Just Ghoul With It

This week Nikki and Kate watched The People Under the Stairs and discussed the importance of focus in satire, crisp and juicy foley, and classic crotch punches.   Rated R for terror/violence Content warnings: Racial slurs, child abuse, death of a minor, animal abuse, animal death, blood, gore, audio gore, gun violence, cannibalism, amputation/mutilation, torture, jump scares, kidnapping, vomit, in...

This week Nikki and Kate watched X (2022) and discussed depictions of sex work in horror films, creating characters with depth, and the source of all blanket stealing.   Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use, and language Content warnings: Sexual assault, animal death, blood, gore, audio gore, stalking, gun violence, amputation/finger mutilati...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Fright Night (1985) and discussed subtext, silhouettes, and pocket crosses.    Content warnings: Stalking, sexual assault, someone is burned alive, blood, gore, broken bone, child death, kidnapping, jump scares, flashing lights, car crash, gun violence   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It websi...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Devil’s Pass and discussed Dyatlov Pass Incident theories, the right type of awkwardness in a hiking group, and Tinkerbell’s Wormhole(s).   Rated R Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, gun violence, someone is buried alive, mutilation, shaky cam, flashing lights/images   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the J...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Silent Night, Deadly Night and discussed Santa panics, the ambiguity of artistic genius vs. unintentional greatness, and candy cane weapons.   Rated R Content warnings: Sexual assault, blood, gore, child abuse, cutting, strangling, gun violence, someone struggling to breathe, PTSD, ableism, jump scares   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our ext...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Slumber Party Massacre (1982) and discussed satire, classic slasher camera angles, and putting your best boob forward.    Rated R Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, eye mutilation, animal death, stalking, cutting, amputation, ableism, jump scares   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It web...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Misery and discussed fandom, the stigmatization of mental illness, and GamerGate.   Rated R Content warnings: Car crash, suicidal ideation, ableism, PTSD, hate speech, gaslighting, stalking, finger/toe mutilation, eye mutilation, gun violence, blood, gore, torture, someone struggling to breathe, broken bones, kidnapping, death of children (mentioned), audio gore, s...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Invitation (2015) and discussed Karyn Kusama’s career, intentional lighting, and the dangers of wearing white at a dinner party.   Content warnings: Death by suicide, self harm, death of a child, animal death, gaslighting, intimate partner violence, blood, gore, audio gore, jump scares, PTSD, gun violence   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Ring (1998) and discussed chain letters, the satisfaction of subtle scares, and comically loud bonks.    Content warnings: Death of a child, death by suicide, blood, gore, drowning, child abuse, someone is buried alive, finger/toe mutilation, audio gore, claustrophobia, flashing images, fatphobia   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Ghost and Mr. Chicken and discussed the power of leitmotifs, shared spine tingling moments, and did their best Don Knotts impressions.  Rated G  Content warnings: Jump scares, blood, mentions of death by suicide   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com   If y...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Changeling and discussed isolation, the necessary components of a haunted house, and Joseph’s alter ego Joshua.   Rated R for …being scary? Content warnings: Child abuse, death of a child, jump scares, death by drowning, someone struggling to breathe, car accident, PTSD, ableism, blood.   You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episod...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Exorcist and discussed cultural upheaval, the rule of thirds, and demonic children trails.    Rated R for strong language and disturbing images Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, vomit, death by suicide, seizures, someone struggling to breathe, torture, needles, hospital scene, institutionalization against one’s will, sexual assault, broken bones, genit...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Hereditary and discussed the intersection of Greek tragedy and horror conventions, the trifecta of colors, and B*Witched, for some reason.    Rated R for horror violence, disturbing images, language, drug use and brief graphic nudity Content warnings: Child abuse, child death, death by suicide, stalking, gaslighting, intimate partner violence, blood, gore, cutting,...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Mist and discussed crowd dynamics in a monster apocalypse, documentary style zooming, and which aisles they’d claim as their own in the event of tentacles. Kate also gets Taylor Swift and The Beatles a little bit mixed up. Just a little bit.    Rated R for violence, terror and gore, and language Content warnings: Death by suicide, blood, gore, child death, inse...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Color Out of Space and discussed cosmic horror, light as both sinister and welcoming, and 90s lip gloss slime kisses. Content warnings: Child abuse, self harm, blood, gore, finger/toe mutilation, amputation, child death, audio gore, vomit, jump scares, possession, cancer, anxiety attacks, flashing lights, homophobic slurs, gun violence, animal death, animal abuse,...

