We’re (not) back in Woodsboro and Sidney’s got a new boyfriend, Gale’s got a new haircut, but Ghostface has a new phone number.  Find out how to survive the sequel in 1997’s Scream 2.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of racial violence, school violence, gun violence, potential spoilers for other Scream franchise films

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• Scream 2 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120082/trivia/

• Scream reddit posts: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scream/comments/r7h69p/scream_2_social_commentary/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Scream/comments/nub3uw/a_summary_examining_diversity_in_the_scream_movies/

• Scream 2 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_2

We’ve been around for 200 episodes so we’re tackling a tale that’s been around for over 200 years in 2025’s Frankenstein. 

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of self-harm/suicide, neglect

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• “10 Differences Between Frankenstein (2025) Monster & The Book.” YouTube, uploaded by Phantastik-News.de. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwsZL7TzMII. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026. 

• Armbrüster, Emma. “Red, Gold, and Shadow: The Color Language of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.” The Viewer’s Perspective, 10 Nov. 2025, theviewersperspective.com/2025/11/10/frankenstein-netflix-color-symbolism/. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

• “FRANKENSTEIN: The Movie vs. The Book.” YouTube, uploaded by Big Nate's Book Reviews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrl2hwrQg8E. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

• Frankenstein (2025 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_(2025_film)

• Frankenstein (2025) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312221/ 

A glass house in the woods isn’t the weirdest thing to inherit in your distant uncle’s will, but a ghost sharing your bath water might be.  Unlock the secrets behind the shifting walls of the black zodiac as we chat through 2001’s Thirteen Ghosts.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion death of a parent, sexual violence

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• 13 Ghosts (1960) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Ghosts

• Thirteen Ghosts (2001) wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Ghosts

We’re back, Whorrors!  In honor of what we hope to be a promising year ahead, we’re dancing to Stars are Blind in the pharmacy to kick the season off with 2020’s Promising Young Woman.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion sexual abuse/assault, r*pe, suicide 

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• Cassandra Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra 

• Gilbert, Sophie. “Promising Young Woman Sets a Ravishing Trap.” The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2020, www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/12/emerald-fennell-promising-young-woman-subverting-femininity/617467/. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.

• Gilchrist, Tracy E. “Laverne Cox on How Promising Young Woman Examines the ‘Nice Guy’ Trope.” The Advocate, 5 Jan. 2021, www.advocate.com/film/2021/1/05/laverne-cox-how-promising-young-woman-examines-nice-guy-trope

• Promising Young Woman Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promising_Young_Woman

• Promising Young Woman IMBd: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620292/ 

• Stephen Nothum [authorstephennothum]. Tik Tok. 

A familiar movie title with a whole new cast of characters!  While this Christmas Eve isn’t necessarily filled with holiday cheer, there’s plenty of slaying to go around in 2006’s Black Christmas.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion sexual abuse/assault, r*pe, true crime

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• Black Christmas 2006 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Christmas_(2006_film)

• Black Christmas IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454082/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

Freshman year of college comes with many horrors: boys, tests, six demons inhabiting your body only fixed via exorcism…the usual.  Read up on the court notes and consider your verdict carefully as we try to crack the case of The Exorcism of Emily Rose. 

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of loss of bodily autonomy, religious trauma, true crime

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• Anneliese Michel Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel

• Exorcism of Emily Rose IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404032/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

• Exorcism of Emily Rose Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcism_of_Emily_Rose

After evidence of some supernatural activity, god-fearing Grace fears she and her children are going to die in their house…unless of course, they already did.  Tend to the garden with us to uncover the mystery of 2001’s The Others.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of harm against children

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• “Film Analysis: Alejandro Amenábar’s ‘The Others.’” The Cinephile Fix, 27 Feb. 2010, cinephilefix.com/2010/02/27/review-analysis-alejandro-amenabars-the-others/. 

• German Expressionist Cinema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_expressionist_cinema 

• The Others (2001 film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Others_(2001_film) 

• The Others (2001): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230600/ 

Our first musical horror movie is here. Get comfortable while you listen! Pull up a chair! But maybe don’t sit in it so long as we’re on Fleet Street.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual violence

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Sources: 

• ​Fogel, Hope, and Jill M. Swirsky. “A Psychological Exploration of ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’.” Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research (Blog), 30 July 2024, www.psichi.org/blogpost/987366/503177/A-Psychological-Exploration-of-Sweeney-Todd-The-Demon-Barber-of-Fleet-Street
• ​Macdonald, Liz. “Sweeney Todd: A Referendum on Patriarchy, Misogyny & Purity Culture.” Medium, 30 Dec. 2024, medium.com/@lizymacd/sweeney-todd-a-referendum-on-patriarchy-misogyny-purity-culture-98afc95277d3. 
• ​Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street_(2007_film)  
• ​Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408236/ 

A medical examiner isn’t quite the path Austin envisioned for himself, but when a case rolls in interesting enough to postpone date night, he learns it’s not investigating the dead he’s in for…it’s waking it.  Investigate the centuries-old identity of the woman on the table in 2016’s The Autopsy of Jane Doe.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual violence

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Halloween by Alex-Productions https://soundcloud.com/alexproductionsmusicCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://www.audiolibrary.com.co/alex-productions/halloweenMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/z3yEgDi0fEE

Sources: 

• Adams, Jane. “‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’ and Waking the Witch Within.” Rue-morgue.com; 2023. https://rue-morgue.com/the-autopsy-of-jane-doe-and-waking-the-witch-within/ 
• The Autopsy of Jane Doe Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Autopsy_of_Jane_Doe 
• The Autopsy of Jane Doe IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3289956/ 
• “‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’: A Theory” Reddit, posted by u/Bitter_Truck492, 15 Oct. 2024. https://www.reddit.com/user/Bitter_Truck492/ 

Happy (almost) Halloween, Whorrors!  To celebrate, we’re asking the classic question that spawned the greatest slasher to ever slay the 90’s: what’s your favorite scary movie?  Find out as we unmask Ghostface and discuss the long-awaited 1996 self-referential masterpiece, Scream.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, alochol/drug use, spoilers for Scream 2022

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Sources: 

• How Scream (1996) Takes a Stab at White American Masculinity by Horror Homeroom: https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/how-scream-1996-takes-a-stab-at-white-american-masculinity/

• Scream IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571/trivia/

• Scream Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_(1996_film)

• Why Scream (1996) is the Ultimate Feminist Horror Film by Alex Pompilli: https://ihaveafunfact.wordpress.com/2021/01/18/why-scream-1996-is-the-ultimate-feminist-horror-film/