Progressively Horrified

Fear Level: Spooky with bits of existentially disconcerting Trigger Warnings:  Frequent and bloody pet death, suicidal ideation, blood, toxic/abusive familial relationships, sexual harassment Director: John Fawcette Writers: Karen Walton Stars: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle Topics of Discussion: -Suicidal ideation and class projects -Guidance counselors -Does the dog die dot com (spoiler: they...

Fear Level: Terrifying/Existentially Disconcerting Trigger Warnings:   Gaslighting Director: David Robert Mitchell Writers: David Robert Mitchell Stars: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi Topics of Discussion: -Ben's dislike for tall people -Upsetting naked parents -Polyamory, the curse cure -Pool Rules -When does it follow you? What counts as sex? We need to know! -Does gay sex count?...

We are so psyched about this interview! It was so awesome to talk to Brad Michael Elmore! If you haven't watched Bit, we spoil the crap out of it so go watch it first then come back and listen to our podcast about it, then listen to this interview. Have you ever sat down with the director of a movie you loved and they just immediately confirmed everything you thought about the movie without even b...

Fear Level: Spoopy Trigger Warnings:  Zombies, violence to animals, dismemberment, AI Director: Paul W.S. Anderson Writers: Paul W.S. Anderson Stars: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy You're all going to die down here...of laughter! Resident Evil is the movie that we somehow got instead of an adaptation of the hit horror game series by the same name. It features Milla...

Fear Level: Spoopy Trigger Warnings:  Gaslighting, blood, violence, references to self-harm and suicide Director: Brad Michael Elmore Writers: Brad Michael Elmore Stars: Diana Hopper, Nicole Maines, Zolee Griggs Topics of Discussion: -Gender dysphoria and Hollywood -Fuck Gender binaries -Gorgeous nihilist psychopaths -Duke. That's it. Duke -She's intense. -Characters who can step on us -What makes...

Fear Level: Horrifying Trigger Warnings: BODY HORROR, blood, guts, insects, maggots, attempted sexual assault,   Director: Clive Barker Writers: Clive Barker Stars: Andrew Robinson (Garak!), Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence Hellraiser is a horror classic and with good reason. The special effects are incredible, the monsters are memorable, and for some reason half of the cast had their voices dubbed...

Fear Level: Terrifying Trigger Warnings: Visuals of hanging/suicide, pandemic, jump scares, blood, violence Director: Rob Savage Writers: Gemma Hurley, Rob Savage, Jed Shepherd Stars: Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore (Wonder Woman), Emma Louise Webb (The Crown), Radina Drandova, Caroline Ward, Edward Linard It's the great pandemic of 2020 and a group of friends is just trying to stay in touch by meeting...

Fear Level: Mostly Spoopy with existential dread Trigger Warnings:  Racism, colorism, trauma, body horror, sexual assault, violence, blood Director: Justin Simien Writers: Justin Simien Stars: Elle Lorraine, Judith Scott, Vanessa William s, Jay Pharoah, James Van Der Beek, Lena Waithe, Kelly Rowland, Usher, Blair Underwood, Michelle Hurd, MC Lyte, Robin Thede, Laverne Cox, Nicole Byer "Bad Hair" i...

Fear Level: Terrifying Trigger Warnings:  Racism, gaslighting, mild gore Director: Jordan Peele Writers: Jordan Peele Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener, Betty Gabriel, LaKeith Stanfield, Caleb Landry Jones, Lil Rel Howard, Erika Alexander Topics of Discussion: -Racisms -Pay attention to how your black friends want you to act re: cops -Incorrect ways to eat...

Fear Level: Documentary Trigger Warnings: Historical images of lynching and racial violence, excerpts from a variety of horror films that include blood, violence, racism, and terror. They say Candyman several times in a row. Director: Xavier Burgin Writers: Ashlee Blackwell, Danielle Burrows Based on the book by: Robin R. Means Coleman Stars: Robin R.Means Coleman, Tananarive Due, Tony Todd, Keith...

Fear Level: Spoopy (not scary) Trigger Warnings: Blood, suicidal ideation, moderate violence, several uses of “the r word” Directors: Holly Dale Writers: Andrew Rai Berzins Stars:   Gordon Currie, Louis Ferreira, Helene Clarkson Tonight we learned a new term thanks to our special guest, Bronwyn Kelly-Seigh. That term is "CanCon". In Canada they actually invest in their creators and their are manda...

Fear Level: Spoopy (not scary) Trigger Warnings: Mind control, abusive parents, blood, embarrassment  Directors: Zoe Lister-Jones Writers: Zoe Lister-Jones, Peter Filardi Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Zoey Luna, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, David Duchovny, Michelle Monaghan   Did you ever meet somebody who seemed really great and begin what felt like it was going to be a deep and fulfilling relationship an...

