Little Dead Aliens

Little Dead Aliens

Join your host, Ben, as he watches The X-Files and gives horror movie recommendations based on the themes, tropes, style & vibes of each episode. Featuring horror-loving guest hosts you are in for a scary good time! Brought to you by The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective every other Friday.

Episodes

June 5, 2026 48 mins

This week I am joined by queer horror expert Sean Abley for season one episode Gender Bender. We give some recs for seducing killers and creepy cults and also talk about the trans-ness of this episode.

#HAPPYPRIDE

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Things are going to get HOT this week. I am joined by Gavin to talk about season one episode Fire, iconic fire scenes in horror and much more!

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May 8, 2026 27 mins

Today I talk about a bunch of killer kid and clone movies to go along with Eve. This episode is a fan favorite and even inspired a 90s band!

And if you would like to fill out the Glitterjaw listener poll & enter to win a 50$ gift card:

https://bit.ly/GlitterjawPodSurvey

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April 24, 2026 25 mins

This week I give horror movie recs for Season One episode Space. I talk about the face on Mars (and my theory), space ghosts (not the cartoon one), possessions, sabotage & astronauts in situations that go very badly.

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April 10, 2026 41 mins

This week I am joined by Comic Book Bears & Bear Cave of Horror host Steve Mowry to discuss season one episode Ice. We talk about "The Thing" of it all, paranoia, and one of my favorite horror tropes: "snowed in!"

So, don't trust anyone and DO NOT drink that bottle of vodka you found in a sunken soviet space station!!!

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March 27, 2026 32 mins

This episode is about season one, episode number seven: The Ghost In The Machine!

I give some movie recommendations about malicious AI and killer robots!

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March 13, 2026 53 mins

In this episode Cass (co-host of the Star Wars podcast Distant Echoes) and I talk about season one episode Shadows! We discuss lots of spooky spirits in movies and talk about our favorite ghost movies!

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February 27, 2026 30 mins

In this episode I give horror movie recommendations based on X-Files season 1 episode 5: The Jersey Devil. I also talk about the urban legend of the Jersey Devil and the history of how it changed over the years.

Here is a link to an article on reddit that I mention & found very helpful & interesting:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/1ix4iec/bigfoot_vs_the_jersey_devil/

Also a note/correction:

I mentioned that Th...

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February 13, 2026 47 mins

In this episode I am joined by Doug Fink (from The Glitterjaw Collective) to talk about The X-Files episode Conduit & give some horror movie recs!

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January 30, 2026 41 mins

Derek B. Gayle from The Glitterjaw Collective joins me to talk about S01E03: Squeeze. We'll give some recommendations for horror movies that fit the vibes of the series' first monster of the week, Tooms!

As promised: I did look more into the etymology of PHrogging VS. Frogging and there doesn't seem to be a clear or consistent reason it is spelled with a PH but the spelling of frog as phrog does seem to have started as slang for a f...

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January 23, 2026 41 mins

I talk about all the horror movies I watched in 2025 and at the end I give my TOP 10 and speculate if Mulder and Scully would enjoy those movies!

A spread sheet of all the movies I mention:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AvQ8vzMEvAaQX_jDpVqJsiMItdPTUiJZuzEbtvKkNCA/edit?usp=sharing

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January 16, 2026 18 mins

This week your host, Ben, gives recommendations for horror movies based on the very first episode of The X-Files - "Pilot" or Coma Kid Assists Alien Abductions

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January 9, 2026 2 mins

A quick introduction to Little Dead Aliens; a podcast about The X-Files and horror

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