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COWABUNGA DUUUUUDES!!!! Zoë (of Season of the Bitch) and Ash (of Horror Vanguard) deep dive into the TMNT Cinematic Universe. Who is the horniest turtle? What are the turtles astrological charts? What is the leftist feminist interpretation of these art house cinema creations? You’re gonna have to listen to find out. TURTLE POWER! New podcast weblog
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We barely contained this one.Discuss barefoot podcasting with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/You can support the show for less than the cost of MAKING THE PERFECTLY SILENT ENTIRELY NOISELESS GRAIN SILO at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguardBy Horror Vanguard
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Kayte, Mae and our guest Rocco are in our shiny tendon suits and, uh-oh, we're in the nightmare mind of Vincent D'Onofrio? That's right, we are talking about Tarsem Singh's surrealist psychological horrror, The Cell. We talk about the lost art of music videos, Jennifer Lopez's unique empathetic heroism and unreal animation vs AI. Where to find Rocc…
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We're joined by none other than Justin from librarypunk to discuss either a film about a zombie boyfriend or an unfinished fever dream from which aspects of our sanity will never awaken! Check out librarypunk on your podcast app of choice and on their website: http://librarypunk.gay/Discuss other haphazard zombie makeup applications with Horror Van…
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Want even more questioning? Get the full episode, and the ability to question us at your leisure, at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard! Never one to cut corners, here's the second ever Horror Vanguard Q&A Episode!Discuss your favorite questions (just in general, like types of questions, questioning, the history of questions, etc) with Horror Vanguard …
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Then we'll all sing together, Society waits for you... This week on Tender Subject, it's finally time for the shunt! Kayte, Dave and our guest, comedian Gabe Pacheco, talk about Brian Yuzna's gooey satirical horror film Society (1989). We talk about Bodies without Organs, capitalism, Luigi Mangione and the possibilities of a Communist shunt. Media …
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We've donned our festive novelty sunglasses to discuss the true meaning of the season: discussing Christological interpretations of the holidays and leveraging merchandising! Discuss your favorite types of novelty glasses with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/www.horrorvanguard.comYou ca…
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This week on Tender Subject, Kayte and Jay are joined by Ash from Horror Vanguard to talk about Alison Rumfitt’s brutal novel Tell Me I’m Worthless. We talk about haunted houses, bodies and territories plus TERFs, RadFems and looming Fascism. Media referenced: ”Battlefield Exctacies” by Sophie Lewis, The Point Magazine. Capitalism: A Horror Story b…
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Adam C. Jones from Acid Horizon joins us in the HV Crypt to discuss the movie Naked Lunch alongside his new book The New Flesh out now from Repeater!Catch Acid Horizon on your podcast app of choice and at their website: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/Order The New Flesh: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/new-flesh-life-dea…
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Who's hungry? As you travel this week to your own Blood Feasts, we're taking another bite of an old favorite episode! Kayte and Jay are joined by noted Herschell Gordon Lewis expert LaborKyle to talk about the film Blood Feast (1963). In doing so, we summon Ishtar (which means we talk about all sorts of stuff like treating your artistic work as wor…
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There's a lot to say about the holodeck and how Trek treats Worf's complex character arch, but there's even more to say about French history and werewolves! Who knew!?Let's talk about Iron Chef: America, a movie for the whole family, and the lingering consequences of French colonialism! Share your Worf fanfic with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profil…
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This week, Kayte and Mae are joined by writer and professor Jo Isaacson to dissect the polarizing new body horror film by Coralie Fargeat, THE SUBSTANCE! We dig really deep, and discuss camp, old Hollywood and hagsploitation, Marxist alienation, unboxing videos and giving birth to a new beautiful monster. Sources mentioned: The Monstrous Feminine a…
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Enjoy the refreshing taste of Ash and Kyle discussing Len Kabasinski's Skull Forest! Discuss your favorite schools of karate with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/www.horrorvanguard.comYou can support the show for less than the cost of a weekend getaway with your best gals in the woods a…
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It's been six years of Horror Vanguard and it's time for some changes! Discuss your favorite past episodes with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/twitter.com/horrorvangaurdwww.horrorvanguard.comYou can support the show for less than the cost of 6 years of podcasting at www.patreon.com/hor…
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TRICK OR TREAT! It's Halloween! No one should be alone on this day, so we've got nearly 5 hours of Exorcist reviews to keep you company! Listen in wrapt terror as Jon guides us through every film from the iconic first Exorcist movie all the way to the profane Exorcist: Believer! Discuss your favorite possession-based horror movie franchise with bet…
