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Progressively Horrified

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.

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Update frequency
every 4 days
Average duration
102 minutes
Episodes
310
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Rec (aka Who Watches This?) w/ Jamila Rowser and Emmanuel Lipscomb

Rec (aka Who Watches This?) w/ Jamila Rowser and Emmanuel Lipscomb

Hispanic Heritage Month continues with another Spanish horror classic, the found footage heavyweight we can't agree how to say the name of "Red Circle Abbreviation for Record" or "wreck" or "R-E-C". …

01:27:33  |   Fri 22 Sep 2023
The Skin I Live In (AKA Trigger Warning Everything) w/ Amanda Meadows

The Skin I Live In (AKA Trigger Warning Everything) w/ Amanda Meadows

CW: Sexual Assault, Rape, Misogyny, Transmisogyny, Medical Torture

This melodramatic horror movie, original title La piel que habito, from Pedro Almodóvar (2011) comes with all of the trigger warnings…

01:45:56  |   Fri 15 Sep 2023
Yellowjackets (AKA Slow Burn Forest Murder)

Yellowjackets (AKA Slow Burn Forest Murder)

This is the episode where we finally talk about Yellowjackets, the f/f slow burn forest murder dual timeline Lost of the Flies soccer drama that you've been craving!
If tv has taught us anything it's …

01:29:24  |   Fri 08 Sep 2023
Shaun of the Dead (aka Timesplitters 2 or bust) with Will Robson

Shaun of the Dead (aka Timesplitters 2 or bust) with Will Robson

It finally happened! We sat down to talk about one of those movies we mention at least every three episodes, Shaun of the Dead! And we did it with a real Brit, the incredible Will Robson!
Want more Br…

01:30:34  |   Fri 01 Sep 2023
Wellington Paranormal (aka Does it Play Snake?)

Wellington Paranormal (aka Does it Play Snake?)

We're headed back to Wellington, New Zealand! It was the home of the original What We Do in the Shadows film (a show favorite) and now we pick up following the local police as they investigate a seri…

01:28:32  |   Fri 25 Aug 2023
Evil on Paramount Plus (AKA The ✝ Files)

Evil on Paramount Plus (AKA The ✝ Files)

What if, we did the X-Files, but instead of being a paranoid series about the FBI investigating weirds stuff, it was a super horny show about the Catholic church investigating weird demon shit? What …

01:26:38  |   Fri 11 Aug 2023
Dead End: Paranormal Park (aka The Horrors of Team Building) w/ Certified Kids!

Dead End: Paranormal Park (aka The Horrors of Team Building) w/ Certified Kids!

August is spooky tv month! We're starting it off right with a spooky cartoon whose two leads are a Jewish trans boy and an autistic Indian girl! It's Dead End: Paranormal Park, Netflix's too good for…

01:43:04  |   Fri 04 Aug 2023
They Live! (aka Kicking Butt Isn't for Multitasking)

They Live! (aka Kicking Butt Isn't for Multitasking)

It's Jeremy's birthday! And for his birthday he decided that The Horror Squad should watch They Live (1988) starring Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David.

There are definitely no subliminal messages in t…

01:07:01  |   Fri 28 Jul 2023
Hocus Pocus (aka Small Town Orgy Central) Ben's Birthday

Hocus Pocus (aka Small Town Orgy Central) Ben's Birthday

It's not gay, but it's for the gays, you know? Three fabulously witchy sisters can only come back when the blackflame candle is lit by a virgin. Thankfully, Salem, Mass. is chock-a-block with orgies.…

01:16:06  |   Fri 21 Jul 2023
M3GAN (aka Everything's a Frankenstein) with Alicia Whitley

M3GAN (aka Everything's a Frankenstein) with Alicia Whitley

It's not gay, but somehow it's for the gays?
Listen, it's hard to explain why or how M3GAN, a 2023 surprise hit movie about a killer AI robot is the best film of the year, but once you watch it you'll…

01:12:43  |   Fri 14 Jul 2023
Scream 5 (aka Five Cream!) with TJ Finecey

Scream 5 (aka Five Cream!) with TJ Finecey

There's Scream, the Screaquel, the Scrilogy, the Screaboot, Screarequel?

