Spooky Bitch Gang

A semi-dormant and dogged IP comes back to life with Lee Cronin's The Mummy. Beyond its baffling vanity title, how does this movie contribute to the mummy's pop culture image? Is it really a mummy movie at all? And what about the cultural baggage that's always followed the bandaged boogeyman?

Also includes discussions of Hokum (2026), Apex (2026), Dracula (2025) and more.

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One of horror's most notable periods of censorship, we examine the "Video Nasty" panic that took hold in the UK in the 1980s. How do these movies offend a conservative worldview, and how do they reflect an alarming trend that still continues?

Includes discussions of Thrash (2026), Axe a.k.a. California Axe Massacre a.k.a. Lisa, Lisa (1974), Faces of Death (1978), The Driller Killer (1979), Don't Go in the House (1979), Dead & Buried (1981), Evilspeak (1981), Xtro (1982) and more.

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French provocateur Julia Ducournau is back with another bold piece of body horror. We break down the auteur's latest film Alpha. Is it a beautiful, life-affirming tale, or a stodgy and portentous mess? Is it an AIDS allegory or an elegy for death in all its forms? Regardless, it's a conversation starter.

Also includes discussions of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026), They Will Kill You (2026) and more.

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We're rolling the dice, playing our cards and fiddling with our joysticks as we investigate the world of deadly games. It's a surprisingly common trope now, but how do these games-gone-sinister reflect the world we live in?

Includes discussions of Dolly (2026), The Ice Tower (2025), Resident Evil Requiem (2026), The Naked Prey (1965), Shooting Range (1979), Series 7: The Contenders (2001), Haze (2005), Stay Alive (2006), Fermat's Room (2007), Cheap Thrills (2013), Follow Me a.k.a. No Escape (2020), and more.

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Scream 7 has arrived and talking about it felt like doing a post-mortem. After the controversy, the rewrite and the boycott, is it any surprise that the finished product is nowhere near the level of its predecessors? We discuss the plot in detail, so beware of spoilers!

Also includes discussions of Jimmy & Stiggs (2024), If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025), Safe (1995) and more.

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Featuring guest host Sarah Wolfe. 

American writer and poet Edgar Allen Poe wrote hundreds of stories and poems and codified several genres in the process. In this episode, SBG salutes Edgar Allen Poe and looks at some of the weird and wily adaptations of his work that have graced our screens.

Includes discussions of The Number 23 (2007), The Tell-Tale Heart (1928), The Fall of the House of Usher (1928), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Spirits of the Dead (1968), Lunacy (2005) and more. 

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It's been 50 years since Carrie first graced cinema screens. We've read the book and revisited the film to see how this iconic story has aged as it's entered the pop culture canon. Who's the real villain in this odd and moving tale of domestic violence and locker room torment?

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Another year down and another clutch of movies to somewhat arbitrarily rank! We're giving you the lowdown on the movies we liked the best in 2025, along with some we absolutely hated as a treat.

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'Tis the season to hunker down and watch some execrable Christmas crap. Thankfully there are a few hidden gems amidst the lumps of coal. This year, friend of the pod Paul Robson has curated a list of 20 holiday-themed stocking stuffers that can all be found on Tubi. Spooky Bitch Crystal managed to watch all 20 and she's giving you the lowdown. 

We also have a very special guest appearance from Mike L. Taylor and Charles Powers, the director and star respectively of future-classic Christmas slasher Gnome Sick: 7 Slays til Mithras.

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It's time we sat you down and gave you a talk about the birds and the bees. From horror's formative years through to now, we're investigating how sexuality defines the genre. Sex in horror has a long history of puritanism, but we also look at the ways it can be liberating, strange and celebratory. 

Includes discussions of The Exit 8 (video game, 2023), Tender Is the Flesh (novel, 2017), Cat People (1942), Hollywood 90028 (1973), The Beast (1975), Hellraiser (1987), The Lair of the White Worm (1988), Stranger by the Lake (2011), The Untamed (2016), Bone Lake (2024) and more.

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