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Mistress Snow returns to the HV Crypt for her 5th, 9th, or 60th appearance! Today, we're reviewing all three films in Ti West's X Trilogy: X, Pearl, and MaXXXine! We have wildly diverging takes, but there's one thing we can all agree on: GIVE THAT ALLIGATOR IT'S OWN SPINOFF MOVIE! Keep up with Mistress Snow on her website: https://doctrixsnow.com/M…
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In my restless dream, I hear that podcast. Horror Vanguard. You promised me a double-feature episode on both Silent Hill movies someday. And you finally did!Discuss your favorite fog machines with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/twitter.com/horrorvangaurdwww.horrorvanguard.comYou can su…
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This week on Tender Subject, Kayte, Jay and Dave have cooked up a feast of an episode on the demon barber himself, Sweeney Todd! Join us as we sink our teeth into the movie, the play, the sets, the songs and lots and lots of blood. Media referenced: “Is That Just Disgusting?" Mapping the Social Geographies of Filth and Madness in "Sweeney Todd" by …
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In my restless dream, I hear that podcast. Horror Vanguard. You promised me a double-feature episode on both Silent Hill movies someday. And you finally did! Discuss your favorite fog machines with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/twitter.com/horrorvangaurdwww.horrorvanguard.comYou can s…
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Long-time fans of the show will know that there are a few books we regularly cite in our discussions. One of those books is Mark Steven's Splatter Capital! Today, Mark joins Horror Vanguard to discuss one of the most popular and commercially successful splatter films: Terrifier! Follow Mark Steven: https://twitter.com/multimimeticaCheck out Splatte…
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In honor of Texas Chainsaw's 50th anniversary and Jo's Post45 cluster (Kayte's collage is in it!) we are re-publishing our TCM episode. Enjoy! Did somebody order head cheese? If you did, you're in luck! This week, we're joined by Johanna Isaacson, author of Stepford Daughters: Weapons for Feminists in Contemporary Horror, to talk about the one, the…
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Jay and Kayte are joined by Carlee from Hit Factory podcast to talk about a movie near and dear to all of our hearts, Julie Taymor's brutal and gorgeous Shakespeare adaptation, Titus (1999). We discuss intentional anachronisms, faithfulness to texts, how Victorians tried to re-brand Shakespeare (and the Classical Era!) and heroes and villains. This…
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Get access to the full episode on our Patreon Page: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguardHV Classic goes undercover into the deregulated confections industry to break the story on the horrible abuses behind your favorite Willy Wonka brand candies. Can we find some proto-utopian prefigurations in this post-scarcity candyland or is it all dystopian refuse a…
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We're joined by Audrey and Donovan from Radio Free Tote Bag to review Shaun of the Dead and give dating advice to anyone else struggling to find the one during the end times. Listen to Radio Free Tote Bag here: https://radiofreetotebag.castos.com/Ash has been on RFTB twice and you can find those episodes here: https://radiofreetotebag.castos.com/ep…
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The first theory-driven horror movie review podcast to be in 3D if you count the meta-narrative 4th wall break of your visual experience while listening to the show as an immersive multidimensional element... Spooky! On the plus side we have a great van to hang out in as we discuss gender, cinema, and slashers. On the downside we have the 3rd Frida…
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Facehuggers, Xenomorphs, Offspring, oh my! This week Kayte and Mae are joined by writer/educatrix Tina Horn (@tinahornsass) to talk about our favorite body horror scenes in the Alien Franchise! We're talking about guts, gore, psychosexual horror and more in our longest, rowdiest episode yet! But hey, we watched SEVEN alien movies in a week for you!…
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What is poetry? How is sculpture? When is art? Who is Roger Corman? Why are buckets? Snapsnapsnapsnap.The made for TV remake comes for us all when we discuss: Bucket of Blood!Discuss your favorite beat poets and/or sculptors with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/twitter.com/horrorvangaur…
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Your ghosts, I mean hosts, loved Off Ramp so much we invited Writer/Director Nathan Tape and star Scott Turner Schofield for an interview! Our review was spoiler free, but this interview isn't! We dig into some of the film's most moving moments, behind the scenes influences, and fun Faygo facts! Off Ramp is now available on streaming platforms and …
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It's a beautiful day.Discuss your favorite technically a musicals with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/twitter.com/horrorvangaurdwww.horrorvanguard.comYou can support the show for less than the cost of one emotionally moving John Wick musical at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard…
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Kayte and Jay and guest R.E. Parrish are zipping up our wyrm-skin jumpsuits and plunging into the gnostic fantasy that is Elytron Frass' Moieties. We talk about Ergodic literature, Ero Guru nansensu, the history of gnosticism, the book as tactile object and all sorts of other esoteric weirdness. Media referenced: "The Erotic Japanese Art Movement B…
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Get access to the full episode on our Patreon Page: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguardAfter surviving the Pepsi Agony, the Kyle-satz Haderac embarks on a cinematic adventure with Reverend Mother Ashley Helen Mohiam and Jon Idaho to discovery the mystery of what's happening to all of the magic and poorly explained precognitive South American spiders. Br…
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It's Horror Vanguard Classic with Ashley and Jon discussing a 70s documentary about bigfoot researchers! Discuss your favorite absolutely literally real cryptids with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/www.horrorvanguard.comYou can support the show for less than the cost of losing that onc…
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Jon and Kyle are back at it with a tasting menu of discourse!Discuss your favorite types of normal human food Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/www.horrorvanguard.comYou can support the show for less than the cost of being denied, for the fifth time, to co-host a cooking show with Gordon …
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Jon and Kyle slither into discourse with a discussion on very big snakes and very gothic theology! Discuss your favorite types of slime with Horror Vanguard at:www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/You can support the show for less than the cost of losing the hot rod race with your fellow greasers at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard…
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"The End of the World is Nuts" Writer J †Johnson joins Kayte and Mae to talk about the beautiful and bloody novel Manhunt by Gretchen Felker Martin. We talk about how refreshing it is to read a gender apocalypse book that doesn't deal in binaries. Plus: don't trust rich libs, incredibly hot sex and how to build community at the end of the world. Me…
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Enjoy the refreshing taste of Ash and Kyle discussing Len Kabasinski's Skull Forest!Discuss your favorite schools of karate with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/www.horrorvanguard.comYou can support the show for less than the cost of a weekend getaway with your best gals in the woods at…
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We hereby convene the second meeting of the Blobtology Department with an ur-blob, 1958's The Blob!Discuss your favorite types of slime with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.socialwww.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/www.horrorvanguard.comYou can support the show for less than the cost of losing the hot rod race with your fellow …
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Guys, are cars bad? We ask this and so many other important questions as we dig deep under the hood of Julia Ducournau's oil slicked film, Titane with writer Sophie Lewis (@reproutopia) We're talking about abjection, family abolition, gender fluidity and what it means to f*ck a car. Let's ride! Sources referenced: Return of the Monstrous-Feminine: …
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To celebrate the launch of Jon's new book, Capitalism: A Horror Story, we discuss the entire Purge franchise! Order Jon's book here: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/capitalism-a-horror-story-gothic-marxism-and-the-dark-side-of-the-radical-imagination/Discuss your favorite off-the-rack Halloween costumes with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/ho…
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We're on the path to the Black Lodge, but first we need to solve a puzzle, write some poetry, and prune our bonsai tree.Let's jump in to episode 25 "On the Wings of Love," 26 "Variations on Relations," and 27 "The Path to the Black Lodge."Discuss your favorite sequential discovery puzzles with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky…
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This episode is a wild ride that takes us through French cinema, colonialism, DC Hardcore, gaze, and just about everything in between. Join us for our review of Saint Omer!Discuss your favorite hardcore bands with Horror Vanguard at:www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/www.horrorvanguard.comYou can support the show for less than the cost of a first edi…
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We're on the path to the Black Lodge, but first we need to solve a puzzle, write some poetry, and prune our bonsai tree.Let's jump in to episode 25 "On the Wings of Love," 26 "Variations on Relations," and 27 "The Path to the Black Lodge."Discuss your favorite sequential discovery puzzles with Horror Vanguard at:bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky…
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Press play on your PJ Harvey cassette tape, we are talking about season 1 of Yellowjackets with writer Madeline Lane-McKinley! We dissect themes of adolescence, maenadism, fandom and ‘90s culture. Plus! Are teenage girls really that mean? Is there enough cannibalism in Yellowjackets or just enough? Buy Madeline’s book Comedy Against Work here Pre-o…
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For-profit health care? Alienation? England!? Today's horror movie has all the chills one heart could bear. Discuss your favorite hair shirt brands with Horror Vanguard at:www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/www.horrorvanguard.comYou can support the show for less than the cost of live-in medical care work at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard…
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