Queer and Loathing

Episode 34 For our Queer & Loathing season finale, we are celebrating a belated Thanksgiving with the 1987 hit (citation needed) Blood Rage! This is a Scaredy-Sam approved movie, so we do recommend you watch it (for free! on youtube!) before you tune into this episode–perhaps while assembling furniture. Your favorite hosts (citation needed [again]) Brett, Mel, & Sam explore this masterpiec...

Episode 33 If you believe this episode is real, then it is! Join redditors Brett, Mel, and Sam as they discuss the new quirky A24 Hugh Grant vehicle “Heretic.”  Your favorite hosts will discuss Mel’s inevitable future as Mr. Reed, Brett’s disdain for both Monopoly and Bill Maher, and Sam’s interest in Simulation Theory. Join us as we attempt to answer the age old question… “What is more powerful?...

Episode 32 Oops, we did a period blood double feature! This time, we travel back in time to the mean 70s to watch the Brian De Palma classic “Carrie.” Join your hosts Brett, Mel, Samantha, and Guestmantha Zeto for a deep dive into biblical musicals, saints, corporal punishment, bullying, and, of course, PJ Soles’ gay little hat.  Get your couple’s tickets, rent your hideous $10 tuxedo, rawdog some...

Episode 31 Awoooooo! The moon is full, and it’s time for Q&L’s first werewolf movie. Join hosts Brett, Mel, and Samantha for an in-depth talk about puberty, periods, bullying, and stealing pets. Is this the most quotable movie? Well, it is certainly the most quotable movie about teenage werewolves. Other discussion topics include: Dead dogs Dried flowers Dutch angles Death montages …and much more!...

Episode 30 As the weather gets colder (or not… thanks, climate change), curl up by the fire and celebrate spooky books with us! In this literary episode, your Q&L hosts discuss all things related to our lord and savior Stephen King, the medium of audiobooks, dream adaptations, dating grandpas, and so much more!  Tune in to hear Samantha actively dying of Captain Trips, Brett paying homage to our p...

Episode 29 For our first inaugural Halloween Special™, we figured, why not watch Halloween? Join your Q&L hosts Brett, Mel, and NOTmantha for this fun and festive foray into John Carpenter's Halloween (1978). In order to get a new perspective on an old movie, we invited Mama Bode to share her experiences as someone who was able to freshly experience this movie (in theaters!) when it was releas...

Episode 28 
 The Q&L crew had the pleasure of seeing the 4k restoration of The Silence of the Lambs on the big screen at the historic Texas Theater. You might be thinking, “but Queer & Loathing, this is a thriller, not a horror movie,” and to that, we say, “shut up, loser.” 
 In this episode, Brett, Mel, and Samantha will discuss THE DISCOURSE, do some psychoanalyzing of their own, and say mean th...

Episode 27 Pump it up and strap in for a long episode because we really just had too much to say about THE SUBSTANCE, the new release from rising star director Coralie Fargeat (pronounced the French way: far-gee-at). 
 Join your Q&L hosts as activate, stabilize, switch, and remember that they are one. 
 Please rate and review our podcast!  Follow us on Instagram @QueerAndLoathingPod  Email us at Q...

Episode 26 
 Trigger warning: this episode includes graphic descriptions of Br*tish cuisine. We understand if you need to skip this episode to protect your mental health. We hope you will join us again next week. 
 It’s the second movie in our “zom-com” double-feature! Join your Q&L hosts as they discuss Shaun of the Dead, the movie that brought Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg across the pond and into...

Episode 25 
 It’s a zombie double feature! This week, the Q&L hosts tackle the first of their zombie movies with the directorial debut of Zelda Williams, daughter of beloved actor Robin Williams. Lisa Frankenstein (2024) has arrived on streaming, so it felt like a perfect time to check out this ambitious and divisive flop.
 Which one(s) of your beloved hosts loved this movie and which one(s) hated...

Episode 24 
 There’s been a coup! Samantha grabs the reins this week to lead the discussion for an especially traumatizing movie from her past. Saddle up with your Q&L hosts as they gallop into a discussion of the 2002 phenomenon “The Ring,” which is THE film our brave Samantha was most scared to cover going into this podcast. 
 Tune in to find out: does she still feel unbridled terror thinking ab...

Episode 23 Nope, not the new one. We are talking about the classic 1988 film “Beetlejuice” (singular) this time. 
 On a Beetlejuice Beetlejuice high and thirsting for more? Want to take a trip down nostalgia lane? Just want to hang out with your most (occasionally) correct podcast hosts? If so, join us for this deep dive into Tim Burton films, canceled actors, autumnal blessings, and attempts at s...

