Fear Coded

This is a company town and nothing can stand in the way of the evil of capitalism except what lies beneath and what lies around. We talk about the 2019 anthology horror fiction podcast The Old Gods of Appalachia , written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins. Wow, humble brag much? This podcast is a proud part of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow the podcas...

It is time to keep your appointment with The Wicker Man from 1973. Any maypole is a goal as Queer as Folk Horror month continues with this classic film, notably not with Nicolas Cage, directed by Robin Hardy. Beatles are on threads, there are wild music cues, and it is all kinds of sexy up in here! Practice your choppy choppy dance! This podcast is a proud part of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Glitterjaw Que...

Queer as Folk Horror continues as we trade flowers for cakes for workmen in the point-and-click adventure, The Excavation of Hob's Barrow developed by Shaun Aitcheson of Cloak and Dagger Games. We discuss Victorian pants-wearing heroine, Thomasina (Samantha Beart, aka Karlach), as we navigate the moors and discover the truth that lies beneath the titular barrow (and answer the question "what's a b...

Let's kick off Queer as Folk Horror month by taking a little journey. That's right, it's time to go on a trip (geographical, to Sweden; and metaphorical, under the influence of substances) as we take on the 2019 film, Midsommar , written and directed by Ari Aster. But in the end, maybe the real journey was the friends who really sucked along the way. The sun never sets on the Hårga empire as we ta...

We are wrapping up Furry February by celebrating a fowl and feathery flock in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film, The Birds . While we all came for some terrorizing birds, imagine how happy we were to discover a beautiful queer romance, but these girlfriends aren't able to love because of a swarm of gull-fiends ! We also talk about men poured into sweaters, children continuing to deserve all the harms i...

This house is the paw-prety of a gang of queer cats and we will wade through every canned cat noise that has ever been made on our journey to explore the invasion of a straight family to this idyllic, remote house. It all starts going wrong when the original grumpy cat leads his army of stray cats to war - but can they vanquish a come-to-life cabbage patch doll of a child? Find out in this episode...

Well, it's terror time again! Tune your television sets to Exposition in the Morning and head back to the exploits of zombies, cats, dogs, and cat-people on the sort of misnamed Zombie Island (it's really more of a peninsula). We talk about the red herrings and try to work out the mystery of real monsters while jamming out to incredibly late 1990s rock, joined by Scooby superfan Amanda Souchik-Beu...

Unlock childhood memories and listen to us discover that sun-dried tomatoes are just more effectively marketed tomato raisins as we discuss the children's horror classic Bunnicula, written by James and Deborah Howe. This podcast is a proud part of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow the podcast on social media ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter: @fearcodedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠Bluesky: @fear...

Wolfie lives! Load up at the smorgasbord of horror tropes as we get together with our group of - are these supposed to be friends? - while we play the just-a-heterosexuality-simulator-until-the-murders-start with the 2015 horror video game, Until Dawn and its 2024 remake. We are joined by voice actor, Matt Bartlett (podcast credits: CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story , Do You Copy? , Nightmares Unleashed )...

We are keeping it campy this time with a soupçon of drama as we talk about the iconic television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer with the Season 3, Episode 6 entry, "Band Candy." You can just hear Principal Snyder telling you that there are some "foxy ladies here tonight," and he was talking about us! So whether you're no longer a girl, but not yet a slayer, or one half of...

They're all going to laugh at you ... if you don't listen to our conversation about the 1976 film, Carrie , that is. We talk about a saint who is a gay icon, a genuinely Dora the Explorer moment, and that big John Travolta jump scare in this film as we continue our journey through Jan-TEEN-uary, where we are talking teens in horror all month long! They're called breasts, mama! This podcast is a pr...

Welcome back, listeners. We love you all dearly and queerly as we talk about this totally 80s kickoff to our month-long celebration of TEENS with the 2016 novel by Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend's Exorcism . We've got the beat (and plenty of holy water) as we navigate what's normal, what's not normal, and what is supernatural! The power of Phil Collins compels you to check out this episode, share,...

Ho ho ho! Happy holidays, listeners! We promise not to moan into the microphone too much as we talk about the classic and inspirational horror Black Christmas from director Bob Clark. We ask if it's horror, if it's queer, and if it's Christmas while we talk about floofy cats, sneaky drinking, and toxic masculinity that comes adorned in gorgeous coats and floppy hair. Wrap your presents, hang your...

