Podcast
Progressively Horrified
Hosted by Jeremy Whitley · EN
A podcast that holds horror to standards horror never agreed to. Hosts Jeremy Whitley, Ben Kahn, Emily Martin and guests watch, read, listen to, and check out movies, tv shows, comics, books, art and anything else from the horror genre and discuss it through a progressive lens. We'll talk feminism in horror, LGBTQ+ issues and representation in horror, racial and social justice in horror, disability and mental health/illness in horror, and the work of female and POC directors, writers, and creators in horror. We're the podcast horror never agreed to take part in.
Check out our Letterboxd list of all our reviews here: https://letterboxd.com/jerwhit/list/progressively-horrified/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
39episodes
Episodes
Newest firstAll episodes
Repo: A Genetic Opera Rerelease (RIP Anthony Stewart Head)
2d ago01:57:50Tap to summarizeR.I.P. Anthony Stewart Head. Our love for you simply can not be expressed by any means other than sharing the episode where Jeremy goes on and on about your raw sexuality for like half an hour.Fear Level: Spoopy with a side of eTrigger Warnings: Director: Darren Lynn BousmanWriters: Darren Smith Terrance ZdunichStars: Alexa Pena-Vega, Anthony Stewart Head, Paul Sorvino, Paris Hilton, and Sarah Brightman and Nivek Ogre (Kevin Ogilvie)Repo: The Genetic Opera is a horror musical goth opera about a guy who repossesses organs, his sick daughter, a family full of underused character actors, and one very screamy grave robber. It's...a lot...but somehow also not enough. It is super weird though.Topics of Discussion:-Your favorite Spy Kid and Watcher/Librarian-Corpse battering rams-a little glass vial-a little glass vial-a little glass vial-GRAAAAAVES!-"You're at Nightmare Before Christmas and I need you at Rocky Horror Picture Show"-Tough guys don't spit blood, they just fall over dead-Have you heard of Sonny Corleone? No? GOOD!-MS Paint comic interludes-Literal mean puppet-We're on a string of movies that don't handle sex workers well. Oof.-Emily talks about Skinny Puppy-God, there's just so much potential here that you're not using.-We brainstorm half a dozen better versions of this movie using the same pieces they have here and and just arranging them differently-I say again, THE RAW SEXUAL ENERGY OF ANTHONY STEWART HEADRecommendations:-Evil Dead: The Musical-Carrie: The Musical-The Toxic Avenger: The Musical-Spiderman: Turn off the Dark-Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812-Zipperface: The Hobo Musical-Courtney Crumrin-The Crow-City of Lost Children-Skinny Puppy videos-Romeo + Juliet-Moulin Rouge-Phantom of the Paradise-Within Temptation- Black Symphony-Malice Mizer videos-Pink Floyd: The Wall-Bioshock-Deus Ex-Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex-Buffy Once more with feeling-The Rocky Horror Picture Show-Anna and the Apocalypse-LabyrinthFollow our guests:Joey BraccinoTwitter: @joeybraccinoPodcast: Talking ComicsFollow us on twitter @proghorrorpodFollow Emily on twitter @megamothEmily's Website: Megamoth.netFollow Ben on twitter @benthekahnPre-Order Ben's new book, Renegade Rule.Follow Jeremy on twitter @jrome58Visit his website at JeremyWhitley.comRSS Feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/progressively-horrifiedWebsite: https://progressivelyhorrified.transistor.fm/Join our Patreon at: patreon.com/progressivelyhorrified to support the show, get bonus episodes, early access to upcoming episodes, and a cool Progressively Horrified t-shirt.Come back next week to hear about Attack the Block!★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ JOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slayTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-surveySign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Le Vourdalak (aka Dick Spliters) with Jadzia Axelrod
3d ago01:30:45Tap to summarizeHappy Pride y'all!Frankly movie is not the gayest one we've ever covered, but it damn sure may be the queerest. We got a young Russian trans peasant girl longing just to be accepted, an aristocratic French fop, a witchy goth girl, and a vampire puppet who just wants you inside him. Buckle up because this one's wild!Who's responsible for this:Director: Adrien BeauWriters: Adrien Beau, Hadrien Bouvier, based on a story by Aleksei Konstantinovich TolstoyStars: Kacey Mottet Klein, Ariane Labed, Gregoire Colin, Cassili Schneider, Claire Duburcq, Gabriel Pavie, Erwan Ribard, Adrien Beau (voice of Gorcha)Go check out all of Jadzia's work including the new "Galaxy: As the World Falls Down" and "Justice League: Dream Girls" both from DC Comics: https://www.jadziaaxelrod.com/JOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slayTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-surveySign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Ghost Killer (aka Yakuza Ratatouille) with Jamie Noguchi
2w ago01:28:40Tap to summarizeOkay, but hear me out: what if you were an average college girl with average college girl problems and you got Ratatouilled by a Yakuza Ninja Ghost? That's the brave question that Ghost Killer dares to ask! And Jamie Noguchi is here to help us sort it all out!If you haven't already, go pick up Jamie and Jeremy's series "School for Extraterrestrial Girls" at your local book shop, comic book shop, or online! We can't wait for you to check it out!Who's responsible for this?Director: Kensuke Sonomura, only has two other films on the database, Bad City (2022) and Hydra (2019), otherwise mainly a stunt coordinator and fight choreographer Writers: Yugo Sakamoto, mostly known for “Baby Assassins” franchise (I guess? I didn’t look this up)Stars: Amari Takaichi (Baby Assassins, Apollo’s Song), Mario Kuroda (lots of TV shows), Masanori Mimoto (The Wrecking Crew, lots of action, including Baby Assassins. I might have to look up Baby AssassinsJOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slayTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-surveySign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →K-Pop Demon Hunters (aka Corn has its Connotations) with Maia Kobabe
