OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween

Three weeks postpartum. No sleep. No help. New mother, Erica's grip on reality slips, and something lurks outside her window. 

Genre: Postpartum horror / Dark comedy

Content warning: Postpartum psychosis, self-harm ideation, violence, infant in peril

Written by Jen Mierisch

www.jenmierisch.com

Performed by Chelsea Krause

Sheree Wichard as Nosy Nelly

Erica Dawson as Ellen

Raven Morales as the shoppers

Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt

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A serial killer who turns beastly by moonlight discovers his past victims aren’t as powerless as they seem when his latest kill flips the hunt inside-out.

Genre: Transgressive horror / Supernatural

Content warning: Violence, sexual violence implied, predatory behavior, body horror

Written by Amanda Cecelia Lang

www.amandacecelialang.com   

Performed by Galen Murphy-Hoffman

Sheree Wichard as Number 3

Erica Dawson as Number 4

Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt

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Four women. One apartment. A man upstairs who has hurt one of them and will never face consequences for it. A modern coven performs a bold spell to hold their male enemies accountable. 

Genre: Supernatural horror / Dark comedy

Content warning: Sexual violence referenced, ritual content, adult themes

Written by M. Leigh

https://www.mleighstories.com

Performed by Erica Dawson

Mikki Hernandez as Remi

Sheree Wichard as Christine

Jennifer Scott as Lisa

Candice Marie as Nicole

Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt

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She found something under her skin that shouldn't be there. She’ll need to take care of this herself.

Genre: Absurdist Body horror / Dark comedy

Content warning: Extreme body horror, graphic self-surgery in supernatural context, blood and bodily fluid throughout

Written by Fionn MacPherson

https://linktr.ee/fionnmacpherson

Performed by Syd Kilroy

Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt

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Tormented by dark visions, a woman must piece together memories about what happened to her before the shadows claim her forever.

Genre: Literary horror / Ghost story

Content warnings: Implied sexual violence, self-harm imagery, death.

Written by Sandra Becerril 

www.shamra.com.mx

Sandra Becerril (@escritora_serial) • Fotos y videos de Instagram

Performed by Mellisa Medina

Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt

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This dark tone setting poem invites you into the dark murky world of Her Horrorween

Genre: Horror Poetry

Written by Tiffany Michelle Brown

https://tmbwrites.com/

Performed by Donna Frank Moore

Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt

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Start here for a quick introduction to Ominous Thrill's HER HORRORWEEN -  a 15 story celebration of what horror can do when women are its authors and its subject. 

OminousThrill is for mature audiences, so please check the episode notes for content warnings.

Enjoy!

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Beginning October 1, a new season - Ominous Thrill: Her Horrorween

15 fearsome tales from the feral minds of fearless women.

Her Horrorween celebrates women authored horror with 15 stories spanning dark comedy, literary, body, folk, transgrressive, reproductive, & psychological horror, queer supernatural romance, Indigenous mythology, and allegorical accusation. Stories that will make you wince, cringe, feel creeped out and leave you with all the feels.

HER HORRORWEEN cover art by: Andrea M. Night

Episode Release Schedule:

Thu Oct 1 — The Solitude of Birds

Thu Oct 1 — Nailbed

Fri Oct 2 — Fill The Pot

Mon Oct 5 — Three Deaths of the Blue Moon Ripper

Wed Oct 7 — Maternity Leave

Fri Oct 9 — The Weight

Mon Oct 12 — Brown Widows

Wed Oct 14 — Gray Rock Method

Fri Oct 16 — The Lycanthropy Is Not a Metaphor

Mon Oct 19 — Watcher of the Wisps

Wed Oct 21 — Placentophagy

Fri Oct 23 — Stella in the Belly of the Beast

Mon Oct 26 — You Are in the Heart of the Corn Maze

Wed Oct 29 — We Are But Conduits

Fri Oct 30 — When the Motherfucker Just Won't Die

REDROOM subscribers on Apple Podcasts and Patreon will enjoy all 15 episodes, ad-free on October 1st.

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NEW OMINOUS THRILL is cooking and will be ready for October - RED ROOM members on Patreon will get all the goodies early and ad-free, consider joining here: https://www.patreon.com/OMINOUSTHRILL

In the meantime, please get to know and love one of my favorite full cast horror audio drama anthologies - Campfire Radio Theater. For 15 years Campfire Radio Theater has been setting the standard for high quality full cast audio horror - I'm a huge fan and think you should be too.

Please enjoy: ABOMINATIONS

A small town carnie with big ambitions is spooked and intrigued by the uncanny abilities of a mysterious old man living under the carnival fairgrounds.

Warning: Contains explicit language and graphic content.

Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine

Cast

Owen McCuen

Jack Kincaid

Shelby Sessler

Blaine Hicklin

Nichole Goodnight

Mary Murphy

Mike Fox

Original music score by Kevin Hartnell

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When dedicated night-shift nurse Claire is assigned to monitor a mysterious nameless patient, she finds her professional detachment shattered as the boundaries between reality and waking nightmare blur.

Story by MATTHEW SHAW

Adapted for audio by JEFF SCHMIDT

FEATURING

TANJA MILOJEVIC as Claire

DAYEANNE HUTTON as Jane Doe

ERICA DAWSON as Heather

SHEREE WICHARD as Mary

AIRA JUN as Stacy and The Trainee

JEFF SCHMIDT as Derek and Jackie

Episode cover design: Jeff Schmidt

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