Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad

It’s Christmas at Vought Tower! Special guest Ashley Casseday joins Jenn and Rachel around the hearth to chat about problematic puppets, aquarium assassinations, sloppy shapeshifters, and a moment we’ve been waiting for since episode 1. Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction  > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl -...

For this episode, we’re covering 2024’s A Different Man . We'll chat a lot about how disability and others perceptions shape the way see ourselves, how disability is a part of our identity and the balances we strike with other aspects of who we are. Finally, we'll touch on the film’s depiction of neurofibromatosis and its experimental treatment. Additional Reading/Research: Bringing NF Into Focus:...

Joe and Sharai discuss the latest Colony House incidents and continue monitoring how everyone is parenting Jim’s kids but Jim himself. Plus: The sudden friendship between Victor and Sarah, the mysterious ventriloquist dummy, and continue wondering when Fatima will figure out she’s carrying something evil. Connect with your co-hosts: @YouShould_Watch > Sharai: @misssharai / @blerdymassacre / @Ni...

With Gena absent, Jenn uses the opportunity to educate Joe about drinking habits and Southern women as they tackle episode 6 of Sharp Objects . Plus: shitty men like Richard, Vickery, and Alan, why Jackie betrays Camille, and forgetting this is a murder mystery. Wanna connect with the show? > Gena: @genadoesthings (Instagram/BlueSky) > Jenn: @jennferatu > Joe: @bstolemyremote If you...

For the final episode of Such Sights to Show , Bryan and Joe circle back to the origins of this "3 episode limited series" with a look at David Bruckner's 2022 remake of Hellraiser . How do they feel about the film now? What works and what doesn't? Plus: reflections of what we learned from this two year project, our fave non- Hellraiser texts, and thoughts on what makes for a good Barker adaptatio...

Sharai and Joe are back to lament that the latest episode of FROM is...a filler episode. Sure there's some good character connections, but nothing meaningful as the show spins its wheels and teases more interesting things...like where that ambulance is headed! Connect with your co-hosts: @YouShould_Watch > Sharai: @misssharai / @blerdymassacre / @NightmareFierce > Joe: @bstolemyremote / @hor...

Jenn, Gena and Joe "celebrate" Calhoun Day on Sharp Objects with an eventful trip to the dress shop C/W: self-harm (cutting) Up for discussion: generational trauma, Adora + Vickery, questioning Amma's motives, and searching for Chris Messina's dong. Wanna connect with the show? > Gena: @genadoesthings (Instagram/BlueSky) > Jenn: @jennferatu > Joe: @bstolemyremote If you like the podc...

Jenn and Rachel head to a fancy fundraiser and chat about cake sitting, breast feeding, brain scraping, and (gulp) tickling in episode 6 of the Boys Season 4. LEAVE HUGHIE ALONE! Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction  > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod  If you like the po...

For this episode, Nichole digs into both the 2022 and 2024 versions of Speak No Evil and specifically the character(s) of Abel/Ant - the young boy that we are told has congenital aglossia. How does lack of communication make him more vulnerable to abuse? Why doesn’t anyone ask more pointed questions about how to communicate with him? How do the ending of both films, especially where we leave the c...

Joe and Sharai spend an episode mourning FROM 's most recent loss along with the characters. It's nice that the show takes the episode to grieve because we need it! Plus: Kenny breaking our hearts, Jim's disenchanted children, Tabitha's drawn-out storyline with Victor's father, and Fatima's new diet (and our continued frustrations with this storyline) Connect with your co-hosts: @YouShould_Watch &...

Jenn, Gena and Joe continue our Sharp Objects journey with episodes 2 & 3. C/W: self-harm (cutting) Up for discussion: baby Sydney Sweeney, Camille's functional alcoholism, and our continued obsession with Adora. Plus: Gena's tease of a true crime backstory, and a lesson in Southern expressions courtesy of Jenn. Wanna connect with the show? > Gena: @genadoesthings (Instagram/BlueSky) &...

After more than a year, Joe and Sharai return to talk about a new season of FROM . Up for discussion: Tabitha's journey, our hopes for Jade and Jim this season, who's missing in this opener, and that devastating ending (fuck you, series creator John Griffin for doing that to us!) Connect with your co-hosts: @YouShould_Watch > Sharai: @Misssharai > Joe: @bstolemyremote If you like the podcast...

