Progressively Horrified

What a deeply and totally unpolished turd. And now that I'm done talking about James Woods, now for the rest of this movie! Who is responsible for this? Director: John Carpenter Writers: Don Jakoby, based on the novel by John Steakley Stars: James Woods (notorious Hollywood shithead, known for being in Kingdom Hearts and suing anyone who doesn’t agree with him, incl his harassment victoms), Da...

When we said we were covering some shitty, dusty ass, good for nothing movies that were best not remembered at all...wait, why did we decide to do this again? Who's Responsible for this? Director: Alex Kurtzman Writers: David Koepp, Christopher Macquarrie, Dylan Kussman Stars: Tom Cruise, Sofia Bourtella, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Russell Crowe, Courtney B. Vance What do we recommend? Em...

Who's Responsible for this? Director: David F Sandburg Writers: David F Sandburg, Eric Heisserer Stars: Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Maria Bello, Alexander DiPersia, Billy Burke What do we recommend? Emily - How to Make Jorts by BDG Ben - Ted Lasso, Mother’s Basement: The Best Worst Anime Studio Jeremy - Tony, Hellraiser Judgement JOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://...

Don't delete this podcast thinking you already listened to it last week! Influencers is the sequel to Influencer. That's right, Kurtis David Harder is the James Cameron of hot social media murderers! Cassandra Naud is back as CW and this time she's in love! And her girlfriend is French, so if you like your lesbian murderers with a baguette in the bicycle basket, boy have we got the movie for you!...

Two months of Pride wasn't enough, so the queer horror keeps on coming all through August. Now it's time to meet your badass lesbian femme fatale mommy, C.W., a woman who literally murders a woman by stepping on her. She hates social media...like...more than the normal amount. Who's responsible for this? Director: Kurtis David Harder Writers: Kurtis David Harder, Tesh Guttikonda Stars: Cassandra N...

Did you ever wonder what happens to the mail that you screwed up the address on? Well, this movie is going to answer that...but then not be about that at all. This movie is gonna throw a lot of things at you...and then keep moving? Who's responsible for this? Director: Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy Writers: Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy Stars: Sterling Macer Jr, John Fleck, Thomas Boykin, Micki Jackson,...

First Ben had a sudden deadline fall in their lap. Then Emily got sick. But Jeremy decided to soldier on without them! After all, comic writer Justin Jordan was joining the podcast for the first time and we were talking about the really good and very queer horror film Cuckoo. Then, Jeremy's entire neighborhood lost power for a full 12 hours mid-episode. However! Justin was a real trooper and came...

A family drag queens arrives to do a show at a backwoods redneck bar, but they become heroes to the locals when vampires attack. Unless you hang out with drag queens, you've never heard the word "bitch" this many times in an hour and a half. Before we jump into our discussion of the movie, let’s talk about who’s responsible for this movie. Director: Jem Gerrard Writers: Jem Gerrard Stars: Trinity...

June may be over, but the horror movies just keep getting queerer. Pride will continue unabated until morale improves. Who's Responsible for this? Director: Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale Vs Evil, Little Evil Writers: Carter Blanchard, Eli Craig, based on the book by Adam Cesare Stars: Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac, Vincent Muller, Kevin Durand, Will Sasso, Cassandra Potenza, Verity Ma...

Who's Responsible for this? Director: Brad Anderson (expensive tv and cheap horror) Writers: Brad Anderson, Stephen Gevedon (Josiah Trelawny from RDR2) Stars: David Caruso (CSI: Miami, NYPD Blue), Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas, Larry Fessender Recommendations: Eric - The Devils by Joe Abercrombie Emily -  Mutual Aid Jeremy - Hades II JOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GRE...

Who's Responsible for this? Director: Drew Hancock Writers: Drew Hancock Stars: Sophie THatcher, Jack Quaid, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillen, Rupert Friend, Lukas Guage, Jabookie Young White Recommendations: Lan - Daredevil Born Again, F1, Widows Bay Morgan - Shadows over Ravenkirk, Pretty Lethal Craig - Pantheon, Ganymede, Dungeon Crawler Carl Emily - Daemons of the Shadowrealm Ben - Deli Boys, Mortal...

R.I.P. Anthony Stewart Head. Our love for you simply can not be expressed by any means other than sharing the episode where Jeremy goes on and on about your raw sexuality for like half an hour. Fear Level: Spoopy with a side of e Trigger Warnings:  Director: Darren Lynn Bousman Writers: Darren Smith Terrance Zdunich Stars: Alexa Pena-Vega, Anthony Stewart Head, Paul Sorvino, Paris Hilton, and...

