Slay Away

E.L. King joins horror enthusiast Timbre to peel back the layers of Alien (1979), Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror masterpiece that gave us one of cinema’s most powerful final girls — Ellen Ripley. We dive into the film through the lens of gender theory: body horror, reproductive terror, phallic imagery, and the fluid identity of Ripley herself. Plus, we examine how H.R. Giger’s designs blurred the line between the mechanical, the erotic, and the monstrous.

Join Enola Lugosi chatting Queer Horror with Rebecca Gault! This episode is part of a continuing series of interviews celebrating #Pride with queer creators while exploring Queer Representation in Horror. Rebecca is an academic in the horror community with a specific focus on horror literature. They are a recent graduate of University of Glasgow and their final dissertation focuses on the queer politics of the vampire figure. You can #SlayAway with us every other Friday night for new episodes and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Join us as we chat about horror, true crime and every kill in between. Credits: With music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio and voice overs by Fenristix.

Join Enola Lugosi chatting Queer Horror with John Hernandez! This episode is part of a continuing series of interviews celebrating #Pride with queer creators while exploring Queer Representation in Horror. John is a queer horror host presenting queer horror movies on a queer network. His show, Stan the Mechanic celebrates horror while being mindful of racial and body type representation. You can #SlayAway with us every other Friday night for new episodes and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Join us as we chat about horror, true crime and every kill in between. Credits: With music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio and voice overs by Fenristix.

E.L. King interviews Fog Whisperers and Twitch Partners Geef, DieHardDiva, and DyllonKG, as we celebrate the five-year anniversary of Dead by Daylight. The asymmetric multiplayer survival horror game was developed by Canadian studio Behaviour Interactive.

"It's Slaying Time" is performed by voice actor Chris Kane.

On this episode Enola Lugosi chats horror with Lucy 'Lulu' Pew! Lucy is a co-host of the Ghoulfriends podcast, an academic with a focus on queer representation in horror and a contributor to the Hear Us Scream horror anthology. You can #SlayAway with us every other Friday night for new episodes and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Join us as we chat about horror, true crime and every kill in between. Credits: With music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio and voice overs by Fenristix.

E.L. King and horror film enthusiast Katie B. dive into the deep end with an analysis of POLTERGEIST (1982) — Tobe Hooper’s suburban supernatural science-fiction horror that made us all fear the static on our TVs. We unpack the paranormal chaos that descends on the Freeling family, the disappearance of Carol Ann, cursed films, and why the film still frightens audiences.

On this very special episode Slay Away chats with Josh Armstrong of Last Dog Productions and actor Michael Southgate who are working with the BAFTA winning story writer of HIS HOUSE on a short sci-fi horror film about a group of drug addicts who encounter aliens in memory of his friend who passed away from a heroin overdose. The film focuses on powerful themes like mental illness and addiction. The film, APOCRYPHAL is being funded on Kickstarter and we at Slay Away look forward to supporting the project.

E.L. King and special guest, Staker, dig into The Thing (1982) — John Carpenter's cult classic science fiction whodunnit and creature feature. This is one of our top horror film picks. ("I know I'm human...") We break down the paranoia, the practical effects that still impress audiences, and our theories on the assimilation of Outpost 31.

E.L. King interviews wholesomely unwholesome content creator and Twitch Partner, SirKatelyn who loves cats, coffee, and Xenomorphs. We discuss speedrunning the psychological survival game Outlast (2013), her love of being scared, true crime, and how the It (1990) miniseries scarred us as children.

E.L. King dissects the found footage phenomenon The Blair Witch Project (1999) with horror film enthusiast Nick Diction. Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind. We talk cursed forests, the folklore of Elly Kedward, and how a no-budget film became a genre-defining moment.