Charlie joins Caitlin to cover Demian Rugna's Terrified from 2017. It's a great movie with well-developed characters, solid writing, and excellent scares. Tangents include: Mark Ruffalo, Chinese takeout, memoir titles, freezer placement, and a tricky Would You Rather.
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Weapons: Justin Long is Zach Cregger's Muse
Victor joins Caitlin to cover Weapons, the 2025 horror hit from Zach Cregger. We talk about the movie's structure, acting, and writing, as well as its various motifs and themes. And what a fantastic new monstrous femme figure in Aunt Gladys! Tangents include: theaters, Magnolia, childhood years and fears, and Pizzagate.
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The Devils: Perversion, Power, and Politics
Talking sin and censorship with Joe as we cover 1971's The Devils. It's one of the most controversial and most censored movies in the Western world, but it's also thematically very important (and relevant). We love this movie for its set design, its performances, its writing, its themes, and, of course, its reputation. Tangents include: Space Jam 2, Nine Inch Nails, Jodie's awesome Monopoly and video game save point questions, things we're looking forward to, places we'd move if language wasn't a barrier, and our midlife crises
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X Files' Sanguinarium: Everyone Wants to Be Beautiful, Scully
Chattin' X Files with Chaz. Charlie joins to cover S4E6 "Sanguinarium," a spooky and gruesome episode that really resonates. We talk about beauty horror, witchcraft, the occult, and straight PINS, brah. Tangents include: Argentinian Spanish, monopoly game pieces, theoretical video game save points, things we're looking forward to, countries to live in, and religions to choose.
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Hostel Part II: Sexy Good Times
Mary and Mathula join Caitlin to cover Eli Roth's Hostel: Part II. It's a movie that the three of us really enjoy, and we contest that it's more than "torture porn." It's got a great "good for her" moment, and we just love seeing Heather Matarazzo. Tangents include: meeting celebrities at cons, gay crushes, cleaning out the fridge, the goodwill auction site, custom monopoly game pieces, theoretical video game save points, walk-out music, renting vs owning, and favorite animals.
Plug it Up is a horror movie podcast about the monstrous feminine. Host Caitlin Grant and her funny guests look at the monstrous feminine in all its forms, including: monstrous menstruation (like Carrie and Ginger Snaps), monstrous motherhood (like Rosemary’s Baby and The Omen), femmes fatales (like Jennifer’s Body and The Love Witch), black widows (like Dolores Claibore), body horror in women (like Teeth and Raw), treacherous friendships between women (like The Craft), women battling horrors (like You’re Next), and women who are themselves horrific (like Gone Girl).
Although this show focuses on the experiences and portrayals of women in horror, it’s a gender inclusive space, and the discussion is open to people of all gender identities and presentations. It’s an explicitly intersectional feminist, trans-inclusive podcast for horror fans.