I Only Date Monsters

I Only Date Monsters episodes:

• 03.19.2020

  Ep: 21 We're Back! (Not the movie, just us)

  After a long and unplanned hiatus we're back and we're excited to talk about what we've been up to. Not Off, though, we'll be back on the gay agenda soon. In the meantime Hayden wanted to talk about the weird...

  
• 12.25.2019

  Ep 20: Krampus

  It's Christmas Day so we're talking about the 2015 movie Krampus. When a family loses the Christmas spirit it unleashes an evil version of Santa with hooves and dental problems and far more vore than any of us remembered. We...

  
• 12.19.2019

  Ep 19: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

  With the winter deep upon us it's time to visit a lesser known Rankin/Bass film about the Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, as well as take some time to think about Santa himself. We talk about whether Santa even...

  
• 12.11.2019

  Ep 18: The Nightmare Before Christmas

  We're in the thick of holiday season now so this week we're talking about The Nightmare Before Christmas. Join our look back at this Halloween/Christmas story about a skeleton king who isn't satisfied with his life and so tries to...

  
• 12.05.2019

  Ep 17: The Addams Family Values

  It's just past Thanksgiving so it's time to celebrate with The Addams Family Values. We explore this absolutly fantastic movie with a deep dive into the radical love and honesty of the Addams's's's's's, the reason why the Addams embrace the...

  
• 11.27.2019

  Ep 16: Alien

  It's been a few weeks but we are back and better than ever with Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic Alien. We talk about the real monster of this movie, the horny creature and set design of H. R. Gieger, and...

  
• 11.06.2019

  Ep 15: Dracula

  We picked a wild one for this week. After some talk on coffee and tabletop games we take a look at Bram Stoker's 1897 novel about the most famous of vampires and it might be the most queer thing we've...

  
• 10.28.2019

  Ep 14: Death Becomes Her

  We're finally finishing up Queer Lust Month and our look at witches with Death Becomes Her, a movie that strains belief by asking you to find Meryl Streep unattractive. We talk about gothic architechture, Goldie Hawn's terrible wigs, and whether...

  
• 10.21.2019

  Ep 13: The Witch

  Queer lust month continues its exploration of witches this week with.... The Witch! We talk about how to read this movie as folklore, how Thomasin's entire family throws her under the horse drawn cart, why Will is just the worst,...

  
• 10.15.2019

  Ep 12: Hocus Pocus

  Queer Lust Month continues its look at witches with a dive into the 1993 Disney "Horror" movie Hocus Pocus. We talk about how the Sanderson sisters feel like family, one of the best written 8 year olds ever, why no...

  
• 10.07.2019

  Ep 11: Witches

  It's Queer Lust Month and we're offically starting it off right with a good long talk about history's embodiement of strong lesbian energy: Witches. Is Mrs. Frizzle a witch or a time lady? Is worldbuilding sometimes bad? Who are the...

  
• 10.05.2019

  Ep 10: Posion Ivy and Harley Quinn

  We're late but we're back with some iconic queer supervillains. We talk about storylines about recovering from abuse, learning to be better through better relationships, and we try very hard to not talk about the Batman of it all (we...

  
• 09.23.2019

  Ep 9: Godzilla (1954)

  We're coming at you atomic hot this week with some big lizard energy. Lu and Hayden talk about language for a bit before looking at the original Japanese monster movie: Godzilla. We talk about in your face metaphor, weapons of...

  
• 09.16.2019

  Ep 8: Orcs

  This week we sit down to talk about orcs. How are they so tragic? Why are they so sexy? Where can I find the orc of my dreams? We also share how orcs made our friendship (and by extension this...

  
• 09.09.2019

  Ep 7: Megamind

  We're back this week to gush over the often overlooked 2010 animated film Megamind. We talk about how well this film has aged, what it looks like to be a kidnapping victim with agency, and how it feels to think...

  
• 09.02.2019

  Ep 6: Tank Girl

  Hayden and Lu talk about the 1996 film Tank Girl. They discuss cartoon logic, villain lairs, and what piece of military hardward would be their subs. Then Hayden has some notes on Europa Report. Our intro and outro music is Anachronist...

  
• 08.26.2019

  Ep 5: FFVI (Kefka)

  Hayden and Lu return with a look at the least sympathetic queer character yet:Kefka in FFVI. But first an update on what happens when you go insane in Hayden’s Pulp Cthulhu game, and why Terra is a character who gets...

  
• 08.19.2019

  Ep 4: Eldritch Horror

  Hayden and Lu take some time to break down the scariest scene in Midsommar before dragging H. P. Lovecraft and his writing through the mud and offering some much better suggestions for what you should look at if you're interested...

  
• 08.12.2019

  Ep 3: The Lion King (Scar)

  Hayden and Lu are back at it to talk about the iconic queer villain of Disney’s The Lion King. Then Lu has some notes on how not to Be Prepared, and Hayden shares some Truly Wild News about an autocrat...

  
• 08.05.2019

  Ep 2: Van Helsing

  Hayden and Lu do a deep dive into the wild 2004 film Van Helsing. Then its time to discuss whether werewolves or vampires are hotter, whether ruining a wedding is more extra than bidding on your own cake at an...

  
• 07.29.2019

  Ep 1: Frankenstein

  Hayden and Lu kick off the first episode with a look at Mary Shelly’s original monster boyfriend. Then Lu has some notes about the movie Passengers and Hayden wonders for the first time (but not the last) “Are straight people...