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Published by Elyse Rose & Shay Gilly
A horror movie podcast by two washed-up English majors discussing the tropes, the titillating, and everything else surrounding badass women in horror. thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.com
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Billy’s on vacation, John Kramer is a distant memory, but a copy cat has got the police department’s tongue on what could be causing this next string of killings. Follow us to the end of the Spiral (2021) to reach our conclusion of Sawtember! ***CONTENT WARNING: police brutality 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: Spiral (2021 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_(2021_film) Spiral (2021) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10342730/ JiggySawGirl. TikTok, uploaded 23 Dec. 2022, https://www.tiktok.com/@jiggysawgirl/video/7180514292423347498. Accessed 21 July 2026.
September is out, but Sawtember is always in! We’re here to kill off the stragglers of our favorite franchise, beginning with one of the missing pieces: Jigsaw (2017). ***CONTENT WARNING: death of a child, 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: Jigsaw IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3348730/trivia/ Jigsaw Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigsaw_(2017_film)
Christine’s hoping to have this new promotion at the bank in the bag, but when an evil spell curses her with an even more evil goat, she realizes she has a few more details to button up before she can ride off into the sunset. See if we can stay above ground long enough to live in 2009’s Drag Me to Hell. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of disordered eating, emetophobia, 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 Sources: Drag Me To Hell (2009 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_Me_to_Hell Drag Me To Hell (2021) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1127180/ Krueger, Jacob. “Thoughts on ‘Drag Me to Hell.’” WriteYourScreenplay, 10 June 2009, .
What sounds worse than supervising a 3-day canoeing trip with a bunch of horny teenagers in the woods? The scary ghost of a prank-gone-wrong’s past coming back leave a sick burn of his own. Take a dip in the lake and watch out for mining cars with us in 1981’s The Burning. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of true crime/violence against children 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: Cropsey: New York’s Terrifying Urban Legend: https://www.historicmysteries.com/history/cropsey/38031/ The Burning IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082118/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv The Burning Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burning_(1981_film)
Got a secret, can you keep it until graduation? Find out what happens when a “prank” gone wrong bubbles to the surface and the girls of Theta Pi have more problems than just their ugly charm bracelets in 2009’s Sorority Row. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of date r*pe, sexual violence, self harm, disordered eating 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: Sorority Row (2009 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorority_Row Sorority Row (2009) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232783/ Thomas, Gabe. “Why Did We Forget 2009’s Sorority Row?” Rue Morgue , 25 Apr. 2026, https://rue-morgue.com/why-did-we-forget-2009s-sorority-row/. Accessed 8 July 2026.
Cole’s a fearful kid anxious about reasonable things: bullies egging his house, flu shots, his babysitter draining his blood to perform satanic rituals in his sleep…you know, the usual stuff. Find out what happens when you stay up past your bedtime in 2017’s The Babysitter. 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: Dead Meat. “The Babysitter (2017) KILL COUNT”. YouTube, uploaded 21 July 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLxrFxIXAzM&t=174s Lurker, Manfred. "Beelzebub". The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons. London, England: 2004. https://books.google.com/books?id=Vtj0wSsw1JcC&pg=PA31#v=onepage&q&f=false The Babysitter (2017 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babysitter_(2017_film) The Babysitter (2017) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4225622/
It’s a sleepover at Trish’s house complete with horoscopes, a pizza delivery, and screwing around…but not the type of pranks you’re expecting in Slumber Party Massacre (1982). ***CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault 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: Slumber Party Massacre (1982 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Slumber_Party_Massacre Slumber Party Massacre (1982) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084695/ Dead Meat. “The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) KILL COUNT”. YouTube , uploaded 1 Nov. 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE-pHxx13LE . Brock, Peyton. “The Slumber Party Massacre's Feminist Lens Subverts the Slasher.” Collider , 28 July 2021. https://collider.com/slumber-party-massacre-feminist-explained/
We’re back from summer break with a slasher smackdown for the ages (or specifically and excruciatingly 2003), Freddy vs. Jason. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of childhood trauma, sexual assault, self harm/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: Freddy vs Jason IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0329101/trivia/ Freddy vs Jason Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_vs._Jason
