Scary Thoughts

Jan 30 2025 124 ep. 81 mins 164
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Hosts Marc Kate and Chad Lott discuss horror films, television, literature and philosophy.

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Scary Thoughts #124 - Nosferatu (Robert Eggers –2024)

Jan 30 2025 86 mins  
In this episode, we sink our yellowed fangs into Nosferatu (2024). It’s one of our best conversations in a while. Likely due to our occult powers ascending and a potent peasant stew of nicotine and caffeine. We talk about orthodox exorcisms, Lily-Ross Depp’s rise as an actor, supernatural penises, and what kind of undead creatures we’d like to be. Robert Eggers has o

Scary Thoughts #123 - The Substance (Coralie Fargeat – 2024) with Monique Jenkinson aka Fauxnique

Dec 16 2024 113 mins  
The Substance (2024) is a nearly perfect example of what we like in movies. It’s dripping with weighty ideas about bodies and power’s putrid hold on humanity. The director is an alluring French woman who appears to be a deep fan of all the dark shit we’re into. The actors are going for it hard. The effects are practical. It’s absurdly gory and fun. To conversate and

Scary Thoughts #122 - Alien3 (David Fincher – 1992)

Nov 19 2024 82 mins  
David Fincher’s first film, Alien 3 (1992), is a notorious example of studio meddlers clashing with an auteur-minded director, leaving a franchise in the khazi. It’s a shame, because xenomorphs are basically money makers. The film has some solid performances and a gloriously grimy setting. But alas, the film (both cuts) is a mess. The special effects are majorly downgr

Scary Thoughts #121 - Aliens (James Cameron – 1986)

Oct 13 2024 65 mins  
Alien$ made an enormous amount of money because James Cameron asked “What if there were a lot of aliens?” and “What if there were a ton of machine guns?” Answering “Yes, and” to these bold questions guaranteed a hit in the 80s. What a time to be alive! In this episode, we discuss Weyland-Yutani’s corporate culture, life in the Colonial Marines, the history of

Scary Thoughts #120 - Alien (Ridley Scott – 1979) [part two]

Sep 17 2024 48 mins  
Behold! In part two of our conversation about Alien (1979), we get more into speculative territory about UFO sightings, how a trillion dollar space-faring company might operate, and how notes from studio suits always ruin things. We get more into HR Giger’s influence on the film and his firm grip on 90s mall goth aesthetics. We also cover some advice about how to survive

Scary Thoughts #119 - Alien (Ridley Scott – 1979) [part one]

Aug 31 2024 60 mins  
Alien (1979) is a perfect movie. Which is why there is an entire Weyland-Yutani freighter worth of commentary about it. In this, our first ever two-part episode, we explore what makes the film exceptional and we explore the conversation around popular critical touch points—like Ripley’s panties. As working class heroes ourselves, we bring new thoughts to the class dyna

Scary Thoughts #118 - Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock – 1954)

Jul 23 2024 92 mins  
Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954) is responsible for dozens of film studies books and an inexhaustible number of undergrad student theses–and now a new episode of your favorite podcast featuring our unofficial third co-host Monique Jenkinson (AKA Fauxnique). We cover all of the hits: color theory, suspense, costuming, heroic ladies, weird cops, set design, relationships, wh

Scary Thoughts #117 - Fallout (2024)

May 16 2024 56 mins  
Chad and Marc return from the prison of their career commitments to the nihilist hellscape of Amazon Prime’s dystopic series Fallout Marc is a noob to this take on this apocalypse-as-western. His guide Chad, has spent some time building his own vault in the time-incinerating Fallout Shelter game. They discuss Walton Goggins’ reign, Prime vs. Netflix, Cormac McCarthy,

Scary Thoughts #116 - Clueless (1995)

Mar 22 2024 77 mins  
Clueless (1995) is one of those films that almost everyone has a soft spot for. It defined a time and place, riffed on a classic, upholds pretty good values, is extremely quotable, and makes you feel happy when you watch it (unless you are truly dead inside). So why are we covering it on a horror podcast? Well, it’s Marc’s favorite movie, and Chad prefers it to all horro

Scary Thoughts #115 - Rick and Morty, Season 7, Episode 10, Fear No Mort (2023)

Dec 24 2023 64 mins  
When faced with the recent dreary Christmas horror offerings of the past year or two, we felt nothing but apathy. Which is a terrible position to be in when you’re looking for a holiday episode idea. But fear not! Or rather—Fear No Mort—the season seven finale of Rick and Morty is pretty great. It sticks the landing on an overall decent season that could’ve been mu