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Karate chop those picket fences and watch out for that severed head because we're discussing Steven Spielberg's Academy Award®-winning blockbuster 'Jaws' (1975) for its 50th anniversary! Tagging in for the conversation is Joe's Murder Made Fiction co-host Jenn Adams, making this a super-sized podcast crossover event!

Join us as we go all in on this gem of aquatic horror history, from the source novel's origins (including a review from Fidel Castro???) to the infamously troubled film production and the real-life stories that inspired the story.

Plus: a queer reading of our three male leads, discussing t...

Here's our Patreon schedule for the month of July 2025.

$1: Squid Game S03

$3: Dangerous Animals

$5: M3GAN 2.0

$8: I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)

$10 Audio Commentary: Species (1995)

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Stick your fingers in the ooze and prep your one-liner because we are "celebrating" the 30th anniversary of a Trace fave with Bryan Spicer's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995).

Piloting the Falcon Zord alongside us is The Evolution of Horror's Mike Muncer, who was also a fan of the show as a kid.

Plus: a troubled production, a homophobic crew, Arne Olsen's terrible script, 90s CGI, a queer-coded villain and...why is Joe putting Zordon on a watchlist?

Reference: "The Original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie Fact File." Paul Matthews

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Stash that Terry's Chocolate Orange and cover your damn eyes because we're discussing Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later just in time for its 23-years-later sequel!

Join us as we laud the film that popularized fast-moving zombies (yes, yes, we know they're "the infected") and kickstarted the sub-genre's resurgence in the aughts.

Plus: discussions of the film's aesthetic, Alex Garland's self-proclaimed "derivative script," male full frontal nudity, apocalyptic red flags, and *that* freeze frame.

Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on ⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠, or join the ⁠⁠Horror Queers Discord⁠⁠ to get in touch with other listeners.

> Trace: ⁠⁠...

Stash that Terry's Chocolate Orange and cover your damn eyes because we're discussing Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later just in time for its 23-years-later sequel!

Join us as we laud the film that popularized fast-moving zombies (yes, yes, we know they're "the infected") and kickstarted the sub-genre's resurgence in the aughts.

Plus: discussions of the film's aesthetic, Alex Garland's self-proclaimed "derivative script," male full frontal nudity, apocalyptic red flags, and *that* freeze frame.

Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on ⁠BlueSky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Youtube⁠, ⁠Letterboxd⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, or join the ⁠Horror Queers Discord⁠ to get in touch with other list...

Black leather or green unitard? Whatever your costume of choice, we're wearing it in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever (1995).

Along for the ride are returning champions Kill By Kill, who help us to unpack all of the neon question marks we have about the film, including Two Face's slim backstory, the lack of Sugar and Spice, and whatever the hell Chris O'Donnell is doing.

Plus: high praise for Carrey, plugs for The Cable Guy, horny Dr. Chase, and the easiest Trolley Problem in cinematic history!

Questions? Comments? Snark...

We're trying something new for summer: instead of doing individual clips for each Patreon episode, we're dropping a monthly overview so you know what we're covering.

$1: Hannibal S02E05-6

$3: Fear Street: Prom Queen

$5: Bring Her Back

$8: 28 Years Later

$10 Audio Commentary: Final Destination 2

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We're celebrating the 10th anniversary of queer director Ted Geoghegan's feature debut, We Are Still Here (2015).

This is a quiet indie film with some serious star power (Barbara Crampton, Larry Fessenden, Monte Markham, and Lisa Marie?!), as well as great FX. But a decade later, it's the quiet depiction of grief that we appreciate a great deal more.

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> Trace: ⁠⁠@tracedthurman⁠⁠ (Bluesky)⁠ / ⁠⁠@tracedthurman⁠⁠ (Instagram)

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Prep your canoes and don't anger the locals because we're discussing John Boorman's (in)famous 1972 thriller Deliverance and all the baggage that comes with it.

Join us as we take a look at a film whose reputation precedes it, from its male rape scene to its portrayal of rural mountain folk. There's plenty to unpack here!

Plus: Burt Reynolds' lamb bone, squealing pigs, raping landscapes, and the poignancy of watching a grown man weep.

Reference: Isabel Machado. “Revisiting Deliverance: The Sunbelt South, the 1970s Masculinity Crisis, and The Emergence of the Redneck Nightmare Ge...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon Requel episode on the divisive season 2 finale of The Last of Us : "Convergence" (2025).

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"Got any money?! Wanna party?!" For the second time this year, we're checking out a Frank Henenlotter text as the indie director's Frankenhooker celebrates its 35th anniversary.

Expect plenty of praise for Patty Mullen's (too brief!) comedic performance, talk of the film's exploitation elements, and debate about Jeffrey's likeability.

Plus: sequel vs remake, a trans reading, and why exploding dummies are always funny.

References:

> Amber Knapp. “Frankenhooker (1990) and the Attacks on Bodily Autonomy.” Ghouls Magazine.

> Ramona Peetz. "Her Body, Beautifully Mutilated - The Transsexuality of Horror and Montage." Otherness Arch...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon minisode on the 14-years-later sequel Final Destination;: Bloodlines (2025).

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon Requel episode on The Last of Us S02E06, "The Price" (2025).

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Close the elevator and ash that cigarette because we're discussing Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining for its 45th anniversary!

Join us as we go all in on this classic of horror cinema, from Kubrick's controversial methods to Shelly DuVall's behind-the-scenes treatment, there's no stone left unturned!

Plus: an unexpected queer reading involving bears (the animal kind), debating the best carpet in the Overlook (it's Room 237's carpet) and how Doctor Sleep retroactively affects rewatches of The Shining.

