Hosts Samantha and Jeffy dive into Chuck Tingle’s horror novel Bury Your Gays, unpacking how the internet’s most absurd author uses humor and performance to deliver sharp social commentary. They discuss themes of queer erasure in Hollywood, corporate Pride, conversion therapy, and the rise of algorithm-driven, AI-generated monsters that turn creative work into real-world horror.

The episode mixes close readings of the book with lively banter, birthday antics, event plugs, and trigger warnings. It highlights the novel’s blend of satire and poignancy, recommends other queer horror reads, and previews upcoming episodes and local events.

Five restless romantics shelter in Byron's rain-soaked villa, hold a seance with a human skull, and unleash the hallucinatory terrors that would define gothic literature. Drug-fueled visions, erotic dread, and surreal practical effects turn a competitive ghost-story night into a chaotic birth of monsters.

This episode dives into Ken Russell’s flamboyant reimagining of that infamous weekend—an intoxicating, psychedelic descent where atmosphere becomes a character and Byron’s magnetism warps reality into a fever dream of body horror and creative madness.

This episode explores Nick Cave’s debut novel And the Ass Saw the Angel, unpacking its Southern Gothic themes—religious fanaticism, violence, incest, and a fractured narrator named Eucrid—alongside vivid anecdotes about meeting the author, music influences, and the book’s raw, hallucinatory style.

The hosts also share behind-the-scenes stories from a busy book fair, discuss music and cult bands, recommend similar reads, and promote upcoming local events like the Blood Rave and Big Queer Boat.

Forget the prince, this episode dives into the 1972 eco-horror cult classic Frogs, a swampy southern gothic nightmare where Mother Nature fights back against a wealthy family’s pollution. Between eerie bullfrog choruses, inventive kills (including strangling Spanish moss) and a menagerie of reptiles reclaiming a poisoned greenhouse, the film is equal parts atmospheric and ridiculous.

The hosts riff on Sam Elliott’s youthful look, 70s nature-revenge trends, the film’s phobias (herpetophobia, arachnophobia), and why eco-horror reflects societal anxieties. Expect glorious schlock, ick-inducing creature moments, and a celebration of campy, environmental revenge cinema.

Two bad decisions, reading a stranger's diary and falling for its author. Pull bookstore worker Ellen into a dark obsession. As she keeps reading, the dairy's entries begin to mirror gruesome murders in the city, and she must choose whether to trust the charming man she's dating or the chilling words on the page.

This episode of the Spooky Frog Podcast explores Brian Pinkerton's Killer's Diary, its themes of trauma, trust, and identity, and the eerie line between inner thoughts and evidence.

For the 50th anniversary of Jeff Lieberman’s 1976 eco‑horror Squirm, we trek into the Georgia backwoods to revisit a low‑budget creature feature where an electrical storm turns ordinary earthworms into carnivorous nightmares.

We unpack the film’s practical effects (millions of real worms and early Rick Baker work), its MST3K immortality, the film’s unintentional zaniness, and why this slimy cult classic still wriggles into the horror canon.

What if the scariest thing about a mall isn't what's in it, but what it remembers? In this episode Samantha and Jeffy dive into the anthology Escalators from Hell, discussing liminal-space horror tales featuring hungry escalators, watching mannequins, addictive machines, and dying malls. They cover standout stories, author backgrounds, and related books and films while sharing offbeat banter and behind-the-scenes podcast chaos.

Jeffy and Samantha celebrate Critters' 40th anniversary, breaking down New Line Cinema’s 1986 creature feature: the ravenous Krytes, two deadpan bounty hunters, and a farmhouse under siege driven by practical puppetry from the Chiodo Brothers.

They cover cast highlights, Gremlins comparisons, practical effects vs. CGI, the film’s blend of horror and comedy, survival tactics, and why this messy, fun 80s monster movie still entertains.

On this episode of the Spooky Frog Podcast, Samantha and Jeffy dive into Nick Cutter's The Queen. A one-day, body-horror nightmare about a missing girl, twisted science, and a transformation that becomes the goal. They follow the breadcrumb mystery, the pheromone-driven hive mind, and the escalating physical changes that erase a sense of self.

The hosts discuss themes of friendship and grief amid gruesome, Lovecraft-adjacent imagery, compare Cutter’s work to The Void and The Fly, and share book-club plans and trigger warnings for graphic body horror and insect-related material.

Imagine the ultimate weekend getaway: a private island, old college friends, and a hostess obsessed with elaborate pranks. What starts as trick cigars and collapsing chairs quickly spirals into severed heads and bloody clues — and suddenly the joke isn’t funny anymore.

This 1980s-style slasher blends horror, dark comedy, and mystery as the final girl, Kit, navigates a booby-trapped mansion where every gag could be lethal. With synth-heavy music, practical effects, and a twisty ending, the film asks how well you really know your friends — and how far is too far for a killer punchline.