Good Mourning, Nancy Podcast

(!!!!) TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE & SUICIDE Check your horoscope! We predict you'll love this episode about the pre-code slasher film, Thirteen Women (1932). --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/ --- Resources: THIRTEEN WOMEN (1932): THE SLASHER THAT STARTED IT ALL by DAWN...

This week we're taking a much needed vacation to Isle Nublar and visiting JURASSIC PARK! Topics of discussion: How Are The Men Represented? How Are The Women Represented? The Use of Color to Tell A Story, and The Anti Capitalist Message in Jurassic Park! --- BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Trans Lives Matter: https://translifeline.org/donate/ --- Thank you to Lily LeBlanc for our theme so...

Well, looks like 2021 actually kinda sucks...SUCKS! Get it!? This week your favorite ghouls are discussing the 2019 teen vampire flick, BIT! --- Music by Lily LeBlanc: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Maines https://www.vulture.com/2019/08/bit-movie-the-story-behind-brad-elmores-vampire-film.html https://www.flicke...

Happy New Year and GOODBYE 2020! This week your favorite ghouls are reading some silly New Years Creepypastas! --- Music by Lily LeBlanc: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ TransLifeLine: https://translifeline.org/donate/

Happy Holidays! This week your favorite ghouls discuss Michael Dougherty's 2015 Christmas film, Krampus! --- Music by: Lily LeBlanc --- Resources: The Strange Appeal of Christmas Horror by Richard Newby https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/why-christmas-horror-movies-appeal-audiences-1171409 Krampus Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus “Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film...

I saw ye! Yer fond of me podcast! This week your favorite ghouls are joined by Kate MF Sculley to talk about Robert Egger's sophomore film, The Lighthouse! --- Music by Lily LeBlanc: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: How Robert Eggers Built a 19th-Century ‘Lighthouse’ That Could Shine for 16 Miles by Bill Desowitz https://www.indiewire.com/2019/10/the-lighthouse-robert-eggers-period-productio...

This week your favorite ghouls are discussing another Rob Zombie film... The Lords of Salem (2013)! Topics include but are not limited to Nathaniel Hawthorne and the History of Salem, Women and Bodily Autonomy, The Lords and what they represent, The Power of Music, and Female Trauma in Rob Zombie movies. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com Black Lives Matter: htt...

"The horror is history..." This week your favorite ghouls discuss Oprah Winfrey and Jonathan Demme's film version of Toni Morrison's prize winning novel, Beloved (1998). Topics include but are not limited to The horrors of the past: slavery, trauma and ghosts, Southern Gothic horror, mothers and daughters, and sisterhood. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilyleblanc.com --- Resou...

This week your favorite ghouls discuss the cult classic: Carnival of Souls! Topics of discussion: shared consciousness, dreams, The Man and how he relates to Mary Henry, and women and driving in horror films. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com TranslifeLine: https://translifeline.org/ BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ --- Resources: Carnival of Souls (196...

This week your favorite ghouls discuss The Haunting (1963). No, not the one with Catherine Zeta Jones...NO not the Netflix one... we're talking about THE OG black and white goddess of a film! Topics of discussion include but are not limited to: Queer Coding, Houses the kill, the neo-domestic, and depression. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com https://translifeli...

"Hey, Coraline... how about you leave your mom alone for one got dang minute!" This week your favorite ghouls (who also happen to be moms... can ya tell!!??) are discussing Laika's amazing gateway horror film, Coraline (2009)! --- Donate to BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Donate to Translifeline: https://www.translifeline.org/donate/ Thanks Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomp...

This week your favorite ghouls are discussing the South Korean hit, Train to Busan! Topics include but are not limited to: Seok-Woo's two foils, Covid-19 & pandemic response, and the social commentary in Train to Busan. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Train to Busan (2016). Dir. Yeon Sang-ho Yeon Sang-ho talks Korean zombie hit 'Train To Busan’...

Hey y'all! This week your favorite ghouls discussing From Hell! Topics of discussion include but are not limited to: sex-work in 1888, the REAL victims of Jack the Ripper, and why our obsession with Jack is problematic AF. --- Theme song by Lily LeBlanc: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: From Hell (2001) Dir. The Hughes Brothers From Hell (1999, Graphic Novel) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.o...

