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Progressively Horrified

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

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

1:57:47

May w/ Sian Ingham

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2024/09/28

Jeremy and Emily, along with special guest, writer Sian Ingram (parthenoid.bsky.social), dive into May (2002) and explore the film's representation of neurodiversity and queerness.(Amazingly, they don't reference *NSYNC once) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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89:20

Godzilla Minus One (aka GODZILLA HATES YOU) w/ Marcus...

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2024/09/20

Y'all remember that Godzilla who was a friend to all? You know, the fierce protector of mankind against some other worse monsters? The guy that had a team of kids and a tiny monster buddy?This ain't that Godzilla.The Godzilla of Godzilla Minus One hates you. He hates everything about you. He hates your stupid little boat. He hates your tragic backstory. He hates your cool and slightly shady commonlaw wife. He wants to burn down your life just so he can't stomp on the cinders. This Godzilla

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120:14

Alien Covenant w/ Melissa F. Olson (AKA No Notes for...

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2024/09/14

The Horror Squad chats with Melissa F. Olson about Alien Covenant (2017).★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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100:19

Dread (AKA A Movie in Need of a Skarsgård) w/ T. L....

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2024/09/06

Am I the law?Put on your deeply mediocre wigs and flattest American accents for one of the lesser Clive Barker adaptations. It's Dread!We're joined by author T.L. Bodine to talk about a movie that could have been called F(r)ight Club. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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102:44

28 Days Later (aka In Valium Veritas) with James Asmus

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2024/09/01

This is the podcast episode that launched a new obsession for Emily: Cillian Murphy in all his splendor.Listen, this is a movie about fast zombies, but you're mostly gonna hear us talking about Cillian Murphy's extensive nudity and his sassy hips. We are joined by the amazing and incredible James Asmus and you should immediately go order his book "Survival Street: The Radical Left" coming out soon (or in the past, if you're listening to this later)!Our recommendations for this episode are:

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95:29

Dawn of the Dead (AKA Zombie Indoor Shopping Center)

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2024/08/18

We made it! We made 200 episodes of a podcast about politics and horror movies. You're welcome!This time we're talking about the original Dawn of the Dead. If you've ever seen a zombie in a shopping mall, you can thank George A. Romero and this movie. It's wild. It's often stupid. It was made for a buck fifty, overnight, at a shopping mall that they nearly destroyed. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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110:44

Beetlejuice (AKA The Lydia to Delia Goth Pipeline)...

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2024/08/09

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97:19

The Crow (AKA Overwhelmed by a Glizzy) w/ Jorri Roberts

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2024/07/19

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77:03

Lisa Frankenstein (AKA Recurring Horror Dad)

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2024/07/12

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98:13

Good Manners (AKA Werewolf Moses) w/ Sara Century

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2024/07/05

Let my people AWOOOOOO!Time to talk about the Brazilian werewolves and lesbians! Good Neighbors is a fantastic film about falling in love with the absolute disaster pregnant bisexual woman who hires you to take care of her unborn supernatural child. Who hasn't been there?The movie truly answers the question "How do we make pregnancy even more scary and fucked up?" and it turns out the answer is werewolves! Didn't see that one coming, did you?Alicia had to cut a bunch of jokes, presumably

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99:05

Assassination Nation (AKA Black Mirror meets...

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2024/06/28

Please welcome our newest guest Tomi Trembath! Tomi brought us the extremely interesting and difficult Sam Levinson film Assassination Nation. We're talking feminism, technology, and social media. We're talking a movie with four female leads, one of them a trans actress playing a trans girl.Meanwhile, Joel McHale is entering his creepy dad phase and we are deeply disturbed by it. I mean, he's good at it, but boy is it hard to watch.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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91:20

Medusa (AKA Brazilian History X?) w/ Joe Corallo

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2024/06/21

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116:51

Attachment (2023) (AKA Guilt Whiplash) w/ Greg Silber...

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2024/06/15

There's a dybbuk and a love story and it's great.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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96:21

Huesera (2022) AKA The Biggest Chip

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2024/06/07

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95:28

Audition (AKA She Only Did One Thing Wrong...) w/ Jay...

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2024/05/31

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83:34

Tale of Two Sisters (AKA We Stan a Murderous Queen)...

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2024/05/25

Jeremy, Ben, and Emily are joined by Sara Century, taking a deep dive into Tale of Two Sisters (1999) and remembering the legacy of comic book creator and historian Trina Robbins. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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93:41

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (AKA Haunted House Chocolate...

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2024/05/17

What if we kissed in the haunted asylum?Anyway, it's time for some Korean twenty somethings to find themselves a Gonjiam Witch... a Blair Asylum? All we know for sure is that you can tell with 80% accuracy if a character in a Korean or Japanese film is Asian-American by whether or not they have a cool leather jacket. Charlotte has been to three of the five most haunted place in the world. Too bad she's not going to be able to complete that checklist.Steenz and Morgan are here to help us

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91:51

Ringu (AKA Dracula : Vampires :: Sadako : Brunette...

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2024/05/10

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82:55

One Cut of the Dead (AKA "Oh I'm Calm. Dead calm.")...

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2024/05/03

It's May and that means it's Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month! We are jumping into a group of beloved films from the Asian diaspora. We are starting with the amazing "One Cut of the Dead". It's a low budget Japanese horror film about a low budget Japanese horror film, but just when you think you've seen all the layers, you hit the midpoint of the movie and you realize you've just been staring at a tree and you're in the middle of the forest. It's an incredible work of

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114:57

Interview with a Vampire (AKA Everybody's Sportin'...

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2024/04/26

Jeremy, Ben, and Emily are joined by Jorri Roberts, AMC Networks Creative Strategist, for a chat about Interview with a Vampire (1994).★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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