Pleasers & Punishers

Do you read Sutter Cane? Because we sure do! And we’ve brought along fellow expert Andy Iwancio to find our way to the ending while Amanda is exploring unspeakable horrors (in Florida).

We’ll praise the incredible practical effects, make fun of people’s inconsistent accents, and discuss everybody’s problematic fave, HP Lovecraft.

Did we ever tell you our favorite color is blue?

Find us online:

https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers

https://bsky.app/profile/pleaserspunishers.bsky.social

[email protected]

Find Andy online:

Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

This week, we continue our journey through March Madness with Elizabeth Taylor and her incredible dress in this twisty, turny 70s masterpiece for the sad, weird girlies.

We’ll talk macrobiotic diets, fashion, mannequins, and more, with plenty of tangents and laughs, but also an earnest discussion about this harrowing story.

CW for discussion of SI (suicidal ideation) & self-harm

Find us online:

https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers

https://bsky.app/profile/pleaserspunishers.bsky.social

[email protected]

Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

It’s another week of March Madness, and another episode of unrepentant giggling, because we’re once again joined by friend of the pod Jamie Alvey for our first ever four-person discussion! This should really be called “chaotic bisexuality: the podcast”

We’re lacing up our corsets and gassing up our clay harvesters to dig into Guillermo Del Toro’s oft-misunderstood and overlooked Gothic epic. From Charlie Hunnam’s accent to the astounding effects work, we’ll talk about what is and isn’t effective, play a modified version of FMK, and go on so, so many tangents.

Find Jamie online:

https://bsky.app/profile/jamiealvey.bsky.social

https://www.instagram.com/jamiealvey/?hl=en

https://x.com/jamieawrites?lang=en

https://jamiealvey.com/

Find us online:

https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers

https://bsky.app/profile/pleaserspunishers.bsky.social

[email protected]

Art by The Haunted David

Theme music by Everson Poe

It’s time for March Madness! And what better way to start off than with our first official triple-host episode on George Cukor’s “don’t trust your husband” genre standard, featuring an Oscar-winning performance from Ingrid Bergman.

We’ll thirst over Joseph Cotton, discuss the etymology and maleable nature of language, and decide which cinematic jerk deserves the biggest punch in the face.

CW for discussion of abusive relationships

Find us online:

https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers

https://bsky.app/profile/pleaserspunishers.bsky.social

[email protected]

Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

Stifle those sniffles and break out your red sharpies, because we’re delving into the indie darling that introduced kink to so many people, and solidified Maggie Gyllenhaal as one of us freaks

Closing out Fetish February, we’re joined again by Kayte Terry to discuss our personal relationships with kink, the film’s heightened reality, and comparisons to 50 Shades Of Grey

CW for discussions of abusive relationships, blood, etc.

Find us online:

https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers

https://bsky.app/profile/pleaserspunishers.bsky.social

[email protected]

Find Kayte online:

kayteterry.com

@wormbuxx

Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

This week is our first foray into the very controversial world of nazisploitation with a very messed up love(?) story.

Returning to parse this out is Amanda Jane Stern, who brings us some incredible historical insights as well as infectious and uncontrollable giggles…we had to get through it somehow, right?

Also, big content warning for discussion of SA

Find Amanda online:

Letterboxd - witchywanderer

Bsky & IG - @amandajanestern

Watch Perfectly Good Moment on Tubi

Find us online:

https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers

https://bsky.app/profile/pleaserspunishers.bsky.social

[email protected]

Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

Get ready for erotic subjugation and sapphic exploration, because we’re lacing up for Park Chan-Wook’s sexy crime/revenge thriller.

Joining us is author, programmer, video editor, and film critic Payton McCarty-Simas, who brings incredible insights into the discussion, as we go on tangents about No Other Choice and learn a lot about Korean history.

Find us online:

https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers

https://bsky.app/profile/pleaserspunishers.bsky.social

[email protected]

Find Payton online:

@payt_place on IG

payton alexa on Letterboxd

Referenced works:

"Dangerous Women: Gender & Korean Nationalism", Edited by Elaine H. Kim and Chungmoo Choi

"Nationalism and Construction of Gender in Korea" by Chungmoo Choi

"Begetting The Nation" by Seungsook Moon

Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

Stay well-hydrated and don’t you dare wear those comfy pajamas, because this week we’re talking Peter Strickland’s kinky, sapphic love-letter to Jess Franco.

From queer history and kink dynamics to this mysterious world without men, special guest Chelasea Stardust joins us as we search every nook and cranny for a place to curl up and sleep, because we’ve been bad…

Just kidding, we’re the best!

Find us online:

https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers

https://bsky.app/profile/pleaserspunishers.bsky.social

[email protected]

Find Chelsea online:

@chelseastardust on IG

Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

Hang out by the highway and get ready to stop & bang, because we’re closing out Giallo January talking about Lucio Fulci’s rural horror masterpiece with special guest Michael Varrati.

From Barbara Bouchet’s inadvisable flirtations to the concept of a “murder twink”, tangents about M. Night Shyamalan, and the role of religion in small towns, we went long on this one!

*A few spoilers for some other gialli, namely Cat O’ Nine Tails, Deep Red, & Phenomena*

Find us online:

https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers

https://bsky.app/profile/pleaserspunishers.bsky.social

[email protected]

Find Michael online:

@michaelvarrati on bsky & IG

@midnightmasspod on bsky

Michael Varrati on IMDB

Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

Pack your one dress and clean out that meat locker, because we’re heading to an isolated island for an Agatha-Christie-like Giallo from maestro Mario Bava!

Tangents & giggles abound as we discuss Italian-German co-productions, Bava’s production design & style, and of course, Edwige Fenech!

Find us online:

https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers

https://bsky.app/profile/pleaserspunishers.bsky.social

[email protected]

Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe