The Whorrors!

A familiar movie title with a whole new cast of characters!  While this Christmas Eve isn’t necessarily filled with holiday cheer, there’s plenty of slaying to go around in 2006’s Black Christmas.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion sexual abuse/assault, r*pe, true crimeFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Black Christmas 2006 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Christmas_(2006_film)Black Christmas IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454082/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

Freshman year of college comes with many horrors: boys, tests, six demons inhabiting your body only fixed via exorcism…the usual.  Read up on the court notes and consider your verdict carefully as we try to crack the case of The Exorcism of Emily Rose. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of loss of bodily autonomy, religious trauma, true crimeFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Anneliese Michel Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_MichelExorcism of Emily Rose IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404032/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trvExorcism of Emily Rose Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcism_of_Emily_Rose

After evidence of some supernatural activity, god-fearing Grace fears she and her children are going to die in their house…unless of course, they already did.  Tend to the garden with us to uncover the mystery of 2001’s The Others.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of harm against childrenFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: “Film Analysis: Alejandro Amenábar’s ‘The Others.’” The Cinephile Fix, 27 Feb. 2010, cinephilefix.com/2010/02/27/review-analysis-alejandro-amenabars-the-others/. German Expressionist Cinema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_expressionist_cinema The Others (2001 film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Others_(2001_film) The Others (2001): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230600/ 

Our first musical horror movie is here. Get comfortable while you listen! Pull up a chair! But maybe don’t sit in it so long as we’re on Fleet Street. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual violenceFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: ​Fogel, Hope, and Jill M. Swirsky. “A Psychological Exploration of ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’.” Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research (Blog), 30 July 2024, www.psichi.org/blogpost/987366/503177/A-Psychological-Exploration-of-Sweeney-Todd-The-Demon-Barber-of-Fleet-Street​Macdonald, Liz. “Sweeney Todd: A Referendum on Patriarchy, Misogyny & Purity Culture.” Medium, 30 Dec. 2024, medium.com/@lizymacd/sweeney-todd-a-referendum-on-patriarchy-misogyny-purity-culture-98afc95277d3. ​Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street_(2007_film)  ​Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408236/ 

A medical examiner isn’t quite the path Austin envisioned for himself, but when a case rolls in interesting enough to postpone date night, he learns it’s not investigating the dead he’s in for…it’s waking it.  Investigate the centuries-old identity of the woman on the table in 2016’s The Autopsy of Jane Doe.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual violenceFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Halloween by Alex-Productions https://soundcloud.com/alexproductionsmusicCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://www.audiolibrary.com.co/alex-productions/halloweenMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/z3yEgDi0fEESources: Adams, Jane. “‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’ and Waking the Witch Within.” Rue-morgue.com; 2023. https://rue-morgue.com/the-autopsy-of-jane-doe-and-waking-the-witch-within/ The Autopsy of Jane Doe Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Autopsy_of_Jane_Doe The Autopsy of Jane Doe IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3289956/ “‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’: A Theory” Reddit, posted by u/Bitter_Truck492, 15 Oct. 2024. https://www.reddit.com/user/Bitter_Truck492/ 

Happy (almost) Halloween, Whorrors!  To celebrate, we’re asking the classic question that spawned the greatest slasher to ever slay the 90’s: what’s your favorite scary movie?  Find out as we unmask Ghostface and discuss the long-awaited 1996 self-referential masterpiece, Scream.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, alochol/drug use, spoilers for Scream 2022Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Halloween by Alex-Productions https://soundcloud.com/alexproductionsmusicCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://www.audiolibrary.com.co/alex-productions/halloweenMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/z3yEgDi0fEESources: How Scream (1996) Takes a Stab at White American Masculinity by Horror Homeroom: https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/how-scream-1996-takes-a-stab-at-white-american-masculinity/Scream IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571/trivia/Scream Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_(1996_film)Why Scream (1996) is the Ultimate Feminist Horror Film by Alex Pompilli: https://ihaveafunfact.wordpress.com/2021/01/18/why-scream-1996-is-the-ultimate-feminist-horror-film/