Happy Pride y'all! Frankly movie is not the gayest one we've ever covered, but it damn sure may be the queerest. We got a young Russian trans peasant girl longing just to be accepted, an aristocratic French fop, a witchy goth girl, and a vampire puppet who just wants you inside him. Buckle up because this one's wild! Who's responsible for this: Director: Adrien Beau Writers: Adrien Beau, Hadrien B...

Okay, but hear me out: what if you were an average college girl with average college girl problems and you got Ratatouilled by a Yakuza Ninja Ghost? That's the brave question that Ghost Killer dares to ask! And Jamie Noguchi is here to help us sort it all out! If you haven't already, go pick up Jamie and Jeremy's series "School for Extraterrestrial Girls" at your local book shop, comic book shop,...

It's Ben's birthday show and we're talking about something that is a horror movie in roughly the same percentage as Funny People is a comedy, it's K-Pop Demon Hunters! Listen to us as we marvel at the brilliant writing. Nod with us as we observe the nature of a completely abusive mentorship. Worry with us as we consider the troubling connotations of lore around this world that isn't fully built ou...

Years ago, when we first had Erica on the show the first time, she wanted to talk about the Hong Kong horror movie Dream Home, but it had disappeared from all the streaming platforms. Now, it's on Shudder and it's one of the most brutal horror movies we've ever seen. Who's responsible for this? Director: Pang Ho-Cheung Writers: Pang Ho-Cheung, Derek Tsang, Chi-Man Wan Stars: Josie Ho, Ching Wong,...

This week we are joined by our amazing new artist friends Carolina and Katherine Shuda - frequent contributors to the Monster High comics world to talk about a Korean found footage horror film in which nobody takes unhoused people seriously enough and the plasma worms are coming through the window to eat your brains. It's Noroi: The Curse Who is responsible for this? Director: Kouji Shiraishi Writ...

Well, when horror movies start picking up acting Oscars, we gotta cover em, right? And we already did Sinners, so it's time to talk about Weapons! Warning: if your triggers are: kids in danger, drug usage, needles, cops, or being absolutely wrecked by June Diane Raphael, this might be one to skip. Otherwise, it's a hella good movie. Who's responsible for this? Director: Zack Cregger Writers: Zack...

It’s Wednesday and you know what that means! Progressively Horrified is coming at you live from Jeremy’s garage right here in beautiful Durham, North Carolina, with the podcast where we hold horror  to progressive standards it never agreed to. But tonight we’re not talking about a horror movie, oh no, it’s Jeremy’s birthday podcast and as such, we are bringing you reactions from 2025’s AEW Bl...

It's time for our special crossover episode with Giant-Sized Violence and we are ready to talk about a man of the claw-th Who's responsible for this? Director: Brendan Steere Writers: Brendan Steere Stars: Greg Cohan, Alyssa Kempinski, Jiechang Yang, Daniel Steere, and Fernando Pacheco De Castro as Frankie Mermaids Recommendations: Tomi - PG: Psycho Goreman, The Pizzagate Massacre Emily - Kung Fur...

It's THE Feel Bad Movie of 2025, making it to the podcast! Bring Her Back is a movie about Sally Hawkins being the absolute worst and tormenting poor children and just how for adults will go to justify doing whatever they wanted to do in the first place. Warning: This is a great movie that will make you very VERY upset. If your trigger is kids in danger, maybe sit this one out. Who's responsible f...

Take our hand and come with us to the magical world of Australia as we tackle one of the most genuinely great horror movies of the 2020's "Talk to Me". It's about kids doing drugs, except the drug is that your mom died and you risked being possessed by a malevolent ghost just to talk with her again. Also, kangaroos are fucked up, right? Trust me, it's relevant. Who's Responsible for this? Director...

Whose Frankenstein is it anyway? Who cares! Live, laugh, love. Who's responsible for this? Director: Guillermo deal Totoro Writers: Guillermo del Toro, Mary Shelley  Stars: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Walz Recommendations: Greg - The Anatomy Lesson, Bernard Rose’s Frankenstein, Birth/Rebirth Emily - Cabinet of Curiosities, Ex-Machina Jeremy - Ex-Machina, Poor Things, Saltbu...

In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the previous episodes discussing films by black directors. We believe that, now more than ever, it is important...

In order to honor Black History Month, every February Progressively Horrified only covers horror movies by black directors. Over the past several years, we have covered quite a few movies by black directors. This year, in addition to our three new episodes, we're also rereleasing all of the previous episodes discussing films by black directors. We believe that, now more than ever, it is important...