Welcome back to Shrink Chat, where two therapists break down horror, TV, books, and the wonderfully bizarre corners of pop culture—one laugh, one eyeball twitch, and one One-Star Review at a time.

In this episode, we’re diving into a massive wave of new and upcoming horror releases across film, TV, and documentary storytelling. From rebooted classics to brand-new nightmare fuel, we’re reviewing everything spoiler-free, so you can decide what to watch next without fear of us ruining the trauma for you.

What We’re Reviewing This Week (Spoiler-Free!)

TV & Streaming Series

• The Beast in Me – Atmospheric horror with emotional teeth.

• Zero Day – A political thriller that may or may not be predicting the future.

• IT: Welcome to Derry – Pennywise returns… and we have thoughts. Big ones.

  Movies (from prestige horror to pure chaos)

• Black Phone 2 – New victims, old trauma, same terrifying phone.

• Frankenstein 2025 – A modern monster that hits closer to home than expected.

• Until Dawn – Survival horror that will spike your blood pressure.

• The Long Walk – Existential dread + tension = our happy place.

• The Conjuring: Last Rites – The Warrens are back… again… somehow.

• Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers – Don’t ask. Just listen.

• Toxic Avenger – Delightfully disgusting.

• The Gorge – Emotional action-thriller with genre surprises.

• Osiris – Sci-fi mystery meets psychological horror.

Documentaries

• The Road Between Us – True crime meets intimate storytelling.

• Into the Fire – Heavy, important, and worth the watch.

  Fun Segments This Week

  
  

  ⭐ Highlight Reactions

  Quick takes on the weirdest, wildest, and most intriguing horror + true crime news headlines.

  🩸 Horror Facts with Cath

  Cath tests Shannon’s knowledge with trivia that is 90% horror and 10% “Why do we know this?”

  ⭐ One-Star Reviews

  The internet has spoken… terribly. We read the worst reviews of beloved films and cope through laughter.

  🎧 Why Listen?

  This episode is perfect for horror fans of all ages and backgrounds who want:
  ✔️ Spoiler-free guidance on what to watch next
  ✔️ Therapist-level insight with zero clinical jargon
  ✔️ A fun, fast-moving vibe
  ✔️ Big series reviews (IT, Zero Day, The Beast in Me)
  ✔️ A wide mix of movie styles—from arthouse sci-fi to campy gore

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In this episode of Terror Talk Podcast, Shannon and Cathy unpack the Amanda Knox Netflix documentary through the lens of criminal psychology, media influence, and cultural bias. We’re not lawyers or investigators — just two mental health professionals exploring human behavior and how it’s portrayed in the media.

We discuss:

• Amanda Knox’s behavioral patterns and emotional responses as seen in the documentary

• The psychological traits of emerging adulthood and how they may have shaped her reactions

• The media narrative and possible agenda behind the Netflix documentary

• The prosecutor’s conduct, cultural misunderstandings, and how perception shaped public opinion

We don’t claim to have the answers — only insights from a psychological and cultural perspective. Listen as we examine how this case became a mirror for our collective fear, fascination, and judgment.

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In this special interview episode of Terror Talk – True Crime • Serial Killers • Horror Movies, we sit down with one of the most influential figures in modern forensic psychology: Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess, trauma researcher, pioneer of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit, expert witness, and author of the new book Expert Witness.

This conversation is aimed at listeners who want more than true crime storytelling — they want psychological insight, behavioral science, and the real challenges behind criminal investigations.

If you’re a woman who loves true crime, forensic psychology, or the history of profiling, this episode was made for you.

We explore how her early research in trauma, victimology, and sexual assault shaped her groundbreaking career and opened the door to her work with law enforcement and the FBI.

As well as:*Her Role as an Expert Witness — Including the Eric Menendez Trial*The Early Days of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit

• What It Was Like to Sit with Ed Kemper• Being a Woman in a Male-Dominated FieldExpert Witness - the bookHer new book explores decades of clinical work, expert testimony, and behind-the-scenes insights into some of the most challenging criminal cases in the United States.
We discuss its themes, its impact, and why her voice is so important in today’s true crime landscape.Music Credit

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Welcome back to Shrink Chat, where horror, humor, and psychology collide!
In this episode of Terror Talk Podcast, Shannon and Cathy dive headfirst into the latest in horror and true crime-inspired media — with their signature mix of sharp insight and dark humor.

🎬 This Week’s Reviews:
We’re unpacking the brand-new I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025), the chilling thriller The Woman in Cabin 10, the high-tech horror sequel Megan 2.0, and the unnerving Monster: Ed Gein. Plus, we explore HIM, the cozy crime book Thursday Murder Club, and the eerie docuseries The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox and Haunted Hill.

