Harry and Jen Do Horror with Friends

Harry Nichols and Jen Lightfoot discuss current horror films with the help of a rotating guest!

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Episodes

Tuesday Sep 10, 2024

Cornell lit professor Caroline Levine joins us to discuss the Mexican-Peruvian body horror joint, Huesera: The Bone Woman. We discuss the natural body horror of pregnancy stories, the Ring-imprinted generation, the patriarchy, queer v. hetero relationships, and the "dismissive husband" trope.
Content Warnings: Spoilers, Pregnancy, Infanticide
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Tuesday Aug 06, 2024

Songwriters Sam Lupowitz and Mandy Goldman join us again to talk Zach Creggar's Barbarian.  We discuss haves and have-nots, Dante, systems that enable evil, story structure, and the weird hotness of Bill Skarsgard.
Content Warning: Spoilers, Sexual assault/rape, Bill Skarsgard
Check out our favorite works of Mandy Goldman and Sam Lupowitz:
Sam's glorious record from 2021
Mandy's masterful mopus
Mandy's unforgivable vocal crimes
Sam's funk/metal/brit-prog blasphemy
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Tuesday Jul 09, 2024

Violist, teacher, and reluctant horror fan Katharina Nichols joins us in a conversation about Immaculate (2024). We talk politics, Rosemary's Baby, the phenomenon of Sydney Sweeney, Nunsploitation, and Kat outlines her plans for her own evil convent. 
Content Warning: Spoilers, Infanticide, Religious Violence
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Tuesday Jun 11, 2024

Harry and Jen talk with artist/one-woman-riot Ten Van Winkle about the smash indie possession film Late Night with the Devil. They talk about guilt, exploitation, AI, peeps, and what the hell exactly happened in that movie anyhow. 
 
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Tuesday May 14, 2024

Harry and Jen are joined by Jen's friend-in-law, the lovely, insightful Mike Jan! Together, they dissect the surreal, meaty world of Robert Morgan's Stopmotion. They talk folklore, archetypes, agency, the age-old beef between fine and commercial art, and why an inanimate object may just be the sexiest character. 
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Tuesday Apr 30, 2024

Jen and Harry speak once again with Singer/Bar-Owner/Swiftie Kate Conroy, this time about the most recent installments in the Scream series. They talk the evolution of Scream, franchises, requels, authenticity, and David Arquette's hot-broken-old-man vibes. 
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BONUS: Older Gods (2023)

Tuesday Apr 16, 2024

Tuesday Apr 16, 2024

Harry and Jen analyze and review the independent cosmic horror frolic Older Gods. They talk Lovecraft and the origins of cosmic horror, bad dads, Harry's obsession with symbolic d*cks, and the importance of independent art. 
Content Warning: Suicide
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Friday Mar 29, 2024

In their first ever context episode, Harry and Jen summon Kate Conroy (Singer, Bar Owner, 90s kid, and All-Around Good Gal) to talk the classic 90s meta-slasher, Scream. They talk youth culture, misogyny, trauma, and the unstoppable hotness of Drew Barrymore. Harry lays out his thesis on why Scream '96 is a cinematic masterpiece. 
 
Look for our episode on Screams V and VI next month!
 
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Tuesday Feb 13, 2024

Lit professor and podcaster Megan Paustian joins in this conversation on Five Night's at Freddy's (2023). We cover trauma, memory, the tween demographic, Marxism, and the unlikely event of Matthew Lillard. 
 
Check Megan's show, an episode-by-episode analysis of The Office!
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Tuesday Jan 16, 2024

CONTENT WARNINGS: self-harm/injury, explicit sexual content
Voice actor and horror writer Geoff Pictor joins for a delightful romp. We talk the ups and downs of Stephen King, degloving, and the immaculate physique of Bruce Greenwood. Oh, and also the movie Gerald's Game. 
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