Ghouls Next Door

Ghouls have recorded 100 episodes! Today we look back at our favorite episodes, gags, and guests as well as all the awful ones we learned from along the way. Join us and celebrate your favorite good Ghouls gone bad!

The Ghouls get a little heavy today to talk about the very real and horrific ways our government and governments around the world have used population control to endanger the lives of women and more. We shine a light on historical events leading to such policies as well as reveal horrors America has done to Puerto Rican women and other Latinx women in America. We watched One Child Nation about Chi...

Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum! The Ghouls are here to educate you on not only the ways in which we have been oppressed but how we still very much are. On this episode, we talk about how sneaky sneaky the government is and how it wasn't that long ago that women weren't allowed to work. And how easily our rights can and have been ripped right from underneath us. We watched the Handmaid's Tale be...

It's not news that women have been systemically oppressed throughout history. The Ghouls tell you why not only religion but science is wrong for shaping society into what it is today! We watched Stepford Wives to discuss subservience, what it means to be a strong, independent woman and the roles we play in society and on screen.  We have MUCH more to say so stay tuned for part two featuring H...

The government is listening to and watching you. Let's give them something to talk about! On this episode, the ghouls talk about how exactly the govt watches us, why they get away with it and what's the deal with Edward Snowden, whistleblower or traitor? How does your Facebook friends count affect govt surveillance and more! We watched Snowden (2018) and played Orwell, the video game. 

We're here to reveal the horror of society. The Ghouls talk about classism, what is it and why it is a real terror here in America. We dive deep into the work of Bong Joon-Ho to explore classism in the media, with Snowpiercer and Parasite. 

Ghouls are revisiting aliens from a new lens - what do aliens want with us? How likely are we to meet aliens? Could they finally unite humans against a common enemy? Why are they so darn attractive? We watched Earth Girls Are Easy, Freaks of Nature and Attack the Block.

The Ghouls are diving headfirst into the future to talk about human clones. Do you feel like human cloning is some far and distant sci-fi future we'll never see? Well, guess again! Get ready to get schooled on science and ethics this episode. We watched Never Let Me Go and the Island to back up our very logical fears for clones (not of clones, for clones.)

What happens when you fall in love with artificial intelligence and what does it mean that these narratives focus on men needing perfect women to take care of them? Find out on today's episode about falling in love with AI, the future of romance and Gabe's rant about lousy protagonists. We watched Her and Zoe for our in-depth analysis. 

Its the future of romance where an app tells you who to love and if you don't find someone with the same flaws as you you are turned into a lobster! This week, the Ghouls are talking about the dystopian future of dating to discuss the influence of dating apps versus human spontaneity and what it means to find your someone the traditional way. We watched films The Lobster, Equals and Black Mirror's...

Reality TV is REALLY terrifying and honestly awful. On today's episode, the Ghouls are uncovering the truth behind your favorite reality TV and Day Time Talk Shows. We watched UnReal and The Truman Show to discuss the psychological impact this "reality" has on people. 

The Ghouls are making their realities virtual this week for their 2020 Future Technology Series! We're talking about VR, AR, XR, WhateverR and how it can help take us away to new worlds while also helping us get over fears. We also discuss how Virtual Reality horror video games are just that much more terrifyingly fun! We watched Black Mirror's Striking Vipers and Playtest.

Continuing our 2020 Future Technology series, the Ghouls are talking about one of their favorite hobbies, Video Games! We discuss why video games are evil, but not in the ways you think and how they're also incredibly powerful! We watched Stay Alive and Sword Art Online to get a glimpse into the horrors of being trapped inside the game where if you stop staying alive in there, you cease to stay al...

The internet can be a scary place and on today's episode the Ghouls discuss why you should be far more afraid than you are! We also take a trip down memory lane and disclose our AIM Screennames. We watched The Net and Pulse (2006, USA) to get to the bottom of our web-based fears. 

Ghouls take another stab at director, Jordan Peele this time diving into his films Get Out and Us to expose all the hidden gems and explain the message behind the media. 

On part one, Ghouls take a stab at the mind of social horror director, Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us). The Ghouls discuss his background, inspirations and explain what social horror is all about. 

The Ghouls are covering famous, Japanese horror director, Takashi Miike. He is an incredibly talented man and we're still trying to digest how we feel exactly. What we DO know is that he is dedicated and unpredictable, approaching grotesque and traumatizing narratives with childlike wonder and imagination. We watched The Audition, The Imprint (Masters of Horror series) and the Happiness of the Kat...

The Ghouls are talking about Iranian-American director, Ana Lily Amirpour about how you can skillfully create your own niche genre like, Iranian Vampire Spaghetti Western and put little pieces of yourself in your work. We also discuss what you should do when accused of perpetuating the same tired racist tropes in horror and how you definitely shouldn't respond.  We watched her film, A Girl Wa...

The Ghouls are covering a favorite, Guillermo Del Toro as part of their Horror Directors series. Gabe gushes over the art style and impact of Del Toro's work and Kat gives us a history lesson. We watched Pan's Labyrinth and Crimson Peak for this but we've seen much more!

The Ghouls are trying their hand at the Occult. What is it? Who's involved? How does media represent it and why does it feel like an answer? We watched The Endless and A Dark Song to explore different approaches to this very deep and provocative topic. 

The Ghouls have tackled nightmares but now we're tackling dreams to ask ourselves, what's real? Are we living in the matrix? How can we be sure the world exists and that this podcast is real? We watched Before I Wake and Paprika to dive deep into our subconscious for answers. 

This month we're diving back into older topics but with a new spin. We've talked about exorcisms and haunted houses but this time we're talking about demonology - what it is and what it's definitely not. Kat shames self-proclaimed demonologists and Gabe debunks the Warrens. We watched the Conjurings and Hostage to the Devil. 

The Ghouls were LIVE for the Respect: Women's Podcast Festival and they decided to tackle the scariest topic of all, children. Whether you have them and would walk through an obviously haunted house to save them or if they scare you because they can be oh so creepy, join us as we dissect why you should never trust a kid.

Ghouls end their Horror Writers Series with Joe Hill, a master in his own right of the genre. Kat talks about how Joe has a knack for turning trauma into literary gold and Gabe fangirls over his unique style of combining the supernatural with the very real. We watched Horns (Many Spoilers) and NOS4A2 (also spoilers). 

The Ghouls continue their dive into the great minds of Horror Writers, this week tackling the vampire goddess, Anne Rice. Anne has had an incredible effect on vampire lore and literature. Her life history has greatly impacted her work and the evolution of it. The Ghouls discuss Interview With the Vampire, Queen of the Damned (RIP Aaliyah) and have some fun with Anne's erotic literature too.