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Basement Girls Horror Podcast14. TAROT (2024) Movie Review | With Tarot Card Expert Cecily Sailer"Sometimes the Death card means transformation—and sometimes it just means death."
Cecily Sailer, founder of Typewriter Tarot and host of YOUR CREATIVE AND MAGICAL LIFE podcast, joins Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez in the basement to discuss the new horror film TAROT (2024), directed by Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg, and (loosely) based on the 1992 YA horror novel Horrorscope by Nicholas Adams.
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Cecily Sailer | typewritertarot.com
YOUR CREATIVE AND MAGICAL LIFE Podcast | yourcreativeandmagicallife.buzzsprout.com
Mystic Messages Tarot Deck | typewritertarot.com/shop/mystic-message-deck
Tarot for...2024-06-061h 03
Your Creative & Magical LifeDiscussing TAROT (the Supernatural Horror Film) w/ The Basement GirlsIn this collaborative episode with The Basement Girls podcast, we discuss the recent supernatural / horror film TAROT by Anna Holberg and Spenser Cohen, based on the 1992 novel Horrorscope by Nicholas Adams.I had a great time watching this film in the theater with Bianca Pérez and Steph Grossman, who cohost The Basement Girls podcast, which explores their mutual passion for the horror genre. I expected to hate this movie, thinking it falsely demonized Tarot. And while it wasn’t a mind-blowing, genre-redefining film, it was fun to watch as someone who loves Tarot and sca...2024-06-051h 07Basement Girls Horror Podcast13. THE SANTA CLAUSE as Body Horror | With Peter CounterNever put on a dead man's clothes!
Author and culture critic Peter Counter joins Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez in the basement to discuss how THE SANTA CLAUSE (1994), starring Tim Allen, is actually a movie about body horror, possession, and the sublime. It's basically a yuletide HEREDITARY (in fact, we're pretty sure Santa Claus knows Paiman...).
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Peter Counter | peterbcounter.com
Be Scared of Everything by Peter Counter | https://bookshop.org/a/4492/9781988784564
How to Restore a Timeline: On Violence and Memory by Peter Counter | https://bookshop.org/a/449...2024-01-061h 05Basement Girls Horror Podcast12. Ray Bradbury's THE HALLOWEEN TREE Book and Movie Review | With Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast Host David Barr KirtleyWith Bianca Pérez out for her Hallowedding (!), WIRED's Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast host David Barr Kirtley joins Steph Grossman in the basement to discuss the '90s animated Halloween classic, The Halloween Tree (1993), as well as Ray Bradbury’s 1972 novella of the same name that inspired it.
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Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast | geeksguideshow.com & wired.com/author/geeks-guide-to-the-galaxy
David Barr Kirtley | davidbarrkirtley.com
Save Me Plz and Other Stories by David Barr Kirtley | amazon.com/Save-Me-Plz-Other-Stories/dp/B09S65RZF5
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...2023-10-311h 04Basement Girls Horror Podcast11. Summer Camp Horror: FRIDAY THE 13THIt ain't fall 'til September 23rd y'all.
Hold onto sweet, scary summer for one more day by joining your resident basement girls in their discussion about the summer camp horror film that started it all: the original Friday the 13th. Topics include a brief history of summer camp, the "whodunnit" aspect of the film, cozy horror, feminist subtext, final girls, motherhood, and how the famous "ch ch ch ah ah ah" sound is actually a remix of "kill kill kill ma ma ma" (really! That's what it says!). P. S. Steph deeply hates Neddy. They...2023-09-221h 01Basement Girls Horror Podcast10. Found Footage Horror, Part 2: Modern Found FootageScreenlife = Screamlife.
In this second installment of their found footage series, Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez discuss how recent innovations in the genre tap into our internet addictions and round-the-clock "screenlife" to create uniquely contemporary horror stories. Screamlife found footage films discussed include: Megan is Missing (2011), Unfriended (2015), Unfriended: Dark Web (2018), Searching (2018), Host (2020), and *sigh* Dashcam (2022). Also discussed: modern found footage in the form of online urban legends (Slenderman), Youtube videos (Marble Hornets and The Backrooms), and iconic found footage-y posts found on Twitter ("Dear David") and Reddit ("Pen Pal").
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Basement Girls Horror Podcast9. SPENCER Movie Review | With Adam D. JamesonIs she eating the g*dd*mn pearls?!
Author and film critic Adam D. Jameson joins Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez to discuss the horror and gothic elements of Pablo Larraín's princess Diana movie SPENCER (2021), written by Steven Knight, and starring Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sean Harris, and Sally Hawkins.
