The ALTER Tapes

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Nichole and Xero discuss Christopher Ryan Laughter’s short “Snow Globe”. In the spirit of the season, we had no choice but to draw parallels between classic Christmas tales, and consider some interesting snow globe theories.

Premise: A devious housewife prepares her husband’s killer Christmas gift, but when reality comes knocking her past and future collide.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Nichole: @BodiesHorror

> Xero: @idkgravity

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Adrian and Xero discuss Ben & Jacob Burghart’s short ‘Suspense' (2020). Our hosts dive into ways to make a movie suspenseful, mixing comedy and horror and how taking a less is more approach with storytelling can result in success.

Premise: Having survived a harrowing plane crash, an army pilot finds himself hanging from his parachute, suspended from a canopy of trees high above the forest floor. After making contact with his co-pilot on the ground, they realize that something is stalking them in the dark.

 Connect with your co-hosts:

> Xero: @idkgravity / @blerdymassacre

> Adrian: @adrianraee

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Mark O. Estes and Adrian Rae discuss Jared Hogan’s short ‘How To Make A Ghost’ (2023). In this episode we discuss the unintentional similarities between the short at hand, The Black Phone, and true crime stories.

Premise: On Halloween night in a small town, a boy accepts a dare from his friends to hide in the back seat of an empty car and frighten the driver when they return. But what starts as a seemingly harmless prank turns into a night from hell.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Mark: @theanticritic / Midnight Social Distortion

> Adrian: @adrianraee

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Mark and Bobby discuss Daniel Lasker’s short The Signal (2022). We talk if we would survive in a world where you can’t trust anyone while trying to avoid a demonic signals.

Premise: A deadly sound transmitted from space known as The Signal, corrupts the minds of all who hear it, turning them into soulless demons under its control.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Mark: @theanticritic / @Midnightsocialdistortion

Bobby: @BobbyTorrez / @BobbyLikesItSpooky

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Bobby & Kat discuss director Peter Ahern’s short 'Buzzkill' (2022).

This short film shows what can happen if you let your curiosity get the best of you. Tune in to hear Bobby & Kat’s thoughts on this short, first dates, creepy secrets, & more!

Premise: After hitting it off on a blind date, Rick and Becky decide they're ready to go steady. But as the night heats up, an unexpected discovery reveals first impressions can be deceiving.

Connect with your co-hosts:

Bobby Torrez: @BobbyTorrez / @BobbyLikesItSpooky / @ScreamKingzPodcast / @People_Scares 

Kat: @girlthatsscary /@dannithekidd

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Kat and Jamie discuss Eli Power’s short Skin & Bone, where appalachian witchcraft meets Greek mythological influences to deliver a pastoral haunting.

Premise: A drifter begins suffering horrifying visions after taking a job on a secluded farm.

Connect with your co-hosts:

 Kat: @dannithekid / @GirlThatsScary

Jamie: @glitterburrito / @BloodyBroadsPod

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jazz and Jamie discuss James Kennedy’s short ‘Maggie’ . We dive into grief, loneliness, the treatment of carers, and aging in societies that neglect the elderly. 

Premise: A young care worker unleashes a supernatural force when she attempts to put a widower into care.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Jazz: @girlthatsscary

> Jamie: @Glitterburrito/ @Bloodybroadspod

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jazz and Joe check out Matty Crawford's 'The Dinner After' (2021). They talk the need for therapy, a perfectly timed 12 minute runtime and why the short has shades of Evil Dead and Hereditary.

Premise: A guilt-stricken Angela, visits her parents for what at first seems to be a routine family dinner, only for a painful truth to bubble to the surface, descending the evening into a nightmare.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Jazz: @Smok1ngaces / @Girlthatsscary

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Joe and Sharai discuss director Jiwon Moon’s short “Nose Nose Nose Eyes!" which has us talking about Stockholm Syndrome, insurance scams, exquisite direction, and the year of Scary Mommys. Pick the bird brooch and let's get stabbing!

Premise: (SPOILERS) The terrifying day a ten year old girl witnesses her mother stabbing her father's eyes to get insurance money.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Sharai: @Misssharai / @NightmareFierce / @blerdymassacre

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @horrorqueers

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This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai & Kat  discuss director Dawson Taylor’s short “Otherkin”. This short film will make you second guess making new connections with folks from your past. Tune in to hear Kat & Sharai’s thoughts on this short, family connections, questionable choices, & more!

Premise: Scarlet visits her estranged birth parents in hopes of forging a long-desired connection and learns that they;re weirdly, if not dangerously, obsessed with foxes.

Connect with your co-hosts:

> Sharai: @Misssharai / @NightmareFierce / @BlerdyMassacre

> Kat: @girlthatsscary /@dannithekidd

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