This one actually has gay people in it but somehow still doesn't match the raw gay energy of the first one? We really love this…

01:41:13  |   Fri 07 Jul 2023
Sissy (aka Authentically Queer Hyperviolence) with Morgan and Emmanuel

Sissy (aka Authentically Queer Hyperviolence) with Morgan and Emmanuel

Listen, I know when someone says there's a queer horror movie called Sissy, there's an immediate image that pops into mind. This is not that. This is a movie about a sapphic bachelorette party gone w…

01:20:00  |   Fri 30 Jun 2023
Bodies Bodies Bodies (aka Permission to Leave) with Joe Corallo

Bodies Bodies Bodies (aka Permission to Leave) with Joe Corallo

BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BODIES BOD…

01:09:57  |   Fri 23 Jun 2023
Hellraiser 2022 (aka Enough is a Myth) with Elana Levin and Frank A Smith

Hellraiser 2022 (aka Enough is a Myth) with Elana Levin and Frank A Smith

Trigger Warnings: sadism, violence, gaslighting, extreme gore, torture

Elana is back to raise a whole new generation of hell with us and they brought their partner Frank A Smith!  Y'all ready to talk …

01:40:20  |   Fri 16 Jun 2023
They/Them (aka Trans Kids LOVE Police) with Morgan

They/Them (aka Trans Kids LOVE Police) with Morgan

Trigger warning: conversion camps, conversion therapy, honey pots, shock therapy, aversion therapy, torture, nudity, transphobia, biphobia, homophobia, gaslighting, homophobic violence. rape, sexual …

01:31:50  |   Fri 09 Jun 2023
Knock at the Cabin (aka The Gay Marriage Apocalypse) w/ Kevin Ketner and Steve Seigh

Knock at the Cabin (aka The Gay Marriage Apocalypse) w/ Kevin Ketner and Steve Seigh

This week we're watching another movie from the guy that brought you the beach that makes you old, Knock at the Cabin (2023)

  • Director: M Night Shyamalan
  • Writers: Paul Tremblay, M. Night Shyamalan, Stev…
01:31:35  |   Fri 02 Jun 2023
Malignant (aka Super Mario Body Horror) with Dave Dwonch and Bronwyn Kelly-Seigh

Malignant (aka Super Mario Body Horror) with Dave Dwonch and Bronwyn Kelly-Seigh

Trigger Warnings: Domestic abuse, gaslighting, hallucination, torture, blood and guts, extreme violence, compound fractures, police, mental health.

They said it was impossible, but here's the movie wi…

02:01:39  |   Fri 19 May 2023
What We Do in the Shadows (aka The Weed and Mario Kart Department) with Carrie Tupper

What We Do in the Shadows (aka The Weed and Mario Kart Department) with Carrie Tupper

AAPI Heritage month continues as we highlight pacific islander director Taika Waititi and talk about the original film that spawned the FX tv masterpiece. Our friend Carrie Tupper joins us to talk ab…

01:23:02  |   Fri 12 May 2023
The Invitation (aka The Absolute Worst Vibes)

The Invitation (aka The Absolute Worst Vibes)

We open up AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Island) Heritage month by talking about our girl Karyn Kusama and The Invitation. 
You know how sometimes you have a tragic divorce and your ex runs off and…

00:44:15  |   Fri 05 May 2023
The Shape of Water (aka The Fish the F***s like a Man) with Bre Indigo

The Shape of Water (aka The Fish the F***s like a Man) with Bre Indigo

Sometimes you set out to make a fairy tale about monsters and end up with a touching portrait of an escapist child in the Spanish Civil War. And sometimes you end up with a story about a fish that fu…

01:12:00  |   Fri 28 Apr 2023
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