Specter Cinema Club

Wrapping up our coming-of-age month on a somber note, Garrett & DeVaughn take a look at Super Dark Times . The melancholy film explores how tragedy and the intensity of teenage feelings affect the friendship between two best friends. The film is somehow equally bleak as it is horny; take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New episodes every Tuesday, subscribe to not miss an episode. Next week, w...

Coming-of-age really does boil down to sex and death, huh? We're getting cerebral talking Daniel Isn't Real with Gory Cory ( Fangoria, Scream Teens Podcast ). With feelings and interpretations all over the board, we discuss the fear of hereditary mental illness, loneliness, and preserving your adolescence. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don'...

Adulthood is just around the corner, following the characters of our film today: It Follows ! A much anticipated episode being an important film to Garrett & DeVaughn, creative photographer/director Cameron Rice joins in to chat sex, adulthood, and many tin hat theories that do not matter because there are no right answers. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New episodes drop every Tuesday,...

Trigger Warning : events of Roe v Wade overturning is discussed. School's out and we're biting dicks off! Wait....what? New theme this month, the boys are diving into coming-of-age movies and we're kicking it off by...biting the dicks off of men: we're talking Teeth ! Garrett takes the reigns as we discuss the film's internet legacy, sex education, and men controlling the female autonomy. Take a h...

" So what do you do?" "I'm a vampire" We've got one more camptastic, queer horror film to tackle and we're talking about everyone's favorite gay vampire dads in Interview with a Vampire . Joining us is award-winning comic book writer Marc Andreyko to discuss toxic companionship, the lavish set design, and how it was a miracle that this film even got made. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New...

What's more gay than your sassy aunt? We're continuing our Pride Month coverage with Terry Mesnard ( Gayly Dreadful, Scarred for Life ) to discuss the queer psychosexual thriller Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker ! We're talking about the film's positive portrayal of queer characters while diving into the films' themes of controlling narratives. All the flowers for Susan Tyrell's flawless camp perform...

Did you know queer people could talk to ghosts!? We're continuing our Pride Month coverage talking ParaNorman with Kay Lynch, a family friendly horror film that is a lot more mature than you'd think. We discuss the queerness of the film, explicit and coded, and how the film chooses to introduce some big ideas to children. Also spend time on the exploiting of regional history and how the " witch hu...

Happy Pride Month, y'all! This will be our 3rd year of Queer Horror coverage, as we covered the CHUCKY franchise in 2020 and in 2021 got a little more personal with our guests' picks. This year looks to be a critical look at a few campier titles, starting with the 00s fever dream that is The Covenant. The boys discuss how initially criticized for queer-baiting ( and being a not good movie lol ), t...

As a bonus treat for DeVaughn's birthday (5/31), the boys decided to have a little fun and pitch you guys a horror movie from scratch! Bloody Blunts presents Hot & Heavy : a gritty romance set in the swamps of Louisiana. Two teens from feuding monster clans (Werewolves and Swamp People) navigate sexual tension, violence, and terrible crime over the course of their senior year. Directed by Lyne...

For the final "Could Be Horror" selection, we're rumbling with the big boys! Well, at least they think so: The Warriors ! Rachel joins the boys to chat the slightly dystopian beat-em-up filled with well-choreographed action scenes, a killer score/soundtrack, fantastic costuming, and boys attempting to become men. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so y...

Stressed out? Have a bagel! DeVaughn & Garrett are joined by Matt Donato ( Certified Forgotten ) to talk a highly anticipated film for the pod: Shiva Baby ! The boys discuss how Emma Seligman uses horror filmmaking techniques to bring us inside someone's experience with social anxiety. Lotta time devoted to praising Rachel Sennott for her impeccable performance of a wonderfully complicated cha...

Bonus episode, witches! Garrett & DeVaughn aren't just horror-heads; they're big ol' superhero nerds too. The boys discuss Doctor Strange 2 aka The Scarlet Witch Project, which is filled to the brim with horror set-pieces, multiverse cameos, and Sam Raimi-isms. How did the Marvel fans respond? Well, you're just as confused as we are. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New episodes every Tue...

