Not Quite Dead

In the Season 5 premiere episode, the gals start the Child’s Play franchise off – a series that Megan loves and Cate has never seen! This classic campy slasher series introduces Chucky to the world, played by the legendary Brad Dourif. This first movie has it all: a haunted doll, defenestration, Haitian voodoo, cursing at children…it’s an 80s dream.

Edited by Megan Prior-Pfeifer. Music by Zach Pfeifer.

The co-hosts of the podcast High on Film join us for a special episode covering Gravity! In a season of sci-fi horrors, we ask the question: Is the space thriller movie Gravity actually a horror movie? And what other movies are potentially in the wrong genre? Join us for our rapturous praise of Alfonso Cuaron's film and an all-new game (that may live and die in this episode).

Episode edited by Megan Prior-Pfeifer.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of graphic sexual assault and sexual behavior.

The French psycho-sexual space horror High Life (2018) from director Claire Denis is so much more than its plot summary of a man surviving in space alone with his daughter after his crewmates' deaths. From its non-linear plot structure, ritualized survival methods, and through-line of dark sexuality, this film is a challenging entry in the horror canon - if you consider it a horror movie at all.

Edited by Cate Smith.

Music by Zach Pfeifer.

The year is 1974 and the space race has cooled - or has it? Government conspiracy theories and moon rock-based creatures abound in the found footage space horror Apollo 18 (2011). Director Gonzalo López-Gallego would like to have us believe his film is truth about a failed NASA mission, but the overall effect is underwhelming. The gals still find enough to talk about in this episode!

Edited by Megan Prior-Pfeifer.

Music by Zach Pfeifer.

Holy convoluted plot, Batman! If you like your movies stuffed with as much plot as it can handle, look no further than the 2009 sci-fi thriller Pandorum. Starring Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster, this film is a melange of psychological horror, Twilight Zone-esque creatures, dead wives, post-apocalyptic scenarios, AND an interstellar journey gone awry. The gals get so into the weeds on this one, you almost forget about the cannibal subplot.

Edited by Cate Smith.

Music by Zach Pfeifer.

A small, unremarkable episode nestled in between the behemoths of the season. Each minute of this episode as dense as the center of a dying star. Intrepid podcasters exploring a strangely familiar frontier. What untold mysteries lie in wait in... the Not Quite Dead Twilight Zone Minisode?

The gals get into the classic sci-fi anthology series to plumb it for the best space-themed episodes with all the Rod Serling fangirling you can dream of.

Edited by Megan Prior-Pfeifer.

Music by Zach Pfeifer.

Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland team up post-28 Days Later for Sunshine (2007), a criminally under-rated science fiction drama/horror with a soon-to-be all star cast. Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh and Cliff Curtis are an ensemble crew en route to reignite the dying sun when things, as they often do, go awry. Join us as we show this movie some love for its plotting, acting, and mind-bending last act twist.

Edited by Cate Smith.

Music by Zach Pfeifer.

From the depths of Crystal Lake to the great expanse of the galaxy, director James Isaac brings us the space slasher Jason X (2001). Yes, this is the tenth installment of the Friday the 13th series and yes, (spoiler) Jason ends up with a chrome hockey mask in this movie. In a baffling extension of a franchise that already literally went to hell, a research ship is terrorized by the immortal Jason. Come for the laughs, stay for the surprisingly large amount of nudity.

Edited by Megan Prior-Pfeifer.

Music by Zach Pfeifer.

We're blasting off into Season 4 with the classic Ridley Scott space horror Alien (1979). This crew of space truckers get sidelined by a distress call that brings aboard an unwelcome and terrifying stowaway. We talk practical effects, HR Giger, and all of the glorious '70s hairstyles in this episode. Plus - with all new segments this season, this is something you don't want to miss.

Edited by Cate Smith.

Music by Zach Pfeifer.