Fear Coded

Sometimes lifeless, sometimes filled with the spirit of Brad Dourif, we are celebrating dolls all month long in Doll-cember and we're kicking things off with the iconic 1988 film, Child's Play . Luckily, we recruited our own good guy, Glitterjaw podcast host ⁠Derek B. Gayle⁠⁠ ( ⁠⁠Walloping Websnappers⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠Gimmicks⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠Falling with Style⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠Skreeonk!⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠Lee Carvallo's Podding...

It's time to finish our plates at the Kid's Table , our month-long dive into children's horror. To finish things off? We looked at the Goosebumps series of novels by R.L. Stine and particularly the entry The Night of the Living Dummy from 1993. Get your comedy act ready and try to resist making jokes about a character named "Mr. Wood" as we talk about ventriloquist dummies in...

It's that time here at the Kid's Table (our month-long look at horror for children) where we have finished our meals but the pie hasn't quite cooled. So how about a quick run through the the 1991 video game Uninvited , originally designed by ICOM Solutions and ported for the NES by Kemco. Just make sure you open your bottle of No Ghost and check the size of any spider before you traver...

We're continued to be sat at the Kid's Table as we talk about children's horror all month long, we're not even allowed to have a taset of the expensive, forbidden soup that is the subject of this episode of the 1990's children's horror anthology Are You Afraid of the Dark and the episode "The Tale of the Dangerous Soup." We are joined by Katie from Novel Gaming as we peruse the menu, talk about wh...

The grown-ups have banished us to the Kid's Table but that's just a way for us to talk about horror for children all month long! And where better to start than the (almost) universally acclaimed limited series, Over the Garden Wall by Patrick McHale. After a brief diversion where David tries to get a renewal for his once acclaimed previous podcast efforts, we talk about everything packed i...

There's a chill in the air, and it isn't just from the weather - it's a tale that's been forecasted for over a year! You can join the Fear Coded Patreon at patreon.com/FearCodedPodcast

You tricked and treated us with questions all month long and it is time to TP your houses with answers! Of course, we couldn't do it without all of you wonderful fans who sent in questions! Thank you to: Eric (@falconwizard) from The QueerXP Podcast Cody (@silkworm216) Jack (@infinitesimalstars) Hamish (@hamishsteele) from the Super Mario Moment Podcast Will (@dc20willsave) Craig and Dylan fro...

You are strange and off-putting here in the final chapter of Drac-tober , our month-long celebration of all things Dracula. We talked about the humble origins, but what happens when some boxes of dirt (boxes!?) make their way to Sunnydale, California? We get the answer in the Season 5 opener with "Buffy vs. Dracula" from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Joined by Buffy enthusiast and Glitterja...

Permit me to introduce myself - wait, what do you mean that's not in here? Drac-tober continues with the 1931 film Dracula , adapted by Garrett Fort and directed by Tod Browning. We corrupt Matthew Broderick, play with rubber bats, and play fast a loose with the source material as we jump from page to screen for this Universal Monster celebration of Bela Lugosi's take on Count Dracula. Fea...

No one sees a communion wafer coming, but you should have expected this Drac-tober continuation of the 1897 novel Dracula . This second part picks right where we left off from Chapter 13 and continues through the end of the novel. You'll be Goop™ed! Fear Coded can be supported on Patreon at ⁠ patreon.com/fearcodedpodcast ⁠ - anyone can join our belfry of bats! Ad-free episode access is availab...

Another October has come around for us to discuss one of the foundational icons of horror with a month-long celebration of all things Dracula! And to start this Drac-tober , we're going back to the very beginning to discuss the work of bear icon Bram Stoker with the 1897 novel Dracula . We're covering this one in two parts and this first sojourn takes us to Transylvania and through Chapter...

At long last we take Lost at Sea-tember to the stars! And who better to be by our sides than the exceptional Cass Proffitt from the Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast as we discuss the 1997 film, Event Horizon . Join us and get lost in a blood orgy while exploring a large shaft ready to explode at any moment! That's a lot of spikes, innit? This podcast is a proud part of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Our exploration of the breadth and depth of the terrifying oceans continues with Lost at Sea-tember now sending us into a place visited before only by puppet-makers and biblical figures: inside a whale! Follow the stars and check your technical gear as we discuss the 2023 novel by Daniel Kraus, Whalefall . *slaps the old oxygen tank* This bad boy can fit in so many daddy issues! This podcast is a...

