Fear Coded

You opened the box, and we came - with answers to the questions that have been submitted all month long! Of course, we couldn't do it without all of you wonderful fans who sent in questions! Thank you to: Britt (@brittsbyhobnob) from the 1001 by 1 Podcast Jack (@infinitesimalstars) Alyssa (@nohungryghosts) from the Silver Scream Podcast Hamish (@hamishsteele) from the ⁠Super Mario Moment Podca...

All moons must set, and so too does the pale light of night set on Werewoctober , our month-long look at how the Universal Monster wolf man navigated the horror space all the way on to the screen in our home. We asked our patrons to vote on werewolves in TV and we returned to Sunnydale to discuss Buffy the Vampire Slayer (again) with the Season 2 episode "Phases." We talk about the Frenc...

Werewoctober continues as our month-long look at how the Universal Monster wolf man traveled the world just to find itself in the United Kingdom. That's right - we're joining An American Werewolf In London, the John Landis film from 1981. There might be too much movie in this movie, but that's no excuse to walk the moors! (Also, yes we looked up that croque is French for "crunch.&...

October - or rather - Werewoctober continues with our deep dive into men who are also sometimes wolves as a month-long look at how the Universal Monster wolf man evolved our understanding of werewolves. But this time, the wolf in question is the Big Bad variety as we talk about the 2013 episodic adventure game series The Wolf Among Us , developed by Telltale Games. To help us decide what to do fir...

Awoo! It's October, which means it is time for another Universal monster deep dive, and this time, we cross the moors and talk trasnformation, because it is Werewoctober - a celebration of all things wolfy. And there's no better place to start than the 1941 film written by Curt Siodmak and directed by George Waggner, The Wolf Man . Joining us to talk about this pillar of Universal monsters is a ti...

Don't adjust your podcasting devices, this episode is supposed to be black and white, because we are talking about the Season 4 episode of the beloved(?) series Supernatural , "Monster Movie." You should Always Be Worried About Wolves (ABWAB) when navigating this monster-of-the-week episode featuring mummies, Draculas, and re-hymenation. Beep beep! Fear Coded can be supported on Patr...

We talk about statues and apples and the dead internet as we talk about a horror anthology of comics from Adam Ellis with his 2025 collection Let Me In Your Window . There's something for everyone, so long as you were in the market for creepy clowns, playlist stalking, or a reconciliation with your childhood self! Fear Coded can be supported on Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ patreon.com/...

We are taking a totally untested podcast cut-off by revisiting one of the subjects that came up on our Hear Me Out episode, the 1992 Ric Burns' documentary The Donner Party . We discuss filming techniques and why this story from history shares so much with the horror films we've covered on the podcast, not just because of the subject matter, but because of the artistry at play. Mountainman...

It's the last class of the day in Back to Ghoul, our month-long celebration of horror in high schools, and we're firing truth bullets to find out why we're locked inside of the 2010 interactive fiction video game Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc , developed by Spike Chunsoft. We bemoan the inclusion of rhythm games as we talk about the first entry in what became an in-depth series abou...

Our month long dive into school-based horror - Back to Ghoul - continues as we talk about the Kevin Williamson penned high school horror, The Faculty . We of course know sugar is a diuretic as we admire paper cutter wielding drug dealers and Bebe Neuwirth sings us a little song. Everyone is in this movie. Fear Coded can be supported on Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ patreon.com/fearcodedpodcas...

Our month long dive into school-based horror - Back to Ghoul - gets turned upside down as we talk about Stranger Things by The Duffer Brothers, and its first episode "The Vanishing of Will Byers." We obviously talk about the big men of Hawkins, but also all the gorgeous sets and a different time for streaming shows. Also, a ton of host lore drops you aren't going to want to miss! May...

Ring ring! That school bell must mean it's time for Back to Ghoul a month-long celebration of horror in school settings! And we're starting with a real hell of a time covering Jennifer's Body from 2009, directed by Karyn Kusama and written by Diablo Cody. We're just analyzing queer themes, it's not that impressive. But what is impressive is our incredible guest Paige Kiser , co-host of Across the...

Our anniversary celebration wraps up with Tyler's pick for our favorites and the 1979 Ridley Scott film, Alien . We discuss the technological limitations of the beep boop machine, personal beliefs in molecular acid, and how misogynistic evil space viziers ruin everything. Join us for this truly egg-celent adventure! Fear Coded can be supported on Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ patreon.com/fea...

