Scary Movie and a Sandwich

We're taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming to bring you an episode from our friends of the show -  @FakingItThePod with Intimacy Coordinators, Ariel and Morgan! On each episode of Faking It, Ariel and Morgan break down the scenes you’ve been dying to talk about, but were too afraid to ask. Here is their episode on The Handmaiden - enjoy! We got a ton of really positive resp...

“Fingers warmed in the fires of HELL…” It’s time for Lesbian vampires and film history! We’re taking a bite out of 70’s sexploitation auteur Joseph Sarnon’s very very very sapphic Vampire Ecstasy (1974) while The Bagel Broker ’s Smoked Whitefish on a Garlic Bagel Sandwich gives us life! With me is the one and only, it’s THE Teri Gamble ! Actor, writer, comedian, producer, musician, table-top gamer...

"When I kiss the count will he taste like this?" It’s the erotica episode, sexy scaries! This week we’ve paired the period-piece Korean-Japanese erotic-thriller The Handmaiden (2016) with a frothy, decadent, guilty treat Cookie Sandwich by Erin McKenna's Bakery. With me in the scary studio is Cai Kagawa   aka @estelofimladris - a savant of all things costumes and table-top roleplayi...

it's our second ever AMA! thank you to all of our scary sammy fans for sending in so many hard hitting and hilarious questions. we hope we were able to do all of your brilliant queries justice! thank you for being the best fans, ever! oh and also happy new year! featuring the one and only ‪Antonia Lassar ! Whatcha eating & watching? Tell me about it! @scarysandwichpod & scarysandwichp...

“What's the point of art if nobody sees it?” It’s the FINE ART episode, dear scaries! This week we’ve paired the perfectly pretentious art-world-satire Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) with The Favolosa aka the Favorite sandwich from All’Antico Vinaio . With us in the scary studio is Rachel Berkowitz - a spectacular visual artist on the rise! Rachel creates surreal and soulful dreamscapes that pulse wit...

"...but now the dream is over." Hold onto the ceiling - for the first time ever, in the history of sandwich or podcast, we're pairing two MASSIVE classics: David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986) and Langer's Deli Pastrami on Rye. Folks, we were NOT ready! Joining me back-back back-again is the very funny and very silky (do with that what you will) Greg Berman - comedian, actor,...

"...and a nice Chianti… slurpslurlslurslurp" We're going all-in on two major modern classics: Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs (1991) starring the dream duo - Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins - paired with everyone's fave, the pride and joy of every deli menu, the Meatball Sub! This beauty comes to us from the always impeccable All About The Bread on Melrose Ave i...

“Do you live by yourself!” This week, aliens are seducing lonely males and turning them into chunky salsa in Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin starring Scarlett Johansson, which we’ve paired with one of our faves - Astro Burger ’s - perfectly delicious, perfectly fried Fried Cod Sandwich and Fries aka Fish-N-Chips, because the film’s set in the UK, innit?!  Joining me in the scary studio is Noël St...

it's our first ever AMA! thank you to all of our scary sammy fans for sending in so many hard hitting and hilarious questions. we hope we were able to do all of your brilliant queries justice! thank you for being the best fans, ever! oh and also happy new year! featuring the one and only Antonia Lassar ! check out Antonia's show Yenta! with co-host Raye Schiller Whatcha eating & watc...

“Groovy!” Just in time for the holidays, we get splattered in gore and chicken! This week, it’s mad auteur Sam Raimi’s grooviest, bloodiest, deadite-iest classic Evil Dead 2 paired with the iconic sizzlin’ kickin’ hootin’ & hollerin’ Howlin’ Ray’s Spicy Chicken Sando.  Joining me in the scary studio is Greg Hellings - sound producer, designer of Fish In A Percolator   (a Twin-Peaks inspired ta...

“Oh no - my noodles got soggy!” This week, grab your clipboards and geiger counters, we are taking on the radioactive Shin Godzilla (2016) , while we stuff our faces with the monstrously massive & massively delicious Mama Mia Italian sub from Dan’s Super Subs ! Joining me in the scary studio is Darby Pak aka Chaotic Darby . Darby is an award winning tabletop roleplaying game performer, communi...

“It’s alive!” This week we get into the facts and figures of one the most famous movie monsters with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) and we’re feasting on the bounty of the Soft Shell Crab Supreme po’ boy from The Little Jewel of Orleans . Mèsi anpil! Joining me in the scary studio is Moe Poplar, an acclaimed table-top game designer, podcast producer, screen writer, Frankenstein scholar, and cr...