Cable Guy? More like GAYble Guy, am I right!? DeVaughn & Garrett tune in to discuss Ben Stiller's dark comedy steeped in stalker thriller elements and homo-eroticism. The boy's chat about our human need to connect with others, in friendship and most recently online. Where does the line between comedy and horror truly lie? Jim Carrey is gonna find out. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New...

Welcome back to your favorite horror podcast, except this month; we're not talking horror movies! For May, we are taking a look at movies that could be horror movies. What about Anomalisa could make it a horror movie? The exploration of a mid-life crisis through paranoia, is a start. Much more to talk about, take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New episodes every Tuesday! Next week we take a trip...

Closing out our month of extra terrestrial shennanigans, we're talking the *SCREACH* 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Stephen Foxworthy of the Disenfranchised podcast. The boys are talking paranoia, phenomenal special effects, and why this story is so easily adapted in multiple decades ( there's 4 of these bad boys ). Take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New episodes every Tues...

Time to take a trip to Anywhere, USA where everyone knows each other and there's a Blob on the loose! A first time watch for both DeVaughn & Garrett, the boys discuss the 1988 remake of the 1958 classic. We're talking co-final girls, justice for Chuck Russell, and whether or not this actually counts as an alien movie. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New episodes drop every Tuesday, subsc...

After some time in space, the boys have landed in the small town of Weasley, SC to battle nasty slug aliens: Horror Queers co-host Joe Lipsett returns to chat James Gunn's Slither . We're discussing Gunn's blending of many sub-genres, the goopy & tactile body horror, and the sexual nature of invasive aliens. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New episodes drop every Tuesday! Next week, we t...

We're already high on horror, but I think we can get even higher...like outer space! Kicking off our month of April Aliens, we're starting with the unofficial-but-maybe-multiverse prequel to Venom, talking Daniel Espinosa's Life (2017) . The boys discuss the unfair Alien comparisons, where Calvin ranks among movie monsters, and of course the Summer of Morbius . Take a hit and pass that spooky shit...

Bringing our celebration of Women's History Month to a close, the boys are joined by Bloody Blunts alums BJ & Harmony Colangelo ( This Ends at Prom Podcast ) to have a discussion on women in the horror genre. Taking a look in front and behind the camera, we chat about: our favorite female-directed films, Final Girls, and why horror has always been such a female-centric genre. Take a hit and pa...

We came to party and massacre...and we're all out of party! Cat Benstead (TGIF: A Horror Podcast) joins the boys to close out the SPM series with the meta remake released just last year. We discuss the new feminist layers added, the twists, the added gore, and compare snacks. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New episodes drop every Tuesday! Next week we close out Women's History Month with a...

Yes, there is a third one of these movies! Garrett & DeVaughn discuss the somewhat forgotten conclusion to the SPM series. Garrett thinks its lame back to basics, while DeVaughn think it's underrated with a giallo twist. However, the boys can agree this one has the most unique kills and upsetting scene of the entire franchise. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New episodes drop every Tuesd...

Let this podcast rock & roll your soul! We continue our Women's History Month exploration of the SPM series, talking the wild and chaotic sequel with writer/editor Jessica Scott. The boys & Jessica discuss the film's exploration of Final Girl trauma, tonal evolution of the franchise, and compare slumber parties (and Batman mouths lol). Take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New episodes dro...

It's a new month and we have one word for you: WOMEN! In celebration of Women's History Month, we're going to dive into the Slumber Party Massacre series. Each film was directed by women during the 80s hay-day of slashers, so let's see how this makes the films different from their contemporaries. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit! New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe to not miss an episod...

Closing out February, Garret & DeVaughn are joined by Bobby Torrez ( The People Under the Scares Podcast , Bobby Likes It Spooky ) for a rundown haunted house party with Snoop Dogg: we're talking Ernest Dickerson's blacksploitation ghost story Bones (2001). The boys talk about the film mixes horror sub-genres with its racial commentary, Snoop Dogg as horror villain, and a lot about skin tones....

Love (and ghosts) are in the air! Continuing our coverage of Black Horror Cinema for the month, our Valentine's Day selection ended up not being ver romantic, but a goodie nonetheless. Garrett & DeVaughn discuss His House : how we could use more immigration of stories in horror, the films using various forms of fear, and what it's like when characters don't spend half the movie arguing if ghos...