Horror Nerds at Church

Pace (they/them) and Emily (they/them) talk the importance of community, fairy tale magic, and holy water in this episode on 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.

Submit your pet (or stuffed animal or plant) for our 2nd Annual Halloween Pet Costume Contest by going to bit.ly/hnacPetContest22.

CW: discussion of death by suicide in the deep dive

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Pace (they/them) and Emily (they/them) talk Nazi architecture, witchcraft & whispers, and the horror of ableism in the dreamy movie that is Suspiria.

Submit your pet (or stuffed animal or plant) for our 2nd Annual Halloween Pet Costume Contest (https://bit.ly/hnacPetContest22).  Join the diakonia.faith collective for a National Coming Out Day Worship Service online on October 11th.

Support us on Patreon! Buy some merch! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for all the latest updates about upcoming films, news, and other announcements. If you would like to submit your own real life church horror story for a future minisode, follow this link (https://bit.ly/HNACMinisodes) or email us at [email protected] And don’t forget to comment, rate, and subscribe to us on your favorite podcast provider!

Pace (they/them) and Emily (they/them) talk queer cinema, body horror, and the bonkers movie that is A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge. Submit your pet (or stuffed animal or plant) for our 2nd Annual Halloween Pet Costume Contest by going to bit.ly/hnacPetContest22.

CW: discussion of homophobia and queerphobia and a brief discussion of body horror and gender dysphoria in the deep dive.

Support us on Patreon! Buy some merch! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for all the latest updates about upcoming films, news, and other announcements. If you would like to submit your own real life church horror story for a future minisode, follow this link (https://bit.ly/HNACMinisodes) or email us at [email protected] And don’t forget to comment, rate, and subscribe to us on your favorite podcast provider!

Pace (they/them) and Emily (they/them) talk corn puns, hyper religious cults, and the creepiness of corn children.

Support us on Patreon! Buy some merch! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for all the latest updates about upcoming films, news, and other announcements. If you would like to submit your own real life church horror story for a future minisode, follow this link (https://bit.ly/HNACMinisodes) or email us at [email protected] And don’t forget to comment, rate, and subscribe to us on your favorite podcast provider!

1, 2, Freddy’s Coming for You, 3, 4, get ready for more… of our podcast! Pace (they/them) and Emily (they/them) are joined by Trent (he/him) and Sharai (she/her) of the awesome podcast, A Nightmare on Fierce Street, to talk about the first entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

Content warnings for this episode include discussions of paedophilia related to Freddy Kreuger’s backstory.

Support us on Patreon! Buy some merch! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for all the latest updates about upcoming films, news, and other announcements. If you would like to submit your own real life church horror story for a future minisode, follow this link (https://bit.ly/HNACMinisodes) or email us at [email protected] And don’t forget to comment, rate, and subscribe to us on your favorite podcast provider!

Season 3 ends here folks as Emily (they/them) and Pace (they/them) rank all the films from the season, including the Twilight films. Also, we bring back your favorite segment, Matt misremembers s***!

CW: HIV/AIDS, discussion about human sexuality, racism, anti-Semitism, and queerphobia in the deep dive

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-The Diakonia.faith Pride Vigil can be found here

Support us on Patreon! Buy some merch! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for all the latest updates about upcoming films, news, and other announcements. If you would like to submit your own real life church horror story for a future minisode, follow this link (https://bit.ly/HNACMinisodes) or email us at [email protected] And don’t forget to comment, rate, and subscribe to us on your favorite podcast provider!

Emily (they/them) and Pace (they/them) are joined by returning guest Page Stauffer (they/them) to discuss all things vampire literature! We trace the earliest vampire works in English through some of the biggest entries in the genre, then take a deep dive into the Twilight franchise, including some of the very bizarre entries from the Illustrated Guide. Also, does vampire venom glitter? Find out all of this and more on this episode of Horror Nerds at Church.

Media mentioned:

-Check out our Vampire Literature Syllabus here for all the books mentioned in the episode!

Support us on Patreon! Buy some merch! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for all the latest updates about upcoming films, news, and other announcements. If you would like to submit your own real life church horror story for a future minisode, follow this link (https://bit.ly/HNACMinisodes) or email us at [email protected] And don’t forget to comment, rate, and subscribe to us on your favorite podcast provider!

Emily (they/them) and Pace (they/them) tackle 30 Days of Night, the vampire film based on the best selling comic by Steve Niles and illustrated by Ben Templesmith. We discuss prophetic strangers, messianic figures, and xenophobia. Also, how much do Emily and Pace love snow? Probably too much. Find out all of this and more on this latest episode of Horror Nerds at Church!

CW: discussions of domestic violence, abortion, xenophobia, and colonialism

Media mentioned:

-Emily mentions their Litany for Reproductive Justice and a Washington Post article they were featured in

-30 Days of Night by Steve Niles and illustrated by Ben Templesmith

-Mama, Do You Love Me? By Barbara M. Joose and illustrated by Barbara Lavallee

-Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk and illustrated by Alexandria Neonakis

-How Nivi Got Her Names by Laura Deal and illustrated by Charlene Chua

Support us on Patreon! Buy some merch! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for all the latest updates about upcoming films, news, and other announcements. If you would like to submit your own real life church horror story for a future minisode, follow this link (https://bit.ly/HNACMinisodes) or email us at [email protected] And don’t forget to comment, rate, and subscribe to us on your favorite podcast provider!

Emily (they/them) and Pace (they/them) discuss the various ways that the Bible and theology support polyamorous relationships, including discussions of the Trinity, the chosen family of Ruth, Boaz, and Naomi, and Pentecost.

CW: discussions of human sexuality and relationships, alcoholism and abuse in the real life church horror story submission

Media mentioned:

-Horror Nerds at Church Minisode 7-What is Polyamory?

-Nerds at Church take a deep dive into alcoholism and addiction on 2nd Sunday after Epiphany Year C

-The Queer God by Marcella Althaus-Reid

-Daniel Pinkham’s Wedding Cantata 

-The Ethical Slut by Janet W. Hardy and Dossie Easton

Support us on Patreon! Buy some merch! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for all the latest updates about upcoming films, news, and other announcements. If you would like to submit your own real life church horror story for a future minisode, follow this link (https://bit.ly/HNACMinisodes) or email us at [email protected] And don’t forget to comment, rate, and subscribe to us on your favorite podcast provider!