💡 Segments You’ll Love:

• 🧠 Horror Facts with Cath — Can you guess the dark trivia before we do?

• 💬 One-Star Reviews — The internet never disappoints. We read and react to the most unhinged audience takes on your favorite horror flicks.

• 😂 Highlight Reactions — The best (and weirdest) horror headlines of the week.

No spoilers here — just laughs, vibes, and a little analysis on why these stories get under our skin.

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What does a psychopath look like when she's standing right next to you — and you never see it coming?

Part 2 of Shannon and Cathy's decade-by-decade Female Psychopath Series lands in the 1990s — a decade that turned the femme fatale into both a cultural warning and a horror icon, and gave us some of the most chilling real cases in the history of female violence.

This episode covers:

True crime:

• Karla Homolka — the woman who made a deal with the devil, helped her husband rape and murder young women including her own sister, and walked free. The clinical portrait of complicity and psychopathy.
• Pamela Smart — the school administrator who manipulated her teenage lover into murdering her husband and the psychology of coercive control disguised as seduction
• Susan Smith — the mother who drowned her two young sons and blamed a Black man, and what her case reveals about narcissism, desperation, and the performance of grief
• Aileen Wuornos — the full portrait: trial, media circus, execution, and the cultural debate about trauma, survival, and whether justice was served

Fiction:

• Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct) — the decade's defining femme fatale and what her clinical portrait actually looks like beyond the surface sexuality
• Annie Wilkes (Misery) — Kathy Bates's Oscar-winning portrait of obsession and control, bridging the late 1980s into the 1990s cultural conversation about dangerous women
• Hedy (Single White Female) — erotomania, identity theft, and the psychology of pathological attachment

Shannon and Cathy analyze how the 1990s turned female psychopathy into a cultural obsession — blending criminal psychology, gender dynamics, and pop culture history with their clinical lens and signature dark humor. Why did this decade produce so many cases of women who weaponized trust? And what does Hollywood's simultaneous obsession with the dangerous woman tell us about how we see female power?

Part 2 of 4. The series continues.

The complete Female Psychopath Series:

• Part 1: Diane Downs, Dorothea Puente & Annie Wilkes — Real & Fictional Women of the 1980s (S8E4)
• Part 2: Karla Homolka, Pamela Smart & Catherine Tramell — Real & Fictional Women of the 1990s (S8E9) — you are here
• Part 3: Casey Anthony, Dalia Dippolito & Asami Yamazaki — Real & Fictional Women of the 2000s (S8E18)
• Part 4: Jodi Arias, Gypsy Rose & Villanelle — Real & Fictional Women of the 2010s (S8E23)

Two licensed therapists — one forensic psychologist, one clinical marriage and family therapist — analyzing the psychology of real killers and fictional villains so you don't have to wonder what's actually going on.

Two psychologists. Eleven women. One question: what does it actually take to be labeled a monster?

Until then... sleep safe. 😴

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In this episode of Terror Talk – Killer Minds and Creepy Stuff, hosts Shannon and Cathy ask the big question: Is the Devil still scary?
From The Devil’s Advocate to The Witcher and beyond, we explore how modern horror and pop culture have reimagined Satan — not just as a monster, but as a mirror of human fear, power, and faith.

Join us as we discuss the remnants of Satanic Panic and unpack why belief in the Devil might still serve a purpose for some — as both rebellion and reflection.

Of course, no episode would be complete without a little humor — Cathy’s “Satanic Facts” trivia segment brings the laughs as we test our knowledge of infernal lore and devilish pop culture.

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In this Unsolved Crimes episode of Terror Talk – Killer Minds and Creepy Stuff, Shannon and Cathy dig into three of America’s most haunting unsolved mysteries.
From Hollywood’s glittering shores to 19th-century New York and the shadowed aisles of 1980s Chicago, these cases reveal how beauty, mystery, and tragedy intertwine.

We begin with the death of Natalie Wood, whose drowning off the coast of Los Angeles still raises questions decades later. Was it an accident, or something darker beneath the Hollywood glamour?
Next, we travel back in time to the murder of Mary Rogers, the beautiful cigar girl whose unsolved death inspired Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling story The Mystery of Marie Roget.
Finally, we discuss The Chicago Tylenol Murders, a case that sparked national panic and changed the way America viewed consumer safety forever.

This episode blends psychological insight with historical intrigue, exploring the archetypes of the “femme fatale,” the cultural fear of random violence, and the enduring fascination with unsolved crime.