Please help the Black Lives Matter movement by visiting this website: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Donate to Trans Lifeline: https://www.giveoutday.org/organization/Translifeline We're back! AGAIN! This week your favorite ghouls discuss Ana Lily Amirpour's sophomore film: The Bad Batch (2016). Topics of discussion: racism, white privilege, the boarder wall, post-apocalyptic fairytales, and...

Your favorite ghouls are back from maternity/sick leave! It's been a hell-of-a-3-months! To lift your spirits from this GOT DANG 'Rona virus... why don't you spend a little time with the family? The Addams Family of course! This week we'll be discussing the women of The Addams Family and Addams Family Values! Topics include but are not limited to: motherhood & hellish crusades, Mother-Maiden-Crone...

Hey goblins and ghouls! It's the last episode before maternity leave! This week Gracie is joined by her very good friend, Kate Mother F*ckin' Sculley. They're both extremely pregnant so they're both going to talk about Alice Lowe's pregnancy horror film, PREVENGE! Topics of discussion: The Pregnant Woman as the Monster, Ruth's Motivations and Hatred for Society, the Mother/Killer Archetype, and Ru...

Get your mind out of the gutter because there's nothing sexy about this episode! This week your favorite ghouls discuss the vampire flick, 30 Days of Night! Topics of discussion: What exactly IS the 30 days of night and where?, the unique depiction of vampires, and the REAL threat to women in Alaska... --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Cinematic...

Hey ghouls! We're back with another crime drama this season! David Fincher's Se7en! Topics of discussion: A brief history of Dante's The Divine Comedy, Horror & True Crime in the 90s, Mills and Somerset: Equal but opposite parallels, and Expendable Women. --- Music by Lily LeBlanc www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Crime and Horror: Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together BY DAVE RICHARDS h...

This week it's a double feature with your favorite ghouls! The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) & it's reboot from 2014! Topics include a brief history of Texarkana and the Moonlight Murders, Embracing Tragedy, and The Phantom’s Duality! --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: The Terrifying Real-Life Murders That Inspired THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN...

Check your windows! Check your doors! Make sure no one is peering in because this week your favorite ghouls are discussing the horror film that started the POV shot! Why, it's the British masterpiece: Peeping Tom (1960)! Topics of discussion: What is Scopophilia?, The Male Gaze, Sexual Themes, and Children and the Consequences from a Lack of Privacy. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song!...

Get out your tarot cards and start brewing your witch bottles because this week your favorite ghouls are discussing Anna Biller's THE LOVE WITCH! Topics include: Witchsploitation and Patriarchal Exploitation, Toxic Beauty & Feminine Standards, gender roles, and the Psychology of Love, Fantasy & Narcissism. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: The Mo...

Happy New Year! This week, your favorite ghouls discuss the controversial, feminist crime classic: 1991's The Silence of the Lambs. Topics include: The use of psychology and Rites of Passage in TSOTL, the male gaze, feminism, and transphobia. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Silence of the Lambs Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silenc...

Happy Holidays! This week, your favorite ghouls discuss the one that REALLY started it all... 1974's Canadian classic: BLACK CHRISTMAS! That's right, the OG final girl slasher that STILL doesn't get enough credit. Topics of discussion: Women’s Reproductive Rights, Feminism, & Final Girls, Possible Anti-Feminist Themes in Black Christmas, house and home imagery and meaning, and the Black Pill. ---...

Hold on to your butts because this film is a wild ride! This week your favorite ghouls discuss Alexandre Aja's controversial New French Extremity horror film, High Tension aka Haute Tension aka Switchblade Romance. We won't go into anymore more detail here.... just... watch it (and then listen here!). --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: West, Alexa...

Heyo! We're back! This week your favorite ghouls discuss The Descent from 2005! Were the female characters represented in a positive or negative light? What do the crawlers and the cave represent? What does Jessica's birthday have anything to do with this? Finally, does Gracie's obsession with name meanings work for the characters? FIND OUT NOW & LISTEN! --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme so...