Nichole is joined by the incredible Stephen Foxworthy from the Disenfranchised and Welles University podcasts to chat about David Lynch’s celebrated 1980 film, The Elephant Man, They go deep into themes of exploitation, medical care vs. medical harm, and why this film is a bit of a companion piece with Universal Monster flicks. Where to Find Stephen: > Disenfranchised - Podcast / YouTube / Patreon / Bluesky > Welles's University - Podcast / Patreon / YouTube Want to share your thoughts on ...
Jun 24, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Season 4Ep. 52
Play house with your brother, but don't eat that cookie because Gena, Jenn, and Joe are discussing the 1987 adaptation of V.C. Andrews' Flowers in the Attic . The troubled production about siblings locked away in their grandparents' mansion is short on incest, but the book series sure isn't! Plus: thoughts on the novels, atrocious wigs, gothic romance, immediate villain Louise Fletcher and Joe's hatred for... Annie ? Wanna connect with the show on Bluesky and Instagram? > Gena: @genadoesthing...
Jun 19, 2025•40 min•Season 4Ep. 51
Jenn and Rachel pretend to be sheriff and head out to Amish country to chat about Antony Starr’s breakout performance in Banshee season 1. Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe! Check out Anatomy of a Scream for more great content and the other Network pods Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 50
With a number of new listeners reaching out, Nichole thought it was high time to do a podcast on…the podcast? More specifically, this episode tackles why she adores sharing her thoughts on horror films that touch on disability representation or themes, and - more specifically - why this podcast means so much personally. Want to reach out share your thoughts or suggest a film to cover? Reach out via email at bodiesofhorror@gmail.com or on BlueSky at bodiesofhorror. Intro and outro music is “The W...
Jun 10, 2025•33 min•Season 4Ep. 49
Bryan and Joe reunite to "celebrate" the 20th anniversary of Rick Bota's Hellraiser: Deader (2005). It's a narratively muddled film thanks to franchise elements being forced into the script, as well as its tiny budget (hello Romania!) Still, Kari Wuhrer delivers a committed performance and Joe likes the train stuff. Plus: that unfortunate byline title, terrible CGI (and an even worse human villain), and threats of another episode soon! Wanna connect with the show? > Bryan: @eviltaylorhicks &g...
Jun 05, 2025•50 min•Season 4Ep. 48
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a kid? And he’s evil? Rachel and Jenn join special guest McKenzie Gerber to explore the glowing red barn and pull shards of glass from our eyes with David Yarovesky’s anti-hero nightmare Brightburn (2019). Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod , @theladykpod , @SfAntagonist , @MurderMFiction > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod , @LosersClubPod > McKenzie: @wolfman_mac_gerber If you like the podcast, please ...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 47
This episode is an examination of a film that has been on Nichole's "to cover" list for some time: 2014’s Late Phases . The movie follows an older, blind veteran as he moves into a retirement community and goes on the defensive against an unknown creature (or creatures) taking out members of the community. Werewolf movies are a blind spot for Nichole, but she really appreciated what this film brings to the table. Want to share your thoughts on Late Phases or suggest a film to cover? Reach out vi...
May 27, 2025•37 min•Season 4Ep. 46
It's the end of the road for Sexy & Surreal as Terry and Joe hit 40 episodes and run out of texts. But what better film to go out on than The Shrouds (2024), the Canadian auteur's ode to death, memory, and obsession with the physical? Also: Vincent Cassel as director proxy, Kruger's triple roles, conspiracy theories and failed Netflix series Plus: a tease that there's still life in the podcast? Wanna connect with your co-hosts on Instagram & BlueSky? > Terry: @gaylydreadful > Joe: ...
May 22, 2025•54 min•Season 4Ep. 45
Jenn, Rachel, and special guest McKenzie Gerber conclude their time in Metropolis with a brooding look at Zack Snyder’s gritty reboot. Because a good pod is its own reward. Wanna keep up with the show?@girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod , @theladykpod , @SfAntagonist , @MurderMFiction > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod , @LosersClubPod > McKenzie: @wolfman_mac_gerber If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe! Check out Anatomy of a Scream for mor...
May 15, 2025•1 hr 42 min•Season 4Ep. 44
For this episode, we’re talking about the 2025 film, The Rule of Jenny Pen . Tagging in is The Pod and the Pendulum 's Mike Snoonian to discuss everything from the stigmatization of NPS (neuropsychiatric symptoms) associated with Alzheimers to the fear of aging. Plus: lots of praise to the lead performances of John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush, who bring a dose of subtlety to some very broad characters. Want to share your thoughts on The Rule of Jenny Pen ? Reach out via email at bodiesofhorror@gma...
May 13, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 4Ep. 43
Gena, Jenn, and Joe return to celebrate Mother's Day with a look at director Frank Perry's Mommie Dearest (1981). Starring a delightfully unhinged performance by Faye Dunaway, the adaptation of Christina Crawford's autobiography is dark (C/W: child abuse), but also...campy and hilarious? Plus: a dissection of the film's most iconic scenes, the deleted bits, and whether this film would play well with "the youts" of today Wanna connect with the show on Bluesky and Instagram? > Gena: @genadoesth...
May 09, 2025•54 min•Season 4Ep. 42
It's the end of the road for the Lynch side of the podcast as Joe and Terry wrap up Twin Peaks: The Return with Parts 16-18. It's the finale, so how does Terry feel about the 18 hour "movie"? What was Joe's experience rewatching the series? Plus: praise for McLachlan, circling back on the Tulpas, episode 17 as the "conventional" ending and why we think that The Return just might be the perfect synthesis/culmination of Lynch's themes! Wanna connect with your co-hosts on Instagram & BlueSky? &...
May 08, 2025•57 min•Season 4Ep. 41
Joe and Sharai say goodbye to Joe Goldberg and discuss what turned out to be a very decent sendoff for this serial killer. We also unpack how Brontë became the voice of all of the women Joe silenced, why Cardi B loved this episode, and commiserate over Kate still being alive. Plus: A discussion of where the show leaves all of the women who survived Joe. Connect with your co-hosts: > Sharai: @Misssharai / @sharai (BlueSky) > Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky) If you like the podca...
May 08, 2025•47 min•Season 4Ep. 40
Sharai and Joe have reached the jam packed penultimate episode of YOU 's final season. It's our Avengers assemble moment as Nadia, Marienne and Kate confront Joe about his abusive behavior. Plus: a fiery Maddie, Kate's inability to use a cell phone, and the best written interaction of the season! Connect with your co-hosts: > Sharai: @Misssharai / @sharai (BlueSky) > Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky) If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe! Discover more fabu...
May 07, 2025•29 min•Season 4Ep. 39
Joe and Sharai are annoyed with Kate and Henry and are confused why Lady Phoebe is here to do the silliest thing of the episode. We also discuss this dramatic jailbreak, being happy to see Nadia is back on the chessboard, and why Maddie accidentally outing herself to Harrison while trying to get laid is the best. Plus: Unpacking arguably one of the most delightfully unhinged bits of scene work that Penn Badgley has ever given YOU . Connect with your co-hosts: > Sharai: @Misssharai / @sharai (...
May 06, 2025•34 min•Season 4Ep. 38
It's Joe Goldberg vs the Internet as he 1) gets dragged on social media (in delicious cameos from S01-04) and 2) flips the script by appealing to romantics and incels! Plus: Kate in the UK, our fear that we've wrapped on Anna Camp, the ridiculous return of Nadia, and packing Baby YOU (aka Henry) in a suitcase. Connect with your co-hosts: > Sharai: @Misssharai / @sharai (BlueSky) > Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky) If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe! Disc...
May 05, 2025•31 min•Season 4Ep. 37
Joe and Sharai finally get Brontë/Louise’s backstory and it comes with questionable wigs. We also get more time with Beck, find out what Clayton’s whole deal was, and analyze why Dom is the smartest person on the show and why characters like her are important. Plus: Why Brontë has seemingly lost the plot as she fails her found family to protect Joe. Connect with your co-hosts: > Sharai: @Misssharai / @sharai (BlueSky) > Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky) If you like the podcast, ...
May 02, 2025•25 min•Season 4Ep. 36
It's the classic "Joe Takes A Holiday" episode as Joe and Sharai hit the halfway point of YOU 's final season. It all feels slight...until the very end! Plus: Anna Camp's Green Goblin moment, more idiotic Kate, pondering Brontë's accomplices and wondering what the series will do for the back half of the season. Connect with your co-hosts: > Sharai: @Misssharai / @sharai (BlueSky) > Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky) If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe! Dis...
May 01, 2025•26 min•Season 4Ep. 35
After five long years, Jenn, Rachel, and special guest McKenzie Gerber return to Metropolis with one question on their minds: does the world still need Superman? And do we need him to have a son? (ok, two questions) Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod > McKenzie: @wolfman_mac_gerber If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscrib...
May 01, 2025•2 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 34
Joe and Sharai are still invested in everything Anna Camp is doing as Maddie and Raegan and we're ready to see what happens with Joe and Bronte. However, we're frustrated that Kate never became interesting and wondering why Clay keeps bringing a witness to his fights with Brontë. Plus: Wild speculation about potential Dexter Jr. and Her spin-off shows. Connect with your co-hosts: > Sharai: @Misssharai / @sharai (BlueSky) > Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky) If you like the podcas...
Apr 30, 2025•34 min•Season 4Ep. 33
Joe and Sharai are back to discuss YOU season five, episode three "Impostor Syndrome" which finds Joe getting read to filth by women. Plus: continued praise for Anna Camp's dual performance, boos for Charlotte Ritchie's terrible acting, and Sharai's continued suspicion of Brontë's past. Connect with your co-hosts: > Sharai: @Misssharai / @sharai (BlueSky) > Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky) If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe! Discover more fabulously spo...
Apr 29, 2025•33 min•Season 4Ep. 32
This episode is an exploration of one of our most beloved tropes, The Blind Seer/Trope, in 2024’s Oddity. This film is a perfect example of a film Nichole loves for so many reasons, despite missing an important mark. Want to reach out to share your thoughts on Oddity or suggest a film to cover? Reach out via email at bodiesofhorror@gmail.com or on BlueSky at bodiesofhorror. Intro and outro music is “The Wind Frazzled Your Long Brown Hair” by Flashback81.Follow them at Twitter now, too: @81flashb...
Apr 29, 2025•36 min•Season 4Ep. 31
Joe and Sharai are starting to wonder if Kate left her backbone in London. Meanwhile, Joe Goldberg is ready to kill all of his in-laws, but some of them are fun! Also: Henry might have picked up his fathers knack for violence and it leads to a very awkward family dinner. Plus: The cage has its grand reopening even if Mooney’s Bookstore isn’t quite ready for customers yet. Connect with your co-hosts: > Sharai: @Misssharai / @sharai (BlueSky) > Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky) If...
Apr 28, 2025•28 min•Season 4Ep. 30
Sharai and Joe return to kick off the fifth and final season of Netflix's YOU with the premiere, “The Luckiest Guy in NY.” It's a soft reset as Joe and Kate relocate to New York, Kate gets a bunch of retcon step-siblings and Joe tries to turn over a new leaf. Plus: Madeline Brewer's Brontë as the new love interest or fictional character, Penn Badgley's renewed energy, and our predictions for the final nine episodes. Connect with your co-hosts: > Sharai: @Misssharai / @sharai (BlueSky) > Jo...
Apr 25, 2025•31 min•Season 4Ep. 29
Terry and Joe are back on the Cronenberg side of the pod, which finds the director unofficially completing a trilogy after Videodrome and eXistenZ . There's a lot of classic Cronenberg elements here, even if Terry doesn't feel it all comes together. Joe has grown to appreciate the film's interest in exploring what the future could be...albeit without offering concrete answers. Plus: transhumanism and plastic people, Cronenberg's "Fuck You" vibes, and the film's "lack" of ending. Wanna connect wi...
Apr 24, 2025•58 min•Season 4Ep. 28
Nichole is taking a look at a recent favorite: 2021’s Malignant. This episode-slash-TedTalk will cover teratomas, parasitic twins, conjoined twins and fetus in fetu while contemplating why the “excised” twin in films in this specific horror subgenre are always the villains. Additional Reading: Fuck Cancer: James Wan’s Malignant – The Horror Doctor Want to share your thoughts on Maliginant or suggest a film to cover? Reach out via email at bodiesofhorror@gmail.com or on BlueSky at bodiesofhorror....
Apr 15, 2025•37 min•Season 4Ep. 27
Who's ready for a little cry? Terry and Joe return to Twin Peaks for an episode recorded the week David Lynch passed and...we're just a little emotional. From Ed and Norma's well deserved reunion to despair from the realization that the Pod is nearly done, it's all just a little raw. Plus: more frustration over Audrey, Terry's issue with the 18 hour model, setting things up for the finale, and why ketchup shouldn't come in small packages. Wanna connect with your co-hosts on Instagram & BlueS...
Apr 10, 2025•50 min•Season 4Ep. 26
Jenn and Rachel fly in from boarding school to rescue special guest Justin Gerber from a forklift and chat about love spells, amusement parks, and fabulous witches in Jeannot Szwarc’s Supergirl (1984) Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod > Justin: @justogerbo If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe! Check out Anatomy of a...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Strap in for an unconventional erotic thriller as Jenn, Gena, and Joe discuss Perfectly Good Moment (2024), which is streaming for free on Tubi. C/W: emotional abuse. We're very on board with the non-linear narrative from writers Julian Seltzer and Amanda Jane Stern (who also co-stars), as well as the way director Lauren Greenhall shoots the sex/intimacy. Plus: debate about the Good For Her ending, the subtle storytelling in the set dressing, and fears that male audiences won't respond the same ...
Apr 01, 2025•41 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Terry and Joe return to discuss Maps to the Stars (2014), David Cronenberg's fucked up (half baked?) Hollywood satire. In addition to incest and celebrating the death of a child, we're tackling bad behavior by a bevy of stars including Julianne Moore, John Cusack, and Mia Wasikowska. Plus: Moore as the MVP, dark clinical comedy, a "ghostly" alternative draft, and debating if this is more of a Wagner film than a Cronenberg film? Wanna connect with your co-hosts on Instagram & BlueSky? > Te...
Mar 27, 2025•56 min•Season 4Ep. 22
