Out To Get You

Jan 13 2025 11 ep. 94 mins 10
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Unreliable Narrator Margot Mutter and Fantasy Academic Rebecca Gault plumb the depths of queer texts in horror, featuring a cast of all-star guests.

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10 - Ex Machina (2014) with Kat Overland

Jan 13 2025 108 mins  
In Episode 10 of Out To Get You, we are joined by Eisner Award-Winning Women Write About Comics' small press editor and writer, Kat Overland, to debug the soul of Alex Garland's 2014 psychological thriller, Ex Machina.Content Warning:This episode contains discussion of racism, medical/technological torture, slavery, colonialism, misogyny, dicks who have way too much money,

09 - The Wicker Man (1973) with Cathy G. Johnson

Oct 21 2024 127 mins  
In Episode 9 of Out To Get You, we are joined by award-winning cartoonist, printmaker, and educator, Cathy G. Johnson (Black Hole Heart, The Breakaways) to light a fire under the folk horror forebearer, 1973's cult classic, The Wicker Man, from Anthony Shaffer and Robin Hardy.Content Warning:This episode contains discussion of child sexual abuse and grooming, misogyny, colonial

08 - Alien (1979) with Taryn Freeman

Jun 25 2024 113 mins  
In Episode 8 of Out To Get You, we are joined by writer, academic, and paleontologist, Taryn Freeman, to gestate the horror that is Ridley Scott’s 1979 xenomorph masterpiece, Alien.Content Warning:This episode contains discussion of sexual violence, forced birth, misogyny, capitalist exploitation, colonialism, bodily fluids of various viscosities, and other topics that may be sen

Bonus Episode: The Z Word (2024) with Lindsay King-Miller

Jun 15 2024 34 mins  
In this bonus episode of Out To Get You, we are joined for Pride by author Lindsay King-Miller (Tiny Nightmares, The Jewish Book of Horror, more) to peel back the flesh of her intimate and vicious debut novel, The Z-Word! Content Warning:If you're with us in 2024, this one's pretty breezy.Drop in for a spoilers-free discussion of her electric queer apocalypse, as we dig in

07 - The Shining (1980) with Tucker Lieberman

Apr 20 2024 94 mins  
In Episode 7 of Out To Get You, we are joined by author Tucker Lieberman (Most Famous Short Film of All Time, It Came From The Closet) to open the doors on Stanley Kubrick's acclaimed 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's horror of the hearth, The Shining. Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of racism, genocide, domestic violence, ableism, misogyny, that old chest

06 - Scream (1996) with Karen Charm

Feb 08 2024 89 mins  
In Episode 6 of Out To Get You, we are joined by cartoonist and author of Four Years, Karen Charm, to dial in on the party line for 1996’s masterclass slasher send-up, Scream!Content Warning:This episode contains discussion of domestic violence, gaslighting, misogyny, the 90s, and other topics that may be sensitive for listeners.In this episode, we discuss living in the shadow of

05 - Titane (2021) with Brant Lewis

Nov 28 2023 120 mins  
In Episode 5 of Out To Get You, we are joined by writer and horror filmmaker, Brant Lewis, to talk about Julia Docuranu’s mechanophilic body-horror / psychological thriller, Titane!Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of graphic violence, pregnancy complications, self-managed abortion, body transformation, racism, ableism, transphobia, sexual violence, domestic abuse

04 - Fright Night (2011) with Zoe Tunnell

Sep 11 2023 83 mins  
In Episode 4 of Out To Get You, we are joined by co-writer and co-creator of the queer punk fantasy comic Blade Maidens, Zoe Tunnell, to talk about Marti Noxon's and Craig Gillespie's underrated, Great Recession reimagining of '80s cult classic, Fright Night!Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of homophobia, misogyny, sexual violence, substance abuse, agi

03 - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) with Gretchen Felker-Martin

Aug 09 2023 96 mins  
In Episode 3 of Out To Get You, we are joined by the author of Manhunt, and creator of The Deadlights Theater, Gretchen Felker-Martin, to talk about her upcoming novel, Cuckoo, and unpack the earthen grave of 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual violence and rape culture, racism and xenophobia, homophobia, colonialism, mi

02 - Sleepaway Camp (1983) with Lilah Sturges

Jun 20 2023 77 mins  
In Episode 2 of Out To Get You we are joined by writer @lilahsturges to ring in the summer and tackle one of film's most notorious depictions of trans bodies on film, Robert Hiltzik's controversial summer slasher, Sleepaway Camp! Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of transphobia, forced transitions, sexual assault and rape culture, homophobia, ableism, malad