13 Degrees of Screams: A Horror Movie Podcast

This week, we become the Pink Opaque in I Saw the TV Glow!   In this 2024 American horror drama film, we follow two troubled young friends whose connection to their favorite television show drives them to question their reality and identities. In our end of episode discussion, we discuss Veronica’s Esposito’s article, “Nostalgia horror I Saw the TV Glow speaks to 90s trans teens like me", and the...

This week, we raise a lamb human hybrid in Lamb! In this 2021 folk horror film, the plot revolves around the birth of a human/sheep hybrid of mysterious origin and the couple who adopts the child as their own. Additionally, we go through the parallels to Christianity in this movie and Stephane quizzes Alex on the Grimm Brother’s fairytales!   You can follow 13 Degrees of Screams on social media fo...

This week, we deliver some demonic dolls to unsuspecting families in Longlegs! In the 2024 American horror thriller film, we follow an FBI agent tasked with tracking down an occultist serial killer, whom she realizes she has a personal connection to. Listen along as we determine where this movie falls on our scariness scale! Additionally, in our after plot discussion, we discuss Satanism’s depicti...

This week, we get a haunted mask fused to our face in Goosebumps The Haunted mask. In this feature-length series premiere of the television series Goosebumps, based on the book of the same name by R. L. Stine, we follow Carly Beth, a timid girl who purchases a Halloween mask that mysteriously begins merging with her face. Listen along as we determine where it falls on our scariness scale! Addition...

This week, we hear how it all began in A Quiet Place: Day One! In this 2024 American apocalyptic horror film, based on a story he conceived with John Krasinski, we follow a terminally ill woman during the beginning stages of an invasion in New York City by extraterrestrial creatures with an acute sense of hearing. Listen along as we determine where this movie falls on our scariness scale and discu...

This week, we eat some people in Bones and All!   In the 2022 romantic horror film, we follow the journey of two young cannibals, portrayed by Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet, as they develop romantic feelings for each other during a road trip across the United States. Listen along as we explain where this movie falls on our scariness scale and discuss queer coding cannibalism in this film!  ...

This week, we play the deadliest game of Hide and Seek ever in Ready or Not! In this 2019 American black comedy horror film, the story revolves around a young bride who becomes the target of her spouse's wealthy family as part of a wedding night ritual. Listen along and see where it falls on our 13 Degrees of Screams’ scariness scale! Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we delve into t...

This week, we are chased down by an unknown entity in It Follows! In this 2014 American horror film, a young woman becomes the target of a supernatural entity following a sexual encounter. Listen along as we discuss the many theories surrounding this film and dive into the tropes of sex in horror movies!    You can follow 13 Degrees of Screams on social media for additional content! https://www.in...

This week, we use a tanning bed to revive a dead guy in Lisa Frankenstein! In this 2024 American comedy horror film, a misunderstood teenage goth girl forms a relationship with a reanimated Victorian-era corpse. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we go over the plot of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein and dive into the author's life and impact on literature and society. https://...

This week, we have special guest Michelle Masker here with us to discuss Nope. In this 2022 American neo-Western science fiction horror film, we follow Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as horse-wrangling siblings who are on a mission to capture evidence of an unidentified flying object. Listen along as we discuss the fan’s theories regarding the film with Michelle Masker. Michelle is a professional...

This week, we kidnap a vampire ballerina in Abigail! This 2024 American horror film revolves around a group of kidnappers who unknowingly capture the daughter of a powerful underworld figure, only to discover that she is actually a vampire. Listen along as we determine where it lands on our 13 degrees of screams and Alex quizzes Stephanie on our previous vampire movies!   You can follow 13 Degrees...

This week, we enter the Never Ever in Imaginary!   In this 2024 American supernatural horror film, the story revolves around a woman who returns to her childhood home and uncovers the unsettling truth that her stepdaughter's imaginary friend is more than just a figment of her imagination. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we go over what Disney channel this movie reminds us of, talk...

