Pleasers & Punishers

We have lit the black flame candle and summoned the spirits of the Sanderson sisters as we discuss everyone’s favorite Halloween hoe-down! Joining us is returning guest Sarah Stubbs to talk about Doug Jones, yabbos, and how messed up kid horror was in the early 90s. This episode is filled with tangents, giggles, and deep insights about the history of using human skin to bind books! HAPPY HALLOWEEN...

Put down a $5 deposit on your pizza bag and get ready to turn from a pizza boy into a pizza man, because we’re venturing out to the wealthy suburbs to talk Chelsea Stardust’s horror romp. We’ll trip over our own tongues, do impressions of wind instruments, and discuss so many of the delightful things that happen in this movie. And if you get scared, just repeat to yourself: two fuzzy bunnies…two f...

Look for guidance from young Udo Kier and watch out for maggoty meat because we’re heading to Germany to learn how to dance and be witches! Our coven is joined this week by Meredith Borders to talk surround mixes, incredible horror merch, and of course one of the most beautiful horror films ever made. Find Meredith online: @merborders on bsky & IG Fangoria Starlog Find us online: patreon.com/p...

Pay your tithes and prepare your feminine wiles, because we’re taking a trip to medieval France for a deeply disturbing animated adventure. Is it feminist? Is it exploitative? Find out as we dive deep with special guest Stephen Wilson to talk prog rock, sexual assault, and an animated orgy! Content Warning for discussion of sexual assault and violence against women Watch the movie here Find Stephe...

We never wanted to be your podcast! Just kidding, we love you and we’re just trying to protect you! And this week we’re joined by Scott Shoemaker to talk Ari Aster’s horrific family drama. From deeply disturbing emotional responses to jokes about holes, we’re going everywhere in search of King Paimon and his gifts of wealth and knowledge. Plus, we dole out some parental advice, but we sure as hell...

By Grabthar’s Hammer, what an episode! Colin Smith joins us to talk this pitch-perfect Star Trek parody to end our month in space, complete with so much nerdery and love for both its inspiration and the final product. Find Colin online: @csmith03 Find us online: patreon.com/podcastperverts https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers https://bsky.app/profile/pleaserspunishers.bsky.social pleaser...

It’s time for a deep dive into a floating taxi and discussions about aesthetics, gender, and whether or not humanity is worth saving. We’re joined by our friend DeVaughn Taylor to talk about this space opera epic that we all wish was longer, and decry its director for being a PoS. Don’t forget your multipass! Find DeVaughn online @_daddydisco Find us online: patreon.com/podcastperverts https://www...

As we continue Spaced-Out September, we’re traveling through the Space Anus™ to Space Egypt to eat 5th Avenue bars and fight androgynous aliens. From Kurt Russell’s terrible hair to James Spader’s amazing hair, we’re digging up everything we can for this iconic slice of science fiction. Watch out for those warp tubes and the brain boiler! Find Julian online @julianseltzer Find us online: patreon.c...

We’re heading off to a hell dimension with plenty of tangents on the way as we discuss Mr. Milla Jovovich’s “ Hellraiser in space.” Jarrod Hornbeck from Puppet Masters & Castle Freaks joins us to talk about the incredible practical effects, the terrible CGI, the vacuum of space, concert festivals, Latin, and more! Where we’re going, we won’t need eyes to see… Find Jarrod online IG @puppetmaste...

Friend of the show Tomi Trembath is back to help us travel to 1987 and kick the shit out of a bunch of nazis in our last film of Anthology August. We’re digging into the history of Oakland with these stories all (partially) based on true events for a true underdog story. So watch for that glowing green light, be honest with your grandchildren about vampires, and aim for the throat. Nazi punks fuck...

Follow us into the basement and come get “The Shit” because we’re talking one of the best anthology films of all time. We’ll thirst over writer/director/actor Rusty Cundieff, condemn the existence of racists, and question the excessive use of strobing, all while falling into our usual fits of giggles. Welcome to the pod, motherfuckers! Find us online: patreon.com/podcastperverts https://www.instag...

As we continue our journey through Anthology August, we’re covering our first-ever entry in the V/H/S/ franchise! Join us for discussions of 80s authenticity, rants about other entries in the series, and another of Amanda’s screeds against Scott Derrickson. Be kind, rewind ;) Find us online: patreon.com/podcastperverts https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers https://bsky.app/profile/pleaser...

Anthology August begins with one of the Amicus “Portmentaeu Horror” collections, featuring tales to send chills up your spine! Don’t mind the death card, we’re not using it metaphorically… Find us online: patreon.com/podcastperverts https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers https://bsky.app/profile/pleaserspunishers.bsky.social pleaserspunisherspodcast@gmail.com Art by The Haunted David Music...