Jenn, Gena and Joe continue their annual tradition of unpacking a TV show episode by episode. This time they're headed south to Gillian Flynn territory (yes, Joe mispronounces the "G") with a look at Marti Noxon's HBO adaptation of Sharp Objects . Up for discussion: Jean-Marc Vallée's dreamy direction, Amy Adams being messy, Patricia Clarkson's wardrobe, functional alcoholism, and a serial killer...

Jenn and Rachel head out to the country for an old fashioned episode on parental manipulation, deadly breakups, suped-up sheep, and problematic product placement in the fifth episode of The Boys Season 4. Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod&nbsp...

Jenn and Rachel fly away from Vought Tower and through the trees to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the spicy girls of 'Jennifer’s Body' (2009) with an extra salty episode on female friendships, sexy powers, and unfortunate boys. Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction  > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @Hal...

Joe and Bryan return to unpack Clive Barker's first full-length novel, 1985's The Damnation Game. It's a big, ambitious project, filled with trademark Barker-isms, as well as many typical first novel issues. C/W: *everything* Plus: multiple endings, shallow female characters, animal violence, and a challenging redemption arc for a cannibal pedophile. Finally: an important announcement for episode...

Returning champion McKenzie Gerber joins us for a special Homecoming episode featuring dangerous paper cutter blades, vengeful floaters, sexy lobotomies, and a very scary ice cream cake. Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist   > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod If you like the podcast, please...

In this episode, Nichole talks about the 2023 award-winning film, Poor Things . Much of the discussion around this film has focused on gender, gender roles, and sexual autonomy but there is a fair bit to say about how disability is very present in this film – particularly with the characters of Bella and Godwin. Additional Reading: > The Ableism of Poor Things and The Lobster | by Grace Lapoint...

Gena, Jenn and Joe return to discuss William Friedkin's 2006 adaptation of Tracy Letts' stageplay of the same name, Bug . C/W: self-harm This is a film that will <gulp> get under your skin, but it's the tragedy of the narrative, the stunning performances by Ashley Judd and Michael Shannon, and the disorienting editing that have us talking. Plus: Shannon's villain face, romance and conspiracy...

Jenn and Rachel crawl through ventilation systems and hit the rink to chat about touching back stories, punchable villains, lobotomized supes, and massacred figure skaters in season 4 of The Boys episode 3. Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist   > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod If you like...

Nichole saw In A Violent in theaters but held off on recording an episode before watching it a second time because she had pretty visceral reaction to her first viewing. In a Violent Nature finds us in familiar territory: campers teens taking on the zombie/reanimated adult form of a child – with a developmental disability – that accidentally died in the area. It doesn’t go for the campers and it d...

Bryan and Joe discuss the Eisner-nominated comic anthology Tapping The Vein (1989) which adapts the most memorable stories from Books of Blood . Since we've already discussed the narrative, we're focusing primarily on the art...and it's a mixed bag! Which ones do we like and which ones feel defanged? Wanna read along? Tapping the Vein is available for free on The Internet Archive (it's hard to fin...

The Girls go to TruthCon and it’s as upsetting as you’d expect. Jenn and Rachel chat fan theories, flawless pantsuits, human centipedes, and Will Ferrell as they continue their coverage of The Boys Season 4. Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod , @SfAntagonist   > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod If you lik...

For this episode, guest Adrian Rae and I have a dance-off with 2023’s most viral killer doll, M3GAN .We cover lots of territory with this one: > M3GAN as assistive tech > Are Gemma and Cady coded as neurodivergent characters? > Is this “gateway” horror? We do NOT talk about the dog. Connect with Adrian: > Adrian Rae: @adrianraee (Twitter) / @adrianraee) (Insta) > The Slash Her Pod:...

Gena, Jenn, and Joe return to wrap up the back half of The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window with a look at episodes 5-8. Up for discussion: is the payoff worth it? Did the show use its best jokes off the top? Would revealing the killer earlier have worked better? And who wanted that S02 set-up?! Wanna connect with the show? > Gena: @genadoesthings (Instagram...