“Feed me, Seymour, feed me all night long.” This week we’re talking (and singing!) all about the classic movie-musical marvel ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ (1987) and the classic Eggplant Parm from Ggiata Delicatessen . Joining me in the scary studio are the award-winning musical-comedy group COUPLET , @coupletcomedy aka Marnina Schon and Micah O’Konis . We get deep on vegetarian-ism, carnivore-ism, an...

"I love the AFI!" This week we honor the late great David Lynch by pairing his wonderfully nightmarish 'Lost Highway' (1997) with sammies from two absolutely iconic L.A. staples - Astro Burger on Melrose, and Bob's Big Boy in Burbank.   Joining me in the scary studio is the magnificent Mary Lukasiewicz, and wow, what an honor! Mary has worked on some iconic modern masterpi...

"If you don't tell me it now will be worse when I find out eventually anyway" This week we're not regretting still being in our teens and still having to fight for our lives against savage bullies, brutal parents, and, obvi, the local serial killer. From across the coast, I'm joined by mindset coach, Judo badass, and real-estate investor Laura Christian in the Scary Studio...

"This place is cash only." Dating is tough these days - especially when your body parts keep getting harvested to be sold on an illegal canibal black market! This week, spruce up your dating app profiles and cozy up with a scrumptious Pork Banh Mi from Phorage while filmmaker Jazeel Gayle and I chew into Fresh (2022). Whether you swipe right or left, remember to like and subscribe to sta...

"We're not actually about to watch a cow get killed on-screen, are we?" Over the mountains and into the jungle, this week we're packing Arepas in our lunch-boxes, saying goodbye to our childhoods, and plunging into the carnage of war as we get unraveled by Monos (2019). Kids be crazy and war is hell! I'm joined by Nic Adams, an NYC-based playwright, producer and director t...

"Hope this doesn’t end up on YouTube like all my other junk…" Welcome to Ukraine, all you documentary influencers! This week we’re chowing down on America’s flagship sandwich, the Hamburger, as we learn all about the perils of investigative filmmaking and demonic possessions in Ukraine! I’m joined by comedian-actor-writer-tattoo-artist Greg Berman to digest Ghoul (2015) and the signature...

"I need to get a bigger cell-phone!" Existential dread meets going for a splish-splash dip in the ocean with a naughty fish god! Today we're trying to stay alive and not turn into fish-people in DAGON while enjoying a saucy scrumptious shrimp po' boy from Stevie's Creole Cafe! Taking a swim around the Scary Studio, I'm joined by the musician Morgane Hearth to talk all...

"Two wrongs make a wrong!" Tips for surviving the great outdoors - pack a hearty lunch and watch out for CANNIBALS! This week we're watching the iconic, original Wrong Turn and we're NOT EATING HUMANS FLESH, but we are feasting on the iconic and rebranded Mountain Man Philly. Featuring meat and vegan options, courtesy of Besties Vegan Paradise in LA! I'm joined in the Scar...

"Can he eat his way in here? Can he??" It's HOT sandwich season! Joining me in the scary studio is actor-comedian Carlos Orlando @carlosorlandope  We take a big meaty bite out of two all-time classics: the Los Angeles OG sammy the French Dip and Stephen King's 'good dog gone bad' creature feature Cujo. It's about to get hot, messy, and delicious in the scary stud...

On this episode we've got something for everyone! We've got pop-culture, immigrants, demon dolls, lots of meats, ASMR of me honking down an Italian, and tons of jump scares! What's on the menu? It's the haunted-house tour de force The Conjuring and the always outstanding and very filling Italian sandwich. Shout out to Haute Mess in Fairfax, LA! Love this film, love this sandwic...

On this episode we're talking sex, meat, taboos, bad times at French universities, good times at 4th of July bbqs, and killing our food! What's on the menu? It's the French cannibalistic college coming of age modern cult-classic Raw and the All-American red-as-they-come beef Burger. Love this film, love this sandwich - and love you for listening! What would you pair this sandwich wi...

On this episode we're talking history, mystery, murder, witches, the patriarchy and fishing! What's on the menu? It's The Autopsy of Jane Doe and the Fried Cod fish sandwich. Love this film, love this sandwich - and love you for listening! What would you pair this sandwich with? What would you pair this movie with? Let me know what you're watching and eating at artemdirectly on...

On this episode we're talking cozy and stressful, anxiety and comfort, demons and peanut-butter with Hereditary and the PBnJ aka Peanut-Butter and Jelly sandwich. Love this film, love this sandwich - and love you for listening! What would you pair this sandwich with? What would you pair this movie with? Let me know what you're watching and eating at artemdirectly on IG and TikTok. Thanks...