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Step on the gas because we're are revisiting another Carrie adaptation with Kimberly Peirce's 2013 film.

Joining us for the discussion is Podcast Like It's... co-host and Sleepy Hollow creator Phillip Iscove, who didn't like the film 10+ years ago and still doesn't!

Plus: the lack of queerness is such a heavily queer-made film; the "money shot" scene; praising Portia Doubleday's Chris; and tangents on Richard Kelly and Chloé Zhao.

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on writer Nick Antosca and director Michael Showalter's adaptation of Colleen Hoover's novel, Verity (2026).

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on the second episode of Mike Flanagan's limited series adaptation of Carrie (2026).

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We saved the best for last as we conclude "Thanks for the Judds," a six-week programming block on Ashley Judd thrillers, with a look at William Friedkin's controversial 2006 adaptation of Tracy Letts' play Bug, which boasts a career-best performance from Judd.

So finish that impromptu tooth extraction and destroy that smoke alarm because we're going all in on this supremely disturbing film (though Friedkin considers it a black comedy!). You'll hear us say it in the episode, but this is a great fucking movie. 

Plus: offering a primer on Tracy Letts, returning to the dreaded F...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon minisode on Mike P. Nelson's giant snake movie, Beware Boiúna (2026).

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on the premiere of Mike Flanagan's limited series adaptation of Carrie (2026).

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Our second-last entry in "Thanks for the Judds" is 2004's Twisted, directed by 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers' Philip Kaufman!

This wannabe Noir/Erotic Thriller was written by female screenwriter Sarah Thorp, and is weirdly judgey and misogynistic when it comes to sex and sexuality.

Plus: a queer-coded Camyrn Manheim; red herrings for every male character; a too-obvious villain; and the return of "Merry Christmas Daddy"!!!

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Check your spouse for ambidexterity because it's week four of "Thanks for the Judds", a six-week programming block on Ashley Judd thrillers. Next up is Carl Franklin's legal thriller (for real this time) High Crimes (2002). 

Join us as we go all in on this Kiss the Girls reunion between Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman. It's all rather workmanlike and features way too many characters and subplots, but for people who love a good legal thriller: it's got the (predictable) goods. 

Plus: baby Adam Scott, Judd's extremely 2000s haircut and "post-Gen X" character, and the return of...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on Zach Cregger's Resident Evil (2026).

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Joe interviews actress Brec Bassinger on her Tubi original Buzzkill (2026), being a scream queen, and the forthcoming adaptation of Christopher Pike's Remember Me.

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

> Joe: @joelipsett (BlueSky) / @bstolemyremote (Instagram) 

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Snatch up that Kandinsky watercolor and perfect your New Orleans accent because it's week three of "Thanks for the Judds", a six-week programming block on Ashley Judd thrillers, with Bruce Beresford's Double Jeopardy (1999). Tagging in for the conversation is filmmaker and actress Ali Chappell.

Join us as we go all in on what might be the pinnacle of Ashley Judd thrillers with this gender-flipped The Fugitive (it even co-stars Tommy Lee Jones!). That doesn't necessarily mean it follows any kind of logic, but that's all part of the fun in this riveting tale of revenge.

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Keep an EYE out for snow globes because we are continuing "Thanks for the Judds", a six-week programming block on Ashley Judd thrillers, with Stephan Elliott's bafflingly sedate erotic(?) thriller(?) Eye of the Beholder (1999).

Join us as we try to figure out what's going on in Elliott's re-adaptation of Marc Behm's 1980 novel of the same name. It starts to makes sense when you understand the horrendous issues Elliott faced during the film's troubled production, but still.

Plus: k.d. Lang serving up some queer representation, a bleached blond Jason Priestley, Ashley Judd's wig game, and...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon audio commentary on cult classic Practical Magic (1998).

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Keep an eye out for doors and walls and stairs because we are kicking off "Thanks for the Judds", a six-week programming block on Ashley Judd thrillers, with Gary Fleder's Kiss The Girls (1997). 

Nominated by listener Az, each week we'll dive into a new Judd title, starting with the one that made her a bankable lead...and one that she has a very different relationship to all these years later.

