Harry and Jen Do Horror with Friends

Nosferatu (2024) with Bob Proehl

Fiction author Bob Proehl joins the pod to talk about Robert Eggers' Nosferatu (2024). We discuss the metaphor of the vampire, the cost of periodic accuracy, attitudes toward teen sex, COVID, free podcast ideas, the Keanussance, and what the hell Willem Dafoe is doing in this movie.
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Content Warnings: Spoilers, profanity
Our Guest's Amazing stuff: Check out Bob Proehl's books!
This episode's drinking game: Drink whenever . . .
Finish your drink when anyone mentions The Sexual Darkness
Finish your drink when anyone does the Nosferatu voice
Drink whenever someone says vampire, sex, or sexual
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Bonus! Nosferatu (1922) with Bob Proehl

Fiction author Bob Proehl joins Harry and Jen to discuss F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent classic, Nosferatu (1922). The trio discusses the experience of viewing silent film in the modern day, Nosferatu's status as a classic bootleg, vampiric links to sex and disease, fear of the other, and Bob's failed attempt at reading Twilight. Keep an eye out for our episode on Nosferatu (2024) next week!
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Smile 2 (2024) with Steve Elfenbein

Drug/alcohol counselor Steve Elfenbein joins Harry and Jen to talk about Smile 2 (2024). They discuss mental health, water-chugging, addiction, the curse film trope, and heavy-handed narratives. Harry makes a bassoon noise.
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Content Warnings: Spoilers, drug/alcohol abuse and addiction, overdose
Check out Spencer Lackey, a short-form horror filmmaker with aesthetics like some in Smile 2!
Check "The Other Side of the Box," a 2021 short film with similar scares to some in Smile 2!
This episode's drinking game: Drink whenever . . .
Anyone says "text"
Anyone says "addiction"
Finish your drink when Harry sings
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Heretic (2024) with Kim Lightfoot

Jen's sister Kim joins to talk about Heretic (2024). they talk Mormonism, atheism, language, rip-offs, spin-offs, and cults.
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Content Warnings: spoilers, violence
This episode's drinking game: Drink whenever . . .
Jen can't remember a character's name
Harry says "infantile"
Harry makes an unfunny Mormon joke (finish your drink)
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BONUS! RIP David Lynch

Jen and Harry talk about the late David Lynch, the word "Lynchian," their first Lynch movie experiences, and their favorite Lynch films, Lost Highway (1997) and Mulholland Drive (2001). Harry gives his spiel about Bill Pullman while Jen plans the show's first merch item. 
Content Warnings: Spoilers, Suicide/Self-Harm
This episode's drinking game:
Finish your drink whenever Harry or Jen are awkward about David Lynch being dead.
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The Substance (2024) with Sam MacMillan

Chemist Sam MacMillan joins for a conversation on Coralie Fargeat's The Substance (2024). They discuss the patriarchy, beauty standards, substance abuse, the alt-health grift, cinematic references, the plural for "synopsis," and prosthetic boobs. 
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Content Warnings: spoilers, body image, gore, substance abuse
This episode's drinking game: Drink when you hear . . .
a cat meow
someone says "Elizabeth"
a movie other than The Substance is mentioned
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Bonus! 2024 Review: What's with the Hot Moms?

Jen and Harry review the films they watched in 2024. They talk the best of the best, the worst of the worst, the grossest, the horniest, conversation highlights, and horror trends. Listen in for a trip down memory lane!
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) with Austin Kiley

Music teacher Austin Kiley joins for a conversation on Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The trio get cozy and discuss the Tim Burton aesthetic, the age of the sequel, real-life Sally, sexism, racism, and Austin's take on How I Met Your Mother.
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Content Warnings: spoilers
Peep our friends over at Quad Pro Quo Podcast!
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Oddity (2024) and Caveat (2020) with Allison Stull

Allison Stull of Quad Pro Quo Podcast joins Harry and Jen for a Damian McCarthy double feature: Oddity (2024) and Caveat (2020)! The trio talk murder mysteries, creepy/beautiful houses, movement, rationalism, and whether or not they would survive diving into a cave full of vampires. 
Content Warnings: Spoilers, violence
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Bonus! Halloween: The Horniest Holiday

Happy Halloween, kids! Harry and Jen take time out to chat about two of their favorite Halloween flicks, Trick R' Treat (2007) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). The two discuss their favorite aspects of the films, why the films have staying power, and why Halloween is the horniest holiday. They also say "punish" a lot. Stick around after the show for interviews with veteran Rocky Horror Picture Show participants.
Content Warnings: Spoilers
Find Vestal Violators (Rocky Horror Troupe) on Facebook!
Talia Cordata's Rocky Horror Picture Show Performance!
Check out Michael Dougherty's original short film for Trick r' Treat!
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