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This week, we were going to take a break from Summerween to talk solely about Netflix’s new Jane Austen adaptation, but instead we’re bringing you the weirdest crossover known to man. It turns out Ti…
Blood of Elves, Chapter 3
This chapter is chock-full of what we like to call “big boy” conversations: discussions on fate, destiny, prophecy, trauma, and war all work together to create moving charac…
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Summerween programming to bring you a chilling discussion of Scott Derrickson’s latest release, The Black Phone. Our boy has done it again with one of the most un…
Blood of Elves, Chapter 2
Triss Merigold is the star of the show in this surprisingly special chapter. Sapkowski does it again with his knock-out female characters, as we follow Triss through her int…
Joel Anderson’s 2008 mockumentary-style horror film opened the door for a really spooky discussion – not just about ghosts, found footage, and masterful low-budget horror – but also about grief, loss…
Blood of Elves, Chapter 1 Guess who’s back, back again – it’s Sapkowksi babyyy!!! We’re finally back into the Witcher books and we are over the moon. The first chapter of Blood of Elves hooked us r…
Summerween Episode 4 is a Big Brain Deep Dive into a modern horror classic. Sinister (2012) was a rewatch for us, but we got SO much out of it this time around. The bulk of our discussion is centered…
Discussion of The Witcher, Season 1, Episode 8: “Much More”
I’m sorry, are we even watching the same show?? In a shocking turn of events, the Season 1 finale absolutely blew us out of the water. Gera…
Are you looking for a fun, scary, packs-a-punch home invasion horror movie?! You’ve come to the wrong place. This movie is not fun, and it is not entertaining. But boy, does it pack a punch. It is DE…
Discussion of The Witcher, Season 1, Episode 7: “Before a Fall”
This episode felt different than the others in this season: there’s no monster of the week, the plot stalled for about 45 minutes, and …
For our second episode of Summerween, we wanted to tackle a classic horror film. Hellraiser has been a big part of the horror zeitgeist for decades, and we were absolutely delighted to experience it.…
Discussion of The Witcher, Season 1, Episode 6: “Rare Species”
This episode brought more disappointment, so to structure our discussion we’re breaking down the changes made from original story to TV …
To kick off our first installment of Summerween (a whole month of horror to manifest the superior vibes of autumn), Cam and Maggie dive into a spoiler-free discussion of David Bruckner’s 2017 horror …
We so desperately want this show to be good, and this episode is definitely better than the last one, but they just can't seem to get Yennefer right. Most of our discussion centers around this one fu…
Grab your shine box and join us for a discussion of Goodfellas, which has become to Cam what Pride and Prejudice (2005) is to Maggie. It's got echoes, callbacks, punchlines, timelines, world class mu…
Well dear listeners, we have good news and bad news. The bad news is that this episode was a world class disaster. Calanthe was girl-bossed into oblivion, Sapkowski’s wonderfully crafted characters a…
Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man is bombastic, brutal, over-the-top popcorn entertainment - but it's also a remarkable story about poverty and puberty and how much we love our dogs. Cam takes a deep d…
Discussion of The Witcher, Season 1, Episode 3: “Betrayer Moon”
After two rounds of disappointment, this episode turned out to be an absolute treat. Geralt is finally the lead of his own show, and he…
To celebrate our one-hundred-and-fiftieth episode, we did a twenty-four-hour readathon! That's a lot of hyphens for a jaunty opening line. Join us as we discuss some truly fantastic art across a vari…
Discussion of The Witcher, Season 1, Episode 2: “Four Marks”
This episode is a strange cocktail - 3 parts Yennefer, 2 parts Ciri, and maybe just a salted rim of Geralt. We celebrate the great introd…