Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad

We’re going dystopian future for this episode and talking about Repo! The Genetic Opera. I am joined by Ariel Powers-Schaub and we have some pretty hot takes on organ donation/transplants, “big pharma” and horror musicals. > Where to Follow Ariel: @Ari_Hellraiser > Ariel’s Book, Millennial Nasties is out September 17th Want to share your thoughts on  Repo!  or suggest a film to cov...

Jenn and Rachel don their street clothes and try to find ice cream as they chat about new supes, old friends, forbidden love, and platonic partnerships in the debut episode of The Boys season 4! Wanna keep up with the show? Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist   > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @Lo...

Terry and Joe wrap up series three of Sexy & Surreal with David Cronenberg's final 90s film, eXistenZ (1999). Gamer Terry gets into this first-time watch in its confusing back half, but finds plenty to love in the production design and Howard Shore's score. Plus: comparisons to The Matrix , "commit to the bit" actors like Law and Dafoe, and discussions aplenty about the world as simulation. Wa...

Bryan and Joe check out Clive Barker's first screenplay, Underworld aka Transmutations (1985). This George Pavlou ( Rawhead Rex ) film was plagued by producer interference, so much so that Barker has notoriously disowned it. For good reason! It's boring, has a soap opera aesthetic, and features an icky romance between Nicole (18 year old Nicola Cowper) and Roy Bain (38 year old Larry Lamb). Plus:...

Before flying off with their Season Four coverage, Jenn, Rachel and special guest Justin Gerber reminisce about the weird, wild, and wonderful moments of season three. Stay tuned for some bold predictions about what’s in store for our fearless Spice Girls and Bad Boys in the upcoming season! Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAnta...

Jenn, Gena and Joe return to discuss the first four episodes of Kristen Bell's half serious, half parody Netflix series, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window .  Up for discussion: Bell as MVP, the show's best joke(s), messy women, comparisons to Police Academy and The Naked Gun and whether this would have been better served as a film. Wanna connect with the sho...

Terry and Joe close out the David Lynch side of S03 with a very unorthodox text: 1999's The Straight Story . Or maybe it just seems odd. On closer inspection, though, there are clear Lynchian elements; they're just lurking under the surface! Plus: an Oscar-nominated performance by Richard Farnsworth, hitting deer on the highway, and an out of control lawnmower action sequence. Wanna connect w...

We’re getting into some foreign horror for this episode and heading The Orphanage , the 2007 film directed by J.A. Bayona. We have disabled characters, some light touching of tropes of that we (thankfully) move away from and gut-punch of an ending. Want to share your thoughts on The Orphanage or suggest a film to cover? Reach out to Nichole on @BodiesHorror (Twitter), bodiesofhorror (BlueSky), bod...

As the semester winds down, Jenn and Rachel join returning champion Joe Lipsett to cram for finals on puppet sex, popping heads, shocking cameos, and Chekhov’s supe virus with the second half of Gen V S01. Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist   > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod  > Jo...

Bryan and Joe reach the end of the Nightbreed road with Clive Barker's Nightbreed Volumes 1-3, a comic series by writer Marc Andreyko with art by Piotr Kowalski, Emmanuel Xerx Javier and Devmalya Pramanik. Up for discussion: the pros and cons of standalone stories, a punishing backstory for Boone (C/W: everything), canonical debates about Ashberry: Serial Killer, and confusion about the series' en...

It's finally time: we've reached Joe's favourite Cronenberg film, 1996's Crash. Expect lots of gushing from Joe, but what does first time viewer Terry think of the controversial film adaptation of J.G. Ballard's novel? Plus: is this sexy, clinical or both? Why is Elias Koteas so hot? Is the gay sex adequate? And where is Holly Hunter? Wanna connect with your co-hosts? > Terry: @gaylydreadful &g...

After a brief venture into crime thrillers, David Cronenberg made a return to the body horror subgenre with 2022’s Crimes of the Future. He brought along his current go-to actor, Viggo Mortensen, to tell the story of an aging performance artist whose partner…uses an eXistenZ style device to cut out the extra organs he grows regularly. As one does on a Tuesday evening. I am joined by the incredibly...