• The psychological and cultural archetype of the “beautiful victim”

• How Natalie Wood’s case blurred lines between tragedy and scandal

• Edgar Allan Poe’s real-life inspiration for The Mystery of Marie Roget

• The panic and policy changes caused by the Tylenol murders

• Why these cases continue to captivate decades later

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Welcome back to Terror Talk Podcast: Killer Minds and Creepy Stuff, where criminal psychology meets the weird, wonderful world of horror pop culture — with a side of dark humor. In this Shrink Chat episode, Shannon and Cathy are back with a spoiler-free round of horror movie, TV, and book reviews, trivia, and ridiculous one-star critiques that’ll make every horror fan laugh out loud.

We’re diving into the latest releases shaking up the horror scene — from The Conjuring: Last Rites and Weapons, to the haunting Indonesian horror Perewangan. We also talk about our current TV obsessions, including Wednesday, The Institute, and Task, plus the creepy and addictive read Kill Beth by Jon Cohn.

Along the way, we play a round of Horror Trivia, roast some truly unhinged one-star reviews of beloved horror classics, and chat about what’s trending in 2025 horror news. If you’re a fan of psychological horror, supernatural scares, and millennial nostalgia, this one’s for you.

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Hold on to your sanity (and your helmets), because this week on Terror Talk we dive into the weirdest true crime stories that make us all shout, What the Hell?! From a criminal butt sniffer and an emotional support alligator to high school catfishing and model imposters, these bizarre tales will have you laughing, gasping, and questioning humanity.

We also cover a truly head-scratching experiment: two men who shot each other in the head while wearing helmets… to see if they’d survive. Plus, we tackle some serious-yet-confusing stories and answer a listener question about Kohberger—because even in the chaos, we’ve got you covered.

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When you think about 1980s killers, names like Bundy, Ramirez, and Dahmer come to mind. But what about the women?

Part 1 of Shannon and Cathy's decade-by-decade Female Psychopath Series pulls back the curtain on the women who terrorized the 1980s — both the ones who made headlines and the ones who terrified us on screen. Because in a decade defined by lipstick, motherhood, and obsession, the most dangerous weapons weren't always knives and guns.

This episode covers:

True crime:

• Christine Falling — the teenage babysitter turned child killer and the psychology of early onset psychopathy
• Genene Jones — the Texas nurse who murdered infants in her care and the betrayal of the most trusted role in medicine
• Diane Downs — the narcissism that led a mother to shoot her own children and then perform grief for the cameras
• Dorothea Puente — the "sweet old lady" running a boarding house of death and what her case reveals about predatory charm
• Griselda Blanco — the Cocaine Godmother whose ruthlessness built and destroyed an empire
• Aileen Wuornos — the emergence of one of history's most infamous female serial killers and the trauma that preceded the violence

Fiction:

• The Fan (1981) — obsession as pathology and the psychology of parasocial fixation
• Bloody Birthday and Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker — childhood psychopathy and the horror of innocence corrupted
• Fatal Attraction (1987) — Glenn Close redefining the woman scorned and what the film's cultural reception reveals about how we pathologize female desire
• Annie Wilkes in Misery — Kathy Bates's Oscar-winning portrait of obsession, control, and the most terrifying fan in fiction

Shannon and Cathy explore why these women — real and fictional — cut deeper than stranger-danger. Why does betrayal of trust by mothers, nurses, and lovers frighten us more than violence from strangers? And what do these real cases and fictional portrayals reveal about shifting gender roles, cultural anxieties, and the way society views dangerous women?

Part history lesson, part cultural analysis, part psychological deep dive — this is the decade that cemented the female psychopath as both a real and reel icon.

Part 1 of 4. The series begins here.

The complete Female Psychopath Series:

• Part 1: Diane Downs, Dorothea Puente & Annie Wilkes — Real & Fictional Women of the 1980s (S8E4) — you are here
• Part 2: Female Psychopaths of the 1990s (S8E9)
• Part 3: Casey Anthony, Dalia Dippolito & Asami Yamazaki — Real & Fictional Women of the 2000s (S8E18)
• Part 4: Jodi Arias, Gypsy Rose & Villanelle — Real & Fictional Women of the 2010s (S8E23)

Two licensed therapists — one forensic psychologist, one clinical marriage and family therapist — analyzing the psychology of real killers and fictional villains so you don't have to wonder what's actually going on.

Two psychologists. Twelve women. One question: what does it actually take to be labeled a monster?

Until then... sleep safe. 😴

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