Progressively Horrified

Fear Level: Existentially Disconcerting Trigger Warnings: rape, sexual assault, murder, discussion of suicide Wooo! Director: Emerald Fennell Writers: Emerald Fennell Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Adam Brody, Jennifer Coolidge and Laverne Cox, just to name a few! Topics of Discussion: A movie full of likeable actors doing horrible things Hi Adam Brody (4xproghorror...

Fear Level: Spooky Trigger Warnings: body horror, anti-Roma racism, jump scares, animal death A tour of exoticism, anti-Roma racism, early 2000's real estate / banking, and some real big Sam Raimi vibes. We try to puzzle out where exactly the Raimis are falling all of this? This is one movie where the tone and the message clash so hard, we don't actually know how the movie feels about anything.  D...

Fear Level: Terrifying / Existentially disconcerting Trigger Warnings: abuse, child abuse, death to animals,  Good morrow, pilgrims. It is passing good to discurse upon this film with thee. Director / Writer: Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse) Stars: Anya Taylor Joy (Ilyana Rasputin/Emma Woodhouse), Ralph Ineson (The Green Knight), Kate Dickle (Lysa Arryn in GoT), Harvey Scrimshaw Topics of Discussion...

Fear Level: Spoopy Trigger Warnings: Radiation, atomic bomb aftermath, death Did anybody misplace some island samurai? Director: Ishiro Honda Writers: Takeo Murata , Ishirô Honda, Shigeru Kayama (story by) Stars: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura  Composer: Akira Ifukube!!!! Special Effects Director: Eiji Tsuburaya!!!!!!!!!! Topics of Discussion: 2021 Vibes We keep losi...

Fear Level: Spoopy Trigger Warnings:  Gruesome death and murder, gore, gaslighting, grooming, jump scared, sad dog death, incest It has been weeks since we saw Crimson Peak and we are still waiting for the twist. Please send M. Night. Director: Guillermo Del Toro  Writers: Guillermo Del Toro, Matthew Robbins (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Batteries Not Included, Dragonslayer, Mimic, Don’t Be...

Fear Level: Spooky/Existentially disconcerting Trigger Warnings: Blood, guts, gaslighting, reckless endangerment of children, white male academia, pet death, strobing, needles, the r-slur. Candyman is a movie all about race, urban legends, poverty, and academia. But they question you'll be asking yourself for months afterward is "does this movie know it's about white feminism?" Topics of Discussio...

Fear Level: Spooky/Existentially disconcerting Trigger Warnings: Blood, guts, violence of a sexual nature, surgery, amputation, hospitals and bad doctors, all sorts of physical trauma, bugs and maggots. Hellraiser II picks up right where we left off with Hellraiser I. It's bigger, it's weirder, and OH SHIT IS THAT A DIAMOND? It's time to duel your ressurrected evil stepmother or be banished to the...

Fear Level: Existentially disconcerting Trigger Warnings: RAPE, assault, sexual assault, ableism, dog related violence Y'all, this is a tough one. Let's put it out there - the third act twist is RAPE. For two acts this movie walks a fine line along the edge of abielism, then it very intentionally throws itself off of a horrible and disgusting cliff. Director: Fede Alvarez Writers: Fede Alvarez, Ro...

Fear Level: Spooky (a little scary) Trigger Warnings: Blood, guts, gaslighting, stalking, harassment.   Two years after the events of Scream, meta-fiction is back and this time it's on its own home turf: college. Can Sydney, Gail, Dewey, and their arsenal of expendable new acquaintances survive the sequel that knows it's a sequel? The Basics A little bit about the movie before we start Director: W...

Fear Level: Spooky (a little scary) Trigger Warnings: Sexual assault, gore, gruesome murder, gaslighting and manipulation, child death, sexual exploitation, violence against sex workers, general misogyny, the Crypt Keeper Tales from the Crypt was a big brand in the 90's and they wanted to move from the tv to the box office. Demon Knight was their first attempt. It's fun, funny, and between Jada Pi...