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Adam D. Jameson's website: https://adjameson.wordpress.com/
Buy I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing: Star Wars and the Triumph of Geek Culture by Adam D. Jameson: https://bit.ly/LackofFaithBG
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Basement Girls Horror Podcast8. Found Footage Horror, Part 1: The History of the GenreMy cam shake brings all the fans to the yard.
Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez present the history of found footage, a beloved sub-genre of horror, starting with its literary origins, and then discussing the earliest and most iconic FF horror films: David Holzman’s Diary (1967), Cannibal Holocaust (1980), The McPherson Tape (1989), The Blair Witch Project (1999), The Last Broadcast (1998), and Paranormal Activity (2007).
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basementgirls/support2022-06-211h 35Basement Girls Horror Podcast7. The Two Suspirias: Review of Dario Argento's Italian Horror Film SUSPIRIA (1977) and Luca Guadagnino's SUSPIRIA remake (2018) | With Bryce JeterDance until you die/get pretzeled.
Literature scholar Bryce Jeter joins Steph Grossman and Bianca Perez to discuss the similarities and differences between Dario Argento’s original Suspiria (1977), and Luca Guadagnino’s remake of it (2018), written by David Kajganich, and starring Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton (who goes above and beyond—as always—playing not one but two witches, and also an 82-year-old man).
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basementgirls/support2022-02-071h 30Basement Girls Horror Podcast6. My Favorite Horror: Interview with Alex Amick, Editor of the Western Horror Film THE WINDAlex Amick, editor of the feature film The Wind, joins us to discuss breaking into the movie industry via film editing, what it was like on the set of The Wind (hint: it involved creepy night horses…), and her favorite horror, The Witch.
The Wind (which we reviewed in Episode 1) is a western horror film set on the American frontier, where a woman is left to deal with the darkness of the prairie—and her own mind.
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Watch The Wind on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81034728
Alex Amick's port...2021-08-051h 35Basement Girls Horror Podcast5. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Book and Movie ReviewWe really, really need to talk about Kevin.
Steph Grossman and Bianca Perez discuss the differences between Lionel Shriver’s 2003 novel WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN and the 2011 film adaptation of it directed by Lynne Ramsay, and starring Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, and kids who look exactly like Ezra Miller.
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Check out the Basement Girls Soundtrack playlist on Spotify, which features songs from WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, and other deep, dark music: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1OrzgiZQR2VrVXt0Ljfl5S
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Support this po...2021-05-191h 32Basement Girls Horror Podcast4. Whatnot Minisode: Phoebe Fucking BridgersBeing punishers for Punisher.
In this first-ever Whatnot Minisode (45 mins instead of the usual 90 mins, lol) Steph Grossman and Bianca Perez take a break from discussing horror films and instead “fangirl” over Grammy-nominated musician, Phoebe Bridgers, and her haunting horror/true crime inspired music.
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Check out the Basement Girls Soundtrack playlist on Spotify, which features a bunch of Phoebe Bridgers songs and other deep, dark music: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1OrzgiZQR2VrVXt0Ljfl5S
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basementgirls/support2020-12-3142 minBasement Girls Horror Podcast3. A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT Movie ReviewLearning to skateboard in Bad City (if you’re a vampire).
Steph Grossman and Bianca Perez discuss genre-bending Iranian vampire film A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014), written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, and starring Sheila Vand and Arash Marandi.
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Check out the Basement Girls Soundtrack playlist on Spotify, which features songs from A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, and other deep, dark music: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1OrzgiZQR2VrVXt0Ljfl5S
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basementgirls/support2020-10-261h 36Basement Girls Horror Podcast2. CHILD'S PLAY Movie Review: "Facing our Chucky fears"Facing our Chucky fears.
Bianca’s big brother, Hector Perez (the creator of our snazzy intro music) joins us to discuss the original CHILD'S PLAY film (1988), directed by Tom Holland, written by Don Mancini, and starring the mom from 7th Heaven.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basementgirls/support2020-07-311h 28Basement Girls Horror Podcast1. THE WIND Movie Review: "There's something about prairie"There's something about prairie.
Steph Grossman and Bianca Perez discuss the movie THE WIND (2018), a horror western directed by Emma Tammi, written by Teresa Sutherland, and starring Caitlin Gerard.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basementgirls/support2020-07-291h 25Basement Girls Horror PodcastIntro to Basement Girls Horror (and Whatnot) PodcastIn this "first" episode, meet your resident Basement Girls, writers Bianca Perez and Steph Grossman, as they talk about why they love horror films, dark literature, basements, and hot Cheetos.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basementgirls/support2020-07-2851 min