The ALTER Tapes

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jazz & Kat discuss director Clara Aranovich’s short 'Murder Camp' (2023). This short film shows what happens when your slasher faves don’t check their schedules. Tune in to hear Jazz & Kat’s thoughts on Camp themed slasher flicks, this short film, our favorite horror villains, & more!

Premise: Two slasher serial killers make the shameful error of serial killing at the same summer camp on the same night, challenging the very fabric of their friendship... and identities.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Jazz: @girlthatsscary /@Smok1ngAces

Kat: @girlthatsscary /@dannithekidd

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Kat and Joe check out Simon Matthew Valentine's 'Tistlebu' (2022). We're using the questions from Letterboxd user Ashleigh's review to guide our discussion, which includes reconnecting with nature, sticky sexy fluids, and comparisons to films such as The Lighthouse, The Untamed, and The Wicker Man.

Premise: As a young urban couple on a working holiday hopes to connect with nature at Tistlebu farm, a primordial power comes into play, changing them both forever.

Wanna connect with your hosts:

> Kat: @GirlThatsScary / @DanniTheKidd

> Joe: @bstolemyremote

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Xero and Joe check out Alex Salkicevic & Bryce Kraehenbuehl's 'Carrie's Doing Great' (2020). They discuss the 90s setting, the struggle for real life creatives, female coders and comparisons to Lorcan Finnegan's 2019 feature, Vivarium.

Premise: An aspiring video game artist uncovers a conspiracy that the local neighborhood watch are kidnapping the town's creatives and turning them into mindless civil servants.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Xero: @idkgravity / @blerdymassacre

> Joe: @bstolemyremote

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai and Xero Gravity discuss Olivia Loccisano’s short ‘First Blood’. We talk about new meanings of girl dinner, the stigma surrounding periods, and possibly the most use of excellent bisexual lighting in a short film.

Premise: A teenage girl goes through a bizarre transformation after she gets her first period. Taken from YouTube

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Sharai: @misssharai / @NightmareFierce /@blerdymassacre

> Xero: @idkgravity / @blerdymassacre

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Adrian and Sharai discuss Victor Català’s short ‘La Masia’ (2022). Our hosts discuss kids in horror, the country of Spain and the desire to see this story taken to the next level.

Premise: Helga spends a few days with her grandparents whom she hasn't seen for years. Her grandmother is bound to a wheelchair and is cared for by her grandfather. Is this all as innocent as it seems?

 Connect with your co-hosts:

> Sharai: @Misssharai / @blerdymassacre

> Adrian: @adrianraee / @slash_her_pod

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jazz and Adrian discuss Brendan Cleave’s short ‘The Dead Collectors’ (2021). Our hosts discuss living in a world plagued by a pandemic, how they would handle facing death as a daily job and the dangers of chewing bubble gum.

Premise: During a pandemic in an alternate reality, two men have the job of collecting the deceased.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Jazz: @smok1ngaces / @girlthatsscary

> Adrian: @adrianraee / @Slash_her_pod

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For the 100th episode of The ALTER Tapes, Kat & Jazz discuss director Chris McInroy’s short 'We Forgot About The Zombies' (2022). This short film depicts what happens when a few friends stumble upon an a cure that may change the world. Tune in to hear Jazz & Kat’s thoughts on this short, surviving a zombie apocalypse, fun practical effects, shaky experiments & more!

Premise: Two dudes think they found the cure for zombie bites.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Kat: @girlthatsscary /@dannithekidd

Jazz: @girlthatsscary /@Smok1ngAces

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jamie and Aj discuss Aaron Pagniano's short, 'We've Got A Monkey's Paw'.

Premise: Zack and Jakki are your typical mismatched roommates. Jakki keeps it cool; while Zack likes it spooky. When Zack brings Jakki into his shenanigans they decide to spend the day making wishes on a Monkey's Paw. Soon the two find themselves in a series of mess. Ghost brides, demon boxes, dead-y bears, oh my! This paw is definitely in the wrong hands.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> AJ:@_ButWhoIsShe/ @d180podcast

> Jamie: @glitterburrito / @bloodybroadspod

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Kat and Jamie discuss Chris McInroy’s short 'Death Metal' (2022). A blood-soaked special effects showcase made up of a simple set up and punchline, this short is for fans of MADtv and gross out humor. If you’ve got five minutes, it’s got comedic gore.

Premise: A metalhead inherits a satanic guitar that riffs to shreds.

> Kat: @dannithekid / @GirlThatsScary

> Jamie: @glitterburrito / @BloodyBroadsPod

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, AJ and Nichole discuss Neville Pierce’s short, Bricks (2015).

Premise: When a wealthy stockbroker hires a brick layer to renovate his expansive wine cellar underneath his country home, the two men give the bricks plenty to talk about.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> AJ: @_ButWhoIsShe/ @d180podcast

> Nichole: @bodieshorror

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