Our misadventures with the fickle mother that is the ocean continues with our month-long celebration in nautical horror, Lost at Sea-tember! This time we've finally found solid ground with the 2019 film by Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse . Joined by our friend Andrew Corns from The Revisionist Almanac , we obliterate seagulls, fancy some dino nuggets, and remark about Bjork somehow as we discuss the...

Haul the sails ya filthy currs as Lost at Sea-tember continues, this time solving mysteries in the 2018 puzzle game, Return of the Obra Dinn developed by Lucas Pope. We enjoy "1-bit" graphics, are startled by maritime horrors, and spend a lot of time looking at men's feet as we find the fates of all who sailed the Obra Dinn . Wait a second, who left all this unknown seaman all over t...

To some, it may be the worst movie ever, but there's gems - and gold! - to discover here, so we're excited to kick off a month of nautical horror with Lost at Sea-tember and the 2002 Steve Beck film Ghost Ship . Betrayal! Ghosts! Ships! This things has it all! This podcast is a proud part of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow th...

Unnamed aliens are being tormented by a clown of their own making - the very representation of fear, which helps us to wrap up Auguste - our month-long celebration into clown horror. This time, the clown du jour is none other than legendary actor Michael McKean who wears the face paint and terrorizes his captives in the Star Trek Voyager episode "The Thaw." Here's the executioner fro...

The jokes just keep on coming because it's still Auguste! This time, that means we are covering the clown prince of Gotham, the Joker, with the 1989 graphic novel, Batman: The Killing Joke , written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland. We talk about the history of "fridging" and how this well known example might not be as exemplary of the trope as it is known for! Also: throne of babies...

Auguste continues, as we take the whole month to look at various clowns in horror! And you might not hear them coming, but it's time to talk mimes and we do so with the low-budget gore-fest from 2022, Terrifier 2 , written and directed by Damien Leone. We talk about the very nature of art - and the nature of Art the Clown - as we try to sift through (unintentional?) missteps into misogyny, what is...

We are kicking off a new theme month by talking about clown horror all month long. It's Auguste! And that means it is time to head through a perfectly silly little goblin door as we talk about the 1990 television mini-series, It , directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and adapted by Lawrence D. Cohen from Stephen King’s 1986 novel. Bring along some friends to face the horrors of a demented clown, but also...

We wrap up a monthlong celebration of Summer Blockbusters with the 2022 film, Nope , written and directed by Jordan Peele. We make an absolute spectacle of ourselves discussing animals, what expectations art carries with a filmmaker, and one of us makes a really hard sell to get a date with Keke Palmer. Dance, Skydancers, dance! This podcast is a proud part of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Glitterjaw Q...

Fashion icon Mrs. Voorhees hits the stage as we continue our celebration of Summer Blockbusters all month long with the 1980 slasher film Friday the 13th directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller. These teens are obnoxiously heterosexual, but will some gruesome kills help us see the shining lights reflected off of Crystal Lake? Or will long sequences of making coffee and animal v...

The beach is open as our celebration of Summer Blockbusters all month long continues with the original summer blockbuster, Jaws from 1975 directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb, based on the book Peter Benchley. We prepare a Fourth of July roast just like mother used to make as we talk about the surprisingly folk horror and pandemic adjacent classic, the terror t...

Get your cold drinks and fire up the barbecue, because we are celebrating Summer Blockbusters all month long, starting with not-actually-released-in-Summer, I Know What You Did Last Summer directed by Jim Gillespie, and adapted to the screen by Kevin Williamson from a novel by Lois Duncan. What are you waiting for?! This podcast is a proud part of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Glitterjaw Queer Podcast...

Remember, you are one as you listen to this week's episode. We're wrapping up diva month which we have celebrated all month long, and we are joined by guest ⁠Doug Fink⁠ to discuss the 2024 film The Substance , directed and written by Coralie Fargeat. Leave your body wherever, and if you get hungry, just pull a whole chicken leg out from your belly button. Everything is exactly where it belongs. Th...