Pride Special - Jennifer’s Body (revisited)
HAPPY PRIDE QUEERS! 🏳️🌈 For this Pride Special, we revisit a film we covered in our very first episode: the 2009 cult classic ‘Jennifer’s Body’, directed by Karyn Kusama. 💅💋 💄 In this episode, we debate the differences between desire and envy in young female friendships, investigate the…
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S3 Ep 27: Mermaids - Nanny
For our last mermaid episode of the month, we’re talking about the 2022 American psychological thriller ‘Nanny’, directed by Nikyatu Jusu. 🕷️🧜♀️ We discuss African deities as agents of chaos, the sense-making function of legends, and how the Mami Wata informs this film's gender, race and class...
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S3 Ep 26: Mermaids - Blue My Mind
Continuing with our mermaid theme, we’re talking about the 2017 Swiss fantasy drama ‘Blue My Mind’, directed by Lisa Brühlmann. 🐟🧜♀️🌊 We discuss how this film effectively uses body horror and fantasy to portray adolescence, and is particularly anxiety-inducing because of the seemingly...
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S3 Ep 25: Mermaids - The Lure
This month we’re talking about mermaids! 🧜♀️🧜♀️ Our first film is the 2015 Polish musical horror, ‘The Lure’, directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska. 🌊🎤👯♀️ We delve into its camp musical elements, discuss how the exploration of womanhood lends itself to trans-coded readings, and debate Barbara...
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S3 Ep 24: Eco-Horror [water] - The Bay
Our last eco-horror episode is the 2012 American mockumentary horror ‘The Bay’, directed by Barry Levinson. ⚠️🐓 We talk about how this film hits different post pandemic, the risk of exploitation in documentaries and governmental mismanagement of water systems. The Coven: Louisa, Mila Tyia and…
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S3 Ep 23: Eco-Horror [water] - The Host
Continuing our eco-horror theme, we’re talking about the 2006 monster film, ‘The Host’, directed by Bong Joon-ho. ⚠️🐟 In this episode, we discuss the influence of American neoliberal economic policies on Korea, unpack Bong's tactical focus on the nuclear family, and delve into how oppressive...
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S3 Ep 22: Eco-Horror [water] - Tentacles
“You guys made me ink!” In honour of Earth Day, we’re talking about eco-horror! 🌎 Our first episode of the month is on the 1977 Italian-American sci-fi film ‘Tentacles’, directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis. 🐙 In this episode, we describe the referential nature of low-budget 70s Italian horror…
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S3 Ep 21: Dolls - M3GAN
She's serving, your honour. 🕶️ This is our last dolls in horror episode of the month, and we’re talking about the sassy sci-fi ‘M3GAN’, directed by Gerard Johnstone. 💅🔩 In this episode, we talk about the difficult balance between professional success and motherhood, debate the camp and serious...
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S3 Ep 20: Dolls - Child’s Play
Hello, Good Guys™️! This is our second dolls in horror episode, and we’re covering the iconic 1988 film ‘Child’s Play’, directed by Tom Holland. 🧑🏻🦰🚫🔋🩸 We discuss how this film toys with childhood innocence and perspective, its rather weak reliance on a serial killer origin story, and hail...
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S3 Ep 19: Dolls - Living Doll (The Twilight Zone)
“My name is Talky Tina and I love you!” 💟 This is the first episode of our dolls in horror theme, and we’re talking about 'Living Doll' (1963) from the American television anthology series ‘The Twilight Zone’, directed by Richard C. Sarafian. 🎀🏠👨👩👧 We delve into the uncanny valley in...