We didn’t plan to feature two eternally 12-year-olds in a row—but here we are! Brave the snow of Sweden as we unpack the terror of being a preteen in 2008’s Let the Right One In.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of bullying, violence against children, grooming, themes of transphobia and homophobia Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Halloween by Alex-Productions https://soundcloud.com/alexproductionsmusicCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://www.audiolibrary.com.co/alex-productions/halloweenMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/z3yEgDi0fEESources: ​IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv​Oskar Loves Eli: Let the Right One In and Trans Romance by Fae Basir: https://www.fangoria.com/oskar-loves-eli-let-the-right-one-in-and-trans-romance/​Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_the_Right_One_In_(film)#Notes

Babysit a 12 year old for 24 hours and get $7 million dollars…you’d have to be a sucker not to take this deal, but maybe the conditions would change if you knew the 12(,000) year old was actually a (blood)sucker.  Sharpen your stakes as we wait for the daylight in 2024’s Abigail. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of addictionFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: “Abigail (2024) KILL COUNT.” Youtube.com. Uploaded by Dead Meat, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IAe15A9IOk Abigail (2024 film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_(2024_film) Abigail (2024) IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27489557/  Erwin, Elizabeth. "Coded Queerness in Dracula’s Daughter (1936)." Horror Homeroom, 22 June 2015, https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/coded-queerness-in-draculas-daughter-1936/ 

A weekend back in your hometown can be hell enough, but more horrors await through the gates of Hell Fest (2018) - and it’s not just the embarrassment of your boyfriend losing $50 on a stuffed animal, either.Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: “Hell Fest (2018) KILL COUNT.” Youtube.com. Uploaded by Dead Meat, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7pdrQl-KyQ Hell Fest Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Fest Hell Fest (2018) IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1999890/  

Keep your eyes on the road (and in your head) as we unpack the road rage in Jeepers Creepers (2001).***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual assault, domestic violence, true crimeFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: JC IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263488/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trvJC Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepers_Creepers_(2001_film)

We all know the story of Frankenstein, but listen in to hear what happens after a high school party in the 80’s leads to a bad trip that makes you wish you BYOB’d (Built Your Own Boyfriend) in 2024’s Lisa Frankenstein.***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual assaultFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Lisa Frankenstein Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Frankenstein https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Corn_(1984_film) Lisa Frankenstin (2024) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21188080/ Watts, Rhonda. “Life, Death, and ‘Lisa Frankenstein’: How the Horror-Comedy Film Pays Homage to Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein.’” k-saa.org. https://www.k-saa.org/blog/lisa-frankenstein 

Angela is hoping for some excitement for her nighttime news segment, but the night goes viral in all the wrong ways.  Catch the craze as we cover 2008’s Quarantine. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of contagious illnessFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Quarantine Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine_(2008_film)Sometimes They Come Back – ‘REC’ (2007) vs ‘Quarantine’ (2008) by Kim Morrison: https://littleredhorror.wordpress.com/2021/05/23/sometimes-they-come-back-rec-2007-vs-quarantine-2008/

A stranger knocks at your isolated home in the dead of night, but what if letting him in is actually a good idea?  Find this thought experiment and other precious artifacts in our unpacking of 2024’s Oddity.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual violence, cancerFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Oddity Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddity_(film)Oddity IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26470109/trivia/'Oddity's Damian McCarthy reveals the origins of his Wooden Man by Kristy Puchko: https://mashable.com/article/oddity-wooden-man-damian-mccarthy

What will make you murder your family and join a farming commune that worships an agricultural god?  IT’S CORN!!! (in 1984’s Children of the Corn).***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of cults, harm against a child Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: ​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.​“Children of the Corn (1984) KILL COUNT.” Youtube.com. Uploaded by Dead Meat, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwHr31znIXg ​Children of the Corn (1984 film) Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Corn_(1984_film) ​Children of the Corn IMDb: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0087050/ Thurgill, James. “A Fear of the Folk: On Topophobia and the Horror of Rural Landscapes.” Revenant: Critical and Creative Studies of the Supernatural, no. 5, March 2020, pp. 33–56. Revenant Journal, The University of Tokyo, [online].