This week Nikki and Kate watched [REC] and discussed dubbing, the implications of undiscovered found footage, and how many licks it takes to get to the center of a skull.    Rated R for bloody horror, violence, and language Content warnings: Blood, gore, a head is squashed, cannibalism, shaky cam, hate speech (anti-Asian rhetoric) animal death, death of a child, gun violence, jumpscares, possessio...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux Sans Visage) and discussed eye dilation and fear responses, the balance of diegetic dogs and silence, and the texture of eyeballs.    Content warnings: Blood, gore, suicidal ideation, kidnapping, animal death, animal abuse, stalking, someone falls to their death, needles/syringes, hospital scene, ableism, body dysmorphia, flashing ligh...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Host and discussed the balance of dark comedy within horror, the perfect slow-mo shot, and also war crimes…sorry.    Rated R for creature violence and language Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, death by suicide, child death, gaslighting, ableism, child abuse/neglect, a head is squashed, eye mutilation, someone struggling to breathe, torture, kidnapping...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Ju-On: The Grudge and discussed social isolation, dread through slow camera movement, and the pronunciation of Irish names. Also Kate tries to gaslight Nikki into forgetting the existence of the universe.   Rated R for some disturbing images Content warnings: Intimate partner violence, child abuse, death of a child, animal death, blood, someone struggling to breath...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Drag Me to Hell and discussed disgust, bodily fluids, and combat staplers. There was also a squeaking chair to simulate hell for the uninitiated.    Rated PG-13 for sequences of horror violence, terror, disturbing images, and language Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, child abuse, death of a child, anxiety attacks, hate speech, shaky cam, car crash, animal...

This week Nikki and Kate poured one out for sweet angel Anton Yelchin and covered Green Room. They covered the apolitical origins of skinheads, Portland’s history with white supremacist organizing and violence, and how they’d be treated by Sleepy Time Punks.   Rated R for strong brutal graphic violence, gory images, language and some drug content Content warnings: Hate speech (racial slurs, ableis...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Annihilation and talked about the Anthropocene, contrasting sounds, and nightmare bear ventriloquism.   Rated R for violence, bloody images, language, and some sexuality Content warnings:  Body horror, blood, gore, cutting, death by suicide, someone struggling to breathe, seizures, vomit, needles, hospital scene, self harm, flashing lights/images, claustrophobia, p...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Taking of Deborah Logan and discussed signature scenes, coping with grief using humor, and the ultimate Holes crossover.    Rated R for disturbing violent content, language, and brief nudity Content warnings:  Blood, gore, child abuse, animal death, snakes, cutting, finger mutilation, kidnapping, death of a child, jump scares, audio gore, vomit, hospital scene,...

This week Nikki and Kate watched I Know What You Did Last Summer and discussed classic slasher tropes, red herrings, and the telltale signs of crabs.   Rated R for strong horror violence and language Content warnings: Car accident, stalking, gaslighting, blood, gore, torture, cutting, amputation, finger mutilation, jump scares, audio gore, hospital scene, claustrophobia, flashing lights, homophobi...

This week Nikki and Kate traveled to a [potentially] haunted hotel to record their 50th episode! While discussing the Shining they examined power dynamics in the film industry, the use of color to depict the hotel as a living entity, and how they ruined twins for everyone.    Rated R for disturbing violent content and behavior, bloody images, graphic nudity, and strong language Content warnings: R...