Episode 22 
 For this very special episode of Queer & Loathing, your stunning and brave hosts present their spiciest takes for your listening pleasure (or pain). We challenged Brett, Mel, and Samantha to select films they are willing to defend and, more impressively, willing to openly hate. 
 Buckle in for:  ​Nostalgia denouncements ​Mel having a stroke ​Brett coming out  ​Mel and Brett having...

Episode 21 
 It only took 38 years, but the Alien franchise is BACK, baybeee! 
 Join our hosts for this existential episode of Q&L, where Mel rants about haters, Brett practices AVP erasure, and Samantha unlocks the next level of her horror fan status: night terrors! 
 So many dynamic questions will be posed during this episode. Like, how many video games can Mel possibly bring up? Fellas, are seq...

Episode 20 School is back in session! We are closing out the summer with The Faculty, the edgy 1998 The Thing rip-off from Robert Rodriguez.  After traumatizing Samantha with a bunch of really intense and scary movies, we decided to give her a little reprieve and just have a ton of fun with everybody’s favorite 2cool4school star-studded scifi teen horror romp. Disclaimer: none of us were in high s...

Episode 19 Cats can have a little noise as a treat. In this episode of Q&L, your favorite hosts discuss the latest film in the “sensory-sensitive aliens” subgenre: A Quiet Place 3 (or whatever it’s called). Brett, Mel, and Samantha will talk all things Quiet Place: pizza, cats, sound aliens, and… 9/11?  Exciting points of discussion may include: “Who can pronounce Djimon Hounsou without soundi...

Episode 18 Who doesn’t love a murder cult? This week, Q&L hosts Mel, Brett, and Samantha explore the thematically rich and beautifully crafted 2019 instant classic Midsommar. Which host would not be allowed to join the Harga? Which host would die immediately from sun exposure? Which host will play Midsommar music on a kazoo to avoid copyright claims? You’ll have to tune in to find out! The ans...

Episode 17 It’s “the scariest movie since Silence of the Lambs”* Pack up your longlegs and your most beautifully-crafted ceramic doll and join your Q&L hosts as they talk about the newest spoopy Satanic movie from Osgood Perkins: LONGLEGS! Brett, Mel, and Samantha saw the most marketed niche movie for weirdos of the year. Listen as they discuss how atmosphere impacts how we experience fear, po...

Episode 16 Join Q&L hosts Brett and Mel as they engage in a free-wheeling conversation about some of the movies and tv shows they have been watching lately. Alas, this is a Samantha-less episode, but that just opens the opportunity for YOU to be our Samantha for the week.  Tune in to hear some piping hot takes about Civil War, defenses of some critically-panned movies, discussions about reigni...

Episode 15 Disaster strikes! Samantha caught the plague before recording (she’s doing better now), but the Q&L team pulled through and recorded an episode for you anyway, because they are just that dedicated to you, the fans. You are so welcome. This week, join Brett, Mel, and ZoomSam as they talk about Maxxxine, Ti West’s newest smutty drug-fueled installment in the X franchise. Will Mel brin...

Episode 14 It’s a summer beach party at Queer & Loathing, and you are all invited! Sure, there might be a 25 foot maneater in the water, but don’t let that stop you from jumping in!  Jaws, one of the most iconic movies of all time, was released 49 years ago, and I don’t think anyone can doubt its cultural impact… but does it hold up? Join your favorite salty sea dogs as they discuss the first...

Episode 13 Step into the meadow with Brett, Mel, and Sam as they continue to explore all things The Twilight Saga™ and the various strange choices the books and movies made over the years. In our last Q&L episode, your venerable hosts talked about the phenomenon and meme impact, but this time, they tackle the source material head on. And, boy oh boy, is that material challenging at times.  Tun...

Episode 12 The gang bravely tackles the madness that is the Twilight Saga phenomenon in this two-part series. Twilight is now older than most of Gen Z, and these insane children have found the series and breathed new life into it. For part 1, join your hosts Brett, Mel, and Samantha as they debate the famous question: “Whose team are YOU on?” Will Mel ever pronounce Quileute correctly? Will Sam lo...

Episode 11 To close out Pride Month, Brett, Mel, and Samantha tackle the cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show. They discuss its vague “plot,” its bops and flops, and its long history. They even dig into the dreaded cancel culture Gen-Z discourse surrounding the 1975 film.  Did the wokes strike again?! Are you still allowed to like RHPS? Who would each host be in their own casting of the movie? T...

Episode 10 Have you wondered about the lifecycle of a Graboid? Of course you have! Don’t worry–Tremors is one of Mel’s special interests, so you’ll learn more than you ever thought you needed to know about the classic franchise. Join your hosts Brett, Mel, and Samantha as they dive into this masterpiece monster movie from 1990. Brett laments changes to creature design, Mel reveals that they do act...