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 (not scary) Trigger Warnings: Gore, brutal assault, mild racism, homophobic slurs (all by bad people), Vince Vaughn, body swapping.   Body swapping movies always feel a bit squiggy going in, especially when you look at them through the lens of trans and non-binary folks. That's why we had two guests this week as we all gushed over the amazing way this body swapping slasher starr...

Fear Level: Spoopy (not scary) Trigger Warnings: Assault, sad animal death, sitting in a lobby and waiting for health care until you are almost dead, strobe lights, addiction, consent issues This is a movie with a lot of nipples and a very loose grip on lesbian sex. You wanna talk about the male gaze... It's the story of bisexual vampire Catherine Deneuve and her catfishing both David Bowie and Su...

Fear Level: Terrifying, Existentially disconcerting Trigger Warnings: Rape, pedophilia, grooming, body mutilation, violence against youths, predatory behavior, allusions to child molestation, extended suspense, implied gore   Literally this whole field could be a trigger warning and it wouldn't be enough! Katie Schenkel joins us to talk about the Elliot Page / Patrick Wilson claustrophobic, nausea...

Fear Level: Terrifying, Existentially disconcerting Trigger Warnings: rape/sexual assault, insomnia, OCD, eating disorders, auditory and visual hallucinations Director: Darren Aronofsky Writers: Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John J. McLaughlin Stars: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Rider Did you watch Annihilation and think "I'd like to see another movie where Nat...

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: Existentially disconcerting Trigger Warnings: Gaslighting, dismemberment, blood, frightening imagery, pretentious assholes   Director/Writer: Alex Garland (Ex-Machina, 28 Days Later, Devs, Batman Black and White) Based on the novel by: Jeff VanDerMeer Stars: Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tuva Novotny, Benedict Wong, Oscar Isaac,  Did you ever ge...

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 (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...

Fear Level: Existentially disconcerting Trigger Warnings: Gaslighting, dismemberment, blood, frightening imagery, pretentious assholes   Director/Writers: Dan Gilroy (Writer: Freejack, Kong Skull Island, Real Steel, Bourne Legacy and director of Roman J Israel and Nightcrawler) Stars: Jake Gyllanhal, Renee Russo, Toni Colette, Zawe Ashton, John Malkovich, Daveed Diggs, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer...

Fear Level: Scary/Terrifying Trigger Warnings: violent death/gore, impaling, racism and sexism, claustrophobia Director: James Cameron Writers: James Cameron, David Giler, and Walter Hill, based on the characters by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusset Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henrickson, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Jenette Goldstein, and Al Matthews Did the excessive m...

A crossover with the Talking Comics podcast! Ben and Jeremy brought Kathleen over to casa comics to talk about the 2021 adaptation of the video game franchise about ripping people's spines out, Mortal Kombat! ENJOY! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ JOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slay Take our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey...

Fear Level: Terrifying Trigger Warnings:  Gaslighting, Violent death, space, creatures, infection Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shussett Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerrit, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Sir Ian Holm, John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto Topics of Discussion: The cast is stacked! Two knights in this movie! space, yo Everything is wet all the time The makeup o...

Fear Level: Spoopy Trigger Warnings:  Mugging, decapitation, animal death, people being eaten, depictions of child neglect Director/Writer: Joe Cornish Stars: John Boyega (Finn), Jodie Whitaker (Doctor Who), Franz Drameh (Firestorm), Nick Frost (Nick Frost) A group of kids in a London Estate accidentally set a bunch of aliens loose on their home. Now they have to defend themselves and their commun...

Fear Level: Spoopy with a side of e Trigger Warnings:  Director: Darren Lynn Bousman Writers: Darren Smith Terrance Zdunich Stars: Alexa Pena-Vega, Anthony Stewart Head, Paul Sorvino, Paris Hilton, and Sarah Brightman and Nivek Ogre (Kevin Ogilvie) Repo: The Genetic Opera is a horror musical goth opera about a guy who repossesses organs, his sick daughter, a family full of underused character acto...