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We’re covering two movies with “man” in the title, but DON’T BE FRIGHTENED - there’s lots of ladies committing trickery in the folk horror flick, The Wicker Man (1973 & 2006). ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, spoilers for Midsommar Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Sources:  Campbell, Dr. Danny. “Weekly Sermons: The Unholy Trinity.” The Tabernacle Family. The Tabernacle, 2022. https://www.thetabernaclefamily.org/tabernacle-sermons/weekly-sermons/sermon/650-the-unholy-trinity. Accessed December 2022. Web.  Chambers, Jamie. "Troubling Folk Horror: Exoticism, Metonymy, and Solipsism in the "Unholy Trinity" and Beyond." JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, vol. 61 no. 2, 2022, p. 9-34. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/cj.2022.0014. Accessed December 2022. “Constructing The Wicker Man: Film and Cultural Studies Perspectives.”Offscreen.com. https://offscreen.com/view/wicker_man#:~:text=Ashurst's%20essay%20demonstrates%20how%20The,the%20usual%20male%2Ddriven%20narrative. Poole, W. Scott. “Monstrous Beginnings.” Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsessions with the Hideous and the Haunting. 2nd edition. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2018. Print. The Wicker Man (1973) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicker_Man  The Wicker Man (1973) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/  The Wicker Man (2006) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicker_Man_(2006_film)  The Wicker Man (2006) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450345/ 

This is not a test. This is your emergency broadcast system announcing the commencement of The Whorrors!’s coverage of The Purge (2013). Commencing at the siren, any and all crime, including murder, will be legal for 12 continuous hours. Listen in to hear about this hellish nation reborn. Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License Sources: McClendon, Blair. “The ‘Purge’ Films Reveal the Ugly Truth About America.” NYTimes.com. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/magazine/the-purge-movies.html The Purge Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purge_(2013_film) The Purge IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2184339/?ref_=ttpl_ov

It’s Elyse’s birthday!  As a treat for our historical context giving, period piece adoring, and literary loving host, we present you something campy that has it all: 2016’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of enslavement Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Sources:  Baiesi, Serena.  “Remediating Jane Austen through the Gothic: ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.’” 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/1889/5045. Accessed 29 March 2024. Web.   Miquel-Baldellou, Marta. “‘As Soon As Ever She Died, the Hauntings Began’: Revisiting the Victorian Fallen Woman as a Gothic Archetype in Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black." Ex-centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media [Online], 0.5 (2021): 164-183. Web. 27 Apr. 2023 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies_(film)  Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1374989/  Tongco, Tricia. “What 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' Tells Us About Women And Marriage” Huffpost.com. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies-marriage_n_56bbfa21e4b0b40245c55ec9. Web. 

This is no dream, this is really happening…we’re finally covering Rosemary’s Baby. ***CONTENT WARNING: r*pe, discussions of childhood sexual abuse, abortion Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Sources:  Carstensen, Thorsten. “Is It Really Happening? The Postmodern Horror of Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby.” American Studies in Scandinavia, vol. 55, no. 2, 2023, https://doi.org/10.22439/asca.v55i2.7039. Jacobs, Laura. “The Devil Inside: Watching Rosemary’s Baby in the Age of #MeToo.” VanityFair.com. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/05/watching-rosemarys-baby-in-the-age-of-metoo  Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary%27s_Baby_(film)  Rosemary’s Baby (1968) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522/

April is over, so you know what that means….it’s gonna be May (from 2002). Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Sources:  “ANALYSIS: “So many pretty parts, no pretty wholes” – MAY (2002), Twenty Years On” by Ariel Powers-Schaub May IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303361/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv May Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_(film) May and The Importance of Autistic Representation by Lor Gislason: https://www.hearusscream.com/editorials/ho5ogoxfgryo2q7wdvux8jzkbienb3

We’re sliving for these 2000’s horror flicks, and this week’s is no different.  Find out what happens when the hot mechanic makes you melt in 2005’s House of Wax. Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Sources:  House of Wax IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397065/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv House of Wax Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wax_(2005_film)

A dead relative, a wobbly headed bird, and a screaming mother…but this time the affliction isn’t Hereditary (drum emoji).  Find out what keeps flying over Alaska in 2009’s “based on true events” study, The Fourth Kind. ***CONTENT WARNING*** discussion of suicide Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Sources:  Real Life Paranormal Activity in the Fourth Kind: Fact or Fiction? By Karen Quan: https://people.com/movies/real-life-paranormal-activity-in-the-fourth-kind-fact-or-fiction/ ‘The Fourth Kind’ Blended Fiction and Reality for a Unique Experiment [The Silver Lining] by Luiz H.C. : https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3710037/blending-fiction-and-reality-in-the-fourth-kind-the-silver-lining/ The Fourth Kind IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220198/trivia/ The Fourth Kind Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fourth_Kind