All month long we are covering some favorite media that has been on the brainstorm list, and we continue with a teased entry from earlier this year .. The Last Unicorn from 1982 produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. Face your fears, but don't lose yourself as magic does its will in this surprisingly dark children's (citation needed) film that features some surprising voice cast and characte...

This month, to celebrate our second year of being on the air, we are covering some favorite media that has been on the brainstorm list, and we start with David’s pick, the 2007 video game Bioshock , developed by Ken Levine of Irrational Games. Modify your vocal chords and shove every consumable you find directly into your mouth as we talk about stark moral decision making, the utility of ice power...

As we wrap up our June - Pride Month! - celebration of media created by queer folks all month long, we take a wrong turn and end up with the Tubi original Slay from 2024, written and directed by Jem Garrard. Thankfully, we are joined by Chels Eichholz from The Q Division to help us read these queens for filth. Gas up the RV named Campy, slay a vampire or two, and remember that gender-affirming car...

It's June - Pride Month! - and we are celebrating by looking at media created by independent artists with textually queer characters all month long. We continue by coming home from college for a Night in the Woods , an narrative adventure game from 2017 developed by Scott Benson, Bethany Hockenberry, and Alec Holowka. Rounding out our band is Katie from Novel Gaming! One of simply has had it w...

It's June - Pride Month! - and we are celebrating by looking at media created by queer folks all month long. To kick it off, we're discussing the Netflix series, Dead End: Paranormal Park and the episode "Night of the Living Kids." Stall your demon summoning with procedural calls to order, because this episode , we're privy to some real big lore drops care of our guest, creat...

Happy Pride listeners! This month's bonus episode, Merrilee guides Tyler and David through a list of monsters we'd like to ... well, you know ... as we talk through 30 creatures that we'd smash or pass. This is a preview of the whole episode, which is available for everyone all Pride Month, and afterwards for patrons of our Fear Coded Patreon. You can check out the full episode here: h...

Glitterjaw Survey: ⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/GlitterjawPodSurvey ⁠⁠ Ghost month comes to a close, and we asked our patrons to choose the form of our destructor, so we covered the 2003 strategy video game Ghost Master, developed by Sick Puppies. From the sorority house to the high seas, we deploy ghosts to haunt mortals with confusing gameplay controls and frustrating navigation. If you can survive a gaunt...

Glitterjaw Survey: ⁠ https://bit.ly/GlitterjawPodSurvey Check out your Dark Zodiac forecast as we visit an absolute petting zoo of a film by finally discussing Thirteen Ghosts written by Neal Marshall Stevens and Richard D'Ovidio and directed by Steve Beck. Since we find ourselves in the bowels of 2001, it only made sense to have on our friend Slate from the Not Another 2001 Movie Podcast to help...

Glitterjaw Survey: ⁠ https://bit.ly/GlitterjawPodSurvey ⁠ We are back in the suburbs as our ghostly adventures continue all month long, this time with the 1982 film Poltergeist, directed by Tobe Hooper with a screenplay by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor. Don't step on a de-marked grave or you'll have to answer to a sassy salon owner only known as "the beast." Bu...

Glitterjaw Survey: https://bit.ly/GlitterjawPodSurvey Message delivery from Post-mortem Union: it's our month-long journey into ghosts in media and we start with the 1959 novel by Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House . Did that planchette just write "LGB without the T?" Get out of here! Fear Coded can be supported on Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ patreon.com/fearcodedpodcast ⁠⁠⁠...

Heat up your chili dogs and set up the board game as we wrap up our monthlong pratfall into Horror Comedy with the 2010 film Tucker and Dale vs. Evil directed by Eli Craig and written by Eli Craig and Morgan Jurgenson. We brought in our Take-Me-Home-Country-Roads special correspondent (but sadly, not Yellow Ranger) ⁠ ⁠Tommy⁠ ⁠ from the ⁠ ⁠Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast⁠ and ⁠Lee Carvallo'...

It's good to be king, especially if you're thrown back in time to retrieve The Necronomicon, which is exactly what happens as we join the already in progress Army of Darkness by Sam Raimi. The gender politics probably belong in The Middle Ages, but the cartoon humor is exactly what we need to battle and army of skeletons! Remember to repeat these words exactly , or you'll be sucked rig...