Girls, Guts, and Giallo

Happy Halloween Hauntings, my lovely listeners! Join me and Halloween Queen Gabrielle Leigh as we dive into the abject world of the French Extremity film Martyrs. Gabrielle is my queer, goth, Taurus, witch sister and we were so excited to connected we gabbed for over two hours. Too scared to watch Martyrs yourself? Well you're in luck. Gabrielle and I discuss the history of the New French Extremity movement and analyze this controversial film in a scene by scene breakdown. We talk pain theory, martyrology, themes of trauma, sapphic friendship, and transcendence in this misunderstood masterpiece of the "torture porn" era. We had some technical difficulties filming this episode so the audio gets slightly less high quality in the second half but I promise the discussion is worth it!As always, check out Patreon.com/GirlsGutsGiallo for all my bonus content!

Over on my Patreon, I have a special tier exclusively for HATER episodes! At this tier you get review episodes, topic episodes, and hater episodes! As well as my entire back catalogue of bonus episodes spanning the last six years. Such a deal! Here is a preview of my latest hater episode. Sign up at ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/girlsgutsgiallo⁠⁠⁠ for the full experience, or buy the episode for $5. What's scarier than the thinning of the veil? What about thousands of pounds of plastic Halloween crap in a landfill? That's pretty terrifying and loathsome! For this special crossover episode, hostess of the It's Always Halloween podcast, Lucé Tomlin-Brenner, joins me for a hater discussion about the plague that is Halloween consumerism. We bemoan how our favorite holiday, once about rebellion and fear, has become a cheap marketing ploy to sell lead filled home goods to bored normies for their TikTok hauls. Why is this bad and what should we do about it? Listen to mitigate your capitalist Halloween blues.

What is the function of social pillorying and does it actual serve real life survivors? Why are we so drawn to this kind of content? How has Chris Hansen's legacy furthered surveillance culture in a post 9/11 world? In this special collaboration episode, fellow film writer and survivor Blueghosts joins me to review Lance Oppenheim's debut controversial narrative feature, 'Primetime.' While we both enjoyed the film, we are also critical of certain aspects. Additionally, we discuss our personal connections with 'To Catch a Predator' and Chris Hansen's legacy of carceral punishment and surveillance. We analyze the predator hunt phenomenon as formerly victimized adolescents and current abolitionists.

Over on my Patreon, I have a special tier exclusively for HATER episodes! At this tier you get review episodes, topic episodes, and hater episodes! As well as my entire back catalogue of bonus episodes spanning the last six years. Such a deal! Here is a preview of my latest hater episode. Sign up at ⁠⁠patreon.com/girlsgutsgiallo⁠⁠ for the full experience, or buy the episode for $5. Everyone is talking about the Western Mass lesbian bar (don't ask) but we're still obsessed with the guy who pepper sprayed a fellow audience member who was on their phone. On this hater episode, I am joined by kindred-hater-spirit Joshua Conkel to discuss the phenomenon of terrible movie theater audiences. Joshua is co-host of Bloodhaus, a delightful podcast about arthouse horror and I've wanted him on as a guest for a long time. We bitch about rude audience members who laugh at anything in a movie they think is old and silly as well as the annoying freaks checking their phone in a dark theater. But of course, we do go off the rails and rant about sex negativity, childish gays grossed out by genitalia that is different than theirs, how annoyed we are by other queer people, why sex scenes are great, and so much more. We promise we're actually really nice people! Sign up on Patreon for the full experience.

This is a preview of my new Patreon only podcast called Murder Mommy Musings. Listeners have been asking me for years to comment on topics other than film. Well, be careful what you wish for! Sign up on patreon.com/GirlsGutsGiallo at the Murder Mommy tier to get access to the new show. You can also buy episodes individually for $5. Here is the first episode of my new, Patreon only podcast called Murder Mommy Musings where you can hear me at my most unfiltered. Consider this the "shock jock" tier. On this very first episode, femme dyke drag queen Anne Tifa and I rant about misogyny, queers who have not deprogrammed themselves from Christianity, AI Doms, the mainstreaming of thinspo, and being loud Jewesses. These episodes go to some pretty unhinged places. I don't believe in trigger warnings and I have gallows humor. You've been warned!