Fear Level: Spoopy (not scary) w/mild hatred of who you used to be Trigger Warnings: Snakes, bugs, rats, suicide, suicidal ideation, abuse, sexual assault, mind control Directors: Andrew Fleming Writers: Peter Filardi, Andrew Fleming Stars: Rachel True, Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Breckin Meyer, Christine Taylor If you grew up in the nineties, at any point had an all b...

Fear Level: Spooky (a little scary) Trigger Warnings: Gaslighting, violence, moderate gore, demonism, rich people Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett Writers: Guy Busick, R. Christopher Murphy Stars: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Andie MacDowell It's a Progressively Horrified All-Stars episode as both Samara Weaving (from Mayhem) and Adam Brody (from Jennifer's Body) play h...

Fright Level: Terrifying Trigger Warnings: Claustrophobia, grizzly violence, broken/exposed bone, jump scares, gaslighting. How do you sell your sporty vehicles to a millennial? We know how! It's time to talk about one of the scariest movies we've ever seen, The Descent. It's a dark, scary, bloody, grizzly, absolutely horrifying movie - then the monsters show up. Come join us as we leave finger pr...

Fright Level: Spooky with intense amount of existential dread Trigger Warnings: Intense depictions of and lengthy discussion of sexual violence and rape. Violence. Mild gore. Jump scares. Home Invasion. Stalking. Cyber Stalking. Christmas. Merry Christmas and/or Happy Friday! We got you a Christmas and/or Friday present! We did a very merry episode of the podcast with our very own Santa Claus, Tal...

Fright Level: Spoopy with a side of existential dread about capitalism Trigger Warnings: Pandemic, disease, blood and gore, mild workplace sexism, a disability slur, horrible workplace, mild nudity Let's establish something real quick: there are two opposing types of action movies: -A "Die Hard": Work your way down through a building to rescue hostages / escape -A "Game of Death": Work your way up...

Fright Level: Spoopy (mostly not scary) Trigger Warnings: Violence toward animals, gaslighting, jump scares, moderate alcoholism, Florida We brought in an additional psychologist for a second opinion as Karley Richard joins the podcast to talk about "After Midnight." After Midnight is a 2019 movie written by, directed by, and starring Jeremy Gardner and co-starring Brea Grant, Henry Zebrowski, and...

Fright Level : Terrifying (Very Scary) with overwhelming existential dread Trigger Warnings: Violence toward animals, violence toward children, jump scares, light gore, gaslighting, insomnia, hallucinations, abusive familial relationships. Good gracious guys, this one is a wild ride. We sat down on the day after the American presidential election to discuss the scariest and hardest to process movi...

OH MY GOD! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN! Actually I can tell you how it happened! We recorded a podcast about Anna and the Apocalypse and since we talked about our favorite tiny queer girl, Steph North, a whole bunch I tagged actress Sarah Swire in the tweet about the episode and then both she and Alan McDonald, the writer of Anna and the Apocalypse got in touch to say thanks for the shout outs in the epis...

Fright Level: Spoopy Trigger Warnings: Extensive gaslighting, violence toward women, extensive gore, disturbing images, Joss Whedon. It's the first episode of this podcast we've ever done to necessitate and upfront creator based content warning as we talk about the meta horror of "The Cabin in the Woods" and having grown up with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly in a post Justice League world....

Happy American Thanksgiving! In the midst of this stressful time, we wanted to take a second to talk to you about family. Cause around here, at Progressively Horrified, we don't got friends, we got family. That's right, babies. Chris and Ben talked Jeremy into it and now we know what our Patreon exclusive series is going to be. That's right, we're launching "Progressively Furious". If you support...

Fright Level : Spooky (a little scary) Trigger warnings : Egyptian/Middle Eastern exoticism, bugs, mild gore, jump scares Is progress an illusion? Because we're talking 1999's "The Mummy" with Rachael Weisz and Brendan Frasier and how even though it traffics in Eastern exoticism and white people digging up dead brown people to steal their ancient artifacts, it's somehow way better at meaningful re...

Fright Level: Spooky (a little scary) with large amounts of existential dread Trigger Warnings: attempted sexual assault, jump scares, violence, gore, racial violence, depictions of white supremacy groups, explosions The First Purge is about as subtle as a brick to the face and it's about as affective too. This movie finally realizes the ideas that previous iterations of The Purge have been circli...

Fright Level: Spoopy (not scary) with mild jump scares and moderate existential dread Trigger Warnings: zombies, gore, pandemics, high school, musicals, Christmas Anna and the Apocalypse is a 2017 horror/comedy/musical from Scotland that combines our love of musicals set in high schools and zombie horror comedies set in England. It's directed by John McPhail and it stars Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming...