Just Ghoul With It

This week Nikki and Kate were joined by a guest- Robbie Knutson from Could’ve Been Heroes! Did they introduce him? Sure did! When? Stop asking questions. There were many conversations about The Wailing- from the importance of good set dressing and natural light to mysterious farts and pondering what type of person builds a nest. They also talked about ambiguous loss, grief, and just how many diffe...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Neon Demon and talked about the 16 old girl inside of every man, LIGHTS, and the importance of kissing both reflections equally. There were also discussions on problematic tropes about queer women and how to level a critique at societal norms instead of blaming individuals for how they navigate restricted choices. One could say it’s a beefy episode.    Rated R...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Evil Dead (1981) and explored elements of cult classic films, milk spurts, and how Dutch angles can be used to foster uneasiness. Nikki can’t say gory, pass it on.    Rated NC-17 for substantial graphic horror violence and gore Content warnings: Sexual assault, gaslighting, blood, gore, audio gore, self harm, gun violence, car crash, someone is buried alive, so...

This week Nikki and Kate finished up their four part dive into The Conjuring Universe. They watched Annabelle: Creation and discussed ableism in film, demon fingies, and crafting effective scares. They also discovered that...Nikki doesn’t really understand what babies are.    Rated rated R for horror violence and terror Content warnings: Ableism, cutting, amputation, eye mutilation, finger/toe mut...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Annabelle and, um, had very strong opinions. Topics included how horror can reinforce harmful societal norms and stereotypes, fashion and anachronism in this very realistic movie, and how to exit an elevator when there is a demon in the basement.   Rated R for intense sequences of disturbing violence and terror. Content warnings: Discussions of racism, death by sui...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Conjuring 2 and discussed the finer points of Ed Warren’s dad vibes, the second brother who was definitely there the whole time, and also nun runs.    Rated R for terror and horror violence Content warnings: Blood, gore, gun violence, child death, parent death, seizers, flashing lights, someone struggling to breath, possession, jump scares, audio gore, ableist...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Conjuring and talked about MPAA ratings, what makes this movie so ding dang scary, and cursing the moon. This is a very kiss kiss heavy episode, who could have predicted that?   Rated R for sequences of disturbing violence and terror Content warnings: Blood, gore, death by suicide, self harm, hanging, drowning, anxiety attack, audio gore, vomit, claustrophobia,...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Cabin in the Woods and talked about satire, pastiche (both the Ancient Egyptian variety as well as a form of intertextuality), and the horny moms who love Twilight.    Rated R for strong bloody horror violence and gore, language, drug use and some sexuality/nudity.  Content warnings: Blood, gore, death by suicide, gun violence, car crash, jump scares, ghosts, a...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Blackcoat’s Daughter and had one or two Reba digressions. But then they got down to brass tacks and talked about commonalities across exorcism movies, themes of loss and isolation, and then more Reba.  And yes, Nikki and Kate did discover that she’s a single mom who works two jobs, but tbh she probably does work too hard.    Rated R for brutal bloody violence a...

This week Nikki and Kate watched the horror anthology XX and definitely didn’t have a hard time speaking. They talk about mud more than you’d expect but they also discuss framing devices in anthologies, societal pressures put on mothers, and how to throw the perfect birthday party. Stick around to the very end to hear their favorite scary moments because oops they forgot to cover it in the body of...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Paranormal Activity and learned everything there is to know about horror movie budgets. They’re literally experts now. Or they covered it in brief. One of those things, for sure. They also talk about static cameras in found footage style films, moles (measure or animal, who is to say?), and improvisational horror.    Rated R for language Content warnings: Torture,...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Ritual and discussed how to cut apples if the patriarchy won’t let you have knives. They also talked about constructions of masculinity, creature reveals, and immortality immorality.  (Grab a holy apple snack, this is a beefy episode and you’ll need your strength.)   Content warnings: Blood, gore, dead animal, torture, someone burned alive, eye mutilation, fing...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Poltergeist and asked the important questions: are we here or are we dancer? They also introduced a new segment (haunted movie sets!), discussed social satire, the optimism of the 80s, the use of silhouettes, and juicy (too juicy?) foley.    Rated PG (but was originally rated R) Content warnings: Blood, gore, bugs (maggots), kidnapping, clowns, ghosts, dead animal,...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Get Out! They start the episode by celebrating a birthday and then dive into society and horror. Tune in to get those conversations on social thrillers, acting with your eyes, and TSA detective training.    Rated R for violence, bloody images, and language including sexual references. Content warnings: Discussions of rape in the episode. Blood, gore, torture, racis...

This week Nikki and Kate celebrated their tenth episode by watching the movie that started their horror chat- Hell House LLC. They talk about subtle scares, diegetic elements in horror, and noping out of a bad situation. Kate also gives expert advice on opening champagne. This is a beefy episode. They had a lot to say.  Content warnings: Gore, blood, death by suicide, flashing lights, eye mutilati...

This week Nikki and Kate watched An American Werewolf in London (our first patron’s pick episode!) and possibly went feral. We talk about movie magic in the form of award winning practical effects, skeletons with eyeballs, and the blend of comedy and horror. Oh, and if you have any idea what Nikki said when Kate talks about gothic horror or why Nikki said it, please let us know. Neither of us can...

This week Nikki and Kate watched Ginger Snaps and waxed poetic about tupperware fingers, their adoration for Pamela (#pamelastan #rideordiepamela), and also about the intersection of werewolves and coming of age stories featuring teen girls. At the end of the day, we just really wanna be Pamela’s spooky girls.    Rated  Content warnings: Suicidal ideation, suicide, dog death, blood, gore, animal a...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Fourth Kind and had...opinions. There’s an exploration of childhood fears, disappointing camera work, and the mountains of Illinois.   Rated PG-13 for violent/disturbing images, some terror, thematic elements and brief sexuality Content warnings: Blood, gun violence, death by suicide, flashing lights, child death, parent death, torture, kidnapping, anxiety atta...

This week Nikki and Kate look at the “box office failure” turned cult classic Jennifer’s Body and explore what happens when the movie advertised doesn’t match up with the movie delivered. They later nonchalantly climb out the window after being refused a tampon.  See if you can find the part in the episode where Kate was trying to slyly troubleshoot zoom camera issues. It’s super inconspicuous.  A...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Descent and recorded while being haunted by audio ghosts. We also ask for your address. Actual movie related conversations include the multiple endings for the movie, reliable vs. unreliable narrators, and primal screams.  We committed some audio sins, don’t worry we’re atoning.    Rated R for strong violence/gore and language Content warnings: Claustrophobia,...

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Blair Witch Project and decided that Heather is unfairly maligned. #hellyeahheather  Tune in for discussions on tropes, viral marketing, and the finer points of leading with teeth vs clocking the teeth. Grab a plate of spaghetti, this is a meaty episode.    Rated R for violence and language Content warnings for this movie:  Shaky cam, blood, description of gore...

This week Nikki and Kate watched IT: Chapter One and talked about the history of clown panics in the US as well as the potential explosive volatility of clowns.  We had some audio issues (sorry!) but don't worry, we're fixing those for next week's episode. You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com   If you...

This week Nikki and Kate talk about leading with teeth. And also the first half of the 1990 made-for-tv adaptation of Stephen King’s IT.    Oh, we also have new intro and outro music! Special thanks and credit to Anthony Rocazella, who composed it for us. You can find him on instagram at puffthemagicbassist.         You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our episode notes on the Jus...

This week Nikki and Kate watched It Follows and questioned the actual functionality of the clam phone...sea-reader? Shell phone? Clamdle? Okay we’ll stop.    You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website at www.justghoulwithitpod.com If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help!    The music in t...

We present...a teaser for the soon to be released comedy horror podcast Just Ghoul With It. Join two friends as they discuss how culture and history influence horror films.  Our website is justghoulwithitpod.com and you can find us on instagram and twitter at justghoulwithit. The music in the teaser is Good Night by Private Hell Productions and was used with permission. The entire album, plus othe...