Queer Horror Cult

Aria and Lori get real sleazy this week as they take a deep dive (six feet deep, to be exact) into necrophilia! Talking pathology, the internet, and exploring the films "Nekromantik" (1987), "Nekromantik 2" (1991), "Beyond the Darkness" (1979), and "Lucker: The Necrophagist" (1986). So grab a shovel and get yer hands dirty, because this week, what you crave may just be at the bottom of the grave!

Audio clip from "You're Next" (2011)

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This week Aria returns to discuss Horror Noire, and then, joined by returning guest Erin, the trio have a round-table about their favourite final girls, as well as women and girls in horror.

SPOILERS FOR ALIEN 3 AND SLEEPAWAY CAMP

Audio clip from "The Final Girls" (2015)

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Although Aria is absent from this episode, join Lori in introducing guest host Erin for a special, double-length episode recorded in a hotel room in Berlin, where they attended Final Girls Berlin Film Festival! Continuing the trend for February's Women in Horror Month, this is a stellar film festival dedicated to women in horror, both behind and in front of the camera. Going over everything from feature film screenings and short film blocks to the panels and general excitement going down at the festival, tune in to hear it all. Plus, an interview with festival co-directors Eli & Sara!

Films discussed: "Nancy" (2018), "Good Manners" (2017), "Tigers Are Not Afraid" (2017), "Hounds of Love" (2016), and too many shorts to list!

Audio clip from "Atomic Blonde" (2017)

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In a particularly heavy episode, Lori & Aria look at the ways in which women are harmed by, and seek revenge for, gendered and sexualized violence in "Slumber Party Massacre" (1982), "Ms. 45" (1981), and "The Woman" (2011).

WARNING: This episode contains frank discussions of depictions of gendered and sexualized violence.

Audio clip from "Ms. 45" (1981).

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It's February! It's Black History Month! It's Women in Horror Month! Here's the first themed episode for the month, where Aria & Lori look at tales of revenge from beyond the grave in black horror!

WARNING: Episode contains discussions of racial violence and domestic abuse.

Audio clip from "Re-Animator"

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This week Lori and Aria take a break from the horror of it all and get National Geo-Sapphic with the first instalment of The Miseducational Series, an examination of exploitation disguised as "educational" films. Joining the show is the inaugural guest, porn-expert and long-time friend Amy. The explicit tag is well earned in this exploration of sexploitation "social hygiene" films that purport to give an intimate glimpse into the life of the lesbian, with "Chained Girls" (1965) and "Daughters of Lesbos" (1968). Won't you join us for our filthiest episode yet?

Warning: This episode contains extremely graphic language.

Audio clip from "Chained Girls" (1965)

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Lori and Aria class up the joint as they partake in an evening of snuff films. Rather, films about snuff films. This week we discuss (WITH MAJOR SPOILERS) "8mm" (1999), "Tesis" (1996), and "The Life and Death of a Porno Gang" (2009).

Audio clip from "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980).

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Join Aria and Lori on episode lucky 13, where we talk about deranged boys and their loving mothers. We've got the all time classic Pamela Voorhees in Friday the 13th (1980), the raucous darkly comedic nightmare that is Mother's Day (1980), and the 42nd street sleaze classic Maniac (also 1980). Spoilers for all three, but totally worth a listen anyways!

Audio clip from "Serial Mom" (1994)

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Lori and Aria are talkin' cuddly feline companions as we examine murderous cats in horror. We've got party boats with "The Uninvited" (1988), a sleazy millionaire playboy in "Night of a 1000 Cats" (1972), a woman with her priorities right by making her horde of cats the heirs to her fortune in "Eye of the Cat" (1969), some X-Files fun with the season 3 episode "Tesos Los Bichos" (1996), a dystopic cat food company where pussy eats YOU in "The Corpse Grinders" (1971), and some very unfortunate familial relations with Sleepwalkers (1990). The feminine as monstrous? An attack on heterosexuality? Join us as we unpack all this and more!

Audio clip from "A Dirty Shame" (2004)

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Bustin' past the gross cliches, Lori and Aria are talking representations of twins in horror on this week's episode. Focusing on David Cronenberg's "Dead Ringers" (1988), Frank Henenlotter's "Basket Case" (1982), and "Dead Hooker in a Trunk" (2009) by Jen & Sylvia Soska.

Sound clip from "Scary Movie 3" (2003).

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