3w ago02:18:42Tap to summarizeIt's Ben's birthday show and we're talking about something that is a horror movie in roughly the same percentage as Funny People is a comedy, it's K-Pop Demon Hunters!Listen to us as we marvel at the brilliant writing. Nod with us as we observe the nature of a completely abusive mentorship. Worry with us as we consider the troubling connotations of lore around this world that isn't fully built out in a way that makes us wonder if maybe our heroes aren't heroes at all. We're here to go in way too seriously deep on K-Pop Demon Hunters and we have a first time guest, the writer of Genderqueer, Maia Kobabe here to show us how it's done done done.Who's Responsible for this?Director: Chris Appelhans Maggie KangWriters: Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Maggie KangStars: Arden Cho, May Hong, Ji-young Yoo, Ahn Hyo-seop, Yunjin Kim. Ken Jeong, Lee Byung-hun, Daniel Dae KimJOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slayTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-surveySign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Dream House (aka Business Goose Confirmed) w/ Erica Henderson
4w ago01:45:20Tap to summarizeYears ago, when we first had Erica on the show the first time, she wanted to talk about the Hong Kong horror movie Dream Home, but it had disappeared from all the streaming platforms. Now, it's on Shudder and it's one of the most brutal horror movies we've ever seen.Who's responsible for this?Director: Pang Ho-CheungWriters: Pang Ho-Cheung, Derek Tsang, Chi-Man WanStars: Josie Ho, Ching Wong, Helen ToWhat should you check out next?Erica - Bloodsport, Riki-ohEmily - Lucid BlocksBen - American PsychoJeremy - Lesbian Space PrincessJOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slayTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-surveySign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Noroi the Curse (aka All the Dogs Die) w/ Carolina and Katharine Shuda
May 101:50:56Tap to summarizeThis week we are joined by our amazing new artist friends Carolina and Katherine Shuda - frequent contributors to the Monster High comics world to talk about a Korean found footage horror film in which nobody takes unhoused people seriously enough and the plasma worms are coming through the window to eat your brains. It's Noroi: The CurseWho is responsible for this?Director: Kouji ShiraishiWriters: Kouji Shiraishi, Naoyuki Yokota Stars: Jin Muraki, Rio Kanno, Tomono KugaWhat do we recommend?Katherine - Senritsu Kaiki FileCaroline - Cult, Kouji Shiraishi filmography, The BayEmily - The Wailing, Blair Witch Project, THe SUmmer Hikaru DiedBen - Gonjiam Haunted AsylumJeremy - Strange Harvest, Creep,JOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slayTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-surveySign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Weapons (aka Heat Seeking Naruto)
Apr 2001:52:38Tap to summarizeWell, when horror movies start picking up acting Oscars, we gotta cover em, right? And we already did Sinners, so it's time to talk about Weapons!Warning: if your triggers are: kids in danger, drug usage, needles, cops, or being absolutely wrecked by June Diane Raphael, this might be one to skip. Otherwise, it's a hella good movie.Who's responsible for this?Director: Zack CreggerWriters: Zack CreggerStars: Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong, Amy MadiganWhat do we recommend?Emily - The Witches (1980s)Ben - Willow, BarbarianJeremy - The Substance, Bring her BackJOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slayTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-surveySign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →AEW Blood and Guts 2025 (AKA Where are they hiding the blood packs?)
Apr 1002:13:59Tap to summarizeIt’s Wednesday and you know what that means! Progressively Horrified is coming at you live from Jeremy’s garage right here in beautiful Durham, North Carolina, with the podcast where we hold horror to progressive standards it never agreed to.But tonight we’re not talking about a horror movie, oh no, it’s Jeremy’s birthday podcast and as such, we are bringing you reactions from 2025’s AEW Blood and GutsI am your host Jeremy Whitley and we have a packed program here for you tonight!Joining me at the announce desk, my broadcast colleague, the non-binary nightmare, Ben Kahn. Ben, how are you tonight?And with us tonight, the North Bay Podcasting champion, the Megamoth, Emily Martin. How are you tonight Emily?JOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slayTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-surveySign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Velocipastor (aka Hinged Enough) with Tomi Trembath
Apr 301:47:24Tap to summarizeIt's time for our special crossover episode with Giant-Sized Violence and we are ready to talk about a man of the claw-thWho's responsible for this?Director: Brendan SteereWriters: Brendan SteereStars: Greg Cohan, Alyssa Kempinski, Jiechang Yang, Daniel Steere, and Fernando Pacheco De Castro as Frankie MermaidsRecommendations:Tomi - PG: Psycho Goreman, The Pizzagate MassacreEmily - Kung FuryBen - Black DynamiteJeremy - Chopping Mall, Slither, Petey WheatstrawJOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slayTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-surveySign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Bring Her Back (aka Columbia House Resurrection Collection) w/ Cullen Bunn
Mar 2301:21:55Tap to summarizeIt's THE Feel Bad Movie of 2025, making it to the podcast! Bring Her Back is a movie about Sally Hawkins being the absolute worst and tormenting poor children and just how for adults will go to justify doing whatever they wanted to do in the first place. Warning: This is a great movie that will make you very VERY upset. If your trigger is kids in danger, maybe sit this one out.Who's responsible for this?Director: Danny and Michael PhillipouWriters: Danny Phillipou, Bill HinzmanStars: Sally Hawkins, Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, Jonah Wren PhillipsRecommendations:Cullen - Blackcoat’s Daughter, Men, Lamb, HereditaryEmily - Lars Von TrierBen - BabadookJeremy - Weapons, TogetherJOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slayTake our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-surveySign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →