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Spooky Bitch Gang
Creatures, killers and questionable gender politics as the Spooky Bitch Gang investigates the horror canon.
Episodes
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Other Mommy & Whalefall Double Feature
They're calling it the dumbest double feature of all time. We take a look at two recent horror/thriller releases and investigate their oddly parallel parental…
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Kaiju (Godzilla & Friends)
This episode is all about the biggest of the big - Godzilla and all his monster pals. Known as kaiju, these colossal beasts represent many facets of our lives…
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Zach Cregger's Resident Evil
Seems like eighth time's a charm for Capcom's beloved franchise on cinema screens. Zach Cregger's Resident Evil is a runaway success and the most critically…
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Mumblegore
Mumblecore and its horror twin mumblegore defined indie filmmaking in the late 90s and 2000s. We take a look at a set of so-called mumblegore films and…
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The Weed Eaters
Our non-prescription preoccupation continues as we take a close look at The Weed Eaters, a micro budget, pot-themed splatter film from Aotearoa. Also includes…
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Drugsploitation
All the cautionary tales you've ever been told come to terrifying life in this crop of drugsploitation movies. Reefer, tea, tomato, shrooms, acid - they're all…
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Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma
Jane Schoenbrun's third feature continues with their established themes of nostalgia, belonging and gender euphoria. This powerfully meta take on the slasher…
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Tales from the Crypt
A horror franchise with its roots way back at the birth of comic books, Tales from the Crypt has proven to be influential and formative for many a horror head…
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The Thing (from Another World)
It's cold, it's dark, and we're feeling paranoid as hell. The first film adaptation of John W. Campbell's classic sci-fi novella Who Goes There? turns 75 this…
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Liminal Horror
Germinating for years online and now exploding into cinemas, is liminal horror the new mainstream trend? Dealing in the uncanny and the unknowable, liminal…
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Obsession
Curry Barker of viral success Milk & Serial has delivered another (relatively) low budget marvel. Already a huge hit, where does Obsession slot into the horror…
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Old Dark Houses
In this episode we take a look at a micro genre that's positively ancient by pop culture standards. A relic of early talkies that has spread across the horror…
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Lee Cronin's The Mummy
A semi-dormant and dogged IP comes back to life with Lee Cronin's The Mummy. Beyond its baffling vanity title, how does this movie contribute to the mummy's…
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Video Nasties
One of horror's most notable periods of censorship, we examine the "Video Nasty" panic that took hold in the UK in the 1980s. How do these movies offend a…
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Alpha
French provocateur Julia Ducournau is back with another bold piece of body horror. We break down the auteur's latest film Alpha. Is it a beautiful…
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Deadly Games
We're rolling the dice, playing our cards and fiddling with our joysticks as we investigate the world of deadly games. It's a surprisingly common trope now…
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Scream 7 Sucks
Scream 7 has arrived and talking about it felt like doing a post-mortem. After the controversy, the rewrite and the boycott, is it any surprise that the…
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Edgar Allen Poe Stories & Adaptations
Featuring guest host Sarah Wolfe. American writer and poet Edgar Allen Poe wrote hundreds of stories and poems and codified several genres in the process. In…
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Carrie's 50th Anniversary
It's been 50 years since Carrie first graced cinema screens. We've read the book and revisited the film to see how this iconic story has aged as it's entered…
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Our Top 10 Horror Movies of 2025
Another year down and another clutch of movies to somewhat arbitrarily rank! We're giving you the lowdown on the movies we liked the best in 2025, along with…
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A Very Tubi Christmas
'Tis the season to hunker down and watch some execrable Christmas crap. Thankfully there are a few hidden gems amidst the lumps of coal. This year, friend of…
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Sex-Horror
It's time we sat you down and gave you a talk about the birds and the bees. From horror's formative years through to now, we're investigating how sexuality…
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SBG Book Club: Carmilla
It's the inaugural meeting of the SBG Book Club and we hope you've done your homework! We're talking about J. Sheridan Le Fanu's seminal vampire novella…
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Comedy-Horror
Is it comedy-horror or horror-comedy? We're taking a look at some of the silliest horror movies to ever grace our screens and investigating the strange…
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Black Phone 2
The hotly anticipated sequel to the hit supernatural horror film The Black Phone is here. Ethan Hawke returns as the strange and sexy villain The Grabber in…
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The Texas Chainsaw Marathon
It's our 100th episode! To mark the occasion, we stayed up all night watching the entire The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. From its humble, low-budget…
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The Conjuring Quadrilogy
After four movies and a few spinoffs we're bidding adieu to Ed and Lorraine Warren and their adventures in The Conjuring series. We take a look at the way the…
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Dystopia & Authoritarianism
In this episode we explore a set of terrifying tales that might get a bit too close to reality. We explore the potent desperation, fear and hope that define…
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Weapons
Zach Cregger's second feature Weapons has been one of the year's most impactful horror movies. We take a look at what makes this alternately serious and silly…
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Mummies