This week, we watched the birth of the Antichrist in The First Omen! This 2024 supernatural horror film follows an American woman assigned to work at a church in Rome who stumbles upon a malevolent plot to bring forth the birth of the Antichrist. In our end of episode discussion, we touch on the belief of the Antichrist in Christianity and dive into ominous and positive omens across multiple cultu...

This week, we investigate an apocalyptic cult in Older Gods!   In this 2023 psychological horror film, we follow Chris as he descends into madness when investigating an apocalyptic cult that caused the death of his friend. In our end of episode discussion, we go over H.P. Lovecraft's life and career and the Cthulhu mythos. Additionally, we break down our new rating system and explain our show movi...

This week, we get possessed by Bathsheba in The Conjuring!   The 2013 American supernatural horror film that marked the beginning of The Conjuring Universe franchise. We follow Ed and Lorraine Warren as they assist the Perron family, who are experiencing disturbing events in their newly occupied farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971. In our end of episode discussion, we go over the Perron family's rea...

This week, we bring a mummy back from the dead in The Mummy! In this 1999 American action-adventure film, the story revolves around the daring exploits of adventurer Rick O'Connell, who embarks on a journey to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, accompanied by a librarian and her older brother. Their fateful discovery of Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural abilities, sets off a chain of...

This week, we break into someone’s home in The Strangers!   In this 2008 American psychological horror film, a couple's vacation home is disturbingly disrupted by three masked intruders. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we delve into one of the most infamous break ins of all time, the Tate Murders.   You can follow 13 Degrees of Screams on social media for additional content! https:...

This week, we stay in a haunted hotel in The Shining!   In this 1980 horror film, based on Stephen King's 1977 novel, Jack Torrance, a writer and recovering alcoholic becomes the off-season caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, moving his family there with him to live out the winter season. As the family becomes snowbound in the Colorado Rockies, Jack's sanity deteriorates under the influence of the ho...

This week, we hide in a British pub to avoid some zombies in Shaun of the Dead! In this 2004 British romantic zombie comedy film, a disheartened salesman from London  finds himself entangled with his loved ones in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we share tips to prepare for a zombie apocalypse, or a natural disaster if you'd prefer to be a realist,...

This week, we swap out some children in The Changeling! In this 1980 Canadian supernatural horror film, the story revolves around a renowned composer from New York City who moves to Seattle, Washington, and resides in a mansion that he believes to be haunted. Additionally, stick around for after the plot as we discuss the the history of the Denver house that inspired this horror movie!   You can f...

This week, we chop off some heads in Sleepy Hollow! In this 1999 gothic supernatural horror film, the storyline revolves around police constable Ichabod Crane, who is dispatched from New York City to investigate a series of murders in the village of Sleepy Hollow by a mysterious Headless Horseman. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we go over the book this film is based on and even ma...

Hey everyone! Alex here! For my third episode of Terror Talk, I sat down with Blake best. Blake is an accomplished musician, actor, and author who has traveled across the country, whether it performing music, or attending horror conventions and meeting fans. He was inducted into the Hall of Horror in Las Vegas in 2016 and was presented with a plaque for "Notable Contributions to Horror". In our in...

This week, we hunt a shark in Jaws! In this 1975 American thriller, we follow police chief Martin Brody, a marine biologist and a shark hunter as they attempt to hunt down a man-eating great white shark terrorizing a summer resort town. Plus, in our end of episode discussion, we go over infamous shark attacks and their recent statistics.   You can follow 13 Degrees of Screams on social media for a...

This week we stab some teenagers in Scream! In this 1996 American slasher film set in the small town of Woodsboro, we follow high school student Sidney Prescott and her friends, who become the targets of a costumed serial killer known as Ghostface on the anniversary of her mother's murder. Also, in our end of episode discussion, we delve into the true story of Danny Rollings, the Gainesville Rippe...

In our fourth episode, we drive out some demons in The Exorcist! This 1973 American supernatural horror film, tells the story of a young girl who becomes possessed by a demonic entity, and her mother's desperate attempt to save her through an exorcism performed by two Catholic priests. In our end of episode discussion, we dive into the Exorcism of Roland Doe, which subsequent supernatural claims s...