Sit down with Jessica, Jonathan, and Larry as they talk about the LGBTQ+ Hollywood film, "Love, Simon" starring Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, and Katherine Langford and directed by Greg Berlanti. This podcast contains spoilers for the film.

We talk about our favorite Asian/Asian American actors, musicians, and our own experience growing up Asian American/Hmong American.

We review Burning, a psychological drama film by Lee Chang-dong. Starring Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, and Jeon Jong-seo. This podcast contains spoilers for the film.

Jessica joins us for the first (and last) time on our Halloween special! This begins our mini-series of podcasts on creator/directors that we think are making an impact on horror today. We start with none other than Jordan Peele, the genius behind the two recent horror films Get Out and Us. On this episode we talk about our own experiences with racism and the impact of Peele's work on society and film.

From psychological trauma to the horrors of colonialism, today's episode focuses on the "outside" perspectives of these two important topics in life. The films we discuss are A Tale of Two Sisters, a Korean fillm, and Dearest Sister, a Lao film. Both phenomenally written, beautifully told, and artistically progressive in their own ways.

Ever have anything creepy show up in a photograph that you've taken? You're not alone... In this episode we discuss the Thai film Shutter and the Japanese video game series Fatal Frame. Join us as we dissect these pieces of media and talk about the reasons why we think Hollywood America remakes films and how video games differ as a medium for horror compared to film.

Two of the most influential movies in the horror genre are Ringu and Ju-On. These movies started in Japan but had American Hollywood remakes. Larry and I skip the white Western interpretations and go straight to the source. We end up talking about supernatural horror, the first horror chain letter, and horror that lingers. 

Are you unappreciative of the life you have? Don't be! Or else the jigsaw killer will change your mind about it... This episode of The Outside Story is about the subgenre of gore, featuring the two films Saw and Raw. We discuss the concepts of escape rooms, appreciation for the life you're given, expectations of women in society, and sex.

Cosmic horror (or sci-fi horror) is similar to paranormal or supernatural horror in that it deals with an outside force that we are either unprepared to deal with or is something outside of our control. In this episode, we talk about the films Annihilation and Alien. Some things we discuss include change/transformation, cancer, Larry's phobia/trigger, and sci-fi tropes.

Supernatural or paranormal horror is one of the common subgenres of horror that we see today. In this episode we talk about The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Deliver Us From Evil, and The Conjuring. Things that we discuss include: demystifying exorcism, character tropes (good and bad), and a real life exorcism story.