Lube up your puppet hole and slap on your royal court makeup because we’re heading to the Balkans on a mission to get an entire family killed! From its incredible aesthetics to its unapologetic queerness, this is a truly unique vampire film in today’s horror landscape, and we hope you’ll join us for a nice family dinner. Find us online: patreon.com/podcastperverts https://www.instagram.com/pleaser...

We’re saluting Claudia Schiffer & asking “Why you wanna break my heart?” with our episode on Penelope Spheeris’s pitch-perfect comedy from the golden when “dudes rock” was actually true. So grab your Strat, memorize those cue cards, and learn how to say this in Cantonese: Hi…we’re in Delaware… Party time! Excellent! Find us online: patreon.com/podcastperverts https://www.instagram.com/pleasers...

Clickety clackety! Clickety clackety! We be the witches of the wood! And we’re joined by Ten Backe for a deep dive into american folklore, religion, and the patriarchy for Robert Eggers’ debut feature. As usual, we get very silly while having some very serious discussions. Content Warning for discussions of child abuse. Find us online: patreon.com/podcastperverts https://www.instagram.com/pleasers...

Ho! Clear is here the trace of him we seek! Welcome to season two, fellow travelers! We’re kicking off our free-for-all month with one of Mae’s all-time favorites in Travis Stevens’ Greek Mythology-laden feminist masterpiece. We’re joined by Ari Drew on our first main feed video episode to talk men being punished, Athena being an anti-feminist, and why Josh Ruben should have hung dong for the seco...

Welcome to season 2, fellow travelers! If you've made it this far, you've surely enjoyed how ridiculous we get on our episodes, but you may not know that there's EVEN MORE STUFF that often doesn't make the cut. So here we proudly present 2 full hours of outtakes & bloopers, replete with copious amounts of giggling, culled from the entirety of our first season. Next week begins our foray into v...

It’s the final episode of our first season, so crack open your poetry collection, pick up your pills, and let’s head to Serbia—er, The Berkshires—for David Bruckner’s legacy sequel/requel(?) that inspired Mae’s most recent album ! Tomi Trembath joins us to talk about its updated mythology, subverting the “bury your gays” trope, and the glory of trans “pinhead”. Plus so, so many hilarious tangents...

Prep your Terminator skeleton, your terrible wigs, and your flesh magic toolbag, because we’re diving into the multi-generational entry in the Hellraiser franchise. We’re joined by Andrea Celeste to talk surprisingly progressive discussions about trans women, annoying kid characters, Adam Scott, and…fax machines? Tune in now…before oblivion comes. Find us online: https://www.instagram.com/pleasers...

It’s time to get back in the trenches for a WWI history lesson! Just kidding—we’re talking the goofiest of the theatrically released Hellraiser films, and we’re having a great time. Joining us is author, programmer, and pop culture critic Anthony Oliveira for another wide-ranging discussion. From missed sapphic opportunities to our personal theories on The Order Of The Gash, and more. Find us onli...

Get ready for The Titty Trinity as we’re joined by drag queen extraordinaire Peaches Christ to talk giant hell penises, implied sapphic connections, and the queen of all wicked stepmothers. Plus a wealth of trivia, diabolical tangents, advice for quality drag queen fake boobs, and more! So hold on to your skin-suit and open the box, because we’re going to hell! Find us online: https://www.instagra...

Strap on your GoPros and clench your hole(s), because we’re venturing into a nest of bad vibes for a great time. Joining us is Alison Riegel to discuss psychiatric facilities, ghost-summoning rituals, capitalism, and so, so much more. Content Warning for discussions of mental health, medication, patient abuse, and suicide. Find us online: https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers https://bsky...

Grab your dad’s bandana and your lucky shark’s tooth necklace because we’re packing up for a desert music video shoot gone awry in Robbie Banfitch’s feature debut. Joining us once again is Kayte Terry to talk fleshy snakes, severd cocks, and portals to hell. Plus, time loops, auto-tune, and a brief history of found footage films.   Find us online: https://www.instagram.com/pleasersandpunishers htt...

Can we see the manager? We’re the circle of Charons and we’re here about a computer issue, because we’re talking the non-supernatural screen life movie that scares the crap out of Mae but just makes Amanda & Caitlyn kind of angry. We’ll discuss cyber crime, conspiracies in film, whether snuff films are real or a myth, and the disgusting reality of child pornography that exists on the dark web....