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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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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/

We didn’t plan to feature two eternally 12-year-olds in a row—but here we are! Brave the snow of Sweden as we unpack the terror of being a preteen in 2008’s Let the Right One In.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of bullying, violence against children, grooming, themes of transphobia and homophobia 

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• ​IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv
• ​Oskar Loves Eli: Let the Right One In and Trans Romance by Fae Basir: https://www.fangoria.com/oskar-loves-eli-let-the-right-one-in-and-trans-romance/
• ​Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_the_Right_One_In_(film)#Notes

Babysit a 12 year old for 24 hours and get $7 million dollars…you’d have to be a sucker not to take this deal, but maybe the conditions would change if you knew the 12(,000) year old was actually a (blood)sucker.  Sharpen your stakes as we wait for the daylight in 2024’s Abigail. 

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of addiction

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• “Abigail (2024) KILL COUNT.” Youtube.com. Uploaded by Dead Meat, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IAe15A9IOk 

• Abigail (2024 film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_(2024_film) 

• Abigail (2024) IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27489557/  

• Erwin, Elizabeth. "Coded Queerness in Dracula’s Daughter (1936)." Horror Homeroom, 22 June 2015, https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/coded-queerness-in-draculas-daughter-1936/ 

A weekend back in your hometown can be hell enough, but more horrors await through the gates of Hell Fest (2018) - and it’s not just the embarrassment of your boyfriend losing $50 on a stuffed animal, either.

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• “Hell Fest (2018) KILL COUNT.” Youtube.com. Uploaded by Dead Meat, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7pdrQl-KyQ 

• Hell Fest Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Fest 

• Hell Fest (2018) IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1999890/  

Keep your eyes on the road (and in your head) as we unpack the road rage in Jeepers Creepers (2001).

***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual assault, domestic violence, true crime

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• JC IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263488/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

• JC Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepers_Creepers_(2001_film)

We all know the story of Frankenstein, but listen in to hear what happens after a high school party in the 80’s leads to a bad trip that makes you wish you BYOB’d (Built Your Own Boyfriend) in 2024’s Lisa Frankenstein.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual assault

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• Lisa Frankenstein Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Frankenstein https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Corn_(1984_film) 

• Lisa Frankenstin (2024) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21188080/ 

• Watts, Rhonda. “Life, Death, and ‘Lisa Frankenstein’: How the Horror-Comedy Film Pays Homage to Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein.’” k-saa.org. https://www.k-saa.org/blog/lisa-frankenstein 

Angela is hoping for some excitement for her nighttime news segment, but the night goes viral in all the wrong ways.  Catch the craze as we cover 2008’s Quarantine. 

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of contagious illness

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• Quarantine Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine_(2008_film)

• Sometimes They Come Back – ‘REC’ (2007) vs ‘Quarantine’ (2008) by Kim Morrison: https://littleredhorror.wordpress.com/2021/05/23/sometimes-they-come-back-rec-2007-vs-quarantine-2008/

A stranger knocks at your isolated home in the dead of night, but what if letting him in is actually a good idea?  Find this thought experiment and other precious artifacts in our unpacking of 2024’s Oddity.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual violence, cancer

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• Oddity Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddity_(film)

• Oddity IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26470109/trivia/

• 'Oddity's Damian McCarthy reveals the origins of his Wooden Man by Kristy Puchko: https://mashable.com/article/oddity-wooden-man-damian-mccarthy

What will make you murder your family and join a farming commune that worships an agricultural god?  IT’S CORN!!! (in 1984’s Children of the Corn).

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of cults, harm against a child 

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Sources: 

• ​Chambers, Jamie. "Troubling Folk Horror: Exoticism, Metonymy, and Solipsism in the "Unholy Trinity" and Beyond." JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, vol. 61 no. 2, 2022, p. 9-34. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/cj.2022.0014. Accessed December 2022.
• ​“Children of the Corn (1984) KILL COUNT.” Youtube.com. Uploaded by Dead Meat, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwHr31znIXg 
• ​Children of the Corn (1984 film) Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Corn_(1984_film) 
• ​Children of the Corn IMDb: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0087050/ Thurgill, James. “A Fear of the Folk: On Topophobia and the Horror of Rural Landscapes.” Revenant: Critical and Creative Studies of the Supernatural, no. 5, March 2020, pp. 33–56. Revenant Journal, The University of Tokyo, [online].