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S3 Ep 18: Romance in Horror (Valentine’s Special) - Warm Bodies
For our last romantic horror episode, we are talking about the 2013 zom-rom-com ‘Warm Bodies’, directed by Jonathan Levine. 🧟♂️💘 First we read out your own dating horror stories. Then we discuss whether love can survive a zombie apocalypse, how apocalyptic conditions might drastically change…
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S3 Ep 17: Romance in Horror (Valentine’s Special) - Audition
CASTING CALL: one horror fan 🥵! We’re continuing our Valentine’s theme with the 1999 thriller ‘Audition’, directed by Takashi Miike. 💉👁️💉 In this episode, we delve into the objectification of women, discuss the delicate performance of gender, analyse the chasm between men and women’s…
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S3 Ep 16: Romance in Horror (Valentine’s Special) - The Mummy
Hi, love birds! 🕊️This is the first episode of our Valentine’s Specials, and we’re talking about the 1999 adventure film ‘The Mummy’, directed by Stephen Sommers. 🛕🐫🏺🦂 We start by examining exactly why this is known as the Official Bisexual Awakening Movie™️ (hint: it’s the hot cast). We…
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S3 Ep 15: Claustrophobia - 47 Meters Down: Uncaged
Our final episode on claustrophobic horror is the 2019 survival film ‘47 Meters Down: Uncaged’, directed by Neil Marshall. 🤿🏊♀️🦈 We discuss the nepo-baby casting, debate the biological accuracy of blind great whites that, for whatever reason, choose to live in confined cave systems…
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S3 Ep 14: Claustrophobia - As Above, So Below
Bonjour! 👩🎨 We’re continuing our claustrophobia theme with the 2014 American horror film ‘As Above, So Below’, directed by John Erick Dowdle. 💀💀💀 Join us as we enter the nine circles of hell and discuss wonderful things such as death, sin, satan, cavernous wombs, vlogging, eternal judgement...
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S3 Ep 13: Claustrophobia - The Descent
Time to descend... This month we’re covering claustrophobia in horror! Our first film is the 2005 British adventure horror film ‘The Descent’, directed by Neil Marshall. 🕳🩸☠️ We discuss female friendships versus female competition, monstrous motherhood and the maddening effects of grief. The...
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S3 Ep 12: Cannibalism - Bones and All
For our last cannibalism episode, we’re talking about the coming-of-age road movie ‘Bones and All’ (2022), directed by Luca Guadagnino. 🦴😋 We discuss this film as a realistic depiction of the rural Midwest. We also explain how cannibalism can act as a metaphor for both queerness and addiction....
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S3 Ep 11: Cannibalism - The Silence of the Lambs
Good evening, Clarice. We’re continuing our cannibalism theme with the 1991 masterpiece ‘The Silence of the Lambs’, directed by Jonathan Demme. 🍽️🦋🐑 We talk about Hannibal as a delicious, sassy and possibly asexual villain. We also discuss the famous tucking scene and go into depth about the...
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S3 Ep 10: Cannibalism - The Hills Have Eyes
Bon Appétit. This month we’re covering cannibalism in horror and kicking it off with ‘The Hills Have Eyes’, directed by Wes Craven. 🌕👶🏻🐺 We discuss the divide between metropolitan/rural populations and how this interacts with classism, sexism and racism. We also go into why this film fails in...
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S3 Ep 9: Werewolves (Halloween Special) - Good Manners
Hello, my lunar lovelies. This is our last film of the month covering werewolves and we’re talking about the dark fantasy horror ‘Good Manners’, directed by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra. 🌕👶🏻🐺 We explore the class and race dynamics within the central queer relationship, the body horror of...
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S3 Ep 8: Werewolves (Halloween Special) - Ginger Snaps
Spooky month is continuing with werewolves, and we’re covering one of our favourite films: the angsty teen horror, ‘Ginger Snaps’ (2000), directed by John Fawcett. 🩸🐺💉 In this episode, we discuss how this film defies the stereotypically masculine lore of the werewolf, the body horror of…
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S3 Ep 7: Werewolves (Halloween Special) - An American Werewolf in London
Happy October - this month we’re talking about werewolves. To kick it all off, we cover the 1981 classic ‘An American Werewolf in London’, directed by John Landis. We discuss werewolf lore, lament the loss of cool prosthetics and gory special effects to CGI, and wonder about the film's...
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S3 Ep 6: Horror Games - Bodies Bodies Bodies
For our last episode on horror games, we’re talking about Halina Reijn’s dark comedy ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’. 🌧 🗡📱🩸😵 We read this film as a comedic satire of Gen Z and performative "woke" culture, discuss misogynistic left-leaning men and delve into the gay drama between Amandla Stenberg and...