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Progressively Horrified

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Rating
★★★★☆
4.3
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18 reviews
This podcast has
361 episodes
Language
English
Explicit
Yes
Date created
2020/10/29
Latest episode
2026/11/06
Average duration
87 min.
Release period
12 days

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A podcast that holds horror to standards horror never agreed to. Hosts Jeremy Whitley, Ben Kahn, Emily Martin and guests watch, read, listen to, and check out movies, tv shows, comics, books, art and anything else from the horror genre and discuss it through a progressive lens. We'll talk feminism in horror, LGBTQ+ issues and representation in horror, racial and social justice in horror, disability and mental health/illness in horror, and the work of female and POC directors, writers, and creators in horror. We're the podcast horror never agreed to take part in. Check out our Letterboxd list of all our reviews here: https://letterboxd.com/jerwhit/list/progressively-horrified/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Vampire Lovers (aka Plot Relevant T*****s) w/Sara Century
2026/11/06
Welcome to Lesbian Vampire November, courtesy of our dear friend Sara Century. And we're starting it off with a bang. Several bangs. Banging, if you will. Don't worry, as the title says, the t*****s are plot relevant. Who needs a questionable consent bestie, when she has a mistress who is hot and ready? Hammer horror, man. Inadvertently making the most sapphic vampire film of the time. Who's responsible for this? Director: Roy Ward BakerWriters: Sheridan Le Fanu (writer of Carmilla), Harry Fine, Tudor GatesStars: Ingrid Pitt, Pippa Steele, Madeline Smith, Peter Cushing, Kate O’Mara What do we recommend? Jeremy - THE BRIDE!, Date EverythingEmily - Goodbye Lara, YellowjacketsSara - My Wild Heart Bleeds for You - A Lesbian Vampire ZineTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Resident Evil (2026) (aka Breaking with Tradition)
2026/10/30
The beginning of our new Patreon Series! Since we wrapped up talking about the Wachowskis last month, the day after Halloween seemed like the perfect time to start up our new Progressively Horrified Patreon exclusive series. And, as with all of these, we're going to make the first one available to all listeners and each following one Patreon exclusive. So, if you want to hear us talk about Karl Urban playing Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat II, you better get over to Patreon and show us a little love. $5 is more than enough to get all of our bonus episodes over there. But this time it's Resident Evil, the 2026 adaptation, which is notably not a remake of the first attempt at making a Resident Evil movie or the second attempt at making a Resident Evil franchise (Welcome to Raccoon City). And it's by podcast favorite Zack Cregger, so you knew we couldn't pass it up! Who's responsible for this? Director: Zach CreggerWriters: Zach Cregger Shay HattenStars: Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, Paul Walter Hauser Recommendations: Emily - Gemini Home EntertainmentBen - LanternsJeremy - Date EverythingTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Alien Romulus (AKA Teenage Vaginal Explosion)
2026/10/23
I f*****g hate this f*****g movie with all the passion I have left in this shell of a body. Ridley Scott cursed us with this franchise in 1979 and it's been slowly killing us ever since. Who's responsible for this shit? Director: Fede AlvarezWriters: Fede Alvarez with credits to Dan Obannon and Ronald ShusettStars: Cailee Spaney, David Johsson, Archi Reneaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu Recommendations: Emily - Dominion Tank PoliceBen - Coyote Vs ACMEJeremy - AEW All In, Akira Kurasawa’s High and LowTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
John Carpenter's Vampires (aka Gaywalker)
2026/10/16
What a deeply and totally unpolished turd. And now that I'm done talking about James Woods, now for the rest of this movie! Who is responsible for this? Director: John CarpenterWriters: Don Jakoby, based on the novel by John SteakleyStars: James Woods (notorious Hollywood s******d, known for being in Kingdom Hearts and suing anyone who doesn’t agree with him, incl his harassment victoms), Daniel Baldwin (b list Baldwin but at least he didn’t shoot anyone afaik), Sheryl Lee (Laura Palmer! She should have stayed in the Black Lodge), Thomas Ian Griffith (martial artist and yet not the hero of this film), Maximillian Schell (he is German), and more! Wait, is that Shang Tsung????? What do we recommend? Emily - Rockula, any other Vampire movie. Also Tim Curry and Dolly Parton RIPBen - Near Dark, What We Do in the Shadows, Avatar AangJeremy - Teenage Sex and Death at Camp MiasmaTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Mummy (2016) (AKA Tom Cruise IS the Mummy)
2026/10/09
When we said we were covering some s****y, dusty ass, good for nothing movies that were best not remembered at all...wait, why did we decide to do this again? Who's Responsible for this? Director: Alex KurtzmanWriters: David Koepp, Christopher Macquarrie, Dylan KussmanStars: Tom Cruise, Sofia Bourtella, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Russell Crowe, Courtney B. Vance What do we recommend? Emily - StargateBen - Research flock cameras, Yu-gi-oJeremy - Predator: killer of killersTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lights Out (aka Mom's Spooky Shadow Girlfriend)
2026/10/02
Who's Responsible for this? Director: David F SandburgWriters: David F Sandburg, Eric HeissererStars: Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Maria Bello, Alexander DiPersia, Billy Burke What do we recommend? Emily - How to Make Jorts by BDGBen - Ted Lasso, Mother’s Basement: The Best Worst Anime StudioJeremy - Tony, Hellraiser Judgement Take our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Influencers (AKA Influencer 2: This Time it's Textual) w/ Sarah Century and Emmanuel Lipscomb
2026/08/14
Don't delete this podcast thinking you already listened to it last week! Influencers is the sequel to Influencer. That's right, Kurtis David Harder is the James Cameron of hot social media murderers! Cassandra Naud is back as CW and this time she's in love! And her girlfriend is French, so if you like your lesbian murderers with a baguette in the bicycle basket, boy have we got the movie for you! Who's Responsible for this: Director: Kurtis David HarderWriters: Kurtis David HarderStars: Cassandra Naud, Emily Tennant, Lisa Delamar. Veronica Long, Georgina Campbell, Jonathan Whitesell Recommendations: Emmanuel - Seek app by iNaturalistSara - Sailor Moon Dream Arc, X-Men, We Can Only Save OurselvesEmily - Going Outside, Widow’s Bay, BodiesBen - CollateralJeremy - Magical Boy, Yojimbo, Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men Take our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Influencer (aka Step on Me too C.W.) with Sarah Century and Emmanuel Lipscomb
2026/08/07
Two months of Pride wasn't enough, so the queer horror keeps on coming all through August. Now it's time to meet your badass lesbian femme fatale mommy, C.W., a woman who literally murders a woman by stepping on her. She hates social media...like...more than the normal amount. Who's responsible for this? Director: Kurtis David HarderWriters: Kurtis David Harder, Tesh GuttikondaStars: Cassandra Naud, Emily Tennant, Rory J. Saper, Sara Canning, Justin Sams, Paul Spurrier Recommendations for the week: Sara - Audio books of bleak nonfiction (Plastic Ink), documentaries, Shudder Horror (Deadly Spawn), Emmanuel -  Dungeon Crawler CarlEmily - Dean Spade’s Mutual Aid, Tiny Gardens EverywhereBen - Sense8, Galaxy: The Prettiest Star, Galaxy: As the World Falls Down, SissyJeremy - Witch Hat Atelier, Grant Morrisson’s New X-Men, Usagi Yojimbo, Crime of Passion Take our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dead Mail (aka 80's but Not Like That) w/ Michael Tanner
2026/07/24
Did you ever wonder what happens to the mail that you screwed up the address on? Well, this movie is going to answer that...but then not be about that at all. This movie is gonna throw a lot of things at you...and then keep moving? Who's responsible for this? Director: Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghyWriters: Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghyStars: Sterling Macer Jr, John Fleck, Thomas Boykin, Micki Jackson, Susan PriverRecommendations: Michael - DTF St. LouisEmily - Look Mum, No computer - analog synthesizers on YouTubeJeremy - Librarians, ALA, Dust Bunny, They Will Kill You Take our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cuckoo (AKA The Episode that Nearly Wasn't) with Justin Jordan
2026/07/17
First Ben had a sudden deadline fall in their lap. Then Emily got sick. But Jeremy decided to soldier on without them! After all, comic writer Justin Jordan was joining the podcast for the first time and we were talking about the really good and very queer horror film Cuckoo. Then, Jeremy's entire neighborhood lost power for a full 12 hours mid-episode. However! Justin was a real trooper and came back to finish talking to Jeremy about Cuckoo in spite of all the many many reasons potentially not to. As a result, the sound is also a little weird and the episode is Frankensteined together from two different recordings. Who's responsible for this? Director: Tilman Singer (Luz)Writers: Tilman SingerStars: Hunter Schaefer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, Jan Bluthardt, Marton Csokas, Kalin Morrow Recommendation: Justin -  Eyes of my Mother, Terrified, When Evil LurksJeremy - The Guest, Tilman Singer’s Luz Want to learn more about what Justin is up to? DeathOrComics.com, JustinJordanComics.com, Take our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Slay (aka You got pronouns now?) w/ Amy Chase
2026/07/10
A family drag queens arrives to do a show at a backwoods redneck bar, but they become heroes to the locals when vampires attack. Unless you hang out with drag queens, you've never heard the word "bitch" this many times in an hour and a half. Before we jump into our discussion of the movie, let’s talk about who’s responsible for this movie. Director: Jem GerrardWriters: Jem GerrardStars: Trinity the Tuck (named after Trinity from Matrix), Heidi N Closet, Crystal Methyd, Cara Melle (actually trans), Donia Kash (they/them), Neil Sandilands, Daniel Janks, and Robyn Scott as Shiela Recommendations: Amy - Reading, Hunger Stone, City Council of DarknessEmily - The Light Eaters - Zoe Schlanger, Magic Fish, Bear Prince - TrunglesJeremy - Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Monsterhearts. Librarians Follow Amy here: https://bsky.app/profile/amythunderjam.bsky.social Check out her new book Fixation here: https://idwpublishing.com/blogs/news/idw-crime-brings-the-shocks-thrills-of-true-crime-cult-stories-to-comics Take our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Clown in a Cornfield (aka The Whole Damn Country's a Clown Church) w/ Bronwyn Kelly-Seigh, Joe Corallo, and Adam and Brent of Homo Superior
2026/07/03
June may be over, but the horror movies just keep getting queerer. Pride will continue unabated until morale improves. Who's Responsible for this? Director: Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale Vs Evil, Little EvilWriters: Carter Blanchard, Eli Craig, based on the book by Adam CesareStars: Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac, Vincent Muller, Kevin Durand, Will Sasso, Cassandra Potenza, Verity Marks, Ayo Solanke, Alexandre Martin Deakin Recommendations: Bronwyn - Moon Child, Something Bad is going to happenAdam - Paranormal Activity stageplayBrent - Dungeon Crawler CarlJoe - Emily - Mutual Aid, You and I are Polar OppositesJeremy - Soara and the House of Monsters, Tragedy GirlsTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Session 9 (aka World's Worst Coworkers) w/ Eric Miller
2026/06/22
Who's Responsible for this? Director: Brad Anderson (expensive tv and cheap horror)Writers: Brad Anderson, Stephen Gevedon (Josiah Trelawny from RDR2)Stars: David Caruso (CSI: Miami, NYPD Blue), Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas, Larry Fessender Recommendations: Eric - The Devils by Joe AbercrombieEmily -  Mutual AidJeremy - Hades II Take our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Companion (aka F***able Furby) with Craig Alexander, Lan Pitts, and Morgan
2026/06/12
Who's Responsible for this? Director: Drew HancockWriters: Drew HancockStars: Sophie THatcher, Jack Quaid, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillen, Rupert Friend, Lukas Guage, Jabookie Young White Recommendations: Lan - Daredevil Born Again, F1, Widows BayMorgan - Shadows over Ravenkirk, Pretty LethalCraig - Pantheon, Ganymede, Dungeon Crawler CarlEmily - Daemons of the ShadowrealmBen - Deli Boys, Mortal Kombat IIJeremy - Send Help Take our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Le Vourdalak (aka Dick Splinters) with Jadzia Axelrod
2026/06/05
Happy Pride y'all! Frankly movie is not the gayest one we've ever covered, but it damn sure may be the queerest. We got a young Russian trans peasant girl longing just to be accepted, an aristocratic French fop, a witchy goth girl, and a vampire puppet who just wants you inside him. Buckle up because this one's wild! Who's responsible for this: Director: Adrien BeauWriters: Adrien Beau, Hadrien Bouvier, based on a story by Aleksei Konstantinovich TolstoyStars: Kacey Mottet Klein, Ariane Labed, Gregoire Colin, Cassili Schneider, Claire Duburcq, Gabriel Pavie, Erwan Ribard, Adrien Beau (voice of Gorcha) Go check out all of Jadzia's work including the new "Galaxy: As the World Falls Down" and "Justice League: Dream Girls" both from DC Comics: https://www.jadziaaxelrod.com/ Take our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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4.3 out of 5
18 reviews
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JBoomBoom21 2024/11/15
Found them from the Aliens franchise reviews
Never really listened to this type of analysis on a film review podcast, let alone horror. Their episode for Alien: Covenant had my attention, so I do...
★★★★★
BlueRhian1980 2021/08/29
Chemistry so good the product should be illegal
Super entertaining and in depth recaps of sometimes great and sometimes terrible horror movies. Moving beyond the blood and guts and jumpscares to ta...
★☆☆☆☆
boredmess 2020/12/04
Boring
Boring plot recaps, low on insightful commentary.
★★★★★
amysawatzky 2020/11/24
Gotta tighten it up - pod is (a lot) longer than the movies
Giving you a 5-star cause I love the intentions and the concept but y’all need to figure out how to tighten this up - there is no reason to go over an...
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