Plus: two climaxes for our "Leopold and Loeb" killers; a commanding Tony "Goldwyn-ing" performance; and the evolution of Alex Cross over time.

Questions? C...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon minisode on Kate Dolan's M3GAN spinoff, the R-rated erotic thriller Soulm8te (2026).

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Grab your cello and wear your wedding dress in the pond because we are talking 1971's indie psychological thriller Let's Scare Jessica To Death. Starring an understated Zohra Lampert and the seductive Mariclare Costello, the film is a great early example of gaslight horror.

Plus: the death of the free love movement; debate about whether Jessica is going crazy or if the threat is real; Joe's hilarious relationship with the score; and comparisons to Carmilla.

Reference: Alisha Mughal. “Silence As Salvation: The Quiet Femmes of Modern Horror.” Roger Ebert.com

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon minisode on Jeff Wadlow's "kids stalked in a cave by a shark" movie, The Devil's Mouth (2026).

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Get ready to burn it all down and do a little chainsaw dance because the saw is family in Tobe Hooper's divisive sequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986).

Join us as we endure this manic little movie (complimentary) and discuss its rushed production (thanks, Cannon Group!), stellar production design and battles with the MPA.

Plus, a romance for Leatherface, some A+ jump scares, toothy chili, Caroline Williams praise, and an all-timer of a final shot. 

Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on BlueSky, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd, or join the Horror Queers Discord to g...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on the sixth entry in the Insidious franchise: Insidious: Out of the Further (2026).

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In celebration of our 400th Main Feed episode (!), we're reading listener mail from Ava, Evan, Jorge, Owen, and Sam.

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

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

> Joe: @joelipsett (BlueSky) / @bstolemyremote (Instagram) 

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Come do the Time Warp with us as Horror Queers celebrates 400 episodes with The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). 

Created by Richard O'Brien and Jim Sharman, we track the film's origin from successful stage musical to box office failure to midnight cult phenomenon.

Plus: all things Tim Curry; shadow casts; our favorite musical numbers; contemporary complaints of misogyny and ableism; and celebrating unapologetic queer sexuality.

 References: 

Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on Jane Schoenbrun's third feature Teenage Sex and Death at Miasma (2026).

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We're trying something different: an audio commentary that's brand new to both feeds! Simply queue up Kurtis David Harder's Influencer sequel, Influencers (2025), on Shudder and hit play to watch - and listen - along with us!

The sequel follows the continuing battle of wills between Cassandra Naud's CW and Emily Tennant's Madison, with new influencers caught in the mix.

Plus: why the sequel works even better for us; Joe's inability to remember Georgina Campbell's character's name; alt-right cucking; and the ending that has us cackling and pleading for a trilogy capper.

Drinking Game...

To coincide with our Main Feed audio commentary on Influencers (2025), we recorded a Patreon minisode on Kurtis David Harder's original 2022 film, Influencer. 

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Pack your episode guide and look out for Mr. Melancholy because we're hunkering down for a Saturday night viewing of The Pink Opaque in Jane Schoenbrun's I Saw the TV Glow! Tagging in for the conversation are former guests Robyn Adams and Ari Drew, who provide some much-needed musical expertise.

Join us as we go all in on this abstract little film that packs one hell of an emotional wallop. From its trans allegory to its '90s nostalgia, there's a lot to unpack here!

**Please note the episode was recorded before Jack Haven changed...

Break out that telephoto lens because we are spying on the neighbors with Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 masterpiece, Rear Window.

Part technical exercise (a la Rope), part treatise on marriage and gender roles, the film finds Jimmy Stewart debating Grace Kelly in between trying to solve a potential murder across the courtyard.

Plus: remakes (both official and not); immaculate wardrobes; Raymond Burr's real life queerness; and debate about who "wins" at film's end

Reference: David Greven. "Author David Greven’s Must Watch Hitchcock." University of Texas Press

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on Natalie Erika James disordered eating/possession film, Saccharine (2026).

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on Sébastien Vaniček's take on the Evil Dead franchise  in the sixth franchise installment Evil Dead Burn (2026).