A nice house, a white picket fence, and a other-worldly boy who traps you in an altered dimension of domesticity…The American dream, am I right? Listen in to explore the hellish neighborhood of 2019’s Vivarium. Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Sources:  Nemiroff, Perri. “'Vivarium' Director's Yonder Explanation Makes the Movie Even More Chilling.” Collider.com.  https://collider.com/vivarium-explained-lorcan-finnegan/  Vivarium Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivarium_(film)  Vivarium IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8368406/ 

Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with thee…but the fruit of thy womb may not be so blessed.  This review is hot off the presses - convene with us at the convent as we recount 2024’s Immaculate. ***CONTENT WARNING*** discussions of religious trauma, sexual assault, r*pe, abortion, forced motherhood, death of a baby Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Sources:  Akin, Jimmy. “8 Things You Need to Know About the Immaculate Conception.” www.ncregister.com. https://www.ncregister.com/blog/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-immaculate-conception-bv9oa7nm  Donato, Matt. “'Immaculate' Review: Sydney Sweeney’s Horror Isn’t Afraid to Sin.” Collider.com. https://collider.com/immaculate-review-sydney-sweeney/  Immaculate (2024) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_(2024_film)  Immaculate (2024) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23137390/trivia/  Magical Realism Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_realism  Nunsploitation Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunsploitation 

This movie may not be straight-up horror, but your former English major hosts couldn’t let this murder on the dance floor pass them by.  Join us for our discussions of the all-consuming sensation, 2023’s Saltburn.  Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Sources:  Alison Oliver Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Oliver “An English Teacher Watches Saltburn.” Reddit.com. https://www.reddit.com/r/saltburn/comments/189iegl/an_english_teacher_watches_saltburn/  Carey Mulligan Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_Mulligan  Hepburn, David. “Is Saltburn a Vampire Film? 9 reasons why Barry Keoghan's character Oliver could be a creature of the night.” Scotsman.com. https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/is-saltburn-a-vampire-film-heres-why-the-emerald-fennell-hit-4470355  Macarthur, Greg. “10 Hidden Details & References In Saltburn.” Screenrant.com. https://screenrant.com/saltburn-movie-easter-eggs-references/#death-foreshadowing  Rosamund Pike Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosamund_Pike Saltburn Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltburn_(film)  Saltburn IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17351924/ 

Time to see who will be crowned the most evil of them all in this year's Villains March Madness!  Listen to see if your favorite survives the slaughter. Idea inspiration credit to The Dead Meat Podcast!  Listen to their March Madness episodes here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Ehpm0xUJnO5cDiPzOo29z?si=6422ef1feed54992 https://open.spotify.com/episode/24ufmWbosigEdKPVwMVVJX?si=bad24bbc71d74a7e https://open.spotify.com/episode/2F36O9CBeZfFc43hEN4ZVG?si=8dec7013a4f9482c Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License 

We’re back with our 3rd annual competition of chaos: Final Girls March Madness!  Join Elyse and Shay to see which heroine comes out on top.  Stay tuned for the Villains next week! Idea inspiration credit to The Dead Meat Podcast!  Listen to their March Madness episodes here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Ehpm0xUJnO5cDiPzOo29z?si=6422ef1feed54992 https://open.spotify.com/episode/24ufmWbosigEdKPVwMVVJX?si=bad24bbc71d74a7e https://open.spotify.com/episode/2F36O9CBeZfFc43hEN4ZVG?si=8dec7013a4f9482c Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License

You've heard of American Idiot and American Psycho…but buckle up for American Mary.  You may not have to say her name in the mirror 3 times to summon her, but if you cross her path, you’ll end up bloody. ***CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault, discussion of r*pe Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Works Referenced: American Mary IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1959332/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv American Mary Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mary The Soska Sisters on American Mary by Film4: https://medium.com/@Film4/the-soska-sisters-on-american-mary-c834e2d103ef The Unsexiness of “American Mary” by Rosey Howell: https://www.citizenjane.org/home/american-mary

Truth or dare…have sex with the guy you have a mega crush on, or hit your best friend who is keeping secrets about your dad with a hammer?  Not all dares are made equal, and not all truths are fair in 2018’s grinning party game disaster, Truth or Dare. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Works Referenced:  Truth or Dare IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6772950/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv Truth or Dare 2018 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Dare_(2018_film) Truth or Dare game wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_dare%3F

Who doesn’t love a man in uniform that asks you to Be Mine?  Maybe just not in a mine.  Find out why nothing good happens underground in this holiday appropriate episode covering 1981’s My Bloody Valentine. ***CONTENT WARNING: mention of hanging Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Works Referenced: My Bloody Valentine (1981) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082782/?ref_=nm_knf_c_1  My Bloody Valentine (1981) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bloody_Valentine_(film)  Nestorowich, Max. “Mining for Meaning: A Review of My Bloody Valentine.” Sequart.com. http://sequart.org/magazine/55139/review-my-bloody-valentine/