You’ve heard of Barbenheimer…but you’re not ready to get lost in the mazes of Backsession while we round out the second movie to take the internet and summertime by storm: Backrooms (2026). ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of substance abuse, mental illness, domestic violence, childhood trauma 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: Backrooms film Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backrooms_(film)#Music Backrooms (Kane Parson’s Web Series) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backrooms_(web_series) Creepypasta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepypasta Film Theory: The Backrooms is Your WORST Nightmare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vnol6hT54I&t=907s The Backrooms Creepypasta Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Backrooms The History of The Backrooms - Horror History by CZsWorld: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1r058-VK8g&t=909s
Bear’s got a new girlfriend (along with some selfish tendencies, a lack of accountability, and a magic stick) and she’s literally obsessed - and so are we with 2026’s Obsession. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, suicide, domestic violence 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: Marceau, Alex. “Male Loneliness Epidemic: Research, Myths, and Coping Strategies.” Healthline , 20 Mar. 2026, https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/male-loneliness-epidemic . Accessed 3 June 2026. Man or bear Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_or_bear “Obsessions: Behind-the-Scenes Facts and Trivia.” HuffPost UK , HuffPost UK, n.d., https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/obsessions-behind-the-scenes-facts-trivia_uk_6a1994c6e4b005ae4180366a. Accessed 3 June 2026. Obsession (2025 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsession_(2025_film) Obsession (2025) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37287335/ "The History of the ‘Nice Guy’ Trope." The Crown & Shield . https://crownandshield.ndsj.org/archives/15w7lirsd5s6oaob5ve42syls8tsno Accessed 3 June 2026.
Our action horror (or leather-trench-coat-laden) month comes to a close with a pop of excitement (and vampires as they explode) in 1998’s Blade. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of racial violence, sexual violence, drug use 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: Blade: A Mythos Empowered, A Dream Deferred by VyceVictus: https://vycevictus.medium.com/blade-a-mythos-empowered-a-dream-deferred-bb28c492a7dc Blade and the Power of Liminal Privilege by Brady Simenson: https://the-artifice.com/blade-analysis/ Blade IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120611/trivia/ Blade Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_(1998_film) Blaxploitation film wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaxploitation
Vampires and werewolves (and Frankenstein's monster, and the Catholic church) collide once again in the battle for domination...can Kate Beckinsale come out on top again?? Find out in 2004's Van Helsing. 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: The Wolf Man (1941 film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_Man_(1941_film) Van Helsing (Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Helsing_(film) Van Helsing (2004) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338526/ Werewolf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf
We’re still underground, we’re still flipping out, but we’re trading zombies for vampires, werewolves, and a love story for the ages in 2003’s Underworld. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of racism/racial violence, 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: Kevin Grevioux talks Underworld: https://www.sknr.net/2008/06/19/kevin-grevioux-talks-underworld/ Underworld 2003 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320691/trivia/ Underworld 2003 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_(2003_film) Underworld franchise Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_(film_series) Why Underworld Worked by Better with Bob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLzZou4WPSI
We’re kicking off a month of high-flying slicing and dicing, fierce haircuts, and somewhat supernatural heroines with a train ride to Raccoon City in 2002’s Resident Evil. ***CONTENT WARNING: death of an animal 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: Resident Evil (2002 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_(2002_film) Resident Evil (2002) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/ Resident Evil (2002) Wiki Fandom https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Resident_Evil_franchise
Back [in Slovakia] by popular demand, we’re bathing in the praise of covering Hostel and getting covered in the carnage in Hostel: Part II (2007). ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of trafficking, violence against a child, sexual violence 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: “Elizabeth Báthory.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory. Accessed 11 May 2026. . Accessed 11 May 2026. Hostel: Part 2 (2007 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostel:_Part_II Hostel: Part 2 (2007) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498353/ Thorn, Mike. “Hostel: Part II and the Monster of Neoliberal Late-Capitalism.” The Film Stage , 8 June 2017, The Film Stage. Accessed 11 May 2026.