Are we in the suburbs, or is it just a cloying prison manufactured to keep us compliant while we slowly suffocate? And really - what's the difference? We'll attempt to find the truth alongside Doug Fink ⁠ ( ⁠Walloping Websnappers⁠ , ⁠Gimmicks⁠ , ⁠Falling with Style⁠ , ⁠Novel Gaming ) as we talk about the must-discuss 2024 film I Saw the TV Glow by writer and director, Jane Schoenbrun. We talk abou...

( throws a file across your desk ) Ever heard of queer horror podcast aliens, Scully?! We follow these iconic federal agents into rural Pennsylvania(?) while trusting no one as we talk about The X-Files episode "Home," perhaps one of the scariest episodes of the series. We navigate the very model of a modern major heterosexual of Mulder's character and we all get a bit feline, musically speaking....

You opened the puzzle box and you summoned us. We came with this new episode featuring guest Cass Proffitt ( Distant Echoes ) to talk Hellraiser from 1987 written and directed by Clive Barker. We have such sights to show you as we protect ourselves with squishy stuffed animals, enjoy repulsive glamor, combat toxic masculinity, and support sex workers in this seminal horror piece. Jesus may have we...

Trick or treat you ghosts and ghosties! We have a king-sized candy bar of a bonus episode for each of you as we answer the many questions you all sent in all month long. We talk about some truly exceptional media on this one, so to help with "did they just reference that?" we have made a Letterboxd list of every film we mention or make reference to (even if it is a passing reference): Fear Coded Q...

Hello, listener! Prepare yourself a Randy sandwich and get ready for a review of the rules you need to survive a horror movie podcast as we invite our first guest, Derek B. Gayle ( Walloping Websnappers , Gimmicks , Falling with Style , Skreeonk! , Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge ) to talk about the referential masterpiece Scream from 1996 directed by horror legend Wes Craven and written by Kevin...

We talk about three short works from one of the most well known writers in the genre: Edgar Allan Poe. It's our second bonus episode celebrating the scariest of months and we each bring a story to share with our co-hosts and each of you. We are answering your questions as a special Halloween treat! Please submit questions by October 25 to our social media or to fearcodedpod@gmail.com. This pod...

We dodge the Hays Code while proclaiming that we are divine as we roll back to talk about one of the classics, the 1931 film by James Whale, Frankenstein . Names get changed, brains get zippy zapped, and heads get bonked as we talk about this original monster movie. We will answer the hard questions! Who is Frankenstein? Why do queers betray each other? Is science gay? In the end, the conversation...

From found footage to early internet forum posts, we each share an entry from the deep well that is Internet Horror for our first bonus episode for October! David's pick, The Dionaea House by Eric Heisserer: Read most of the story on the Creepypasta Wiki Read the full story using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine Tyler's pick, The Backrooms: Read one of the foundational forum posts using the In...

You're traveling through another dimension - a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrously queer land whose heteronormative boundaries are made to be broken by your imagination. That's a signpost up ahead. It reads, your next stop: Fear Coded covering the anthology television series by Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone ! In particular, we take a queer readin...

We are watching X-Files with no lights on (I hope the Smoking Man's in this one) as we simulate walking through our return home in the 2013 video game Gone Home by The Fullbright Company. We hunt ghosts with our girlfriend and adorn our lockers with starlets exclusively covered on The Mixed Reviews podcast as we walk into not just a horror story, but a love story, and the most zine-filled of a...

At the crossroads of high camp and arthouse, we find ourselves in the basement bedroom discussing the 2000 film by John Fawcett, Ginger Snaps . Take a big bite of your syrupy shortcake, iron your field hockey uniform, and track your cycle as we answer the question on everyone's minds: what is scarier? A werewolf? Or puberty? This podcast is a proud part of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Col...

We just cannot fight this feeling anymore, so wax your mustaches, build some expensive Lego sets, and fill yourself with canned fish derivative recipes as we talk about the 2024 (but very much 80s throwback) film, Lisa Frankenstein by Zelda Williams. We hold faux goth bullies accountable while going full tilt into early 1990s Hot Topic, thinking about the Hamburglar, and pitching a new Fox reality...