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Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsCompanion (2025) with Charlie JonesNerdy tech guy and AV creative Charlie Jones joins us to discuss Companion (2025). We discuss the femme-robot trope, incels, queer readings, Easter eggs, coronal mass ejections and more. Jen lays out her idea for a horror franchise about gnomes.
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Trigger Warnings: spoilers, graphic sexual language, brief mention of mass shootings
Our guest's amazing stuff:
Check out Charlie's music on Youtube and Bandcamp!
Peep Charlie's video art!
This episode's drinking game: Drink whenever . . .
Har...2025-07-011h 11Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsAlien: Romulus (2024) with Teagan BradwayLit Professor and Alien super fan Teagan Bradway joins us once again to discuss Alien: Romulus (2024). We discuss the film's approach to siblinghood, race and servitude, Gen Z, upgrades and AI anxieties, male rage, boy robots, and oodles more. Jen rips an atomic belch. Harry impersonates Marilyn Manson.
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Trigger Warnings: Spoilers, rape, profanity
Our Guest's Amazing stuff: Peep Teagan's brilliant keynote, "Queer Theory for Everyone"
This episode's drinking game: Drink whenever . . .
Harry bri...2025-06-021h 19Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsContext Episode: The Entire Alien Franchise with Teagan BradwayBonus episode time, b*tches! Lit professor and Alien fangirl Teagan Bradway joins us to discuss every. single. Alien film. We discuss Teagan's dope Ripley tattoo, the triumphs and failures of the Alien reboots/prequels, shredded blue Jesus, moms (of course), sex (of course), and more! Teagan presents her case for Alien 3 as a slept-on banger. Listen in as we build context for next month's episode on Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus (2024).
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Trigger Warnings: Spoilers, rape, profanity
2025-05-121h 20Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsBonus! Indie Spotlight with Matthew SchmidtMatthew Schmidt is the writer/director of the indie short film, "Mr. Sandman" (2024). He joins us to discuss his film, inspiration, and the importance of chasing your passions at any age.
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2025-04-2832 minHarry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsNosferatu (2024) with Bob ProehlFiction 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 wh...2025-04-071h 14Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsBonus! Nosferatu (1922) with Bob ProehlFiction 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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Wanna suggest a movie? Wanna say "hi?" Did you make a movie we should watch? Email us...2025-03-3128 minHarry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsSmile 2 (2024) with Steve ElfenbeinDrug/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 w...2025-03-1056 minHarry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsHeretic (2024) with Kim LightfootJen'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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2025-02-101h 11Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsBONUS! RIP David LynchJen 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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Wanna suggest a movie? Wanna...2025-02-0355 minHarry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsThe Substance (2024) with Sam MacMillanChemist 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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Wanna suggest a movie? Wanna say "hi...2025-01-131h 17Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsBonus! 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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2025-01-0633 minHarry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsBeetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) with Austin KileyMusic 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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Wanna suggest a movie? Wanna say "hi?" Did you make a movie we should watch...2024-12-161h 07Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsOddity (2024) and Caveat (2020) with Allison StullAllison 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
Check out Allison Stull's podcast, Quad Pro Quo!
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Wanna suggest a movie? Wanna say "hi?" Did you make a movie we s...2024-11-111h 01Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsBonus! Halloween: The Horniest HolidayHappy 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...2024-10-251h 18Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsLonglegs (2024) with Teagan BradwayHarry and Jen are joined by Jen's partner, the lit professor Teagan Bradway! The trio get into one of the year's most anticipated horror films, Longlegs. They talk queer-coded killers, horny stabbings, the nuclear family, and the Nicolas Cage of it all.
Content Warnings: spoilers
Here's a cool article that inspired Harry's interpretation!
This episode features audio from The Wicker Man (2006) and Community.
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Wanna suggest a m...2024-10-081h 37Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsHuesera: The Bone Woman (2022) with Caroline LevineCornell 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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2024-09-101h 15Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsBarbarian (2022) with Mandy Goldman and Sam LupowitzSongwriters 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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2024-08-061h 08Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsImmaculate (2024) with Katharina NicholsViolist, 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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2024-07-091h 04Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsLate Night with the Devil (2023) with Ten Van WinkleHarry 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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2024-06-111h 13Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsStopmotion (2023) with Mike JanHarry 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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2024-05-141h 09Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsScream 5 (2022) and Scream 6 (2023) with Kate ConroyJen 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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2024-04-3059 minHarry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsBONUS: Older Gods (2023)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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2024-04-1645 minHarry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsScream (1996) with Kate ConroyIn 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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2024-03-2948 minHarry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsFive Nights at Freddy's with Megan PaustianLit 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.
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2024-02-131h 07Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsGerald’s Game with Geoff PictorCONTENT 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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2024-01-161h 06Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsBad Things with Samuel B. LupowitzHappy Holidays! Jen and Harry are joined by singer/songwriter Samuel B. Lupowitz. Blending critique and analysis, the trio discusses the snowy, wintry hotel nightmare, Bad Things. They talk proper chainsaw murdering technique, Sam's Philosophy of Art (TM), and Jen gives a very special holiday murder confession.
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2023-12-121h 16Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsTalk to Me with Mandy GoldmanVoice teacher, songwriter, and choir director Mandy Goldman gives her take on the indie horror smash Talk to Me. Is our protagonist a manipulative sociopath? A blameless victim? Will Mandy find her notes in that colossal bag of hers? Listen in to find out.
Mandy's Solo Album!
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2023-10-311h 06Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsEvil Dead Rise with Carol OddyWe talk all things Evil Dead with tattoo artist, Carol Oddy! Is Evil Dead Rise a true sequel? A pastiche? A soulless rehash? Can you even have a true-to-form Hollywood sequel to a B movie? Who was the hottest person in the film? Listen in for these answers and more!
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2023-10-241h 00Harry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsAttachment with Ariel ArbisserSinger/Songwriter Ariel Arbisser talks the possession horror underdog of the year, Attachment. We discuss Jewish mysticism, Harry and Jen's mutual beef with possession horror, and getting a snack on the way into (and out of) a movie theater.
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2023-10-1751 minHarry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsCocaine Bear with Cori McKenzieEnglish teacher Cori McKenzie joins us to examine Elizabeth Banks' comedy horror foray, Cocaine Bear! We talk the 80s, the war on drugs, the crisis of representation, and whether or not this is a legit movie. SPOILER ALERT.
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2023-10-1055 minHarry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsSkinamarink with Aaron ArmIn our first ever discussion, we delve into the divisive, surreal world of Skinamarink. Together, with fiction writer Aaron Arm, we try to get to the bottom of the movie's plot, sift through the grain for meaning, and argue about what movies should provide the viewer.
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2023-10-0354 minHarry and Jen Do Horror with FriendsTEASER: Harry and Jen Ruin Someone’s NightSee you in the spooky season, y'all! #horror #filmcrit #movies
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