A car crash post kidnapping is bound to leave some brain fog, and it may make you see double. Beware the siren to see what burns beneath the city streets of Silent Hill (2006). ***CONTENT WARNING: death of a child, sexual assault, religious abuse 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: Silent Hill Game wiki: https://silenthill.fandom.com/wiki/Silent_Hill_(franchise)#Video_games Silent Hill IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384537/trivia/ Silent Hill: Why Radha Mitchell’s Rose Gender-Flipped the Game’s Harry: https://screenrant.com/silent-hill-movie-radha-mitchell-genderflip-harry-game/ Silent Hill Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill_(film) Was Silent Hill (2006) Really That Bad? By Julian Martin: https://horrorpress.com/reviews/12617/was-silent-hill-2006-really-that-bad/
Sir Thomas seems to have it all - an inquisitive mind, a dreamer’s spirit, a great relationship with his sister…but all is not what it seems on the surface. Sip some tea with us to see what lurks beneath the red clays of Crimson Peak (2015). ***CONTENT WARNING: death of a parent, death of a infant, inc*st, 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 Sources: Briefel, Aviva. "Live Burial: The Deep Intertextuality of Jordan Peele's Get Out." Narrative , vol. 29 no. 3, 2021, p. 297-320. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/nar.2021.0019. Crimson Peak (2015 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Peak Crimson Peak (2015) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2554274/ Kindinger, Evangelia. “The Ghost Is Just a Metaphor: Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak, Nineteenth-Century Female Gothic, and the Slasher.” NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies , 6 Dec. 2017, https://necsus-ejms.org/the-ghost-is-just-a-metaphor-guillermo-del-toros-crimson-peak-nineteenth-century-female-gothic-and-the-slasher/ 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 Roberts, Robin. “Gender, Adaptation, and Authorship: Three Decades of The Woman in Black”. Studies in Theatre and Performance 34:2 , pages 126-139. Web. 24 Apr. 2023
There’s a gorgeous new girl at school complete with a red lip, a great exterior, and a jealous streak if you drive another girl home…but this Fury isn’t the study buddy you’re thinking. Join us on this automotive terror in 1983’s Christine. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual violence, domestic violence 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: Christine IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085333/trivia/ Christine Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_(1983_film) Muscle Cars and Trophy Girlfriends: Objectification and Women as Status Symbols in Christine by Jenn Adams: https://rue-morgue.com/muscle-cars-and-trophy-girlfriends-objectification-and-women-as-status-symbols-in-christine/
A boy’s trip abroad goes terribly wrong when a guy loses a girl’s digits…and then a few of his own. Help us close out a wild month of body horror with the horrifically 2005 flick, Hostel. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of homophobia, xenophobia, trafficking, suicide, drowning 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: Hostel IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450278/trivia/?ref_=tt_ov_ql_3 Hostel Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostel_(2005_film) Hostel Dissected: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EJYn8bwNho Is Hostel Woke, Actually? By Grace of Medium: https://medium.com/@gracesophie/is-hostel-woke-actually-e263aca08fb7
Being in love makes you want to crawl inside someone’s skin, but after 10 years, what if you can’t find your way out? Find out what it takes to pull apart in 2025’s Together. ***CONTENT WARNING: loss of a parent 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: Newbourn, Grayson. “Movie Review: ‘Together’ Cuts Deep into the Realities of Codependency.” The Lantern , 30 July 2025, https://www.thelantern.com/2025/07/movie-review-together-cuts-deep-into-the-realities-of-codependency/ Together (2025 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Together_(2025_film) Together (2025) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31184028/
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