Horror Nerds at Church

Join hosts Joe and Pace as they read YOUR real life church horror stories. In today’s episode, they read two submissions about purity culture and mission trips. Check out this minisode of Horror Nerds at Church!

Content warnings: Purity culture, rape culture, mission trips, and pedophilia mention

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Who will win in the epic showdown between a telekinetic young woman and the undead Jason? Joe and Pace are joined by musician JennaMarie Warfield to discuss Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood and take a deep dive into body horror, super-powered final girls, and gaslighting. Also, what is the psychologist’s plan in this movie? It makes no sense.

Books mentioned:

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Crystal Lake Memories by Peter M. Bracke

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please visit https://www.thehotline.org/ or call 1.800.799.SAFE (7233).

Content warnings: body horror around childbirth and childrearing, domestic violence, and occasional sanist language

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We have a patreon! Listen to this episode to hear all about the bonus content we will be launching on Patreon, as well as some behind-the-scenes info about how this podcast gets made in our interview with our sound editor and tech guy Matt! And, we close the episode out with sharing our October movie line-up!

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Here’s a bonus episode from the 1991 Movie Rewind Podcast, featuring Joe and Pace! We talk all about Wes Craven’s horror-comedy and had a great time with hosts Nikki and Jon. To check out the 1991 Movie Rewind Podcast, please go to their website. Follow them on their social media profiles.

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Is Jason the queer undead come to get vengence on cisgender straight people? Does Jason have super powers beyond “just” being undead? How many raccoons would you rate this movie? And, does Jason workout at OrangeTheory? Join Joe and Pace as we talk with Abel Arroyo Traverso, co-host of the Chaotic Bisexual Text Study Podcast, about the sixth entry in the Friday the 13th franchise.

CW: pray the gay away mention, church-related queerphobia, police violence mention

Books Mentioned:

Death Count by Stacie Ponder

The Queer God and Indecent Theology by Marcella Althaus-Reid

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Where’s Jason in this movie? What is the new beginning? And what has Joe been up to? We talk about the importance of caring for mental health and accessing mental health services and the Bible’s inconsistent views on dreams. Tune in for all of this and more on this episode of Horror Nerds at Church.

CW: Discussion about mental health and institutionalization

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Pack up your boom box, strap on your glitter jelly flats, perm that hair, and join us for an extra special episode on the forthcoming horror anthology Attack from the ‘80s edited by Eugene Johnson and published by Raw Dog Screaming Press. Pace interviews the editor of the volume, Eugene Johnson, as well as two of the authors in the collection, Lee Murray and Ben Monroe. We talk about 80s culture and politics, what makes the 80s such a golden age of horror, and about how the horror genre can help create chosen family. Tune in for all of this and more! And don’t forget to preorder the book by clicking the link below!

CW: brief mentions of death, serial killers, cults, HIV/AIDS epidemic, drug addiciton, transphobia, violence against women, trauma, repressed memories, satanic panic, colonialism, and the military, occasional saneist language

Books Mentioned:

-Attack from the ‘80s edited by Eugene Johnson—preorder here.

-Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women edited by Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn

-The Stand by Stephen King

-Cabal by Clive Barker

-There Is No Death, There Are No Dead edited by Aaron J. French and Jess Landry

-Congregations of the Dead by James A. Moore and Charles R. Rutledge

-The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

-Michelle Remembers by Michelle Smith and Lawrence Pazder

-Seal Team 666 by Weston Ochse

-Burning Sky by Weston Ochse

-Tales of the Lost Volume II: A Charity Anthology for Covid-19 Relief edited by Eugene Johnson and Steve Dillon

-Hounds of the Underworld: The Path of Ra Book One by Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray

-Were Tales: A Shapeshifter Anthology edited by S.D. Vassallo and Steven M. Long

-Asian Ghost Short Stories (forthcoming) by Flame Tree Press with associate editor Lee Murray

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Just how many final chapters can there be in one franchise? And why is this movie called Friday the 13th instead of Sunday the 15th? Join Joe and Pace as they tackle the fourth entry in the Friday the 13th franchise and take a deep dive into sin and colonialism. Also, what does the Harry Potter franchise have in common with Friday the 13th (hint: censorship). Find out all of this and more in this episode of Horror Nerds at Church

CW: brief discussions of homophobia and transphobia, discussion about Only Fans and sex work, and a mention of sexual assault

Books Mentioned:

Attack from the ‘80s edited by Eugene Johnson—preorder here.

Crystal Lake Memories by Peter M. Bracke

The Silence of Sodom by Mark D. Jordan

Holy the Firm by Annie Dillard

Sin: A Guide for the Perplexed and What’s Wrong with Sin? by Derek Nelson

Mujerista Theology by Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz

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Everything is so much more real in 3-D, including hockey masks! Join Joe and Pace as they talk about the third entry in the Friday the 13th franchise and take a deep dive into Matthew 25 and the hero’s journey, plus a little bit of French post-modernity, just for fun. Also, is Jason Voorhees a Republican? Did he vote for Regan? Find out all of this and more in this episode of Horror Nerds at Church.

CW: the use of the word Loco as a character’s name, short discussion of sexual assault during the overview of the film, and a brief discussion of fatphobia

Books Mentioned:

Crystal Lake Memories by Peter M. Bracke

The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

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