References:

> Rob Ager. “Mirrors, Deception and Denial.” CollativeLearning

> User Noir...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon minisode on Emilie Blichfeldt's body horror film, The Ugly Stepsister (2025).

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on The Last of Us S02E05, "Feel Her Love" (2025).

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A spoiler-y interview with director Eli Craig and book author Adam Cesare on the latest teen slasher Clown in a Cornfield (2025), including the long road to adapting the book for the big screen, setting up kill scenes and thoughts on that queer romance.

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Grab your chador and the cat because we're talking Ana Lily Amirpour's feature debut, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014).

Joining us on the skateboard into Bad City is writer Abby Olcese, who appreciates the mood of this black and white Iranian Western vampire film.

Plus: the Girl's moral code, the film's open ending, drug dealer decor, and why Arash is such a clingy sad boy.

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon minisode on Eli Craig's adaptation of Adam Cesare's YA novel, Clown in a Cornfield (2025).

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon audio commentary on Paul Feig's sequel, Another Simple Favor (2025) which reunites Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick.

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon Requel episode on The Last of Us S02E04, "Day One" (2025).

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Bowels in or bowels out? That's the question we hope to answer as we discuss Ridley Scott's controversial sequel to The Silence of the Lambs in 2001's Hannibal!

Join us as we discuss the Clarice of it all before heading to Italy to check in with everyone's favorite cannibal. There's no denying it: this is just a weird movie. Be it Gary Oldman's prosthetics or Ray Liotta's brain sac, there's a lot here that mainstream audiences weren't ready for 20+ years ago!

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on Gary Dauberman's adaptation of Until Dawn (2025).

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon Requel episode on The Last of Us S02E03, "The Path" (2025).

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Mind the glass shards and mushrooms because we're talking Lee Haven Jones' eco-horror film, The Feast (2021).

It's a rare horror film in Welsh (apologies for any mispronunciations!) as well as a capital M message movie, but this one has grown on us since its festival circuit run.

Plus: colonizers, politicians and farmers, a slow burn en route to a Grand Guignol climax, and house porn...in the wrong way?

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on Ryan Coogler's period vampire film Sinners (2025).

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on *that* major episode of The Last of Us, S02E02 "Through The Valley" (2025).

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on the second season premiere of Craig Mazin's adaptation of the acclaimed video game The Last of Us.

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Have you heard? We've opened up a brand new $15 'Requel' Patreon Tier which we'll be using when there's a special horror TV event. Right now that's The Last of Us S02, which we're doing episode by episode coverage of.

Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and join the 'Requel' tier to listen these new exclusive episodes, and all of our other Patreon content (~377 hours), today!

Caress your Newborn and take a deep breath because we're discussing Jean-Pierre Jeunet's divisive franchise entry Alien Resurrection (1997).

Join us as we attempt to offer a reappraisal of this weird little film, which certainly has its flaws but also has so much going for it. Be it Sigourney Weaver's magnetic performance as Ripley 8 (you'll hear no "not my Ripley" cries from us) or the ooey gooey practical effects, we still like this one!

Plus: Xenomorph nail polish, breathalyzer door locks, that underwater sequence, a monologuing Brad Dourif and the hazards of regularly eating lemon slices.<...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on Chris Landon's new Red Eye-esque thriller, Drop (2025).

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Tabitha! We're talking about another Stephen King adaptation with John Carpenter's workman-like take on Christine (1983).

It's "shitty teen boys, the movie" as we discuss toxic masculinity and male entitlement, Arnie and Dennis' homoeroticism, and the film's inability to name its female lead.

Plus: book to film comparisons, debate about Arnie's complicity, lamenting the thin characterizations, and a "King adaptations of the 80s" game!

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon audio commentary on the 2005 Ryan Reynolds remake of The Amityville Horror.

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on the third season of Mike White's television series The White Lotus.

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Self-mutilate this, fluid boy, because we're talking Blue Ribbons and hack jobs in David Nutter's teenybopper version of The Stepford Wives in 1998's Disturbing Behavior!

Join us as we go all in on this film's extremely troubled production (seriously, it's bad!) before diving into the plot of this extended episode of The X-Files.

Plus, mathematics vs. moments, peckerheads, some well-earned praise for Nick Stahl and test screening after test screening after test screening (after test screening).

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon minisode on episodes three and four of season two of Bryan Fuller's Hannibal (2014).

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Monitor your blood sugar and watch the motion sensor lasers because we're diving into David Fincher's Panic Room (2002), along with Queerty's Cameron Scheetz.

We think this David Fincher "popcorn" flick doesn't get enough respect, particularly for queer leads Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart.

Plus: a scary Dwight Yoakam, Leto's cornrows, slow motion set pieces, and the film's troubled production history which includes...Nicole Kidman?!

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on A24's star studded "satire," Death of a Unicorn (2025).

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We'll just die if we don't get this recipe, which means we're discussing Bryan Forbes' divisive 1975 chiller The Stepford Wives, itself an adaptation of Ira Levin's 1972 novel(la) of the same name!

Join us as we go all in on the male-directed and male-written film that satirizes, well, men. From the Playboy Bunny origins of the Stepford wives to conflicting thoughts on Walter, there's a lot to discuss!

Plus: praise for Bobbie (Paula Prentiss), a lesson in female fashion and Raymond Chandler for Trace, thinking about Stepford dogs, and wondering if Easy-On Spray Starch really...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon audio commentary on Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City (2005) for its 20th anniversary.

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