In honor of National Dog Day, we’re back in Maine to visit a man’s best friend…but a mother’s worst nightmare in Cujo (1983).***CONTENT WARNING: harm against a child, harm against an animal, sexual harassment, domestic abuse  Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Cujo (film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cujo_(film) Cujo IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085382/ Eggan, Michele. “Noteworthy Heroines of Horror: Donna from Cujo.” Wickedhorror.com. https://www.wickedhorror.com/features/noteworthy-heroines-of-horror-donna-from-cujo/ Kirchner, Donnie. “Nope, Nothing Wrong Here: A Look At Stephen King’s Cujo.” Horrorobsessive.com. https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/02/25/nope-nothing-wrong-here-a-look-at-stephen-kings-cujo/ 

Weapons is the talk of the town, but what is it truly about?  We won’t spoon feed you this one, just take a 2:17am stroll with us as we discuss the wigs, the witches, and the weaponry of Zach Cregger’s 2025 box office success.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of addiction, police brutality, gun violence, self-harm, harm against childrenFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: @JakeLubb. “I can’t stop thinking about it.” TikTok. https://www.tiktok.com/@jakelubb/video/7536302666998205709?lang=en Weapons Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_(2025_film)Weapons IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26581740/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

Welcome to Club Juke— where bloodlust means a killer playlist. The only sin about Sinners (2025) is if you haven’t seen it yet. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of racism, racial violence & discrimination, colonization, enslavement, hate groupsFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: ​Anderson, Maureen. “The White Reception of Jazz in America.” African American Review, vol. 38, no.​          1, 2004, pp. 135–45. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1512237. Accessed July. 2025.​Hobson, Janell. “Blood Money, Blues Women, and the Power of Price: How ‘Sinners’ Rewrites the Gothic South.” Msmagazine.com. https://msmagazine.com/2025/05/08/sinners-feminist-film-review-black-women-history-power-south/. Accessed July 2025. Web.  ​Hoepfner, Fran. “The Women at the Heart of Of Sinners.” Vulture. 24 April 2025.  https://www.vulture.com/article/the-women-at-the-heart-of-of-sinners.html ​Kabeya, Victoria. ““How the Theme of Racial Escapism made Mary the Only Survivor in ‘Sinners.’” Medium.com. https://medium.com/@editions.canaan/how-the-theme-of-racial-escapism-made-mary-the-only-survivor-in-sinners-ffa421a52649. Web. ​McBride. “Hip-Hop Planet.” The Language of Composition. New York; Bedford, 2019. Pg. 301-311. Print.​Sinners (2025 film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinners_(2025_film) ​Sinners (2025) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31193180/ ​@Teppertoks. “Spoilerish warning! Yes im still thinking about this movie!!” Tiktok. 19 April, 2025. https://www.tiktok.com/@teppertoks/video/7495079197350612254?lang=en ​The Eras & History Of Jazz Music" GreaterTorontoMusic.ca. Greater Toronto Music School, 2022.​          https://www.greatertorontomusic.ca/post/the-eras-history-of-jazz-music. Accessed July 2025. Web.​"Timeline." JazzInAmerica.org. The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.​          https://www.jazzinamerica.org/JazzResources/Timeline/. Accessed July 2025. Web. 

Lack of eye contact ratio continues to be a problem 30 years later for the young adults of Southport.  WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?  Listen to find out if the new person behind the slicker got slick-er in 2025’s I Know What You Did Last Summer.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion about addictionFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Know_What_You_Did_Last_Summer_(2025_film)IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4045450/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

All aboard the Antonia Graza where the entertainment is to die for and horrors are senza fine.  Travel back in time to a more grim time (2002) as we explore the seas in Ghost Ship.***CONTENT WARNING: death of a childFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Ghost Ship (2002 film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Ship_(2002_film) Ghost Ship IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0288477/ Costa Concordia Disaster : https://www.britannica.com/event/Costa-Concordia-disaster 

Today we check another movie off Elyse’s “Never Will I Ever Watch” list where the aliens may not look at much, but they hear all.  Skip the bag of chips and don’t make a sound as we whisper through 2018’s A Quiet Place.***CONTENT WARNING: death of a childFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: A Quiet Place IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6644200/trivia/'A Quiet Place' Falls Into A Tired Trope About Deafness by Pamela Kincheloe: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-kincheloe-quiet-place-deaf-people_n_5ad10645e4b0edca2cb9acc6A Quiet Place: A Review from the Deaf Perspective by T. Frohock: https://www.tfrohock.com/blog/2018/4/23/a-quiet-place-a-review-from-the-deaf-perspectiveA Quiet Place Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Quiet_PlaceToxic Masculinity and the Gender Politics of A Quiet Place by Shelby Boyer:https://saboyer.medium.com/toxic-masculinity-and-the-gender-politics-of-a-quiet-place-d114b3b23b0d