School is in session and the Girls are going to college! Join Jenn, Rachel, and Guest Professor Joe Lipsett (@bstolemyremote) to chat about devastating deaths, surprising strengths, horny hookups, and muppet mayhem as they get to know a new class of supes in the first four episodes of Gen V .  Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod,...

Our journey into the realm of hot, messy women embroiled in murder mysteries continues with Tate Taylor's adaptation of Paula Hawkins' The Girl On The Train . Much like The Woman in the Window , the film stars an A-list actress (here it's Emily Blunt) doing great work in a lukewarm thriller. Plus: female archetypes, too complicated plotting, our desire for a miniseries, and comparisons to male-cen...

Terry and Joe finally hit one of former's most anticipated titles on the pod: David Lynch's surreal 1997 masterpiece, Lost Highway . This mind fuck of a film noir has true crime connections in Robert Blake, dual roles for Patricia Arquette, but makes the mistake of subbing out Bill Pullman for Balthazar Getty? Oof! Plus: impossible Hollywood houses, nightmare imagery, and wild speculations. Wanna...

Bryan and Joe return for the first of two episodes on Nightbreed comics. The first is a 400 page comic omnibus principally written by D.G. Chichester, including an adaptation of the Director's Cut of the film, the X-Men -esque "Blasphemers" arc, and (unbeknownst to us) a Nightbreed / Hellraiser cross-over! Plus: a rotating roster of artists, our favorite Blasphemer characters, and the Archive's ca...

Jenn and Rachel cap off Season 3 with another trip to Metropolis. Returning champion McKenzie Gerber (@mckenziejames25) flies in to chat about high school reunions, gigantic diamonds, and robot monsters in Superman 3 (1983). Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist   > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersCl...

Disabled folks who have by default a non-existent to low quality of life? Check. Disabled characters being a burden to loved ones? Check. Magical cures? Check. 2024’s Night Swim is a layer cake of the disability tropes we know and love, so Nichole channels her simmering rage to give a refresher on some of them (since we circle them frequently here on the pod). Want to share your thoughts on Night...

Terry and Joe tackle another challenging Cronenberg title with the adaptation of David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly (1993). Is this the straightest queer film ever? Although Jeremy Irons and John Lone are both doing great work, the film's reticence to engage with its gender, queer, and even political themes frustrates us to no end. By playing this realist and straight (in all senses of the word), th...

The White Ladies in Crisis crew get back to basics with the first of three episodes dedicated to hot, alcoholic, messy, voyeuristic women embroiled in murder mysteries. Entry 1 is Joe Wright's long delayed adaptation of The Woman in the Window, which finds Amy Adams in unflattering pyjamas and the largest NY apartment we've ever seen, spying on Julianne Moore (or is it Jennifer Jason Leigh?) getti...

Jenn and Rachel catch up to the present timeline with an emotional episode on the season three finale of The Boys . They chat shocking team ups, political intrigue, and family dynamics while saying goodbye to a few beloved characters. Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist   > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod,...

Disability representation in media doesn’t exist in a vacuum because disability is something that can impact anyone at anytime – meaning it is so important to touch on the intersectional points of representation. Nichole is joined in a discussion of the landmark, but complicated, film Se7en by Hannah Oglivie, host of Fats on Film , a podcast that discusses the representation of plus-sized bodies a...

Joe and Terry return to Twin Peaks to discuss David Lynch's sensational (and incredibly upsetting) prequel film, Fire Walk With Me (1992). C/W: Sexual Assault How does Terry fare with the cacophony of new characters? How do we feel about the recast actors? And how freaking great is Sheryl Lee in a film that makes the actress go there ? Wanna connect with your co-hosts? > Terry: @gaylydreadful &...

Joe and Bryan return to the world of Books of Blood to discuss director John Harrison's 2009 UK adaptation, Book of Blood . C/W: brief sexual assault. It's nearly the same narrative as the 2020 Hulu Books of Blood , only this one has grime and sexuality. It feels properly Clive Barker-y! Plus: Lord of the Rings ghosts, not enough Doug Bradley, handjobs and BDSM, and debate about Mary's ending Wann...

Jenn and Rachel join a bunch of cartoon friends for an emotional episode on traumatic memories, too-long titles, harrowing imprisonment, and shocking revelations.  Homelander, I am your father. Connect with your co-hosts: @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist   > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod  If you lik...