The sun is setting on our King (kind of) January, but don’t let that eclipse your interest - The Moonlight Man is joining us for the finale. Join us for the deeply emotional journey in 2017’s film adaptation of Gerald’s Game. ***CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault of a minor, sexual violence, self-harm Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Works Referenced: Gerald's Game Ending Explained by Alex Leadbeater: https://screenrant.com/geralds-game-movie-twist-ending-explained/ Gerald’s Game IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3748172/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv Gerald’s Game Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%27s_Game_(film) The Ending of Gerald’s Game Explained by Sezin Koehler: https://www.looper.com/200083/the-ending-of-geralds-game-explained/

Oh my god, like, I’m your number one fan, so iconic, like big, like stan, like I would give my life just to…follow you home in a snowstorm, kidnap you, splint your legs and make you author my fantasies…I’m your number one fan Tune in to see what all the Misery Business is about in the iconic 1981 King novel adaptation, Misery. ***CONTENT WARNING: mention of r*pe Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Works Referenced: Keesey, Douglas. “‘Your Legs Must Be Singing Grand Opera’: Masculinity, Masochism, and Stephen King's Misery." American Imago, vol. 59 no. 1, 2002, p. 53-71. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/aim.2002.0005.  Loayza, Beatrice. “Misery at 30: A Terrifying Look at the Toxicity of Fandom.” TheGuardian.com. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/30/misery-at-30-terrifying-look-toxicity-fandom-kathy-bates  Misery IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100157/crazycredits/?tab=cz&ref_=tt_trv_cc  Misery Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery_(film)  Peeke, Dan. “Misery: 10 Differences Between The Book And The Film.” ScreenRant.com. https://screenrant.com/misery-book-film-differences/#a-slightly-different-location

Further into the Flanaverse we fly with the film adaptation of a book sequel that undoes the film adaptation of the original book’s ending…following?  Just know the shine is back, but the scares aren’t trapped in the walls of the Overlook.  Find out what’s up (Doc?) in our discussion of 2019’s Doctor Sleep. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of alcoholism, violence towards a child, grooming Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Works Referenced: Doctor Sleep IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5606664/trivia/ Doctor Sleep Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Sleep_(2019_film)#References How Rebecca Ferguson Created the Coolest Villain in Doctor Sleep by Kaitlyn Reilly: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/11/8704411/rebecca-ferguson-rose-the-hat-doctor-sleep-style

Happy 2024, Whorrors!  We’re taking an Overlook of this year and forecasting some pretty scary stuff - crack open the red rum and join us as we discuss the 1980 classic, The Shining. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of domestic violence, misogyny, racism, alcoholism  Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Works Referenced: Colangelo, BJ. “How The Shining Changed Shelley Duvall Forever.” Slashfilm.com. 2022. https://www.slashfilm.com/726299/how-the-shining-changed-shelley-duvall-forever/  Merced, Matthew. “How Narcissistic Injury May Contribute to Reactive Violence: A Case Example Using Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.” Int. J. Appl. Psychoanal. Studies. 2017, 14: 81–96. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aps.1484. Accessed 15 Dec. 2023. Web. Merced, Matthew. “Lost in the labyrinth: Understanding idiosyncratic interpretations of Kubrick's The Shining.” Int J Appl Psychoanal Studies. 2019; 16: 55–64. https://doi.org/10.1002/aps.1592. Accessed 15 Dec. 2023. Web.  The Shining IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/trivia/ The Shining Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film)

We’re all Smiles after our biggest year of podcasting yet, so we’re ending the year the way we’ve been spending it: traumatized.  Form your opinion with us on 2022’s hit horror flick, Smile. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide, self-harm, drug overdose, animal cruelty Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License  Works Referenced: Button, Xandra. “Smile (2022): Mental Health in Horror | Review.” Goudie.co.uk. https://www.gaudie.co.uk/post/smile-2022-mental-health-in-horror-review#:~:text=Throughout%20the%20movie%2C%20characters%20use,illness%20with%20an%20inescapable%20monster.  Das, Debbie. “‘Smile’ Review: A Shallow Treatment of Mental Illness in the World of the Supernatural.” TheCrimson.com. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/10/18/smile-parker-finn-movie-review-horror-2022/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSmile%E2%80%9D%20especially%20struggles%20with%20its,by%20Rose's%20fiance%C3%A9%2C%20her%20millennial  Smile (2022) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_(2022_film)  Smile (2022) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15474916/?ref_=nm_knf_i_1