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Jessica's Monthly Pick: My Best Friend’s Exorcism
Synopsis: The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of...
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Sep 3, 20203 min read


The Rise of the Female Vampire
Blog Post by Jessica In the third month of I Spit on Your Podcast, I wrote a blog post about the role of female vampires in such films as...
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Aug 30, 20205 min read


Kelly's August Pick: Let the Right One In (2008)
August is, unfortunately, our last visit to Sunnydale for the podcast. So not only is it a celebratory month for Buffy the Vampire...
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Aug 4, 20203 min read


LSJTD: The Human Centipede (2009)
Once a month, Kelly dares Jessica to watch a film surrounding the monthly theme. These challenges are meant to scare, or unsettle,...
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Aug 3, 20201 min read


Midsommar: A Cautionary Tale
Blog post by: Jessica Ari Aster’s folk horror film Midsommar (2019) tends to garner a variety of reactions from people -- it is a film...
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Jul 26, 20207 min read


The Vulnerability of the Female Corpse
Editorial by Kelly CONTENT & TRIGGER WARNINGS.... In the horror genre, we are not strangers to violence inflicted upon human bodies; they...
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Jul 20, 202012 min read


LSJTD: Goodnight Mommy (2014) - FAN PICK!
Once a month, Kelly dares Jessica to watch a film surrounding the monthly theme. These challenges are meant to scare, or unsettle,...
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Jul 12, 20202 min read


Jessica's July Pick - BLISS (2019)
When Shudder Canada added Bliss to their catalogue I was very excited. I watched it that very night and was blown away! I have been...
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Jul 4, 20203 min read


Il Demonio (1963)
Synopsis: Purif (Daliah Lavi) is a young woman who, after having her amorous advances rejected by a young man in her town (Frank Wolff),...
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Jun 27, 20206 min read


Kelly’s Taboo Terrors: Blood Feast (1963) & American Guinea Pig: Sacrifice (2017)
Follow Kelly’s exploration into the darkest recesses of horror. Once a month she takes a twisted turn and dissects the most graphic,...
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Jun 14, 20205 min read


Kelly's June Pick: Psycho (1960)
The 1960s contains a plethora of fantastic and revered horror films like Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby (1968) and Repulsion (1965); Bava’s...
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Jun 9, 20202 min read


LSJTD: Inside (2007)
Once a month, Kelly dares Jessica to watch a film surrounding the monthly theme. These challenges are meant to scare, or unsettle,...
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Jun 1, 20202 min read


Canadian IS a Genre: Wolfcop, Another Wolfcop, and the Joy of the Cult Film
Guest Post by: Anne Millar There is a seemingly unbridgeable divide between the two reputations of Canadian film making: the one stream...
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May 29, 202014 min read


Kelly's Taboo Terrors: Beyond Horror: The History and Subculture of Red Films (2019)
Follow Kelly’s exploration into the darkest recesses of horror. Once a month she takes a twisted turn and dissects the most graphic,...
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May 10, 20206 min read


Jessica's May Pick - Bitten (2001)
It’s confession time… I love horror literature! I devour spooky stories and horror novels by Shirley Jackson, Bram Stoker, Stephen King,...
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May 5, 20203 min read


LSJTD: Tusk (2014)
Once a month, Kelly dares Jessica to watch a film surrounding the monthly theme. These challenges are meant to scare, or unsettle,...
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May 4, 20201 min read


The Aesthetics of Witches : It's not so black and white... magic
Blog post by: Jessica Often when witches are either prominent in a movie or a side story of a television show, they are women dressed in...
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Apr 19, 20206 min read


How Does a Spinster Survive the Pandemic?
You are all probably wondering the same thing - "how will we get through this pandemic?" Or "what can I do to make this time easier?" For...
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Apr 17, 20205 min read


Kelly's Taboo Terrors: The Woman (2011)
Follow Kelly’s exploration into the darkest recesses of horror. Once a month she takes a twisted turn and dissects the most graphic,...
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Apr 12, 20206 min read


My Ode to Spooky Women - Kelly's April Pick
Currently listening to: Type O Negative - October Rust I consider myself a “spooky woman”; that means I like weird, dark, and unusual...
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Apr 7, 20203 min read
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