Spooky Bitch Gang

What's that smell? It's us talking enough shit to fertilise an entire forest. This ep we're talking plants that walk, plants that talk, and plants that kill. 

Includes discussions of Sweetheart (2019), Night Tide (1961), Walking Out (2017), The Day of the Triffids (1962), Maneater of Hydra (1967), Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989), Annihilation (2018), The Girl with All the Gifts (2016), The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), Creepshow (1982), The Ruins (2008), The Happening (2008), The Invasion (2006), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 / 1978), Seedpeople (1992), The Crawlers / Troll 3 / Creepers / Contamination .7 (1993), The Thing from Another World (1951), Little Joe (2019) and more.

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The Simpsons is a gateway into pop culture and its annual Treehouse of Horror episodes have further cemented the legacy of many great (and not so great) horror and sci-fi stories. We discuss and rank the first ten Treehouse of Horror episodes. 

Plus discussions of Little Joe (2019), Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014), Evil Bong (2006), The Fly (1958/1986), and The Return of the Living Dead (1985).

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Apocalypse, WOW! 2012's Mayan Calendar scare was a bust but there's still time for the world to end. We're talking Apocalyptic Horror from the bible, to zombies, to nuclear war and what it says about humanity.

Includes discussions of Knock Knock (2015), Le Manoir (2017), Born in Flames (1983), The Road (2009), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of the Dead (1985), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Panic in Year Zero (1962), Antisocial (2013), Dead End Drive-In (1986), The Last Man on Earth (1962), I Am Legend (2007), 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), The Purge (2013), The Terror Within (1989), Left Behind: The Movie (2000), Left Behind (2014).

Watch the trailer for Downhill (2016) here: https://youtu.be/5gPjXFjoa5Y

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I scream, you scream, we all scream for quarantine. We're staying inside our house and killing time on the internet, so we did what all the real podcasts do and went live on Instagram discussing Internet Horror. Webcams, creepypasta, slow dial-up and online predators all get a shout out. 

Enjoy this indelible record of our idiocy as we preserve it online for future generations. 

Includes discussions of Unfriended (2014), Unfriended: Dark Web (2018), Smiley (2012), The Den (2013), Searching (2018), Pulse (2001), My Little Eye (2002), Halloween: Resurrection (2002) and more.

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Trigger warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault.

Get ready for some down-home deep fried horror as we talk Hixploitation. Hicks, hillbillies, yokels, bumpkins. Whatever you want to call them, we try to figure out what role they play in horror and what hixploitation can tell us about ourselves.

Featuring special guest Crystal's dad!

Includes discussions of The Platform (2019), The Invisible Man (2020), The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007), Lake Mungo (2008), Malasaña 32 (2020), Night of Fear (1973), Deliverance (1972), Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964), Hunter's Blood (1986), The Hills Have Eyes (1977/2006), Eden Lake (2008), Wake in Fright (1971), Wolf Creek (2005), Jug Face (2013) and more.

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We talk about horror that's all too human - the conniving, malicious and murderous personalities that make psychological horror so terrifying!

Includes discussions of 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019), Blood and Black Lace (1964), The Invisible Man (2020), Gaslight (1944), Black Swan (2010), American Psycho (2000), The Shining (1980), Repulsion (1965), Misery (1990), Stoker (2013), Psycho (1960), Goodnight Mommy (2014), Halloween (1978), Nekromantik (1987).

Watch the trailer for Nektromantik here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDAyshYjA4

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We talk about the much-anticipated and hugely lauded The Lighthouse and investigate the power and the failings of jump scares. Poor film making, or a tool for good? How does our recognition and expectation of tropes play into our experience of genre films?

SPOILER WARNING FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE:
13:17 - 21:00.

Includes discussions of Pumpkinhead (1988), Bliss (2019), Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), The Lighthouse (2019), The Curse of the Weeping Woman / The Curse of La Llorona (2019), Sinister (2012), Annabelle (2014), The Exorcist (1973), The Innocents (1961), Cat People (1942), Paranormal Activity (2007), The Descent (2005), Resident Evil (video game, 1996), Until Dawn (2015), Santa's Slay (2005) and more.

Watch the trailer for Santa's Slay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0nDG91hVu0

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So we missed Christmas, but like our sad-looking Christmas tree, we’re carrying the festive cheer into the new decade. Join ‘Spooky Buzz Gang’ as we count down our favourite horror movies of the year, and get ready for a few surprises!

View the lists on our website!

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We try to unpack the deeply coded, hidden presence of queer and trans people throughout the history of horror movies. From unseen menace to beleaguered horror heroes, queerness has been an element of horror since the beginning and in some of its most recognised works.

Includes discussions of Psycho (1960), Rope (1948), Sleepaway Camp (1983), Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988), High Tension (2003), The Perfection (2019), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Hellbent (2004), Pitchfork (2014), Seed of Chucky (2004), I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990) and more.

Watch the trailer for I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbvqz-nv7Zw

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Following Fangoria x Monster Fest hitting Sydney on the weekend, we wrap up the good, the bad and the ugly of Australia's premiere genre film festival. 

Includes discussions of 3 from Hell (2019), Porno (2019), Vivarium (2019), Deerskin (2019), The Wretched (2019), Devil Woman (2018), Satanic Panic (2019), Color out of Space (2019).

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