The mummy has carved out an interesting place in pop culture that reveals some odd quirks when you peel off the bandages. We investigate the exoticism and…
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28 Days Later Trilogy
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's 28 Days Later is a film that holds up a lot better than a lot of its contemporaries. Following a disappointing middle entry…
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Splatter Films
Maybe grab a poncho because in our latest ep you will get wet! We take a look at the grisly, gleeful gore of the splatter sub-genre. The absurd, nihilism, and…
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Bring Her Back
The Philippou Brothers' follow-up to the record smashing hit Talk to Me is here and it's grosser, weirder and... sadder? We investigate the powerful melancholy…
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The Asylum
Renowned for their low budget "mockbusters" and their absurd creature features, we take a look at the unusual place The Asylum occupies in the horror canon…
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Final Destination Bloodlines & Clown in a Cornfield (Double Feature)
We've got our finger on the pulse as we investigate two brand new movies - Final Destination: Bloodlines and Clown in a Cornfield. The sixth instalment in a…
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Cults
As thanks for being a part of the Spooky cult, we're exploring the horror and mystique around cults, sects and New Religious Movements. Charismatic leaders…
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Drop
Drop, the latest film from Christopher Landon (Paranormal Activity, Happy Death Day, Freaky), is a nail biter in the classic sense. We talk about this…
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Medical Horror
Nothing is certain but death, taxes and going to the doctor. We investigate the ways in which the medical system has carved out its own horrifying niche in the…
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
This year marks the 50th anniversary of what might be the greatest Australian film of all time - Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock. Full of tantalising…
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Spore-or (Fungal Horror)
Our fungal friends seem purpose-built for horror, but our they have only a small filmography. We investigate the creepiest, gooiest appearances by mushrooms…
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The Monkey
Oz Perkins' follow-up to last year's Longlegs is an ambitious, hilarious left turn into absurdity. We discuss this deceptively complex movie's Biblical…
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Satanic Panic
You can't swing a crucifix in this town with hitting a Satanic cult, so we're taking a look at this horror staple. Turns out Satan and his followers come in…
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Our Top 10 Horror Movies of 2024
We're getting all nostalgic over what was an absolutely sick year for horror. Join us as we count down our individual top 10s of the best horror (and horror…
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Nosferatu Triple Feature
F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu went from unauthorised Dracula adaptation to one of the sacred texts of horror. We look at the 100-year-old masterpiece and the remakes…
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Psycho Biddies
It's hard out here for a biddy! We're taking a look at movies featuring older woman going psycho. Known also as hagsploitation, these movies may have a…
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Heretic
A24's latest contribution to the horror genre is the dialogue-heavy, slightly bonkers Heretic. We discuss the Hugh Grant-starring film's unique takes on…
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Scarecrows
CONTENT WARNING: Contains references to childhood sexual assault The scarecrow seems to be a horror icon on the surface, but this oddball's repertoire is…
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The Substance
How did this gross, cartoonish body horror movie ending up being one of the year's major film events? We discuss all the silliness and viscera of The…
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Hammer Horror
Take a trip back in time to the heyday of the iconic British production company Hammer Film Productions. Between the mid-50s and the early 70s, Hammer left an…
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Speak No Evil Double Feature
Subtitle haters and subtitle lovers are at odds over the new James McAvoy vehicle Speak No Evil, a remake of a film that in some circles is already a minor…
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Pregnancy & Motherhood
In this episode, we take a look at movies that explore all the ins and outs of bearing a child. Turns out the beginnings of life might be not-so-secretly…
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Alien: Romulus
Everyone is talking about the latest instalment in the Alien franchise. How does the classic Alien formula of popcorn action plus compelling characters fare in…
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White People Got Stuck Where? Part 2
Once again, we're taking a look at the rich tapestry of movies that is white people getting stuck places. Going from microgenre to macrogenre, it feels like…
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Longlegs
With the most impressive viral marketing campaign since Skinamarink, Osgood Perkins' Longlegs was a sensation long before anyone even knew Nicolas Cage was…
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Bigfoot & Friends
He's big, he's hairy and he lives in the woods. No it's not another Russell Crowe movie; it's Bigfoot, Sasquatch, the yeti, yowie, and more. We discuss some of…
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The Exorcism
Was anyone asking for another exorcism-based horror movie starring Russell Crowe? Well, we got one anyway! This time it's a bit meta with a personal connection…
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The Sixth Sense
M. Night Shyamalan's breakthrough feature is twenty-five years old this year. Does the rapturous acclaim it received at release still hold up today, or has its…
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Disaster Movies
These movies might not be technically horror, but they definitely scratch the same part of our brain that wants thrills, chills and mayhem. Disaster movies pit…
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is one of the most recognisable cult films of all time and beloved by many. We take a closer look at the themes, story, and…
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Techno-Horror
We can't live without technology, but is that a good thing? The most rapidly changing facet of our existence offers fertile ground for exploring all kinds of…