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Watch out for "ister gay" (oof), take some Gas-X and bite our bags because we're talking Lawrence Kasdan's baffling 2003 adaptation of Stephen King's equally baffling novel Dreamcatcher.

Join us as we go all in on the farty farty aliens populating this hilarious misfire that often feels like a bad Kevin Smith script. It's a film filled with characters who get a single defining trait (if they're lucky) played by respectable actors who are here for the paycheck (looking at you, Morgan Freeman).

Plus: blown-out assholes, using guns as telephones, pitying poor Donnie Wahlberg, and wondering...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon Requel Tier episode on the season finale of The Vampire Lestat, aptly titled "The Failures".

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Huff those poppers and wield that bladed stake vibrator thing you stupid douchebag, because we're talking our very first Ken Russell film in his messy-but-fascinating erotic thriller Crimes of Passion (1984)!

Join us as we do a deep dive into what Joe describes as a John Waters fever dream. It's a film that boasts fantastic performances from Kathleen Turner and Anthony Perkins (in a role we would deem "brave" for the actor), who electrify the screen when its not focused on the torturous mundane existence that is heterosexual marriage. 

Plus, X-rated MPAA woes, that "magic" trick, s...

Make note of that smiley face sticker and snag that conveniently-placed jar of acid because we're talking Joe Dante's stealth werewolf classic The Howling (1981)!

Join us as we discuss the film's deviations from its source material before doing a deep dive into this very tongue-in-cheek, self-aware horror film. It honestly feels like a precursor to Scream, in many ways!

Plus: Roger Corman (again!) those incredible special effects, differentiating "color movies" from "movies in color," and why queer icon Elisabeth Brooks has us going "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!"

References:

Nat Behmer. “Marsha, Marsha, Ma...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on James Cameron's ground breaking action sequel Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991).

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Today, we celebrate our Independence Day...courtesy of gay German director Roland Emmerich. 

As the summer blockbuster celebrates its 30th anniversary, we're looking back on an alien disaster film that scared young Trace (thanks to that alien autopsy scene) and turned Will Smith into a star.

Plus: the death that upsets the most; bemoaning Vivica A. Fox's career; pondering what could have been with the casting; why Smith's bravado and the film's patriotism doesn't always work for Joe; and plenty of riffing on the atrocious sequel.

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A spoiler-filled discussion with writer/director Adrian Chiarella on his 2026 queer horror romance film, Leviticus. 

We discuss casting Mia Wasikowska, the film's sex scene, the implications of the ending, the loss of support for LGBTQIA stories, and the possibility of a sequel.

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

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

> Joe: @joelipsett (BlueSky) / @bstolemyremote (Instagram) 

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Grab your favorite surgical knife and call your mobile knife sharpener because we're discussing our very first William Castle film in his 1961 Psycho homage (or rip-off...you decide) Homicidal!

Join us as we discuss the origins of William Castle, aka "The Gimmick Guy", before diving into a film that has a fantastic first and last 15 minutes, but also a middle hour filled with obscene amounts of exposition. And don't forget about the Fright Break!

Plus: Alyssa Edwards chatter, humans drinking bowls of warm milk, all the praise for Jean Arless' (aka Joan Marshall's) dual performance...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on writer/director Adrian Chiarella's new queer horror classic, Leviticus (2026).

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Ignore that threatening email from Jane O'Brien media because we are discussing queer director David Farrier's thriller-y documentary, Tickled (2016).

If you haven't seen it, watch the doc first because you won't believe where this exposé of "competitive tickling videos" goes and we are spoiling ALL of the reveals.

Plus: Joe's discomfort with the Richard Ivey segment, pondering the extent of the empire, and debate about the ending

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

Slurp up that cummy bath water because we are talking about writer/director Emerald Fennell's divisive satirical thriller Saltburn (2023).

From its sublime cast to its gorgeous visual aesthetic, there's a lot to love here. But does Fennell push her class critique hard enough and are these characters too despicable?

Plus: "pug faced" (hung) king Barry Keoghan; Trace's hatred of Farleigh; wanting more Rosamund Pike; and debating why the film is so polarizing.

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on Backrooms, Kane Parsons' adaptation of his YouTube web series of the same name.

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