This week Nikki and Kate watched Halloween and talked about JLC’s scare meter, the cuteness of sinister villains, and ways slasher movies can be examined as cultural artifacts. They also talked about the purity myth, questioned whether Halloween is an unbuilt slasher trope, and got off...topic.  

Rated R for violence, sex, profanity

Content warnings:

Dog death, animal death, animal abuse, eye mutilation, cutting, death of a minor, clowns, stalking, jump scares, anxiety attacks, claustrophobia, flashing lights, car crash, blood, gun violence, struggling to breathe.

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Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist