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The Pod and The Pendulum is a new horror movie podcast covering every movie in every franchise. From heavy hitters like Friday the 13th, to the direct-to-video titles like Subspecies, we’ve got you covered. We feature guests on every show in order to discuss their love of movies like The Blair Witch Project, Scream, Alien, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Jaws, Halloween, The Conjuring, and many more. Support the show and become a patron today at www.patreon.com/podandthependulum and get access to ...
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One feed, endless limited series horror podcasts. A feed of limited horror podcasts by women, LGBTQ+, BIPOC and members of the disability community and brought to you by the people behind Anatomy of a Scream and Grim. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ever wonder why anxious people love horror movies? Curious about how having the daylights scared out of you can help you feel better? Hosts Jenn Adams, Lara Unnerstall, and therapist Mike Snoonian break it down (and back it up with academic research) on Psychoanalysis: A Horror Therapy Podcast. Each month, we’ll take an in-depth look at a topic in the mental health field like anxiety, PTSD, and toxic relationships. For our bi-weekly episodes, we’ll pair topics with a horror film and analyze ...
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Bodies of Horror: Episode 92 - The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025) feat. Mike Snoonian
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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 brin…
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Let's do what all shows love to do: rank things! Mike, Ari, and Devaughn have counted the votes and we're here to put the Wrong Turn series in proper order.
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White Ladies in Crisis: Mommie Dearest (1981)
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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 dele…
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Sexy & Surreal: Episode 39 - Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 16-18
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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 t…
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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…
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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 / @…
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Mike and Devaughn are joined by returning guest Kat Hughes to talk about the way better than it has any right to be reimagining of Wrong Turn. Mike would also recommend you check out Mathew Modine's other masterpiece, Vision Quest, the only movie about high school wrestling you need to see.
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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…
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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: …
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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…
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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: …
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The Girls on The Boys: Superman Returns (2006) feat. McKenzie Gerber
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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 > Rach…
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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 sh…
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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 (B…
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Bodies of Horror: Episode 91 - Oddity (2024)
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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 [email protected] or on …
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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 …
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Mike and Ari are happy to report that Wrong Turn 6 is one of the most unabashedly horniest movies we've ever covered on the show. Eschewing the traditional hot couples hooking up, this one has more of flair for kink, sadomasochism, and voyeurism. At least, it certainly does compared to most slasher movies, let alone the sixth entry in a long runnin…
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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 Badgl…
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Sexy & Surreal: Episode 38 - Crimes of the Future (2022)
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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 withou…
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A movie so bad it made Mike question whether he actually liked horror movies. Luckily he's joined by Ariel, Devaughn, and special guest Kinell to talk this one through.
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Bodies of Horror: Episode 90 - Malignant (2021)
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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 …
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This week we go back to the beginning with Wrong Turn 4:Bloody Beginnings, Returning guest and queen of the B-movie and culinary horrorSarah Stubbs ((Final Girls Feast) is on Mike’s side championing the merits ofthis blizzard-set, asylum located slasher. Meanwhile Devaughn has recruited firsttime guest Sean Abley (creator and co-editor of Queer Hor…
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Sexy & Surreal: Episode 37 - Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 13-15
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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 hou…
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This week Mike and Ariel reach the nadir of the Wrong Turn franchise, with the third entry, Left For Dead. It's the film that dares to as who one would root for in this situation: a murderous Cartel warlord, a white supremacist, or the cops? Filled with poorly rendered CGI, dodgy acting from a cast that looks like generic versions of much better pe…
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The Girls on The Boys: Supergirl (1984) feat. Justin Gerber
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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…
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White Ladies in Crisis: Perfectly Good Moment (2024)
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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/in…
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Mike and Devaughn are on hand to talk a straight to video follow-up that just might improve on the original. Director Joe Lynch shot right out of the gate with a nasty, gory, funny splatter film that has the feel of an over-the-top 80s sequel while still being grounded in its own moment in time. Henry Rollins leads a rag-tag crew of wanna be stars …
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Sexy & Surreal: Episode 36 - Maps To The Stars (2014)
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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" alterna…
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This week, Mike, Ariel and Nichole have loaded up the jeep with our camping gear, a cooler full of beer, some beef jerky and a way out of date paper map as we’re about to break down WRONG TURN as we kick off our latest franchise. This nasty hillbilly horror bridges the gap between the second wave of slashers and the more extreme “torture porn” that…
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