Just Ghoul With It

Jacob's Ladder

This week Nikki and Kate watched Jacob’s Ladder and discussed undercranking, heaven and hell in lighting, and being jumpscared by Macaulay Culkin.

 

Rated R

Blood, gore, audio gore, racial slurs, homophobic slurs, ableist slurs, ableism, institutionalization, needles/syringes, gun violence, PTSD

 

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Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon

Ava's Possessions

This week Nikki and Kate watched Ava’s Possessions and discussed the debunked gateway drug theory, neon lights, and outer demons.

 

Rated R

Content warnings:

Blood, gore, vomit, possession, death of an animal, hospital scene, institutionalization

 

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

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Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon

Byzantium

This week Nikki and Kate watched Byzantium and discussed the representation of sex workers in horror, classic seaside lighting, and very polite vampires.

 

Rated R

Content warnings:

Throat cut, beheading, blood, gore, audio gore, r*pe (offscreen/implied), hospital scene, needles/syringes, cancer

 

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

 

Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon

Oculus

This week Nikki and Kate watched Oculus and discussed the many uses of mirrors in horror, sterile and sickly lighting, and triple bamboozles. 

 

Rated R

Content warnings:

Blood, gore, finger mutilation, audio gore, death of a dog, child abuse, someone struggling to breathe, intimate partner violence, possession, gaslighting, animal abuse, choking, teeth damage, jump scares, mental institutionalization, self harm, death by suicide, anxiety attacks, flashing lights, ableism, fatphobia, gun violence

 

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

 

Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

Cuckoo

This week Nikki and Kate watched Cuckoo and discussed brood parasitism, the juxtaposition of welcoming colors and a hostile environment, and egg squiggles. 

Rated R for violence, bloody images, language, and brief teen drug use.

Content warnings:

Blood, gore, audio gore, body horror, stalking, gaslighting, sexual assault, someone struggling to breathe, car crash, gun violence, vomit, throat mutilation, seizures, kidnapping, jump scares, hospital scene, flashing lights/images

 

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

 

Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

Mama (2013)

This week Nikki and Kate watched Mama and discussed the story of Genie Wiley, scare chord repetition, and hair mops.

 

Rated PG-13 for violence and terror, some disturbing images, and thematic elements

Content warnings:

Child abuse, death of a child, intimate partner violence, blood, gore, audio gore, spiders, body horror, broken bones, seizures, hospital scenes, child abduction, someone falls to their death, jump scares, possession, ableism, mental institutionalization, suicide, flashing lights/images, car crash, drowning, gun violence 

 

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

 

Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

We Are What We Are

This week Nikki and Kate watched We Are What We Are and discussed the Donner-Reed Party, nature motifs, and how public school is the real hero here.

 

Rated R for disturbing violence, bloody images, some sexuality, nudity and language

Content warnings:

Cannibalism, blood, gore, audio gore, child abuse, someone is restrained, a head is squashed, cutting, someone struggling to breathe, jump scares, suicide, incest, terminal illness, gun violence

 

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

 

Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

The Void

This week Nikki and Kate watched The Void and discussed primary and secondary colors, twists on the cosmic horror subgenre, and also the utter betrayal of the closed captions. 

 

Content warnings:

Blood, gore, a head is squashed, body horror, someone is restrained, cutting, someone struggling to breathe, decapitation, someone is burned alive, amputation, eye mutilation, broken bone, seizures, finger/toe mutilation, audio gore, vomit, needles/syringes, self harm, hospital scenes, claustrophobia, shaky cam, flashing lights/images, jump scares, miscarriage/stillbirth, birth trauma, gun violence

 

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

 

Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

Smile

This week Nikki and Kate watched Smile and discussed ethical dilemmas, the majesty of the daxophone, and monotonous trauma. 

 

Rated R for strong violent content, grisly images, and language

Content warnings:

Death by suicide, blood, gore, audio gore, gaslighting, possession, death of an animal, child abuse, stalking, drug abuse, ableism, cutting, eye mutilation, someone is burned alive, body horror, a head is squashed, broken bones, damage to teeth, overdose, jump scares, vomit, hospital scene, self harm, dissociation, anxiety attacks, PTSD, flashing lights/images

 

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

 

Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist

I Saw the TV Glow

This week Nikki and Kate watched I Saw the TV Glow and discussed liminal spaces, the horror of feeling forced to apologize for your very being, and the Manscent. 

 

Content warnings:

Child abuse, intimate partner violence, cutting, self harm, blood, gore, someone is buried alive, ableism, someone struggling to breathe, asthma attack, panic attack, body horror, torture, kidnapping, clowns, vomit, deadnaming, homophobia, transphobia, cancer, suicidal ideation, body dysphoria, claustrophobia, PTSD (implied), jump scares, flashing lights/images, mentions of stroke, chronic illness

 

You can check out all of the past episodes as well as our extended episode notes on the Just Ghoul With It website, www.justghoulwithitpod.com 

If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! 

You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! 

 

Our intro and outro music was composed by Anthony Rocazella, on instagram @puffthemagicbassist