Halfway to Christmas and deep in Pride Month, “Carnage for Christmas” gifts us a slasher wrapped in tinsel, trauma, and trans truth. Alice Maio …continue reading Frights and Feelings: Carnage for Christmas
“Perfectly Good Moment” delivers a potent victim narrative with the raw sensitivity needed to handle such a thorny subject. We’ve survived yet another “month …continue reading Frights and Feelings: Perfectly Good Moment (2024)
“Oddity” is a chilling gothic tale of supernatural revenge and an emotionally charged narrative of love, loss, and righteous fury. Damian Mc Carthy’s 2024 …continue reading Frights and Feelings: Oddity (2024)
“Birth/Rebirth” looks at the monstrous beauty of parenthood through a Frankensteinian lens of loss, creation, obsession, and sacrifice. Gothic genre favorite Frankenstein is seeing …continue reading Frights and Feelings: Birth/Rebirth (2023)
Whether explicitly written as autistic or not, “Longlegs” heroine Lee Harker is a potent affirmation of the autistic experience. Having spent most of my …continue reading Longlegs Analysis: Lee Harker as Undiagnosed Autistic Heroine
The second issue of “Somna” is as breathtaking as the first, with a deeper story and a better understanding of our protagonist. If you’ve …continue reading Now Read This: Somna Issue #2
This installment of the Girls Guide to Horror features brilliant bloodsuckers — vampire films old and new that every genre fan should know. In the …continue reading Girls Guide to Horror: Vamps on Video (Part Six)
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It’s not flawless, but “Lisa Frankenstein” is a risk-taking, fun, women-driven film that marks the highly welcomed return of Diablo Cody. We’ve all longed …continue reading Movie Night: Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
Guilty Pleasures
Guilty Pleasures
She’s a lover, he’s a fighter. Together, they’re CHEER AND LOATHING. Tune in to hear your hosts, Stephanie (Cheer) and Casey (Loathing), clash over the films they love — and the ones they love to hate.
Guilty Pleasures: Holiday Special Featuring “Elves”
In this holiday extravaganza episode of Guilty Pleasures, join hosts Stephanie, Kelly, and our newest addition, Jonathan (Jack was tied up in tinsel and couldn't join us), as they unwrap the bizarre and unhinged world of holiday cinema. They dive into the depths of Elves, a film that's as chaotic as it is entertaining. It's a sleigh full of questionable decisions, diabolical dialogue, absurd plot twists, wildly offensive antics, and unhinged holiday mischief.
And that's not all! In the second half of the podcast, join your festive cinephile friends for a look at four more ”nutty as a fruitcake” holiday treats: A New York Christmas Wedding, Elf Bowling, A Medea Christmas, and Jack Frost. Plus, we each offer a bonus Christmas flick guaranteed to make you say, ”Ho, Ho, HO-LY Hell!”
Expect laughter, disbelief, and a spirited debate about what truly makes a movie a guilty pleasure. Don't miss this festive journey through the weirdest corners of holiday films!
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