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Happy Halloween! Join the Cheugy Crew for our annual Halloween episode where we potluck questions that span the last three seasons, including: the Final Girl Gym, how to escape your vehicle when submerged in water, the final wishes we want carried out at each of our funerals, and our delightful October group watch of Frankenhooker (1990). Discussion of our favorite seasonal treats take a sexual turn, and we cap off the episode with everyone’s favorite Fuck, Marry, Kill bracket to date (the Twilight Universe edition). 

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The Cheugy Crew revisits one of the most prolific kings of horror of the last half-century — the man himself, Stephen King. Having written more than 65 novels and 200 short stories, with over 50 of his works adapted into films and TV series, he’s more than earned his nickname, “The King of Horror.”

In this episode, we dive into three of his iconic works that made the leap from page to silver screen in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s — The Shining, Pet Sematary, and Misery. Plus, Asher shares his book report from his summer field trip to Maine, where he embarked on a Stephen King tour through King's hometown of Bangor.

So whether you’re a Constant Reader or someone who’s only seen The Shawshank Redemption, join us as we ask the question: Does anything scare Stephen King?

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The Cheugy Crew is back from summer vacation and here to regale you with tales of our summer movie-watching as we kick off part two of season three—and just in time for the beginning of Spooky Season. From the remake of I Know What You Did Last Summer to Final Destination: Bloodlines and 28 Years Later, we're revisiting some key franchises of the '90s and early aughts that have gotten fresh life—or death, if you will—this summer. 

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We're going back to the horrors of high school one more time! Before Mean Girls, there were the Heathers, the Flawless Four, and the A Group. 

The Cheugy Crew dives into Heathers (1988)—think Mean Girls with sharper fangs, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), and Jawbreaker (1999), which one critic described as a "high school noir crossed with a John Hughes film on crack." 

And we tip toe into the horrors of adolescence with middle schooler Dawn Weiner in Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), where you might think you're hot shit but discover you're really just cold diarrhea. 

Join us for another dose of the cruel politics of high school in this episode where we discover hell really is a teenage girl.

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In this episode, the Cheugy Crew takes on the humbling task of paying tribute to David Lynch’s body of work, touching on Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks, and Dune, with a special focus on 1990’s Wild At Heart starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern. Come for the exploration of ominous camp, stay for the bonus chat on your host’s collective love for West Texas (in a side segment we call Big Tuna Times). 

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Before your hosts move on from the extended Twilight universe, Kirsten needs to Clarify A Few Things.

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We back, y’all! S3 E1: Kirsten Explains Twilight to Jeni and Asher is now available wherever you consume your podcasts! 

We got some requests for lighter content last season … still, we’re not entirely sure this is what they meant. In this episode, Kirsten seizes the opportunity to honor her Pacific Northwest roots, while also indulging in a bit of schadenfreude by forcing her cohosts to hold tight like spider monkeys as she carries them through the forest of their own personal nightmare: paranormal teen romance. 

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Happy holidays gentle listeners! In our season two finale, we touch on this year’s holiday watches - 2015’s Krampus, and this year’s Terrifier 3, all while recapping this year’s eight episode run. The gang also confuses Ted Bundy for Al Bundy, we share our AOL screen names, and Asher uses “mid” in a sentence. 

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With The Substance, you can generate another you: younger, more beautiful, more perfect. And what would you be willing to sacrifice to become this better version? If you follow the instructions, what could go wrong? Join the Cheugy Crew in this minisode as we dive into the 2024 body horror film, The Substance, starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, and prefaced with an Ode to the Misfits.

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In our special Halloween episode, our twist on Live/Laugh/Love is Scream/Thrash/Run as Jeni and Asher take Kirsten to her very first haunted house. This episode features found footage capturing Kirsten’s live reactions that you won't want to miss—and we finally settle who each of our horror film identities are once and for all. 

Your hosts also dive into the 2002 real-life haunted house documentary “Hell House,” which takes you inside a Pentecostal Haunted House near Dallas, Texas, that notoriously reenacted gruesome “real-life” scenarios in hopes of Saving Your Soul, and discuss the Guy in a Fear Factory T-Shirt that changed one gay kid’s life forever. 

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