Is this a prequel to Chimp Crazy? Pacific Heights (1990) dir. John Schlesinger, written by Daniel Pine. Starring Melanie Griffith, Michael Keaton, Matthew Modine, and Laurie Metcalf. Off-topic chat: Chance: I Think We're Alone Now (Tubi) That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com.Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Li...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 73
That's so Mia Goth-ic is back, baby! Marrowbone (2011) written and directed by Sergio G. Sánchez. Starring George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy , Charlie Heaton and Mia Goth. Off-topic chat: Amanda: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng (book on Libby, the Library app) That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com.Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic G...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 72
If you suffered a traumatic event, would you a) go to therapy b) spend $7 million and make a fantasy movie about it and charge the public to see it? Guess which one Francis Ford Coppola chose! Twixt, aka B'Twixt Now & Sunrise (2011) written, directed, and produced by Francis Ford Coppola (in his dreams--literally!) Starring Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning, Ben Chaplin and Alden Ehrenreich! Off-topic chat: Amanda: Cabaret on Broadway starring Orville Peck and Eva Noblezada Chance: Mister...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 71
You know it's Satanic when there's Latin involved. Event Horizon (1997) dir. by Paul (not Thomas) Anderson, written by Philip Eisner. Starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, JACK NOSEWORTHY, Jason Isaacs, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard T. Jones and many more. Off-topic chat: Amanda: Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn (book) Chance: Whore (1991) dir. by Ken Russel (Blu-Ray). That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.c...
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Honestly, not a bad vacation. Speak No Evil (2024) written and directed by James Watkins, based on the Danish film of the same (English) name by Christian Tafdrup. Starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie "Tully" Davis, and Scoot McNairy. Off-topic chat: Chance: Fanatical (2024) on Hulu. FAKE TEGAN #FEGAN is really TEGAN. Amanda: Miniminuteman on YouTube That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com.Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterb...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Misery (1990) directed by Rob Reiner and written by William Goldman, based on the book of the same name by Stephen King. Starring Kathy Bates, James Caan, and Misery the Pig. Off-topic chat:Amanda: Walton Goggins's Architectural Digest tour Chance: Spy X Family manga That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com.Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 68
"Pitiful creature of darkness, what kind of life have you known?" The Phantom of the Opera (2004) written and directed by Joel Schmacher, based on The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. Starring Emmy Rossum, Gerard Butler, Patrick Wilson, Minnie Driver, and Miranda Richardson. Off-topic chat: Amanda: Capote, 2005 Molly: The Lighthouse Witches by CJ Cooke Chance: Stellar Blade on PS5 That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first an...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 67
"She was struck dumb at birth by a thunderclap!" Nothing But Trouble (1991) written and directed by Dan Aykroyd. Starring Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, John Candy, and Dan Aykroyd, with special appearance by Digital Underground and Tupac Shakur. Information about the filming location from https://www.thennowmovielocations.com/2021/12/nothing-but-trouble.html That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on...
Feb 20, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Nosferatu? More like Nosfera-POO! This and other intelligent observances on this episode of That's So Gothic. Nosferatu (2024) written and directed by Robert Eggers based on FW Murnau's Nosferatu (1922), Werner Herzog's Nosferatu (1979) and Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula (1992) with nary an original thought. Starring Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, Emma Corrin, and Ralph Ineson. Off-topic chat: Amanda - The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson. ...
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 65
Birth grew up to be Babygirl. Birth (2004) dir. Jonathan Glazer, written by Glazer, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Milo Addica. Starring Nicole Kidman, Danny Huston, Cameron Bright, Peter Stormare, Anne Heche, and Lauren Bacall. Off-topic chat: Amanda - Powerwash Simulator on Windows, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. Chance - Carry-On on Netflix. That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterbox...
Jan 23, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 64
If Marriage Story were written by HP Lovecraft. Possesion (1981) written and directed by Andrzej Żuławski. Starring Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, and Heinz Bennent. Off-topic chat: Amanda - The Creep Tapes (2024) on Shudder. Chance - Sonny Boy by Al Pacino, audiobook narrated by the author. That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpo...
Dec 22, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Christmas arrives early this year with Luke Wilson in gray sweatpants! The Family Stone (2003) written and directed by Thomas Bezucha, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Coach (Craig T. Nelson), Claire Danes, Dermot Mulroney, and more. Off-topic chat: Amanda - Oddity (2024) on Shudder and DVD. Chance - Rise of the Golden Idol on Netflix Games That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com....
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Happy Macy's Day! We are celebrating with a re-cast of the best (only?) Thanksgiving gothic: The House of Yes, starring Parker Posey. We'll be back in December with the most HORRIFYING Christmas gothic yet.
Nov 28, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Slam in the back of our Dragula. House of 1000 Corpses (2003) written and directed by Robert Zombie, starring Sid Haig, Sheri Moon Zombie, Karen Black, Rainn Wilson/Dwight Schrute, Chris Hardwick, Bill Mosely, Walton Goggins, and more. Off-topic chat: Amanda - Jackass on Paramount+ Chance - Martha on Netflix That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. I...
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 61
To one of our co-hosts, who grew up an only-child gay boy in the South, there's nothing scarier than 1) living with a roommate and 2) BOOBS. Single White Female (1992) dir. Barbet Schroeder, written by Don Roos from a book by John Lutz. Starring Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Jessica Lundy (Mrs. Stupid!) Off-topic chat: Amanda - We Used to Live Here , a novel by Marcus Kliewer Chance - Texas Chainsaw Massacre [colon] The Beginning (2006) aka the only g...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 60
What have you done with its eyes?! We were in labor a little long with this one -- thanks for your patience with the delay! Rosemary's Baby (1968) dir. by R---- P-------, written by same, based on the (exceptional) novel of the same name by Ira Levin. Starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordan, and Charles Grodin. "What does Hollywood's reverence for child rapist Roman Polanski tell us?" by Hadley Freeman for The Guardian. Off-topic chat: Amanda - the works of Paul Tremblay, author Chance...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 59
We were so hot and bothered by today's movie that we needed a day to cool off before posting it! Come for the boobies (no pun intended) but stay for an in-depth discussion on the film's gothic influences and queer subtext. Poison Ivy 2: Lily. Directed by Anne Goursaud (editor for Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula) and written by Chloe King. Starring Alyssa Milano (Charmed, cookies), Jonathan Schaech (That Thing You Do, Ellen's beard) and Xander Berkeley (Candyman). Off-topic recs - Am...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 58
We're the only podcast with a Presidential Medal of Freedom quiz. Does Willem Dafoe have one?? Shadow of the Vampire (2000) dir. E. Elias Merhige, script by Steven Katz, starring Willem Dafoe, John Malkovich, Udo Kier, Eddie Izzard, and Carey Elwes. This episode was recorded before Phil Donahue died. RIP Phil. Off-topic recs: Amanda - Pitch Black (2000) dir. David Twohy, starring Vin Diesel. Chance - The First Omen (2024) dir. Arkasha Stevenson which is different from the first The Omen (1976) d...
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 57
What do you call a nun in a wheelchair? Virgin Mobile! What do you call a sleepwalking nun? A roamin' Catholic! Okay, making too many nun puns is a bad habit! Immaculate (2024) dir. Michael Mohan, written by Andrew Lobel, starring Sydney Sweeney ( Euphoria ), Álvaro Morte ( Wheel of Time ), and a bunch of Italians (Italy). Non-gothic recs: Amanda - Madame Web dir. SJ Clarkson with Dakota Johnson, Zosia Mamet, and Sydney Sweeney again Chance - Bad Lieutenant dir. Abel Ferrara, with Harvey Keitel,...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 57
M. Night Shyamalan's new flick Trap hits theaters today. Will it be good, like The Visit or The Village (which we talked about in January this year)? Will it be bad, like The Happening, Unbreakable, Devil (which he wrote), Glass, Signs or many others? Most importantly, WILL IT BE GOTHIC? We have no answers yet, so instead we present a re-cast of The Visit , which we talked about on October 20, 2022. Enjoy! *** Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go! The Visit (2015) di...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Hillybilly Gothic (not a Hillbilly Elegy) makes its debut on the podcast with House of Wax! House of Wax (2005) dir. Jaume Collet-Serra written by twins Chad and Carey W. Hayes, starring Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, queen Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki, Jon Abrahams, Brian van Holt, and Robert Ri'chard. Based on a Vincent Price movie. Non-gothic recs: Amanda - YouTuber @spookymcg Chance - "We Kill for Love" a documentary about the direct-to-video erotic thriller genre of the 80s and 90s ...
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Happy Independence Day in the US! This movie has literally nothing to do with July 4th, but it's still a load of fun. House on Haunted Hill (1999), dir. William Malone from a screenplay by Dick Beebe, a remake of a movie with the same title from 1959 starring Vincent Price. This one stars Geoffrey Rush, a smoking hot Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, Brigette Wilson, Peter Gallagher, Chance's rodent boyfriend Max Perlich, Lisa Loeb, Spike from Buffy, and "and Chris Kattan." A History of Hor...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 54
If the Black Phone called us, Google Assistant would screen the call. "Hi, I'm a Google Virtual Assistant. Can I ask what you're calling about?" "I'm a dead kid trying to help." “Do you need to get a hold of them urgently?” "Yes." “It's difficult to understand you at the moment. Could you repeat what you just said?” "Step forward, step back, step forward, step again, and swing." Please remove this number from your mailing and contact list. Thanks, and goodbye.” The Black Phone (2021), dir. Scott...
Jun 20, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Sexy booby ghosts are back, and they're on a boat! We watch more than the first ten minutes of Ghost Ship (2002). Ghost Ship (2002), dir. Steven Beck from a screenplay by Mark Hanlon and John Pogue. Starring Julianna Margulies, Gabriel Byrne, Desmond Harrington, Emily Browning, Isaiah Washington, Ron Eldard, Karl Urban, and Alex Dimitriades. Non-gothic viewing: Chance - Love Lies Bleeding (2024) dir. Rose Glass, starring Kristen Stewart, Katy M. O'Brian, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, and Dave Franco. ...
Jun 06, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Can you have bodily autonomy if you have no body? Thirteen Ghosts does NOT explore this question, but we do, as well as a game: Is it one of the Thir13en Ghosts or one of the 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo? Thir13en Ghosts (2001), dir. Steven Beck from a screenplay by Neal Marshall Stevens and based on the 1960 gimmick film 13 Ghosts directed by William Castle. Starring Tony Shaloub, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, Rah Digga, F. Murray Abraham, and Embeth Davidtz. Non-gothic viewing: Chance - A Kil...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Another reason to never answer the phone. When a Stranger Calls (2006), dir. by Simon West, written by Jake Wade Wall. Starring Camilla Belle, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson, and Clark Gregg (Marvel's Agent Phil Coulson). Off-topic chat: Pooping on the moon Recommendations -- Chance: 44 Pages, a documentary about making Highlights magazine (Kanopy) Amanda: Puss in Boots The Last Wish (Netflix), Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses by Katie Spalding (book) That's So...
May 02, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Don't choke on any Sweet Tarts. The Haunting (1999) dir. Jan de Bont, written by David Self. Starring Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, and Liam Neeson. Reference: Why are Modern Blockbusters So Obsessed with the Notion of Family? by Darren Mooney That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by J...
Apr 18, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Lock up the house- it's Purge Night. The Purge (2013) directed and written by James DeMonaco (of Jack fame) starring Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, and Australian Bill Skarsgard. That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)...
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Grab a tall glass of water for this very special episode of That's So (Mia) Goth-ic as we discuss the sleazy 2017 horror A Cure for Wellness A Cure for Wellness (2017) dir. by Gregor "Gore" Justin Verbinski. Written by Justin Hayth. Starring Dane DeHaan, Mia Goth, and Jason Isaacs (aka Luscious Lucious Malfoy). That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instag...
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 47
It's Barbie, bitch! Barbie (2023) dir. by Greta Gerwig. Written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. Starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Michael Cera (of Cerave), Hari Nef, Kate McKinnon, and many more. That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative...
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 46
