Fear Coded

Are you more of a keymaster or a gatekeeper? No matter which, you can come along the bumpy revisiting of a beloved classic with the 1984 film, Ghostbusters . Does this comedic romp through haunted New York have a greater villain hiding just beneath the ectoplasm, or is it just Ronald Reagan in a Slimer mask? Dana Barrett was really trend-setting all these viral videos of prepping food directly on...

This time, we take on the role of a cowboy turned vampire turned therapist as we discuss the 2024 narrative video game, Vampire Therapist, written and designed by the team at Little Bat Studios led by Cyrus Nemati. It's some real Nosferatu Thinking to assume that all games are perfect art, so we talk about what we liked and didn't like with this well-reviewed game about how immortals navig...

It's time to celebrate Halloween in the summer with the Alex Hirsch created, animated mystery series, Gravity Falls and the episode "Summerween." Save your candy corn tears for someone who will appreciate them! Also, we talk a lot about Joni Mitchell for some reason? Fear Coded can be supported on Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ patreon.com/fearcodedpodcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - anyone can join o...

We don't get to proclaim "It's Alive!" with the 2025 telling of the classic tale Frankenstein , written, directed, and produced by Guillermo del Toro, but we do get to engage in the messy narcissism of the title protagonist. Luckily, returning guest and Frankenstein superfan, ⁠Alyssa Gray of the Silver Scream podcast⁠ , joins to help us navigate through the subtext (and lack thereof). Go down the...

All good things must come to an end, even Valloween , our month-long celebration of horror and romance together. To wrap up the month, we asked our patrons to vote, and you selected the 1990 film Misery , directed by Rob Reiner. How romantic! Get ready for the return of Coatwatch™ while we navigate the icy roads of Silver Creek, Colorado, keep our pump strong by lifting typewriters, and have a coc...

We continue on with Valloween , a month-long celebration of horror and romance together. This time, we explore how finding the incarnation of your love can free you from your eternal torment in Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula , based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Most things are gayer in the novel, so how did we feel about this film adaptation that is so bold to name th...

Error loading episode description. Resolving error. Description loading. This week, we're writing poems to earn love as we discuss the 2017 visual novel/dating sim Doki Doki Literature Club . We are joined by guest Ryan Honig , developer of the upcoming Flipping Phantom game to talk about game development, horror twists, and glitches. Fear Coded can be supported on Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ patreo...

Get your Nova Scotia on as we revisit a theme with Valloween a month-long celebration of horror and romance together, starting with the film My Bloody Valentine from 1981 directed by George Mihalka. We've only got eyes for Hollis despite some serious Team Edward/Team Jacob politics down in the coal mines. Join us for a turbulent (if slow-moving) cart ride down into the depths of this surprisin...

It's time for a spiritual remake of the 1997 film Face/Off as we play peek-a-boo with the face of our host body while creating destructive violence in the James Wan 2021 film Malignant . Luckily, we have our friend Ben from the Little Dead Aliens podcast to join us as we reveal our shocking secrets via video tape all episode long. What are we even doing here? Fear Coded can be supported on Pat...

MARKOS! We talk about a divided Berlin and a divided hosting panel as we cover the controversial 2018 remake of Suspiria , directed by Luca Guadagnino. Luckily, we're joined by Brittany Reinholz-Hobson, co-host of the 1001 by 1 and The Owls Are Not What They Seem (coming soon!) podcasts. Come for the horror, but stay for the witchcraft. You'll learn about dance, you'll learn about Germ...

We roll right into 2026 - or do we?! - as we cover the psychological horror Black Swan from 2010, directed by Darren Aronofsky. He doesn't take us to go see a campy vampire movie, but instead subjects us to question reality as we battle ourselves and perfection itself. This episode may just end up being a figment of your imagination, but the looks are totally worth it. It's a night of 1,00...

It's time to wrap up the holiday-adjacent horror we've been in all month long as Doll-cember comes to a close with the instantly campy M3GAN. She's stylish, caring, enigmatic, and looks her best when she's been dragged through the mud. We talk about the right number of times to swear, the blood of the unrated version, a month of excellent child actor performances, and we dance alon...

We dive into a prequel of a prequel of a scare from the first few minutes of the original film as we continue Doll-cember , our month-long look into dolls in horror with the entry Annabelle: Creation from the ongoing universe of The Conjuring. Annabelle may not do much but look pretty, but isn't that enough to read as a queer hero? Also, will she bite you in the butt in the next film? And woul...

We're back in The Twilight Zone as our dive into doll horror all Doll-cember long. And this time, Rod Serling welcomes us into "Living Doll." Talky Tina ratchets up the tension as she terrorizes a man, all with a sweet smile and cheerful voice. There's disaster ahead, but could Tina have missed her calling to work as a telephone operator? "Klondike-5! Just a minute, doll, le...

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...