Pleasers & Punishers

Life is like spaghetti—it’s hard until you make it! Join us for another installment of Giallo January as we cover Emilio P Miraglia’s final feature.

From Giallo genre standards to ill-advised threesomes, we’ll once again confer with our occasional co-host Kayte Terry to get to the bottom of this potentially supernatural murder-mystery.

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Pull on your black gloves, grab your straight razor, and organize your newspaper clippings, because we’re taking a deep dive into Dario Argento’s incredible giallo.

From John Saxon’s hat to Argento’s penchant for defenestration, real life inspiration, and the world of film censorship, we’ll dig through all the clues to piece together this mystery!

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Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

Welcome to 2026, bitches. It’s our end of year review and we’re doing it a little differently than most folks, so buckle up!

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Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

Take your measurements and be careful with those mushrooms, because it’s time to dive into the world of mid-century fashion.

We’re very divided on this film, from the kink dynamics to Daniel Day Lewis’s performance, but at least we agree on the incredible dresses!

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Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

Patch your condoms and practice your singing saw, because we’re taking a trip to post-apocalyptic France in the debut feature from Jeunet & Caro.

We’ll talk class struggles, advertisement idea theft, and the mixed effectiveness of the film’s whimsy. Plus, a test of Mae’s willpower against her coulrophobia!

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Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

Pop open some Timmy Chardonay & put out that cigarette, because we’re heading to Hawthorne for a meal you won’t forget…

Joined by gastro-horror expert Sarah Stubbs, we go long discussing food, class, and the inherent misogyny in the restaurant industry. Plus, tangets about SOV & found-footage horror, weddings, and more.

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Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

Please take your seats for the beginning of Decadent December with our conversation about Peter Greenaway’s Brechtian, singular vision, rendered with gorgeous colour and grotesque imagery.

Joining us is author & critic Gretchen Felker-Martin, who helps us parse out the film’s rich, horrifying world, and brings some excellent perspective about filmmaking and storytelling.

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Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

We’re closing out nunsploitation month with Jeff Baena’s underseen, raucus convent comedy. We’ll discuss its stacked cast, irreverent humor, and delightful horniness.

We'll also get very giggly even as Caitlyn delves into the history of the middle ages & the damaging effects sexual repression, and Mae gets eager for a Brie & Franco sandwich.

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Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

This week, we’re getting pervier than two horny nuns as we discuss Paul Verhoeven’s historical nunsploitation film. From masturbatory objects & self-flagellation to the ridiculousness of the catholic church & trans-masc jesus, we have zero filter.

Joined again by honorary co-host Kayte Terry, we delve deeper than Bartolomea’s hand into whatever the hell was happening in Pescia in the 17th century.

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@wormbuxx

Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe

Don your habit and enter the gateway to hell as we journey into Bruno Mattei & Claudio Fragasso’s 1981 nunsploitation shocker.

We’ll talk about the history of the Catholic church, the true story that forms the basis for the film, and how to make the most of your budget!

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Art by The Haunted David

Music by Everson Poe