Just Ghoul With It

This week Nikki and Kate poured one out for sweet angel Anton Yelchin and covered Green Room. They covered the apolitical origins of skinheads, Portland’s history with white supremacist organizing and violence, and how they’d be treated by Sleepy Time Punks.

Rated R for strong brutal graphic violence, gory images, language and some drug content

Content warnings:

Hate speech (racial slurs, ableist slurs, homophobic slurs), blood, gore, gun violence, audio gore, animal abuse, needles/syringes, drug abuse, cutting, finger mutilation, someone struggling to breathe, broken bone, kidnapping, panic attacks

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

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

This week Nikki and Kate watched Annihilation and talked about the Anthropocene, contrasting sounds, and nightmare bear ventriloquism.

Rated R for violence, bloody images, language, and some sexuality

Content warnings: 

Body horror, blood, gore, cutting, death by suicide, someone struggling to breathe, seizures, vomit, needles, hospital scene, self harm, flashing lights/images, claustrophobia, panic attacks, animal death, torture

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

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

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Taking of Deborah Logan and discussed signature scenes, coping with grief using humor, and the ultimate Holes crossover. 

Rated R for disturbing violent content, language, and brief nudity

Content warnings: 

Blood, gore, child abuse, animal death, snakes, cutting, finger mutilation, kidnapping, death of a child, jump scares, audio gore, vomit, hospital scene, needles/syringes, self harm, anxiety attacks, claustrophobia, flashing lights, homophobia, shaky cam

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

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

This week Nikki and Kate watched I Know What You Did Last Summer and discussed classic slasher tropes, red herrings, and the telltale signs of crabs.

Rated R for strong horror violence and language

Content warnings:

Car accident, stalking, gaslighting, blood, gore, torture, cutting, amputation, finger mutilation, jump scares, audio gore, hospital scene, claustrophobia, flashing lights, homophobic slurs, drowning

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

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

This week Nikki and Kate traveled to a [potentially] haunted hotel to record their 50th episode! While discussing the Shining they examined power dynamics in the film industry, the use of color to depict the hotel as a living entity, and how they ruined twins for everyone. 

Rated R for disturbing violent content and behavior, bloody images, graphic nudity, and strong language

Content warnings:

Racial slurs/hate speech, intimate partner violence, child abuse, gaslighting, blood, gore, addiction, cutting, seizures, jump scares, death of a parent, death of a child, possession

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

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

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Meg and discussed the 12 Days of Terror, negative space in the ocean, and the bloodthirsty nature of turtles.

Rated PG-13 for action/peril, bloody images and some language

Content warnings:

Blood, gore, someone struggling to breathe, eye mutilation, animal death, jump scares, death by suicide, claustrophobia, shaky cam, ableism

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

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

This week Nikki and Kate were joined by Amanda Jacobson of both Wine and Crime and Could’ve Been Heroes fame. Among 90’s nostalgia reminiscing, they discussed maximalism in set design, the intensity of high school friendships, and how to tell when a party is officially over.

Rated R for some terror, violence, and brief language

Content warnings:

Blood, intimate partner violence, hate speech, self harm, sexual assault, child abuse, a head is squashed, hospital scene, mental institution scene, needles, anxiety attacks, mentions of death by suicide, flashing lights, car crash, stalking, gaslighting, animal death, spiders, snakes, gore

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

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

This week Nikki and Kate watched Ghost Ship and talked about sailor superstitions, knowing your light source, and soul sperm. Along the way, Nikki’s hopes of being a sailor were dashed. 

Rated R for strong violence/gore, language and sexuality

Content warnings:

Blood, gore, gun violence, death by drowning, hanging, falling, and burning, torture, cutting, death of a child, death of a parent, jump scares, vomit, claustrophobia, shaky cam, car crash

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

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

This week Nikki and Kate watched Housebound and discussed the blending of horror and comedy, silence as part of sound design, and also glorgles. 

Content warnings:

Blood, gore, audio gore, animal death, hate speech, stalking, gaslighting, someone struggling to breathe, death of a child, hospital scene, claustrophobia, flashing lights, ableism, jump scares

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

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

This week Nikki and Kate are joined by Dracula expert Daniel Kunkel (co-host of the podcast The Great Transylvanian Bite-Off, among others) to cover Salem’s Lot. They discuss the connection between disease and vampire panics, the depopulation of the adaptation, and the bravery of a husky boy.

Rated PG

Content warnings:

Intimate partner violence, gun violence, sexual assault (implied, not depicted), death of a child, death of a parent, kidnapping, jump scares, hospital scene, animal death, someone is burned alive

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

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