Progressively Horrified

Progressively Horrified

A podcast that holds horror to standards horror never agreed to. Hosts Jeremy Whitley, Ben Kahn, Emily Martin and guests watch, read, listen to, and check out movies, tv shows, comics, books, art and anything else from the horror genre and discuss it through a progressive lens. We'll talk feminism in horror, LGBTQ+ issues and representation in horror, racial and social justice in horror, disability and mental health/illness in horror, and the work of female and POC directors, writers, and creators in horror.We're the podcast horror never agreed to take part in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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October 17, 2025 91 mins

Creators:

  • Director: Silas Howard
  • Writers: Becca Greene, based on a story by Wenonah Wilms
  • Stars: Riele Downs, Auli’i Cravalho, Chosen Jacobs, Asher Angel, Wayne Knight, Derek Luke, Tony Danza, Nicole Maines


Recs:

  • Emmanuel - I Don’t Understand You
  • Cam - Can’t Buy Me Love, Clueless, Mean GIrls, Sixth Sense, Ghost
  • Tomi - Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms, Assassination Nation
  • Emily- Monstrum
  • Ben - Mean GIrls
  • Jeremy - Death of a Unicor...
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  • Director:  Jane Schoenbrun
  • Writers: Jane Schoenbrun
  • Stars: Anna Cobb, Michael J Rogers, Turner Greeves


  • “Hey guys, Casey here. Today I’m going to be taking the World’s Fair challenge.”
  • Say “I want to go to the world’s fair” three times
  • Draw blood and wipe int somewhere, probably on computer
  • Watch strange video


  • One recommendation, doesn’t have to be related.
  • Guest - Mysterious Skin, Queer Projection, Kill J...
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Recs:

  • Nicole Maines Secret Six - Jadzia 
  • Morgan - Haley Piper, Gretchen Felker Martin
  • Tomi - Emma Jane’s Dream Eater (itch.io), The Castration Movie
  • Emily - Bit - Nicole Maines
  • Ryan - Citizen Dog (Thai Film)
  • Jer...
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September 27, 2025 4 mins

This week is a Patreon release week, so for all of those of you on Patreon, please hop over there and enjoy the full release of our Progressively Wach episode on Speed Racer featuring Jay Edidin (Host of Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men, writer, editor, lover of Speed Racer). This one is an incredible episode, so please enjoy this short preview and, if you want more, head on over to our Patreon and subscribe at: https://www.patreon....

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  • Director: Zach Lipovski, Adam B. Stein
  • Writers: Guy Busick, Lori Evans Taylor, Jon Watts
  • Stars: Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Rya Kihlstedt, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Tony Todd



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Tonight…well, I feel like we’ve talked a lot about vampire movies that feel too pg, that try to FEEL sexy without doing anything sexy in them. The weird crop of sexless vampire stories post Twilight. Well…this is not one of those. This is Park Chan-Wook’s bloody, sexy, and devastating “Thirst”


And our guest tonight, the writer of tons of comics including the series Wolfsbane and Infinite Dark, Ryan Cady.


  • Director: Park C...
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Join Jason's Returned Part 2 Kickstarter now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strutzart/returned-part-two-of-four

  • Director: Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, animation by Tori Hara and Topcraft (who would later form Studio Ghibli with Hayap Miyazaki)
  • Writers: Peter S. Beagle, adapted from his novel 
  • Stars: ALL OF THEM. Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin, Angela Lansbury, Tammy Grimes, Christopher Lee, Jeff Bridges, and a litt...
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This is the first and only free episode of Progressively Wach for everybody on our feed. If you want more Wachowski movie goodness, join the Patreon as we recap each and every Wachowski project! https://www.patreon.com/progressivelyhorrified


  • Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
  • Writers: The Wachowskis
  • Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence “Larry” Fishburne, Carrie Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joey PANTS




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Y'all ready to talk about the best movie in 2025? I ain't talking about the best horror movie in 2025, oh no. Just the best movie plain and simple. It's got an all star cast so good they got Michael B Jordan twice.


Kids, Sinners is gonna change your life. It's gonna make you think about vampires, music, and acting in whole new lights. Clear your schedules, because you're gonna want to talk to all your family, close friends, and ...

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  • Director: Ted Kotcheff (Weekend at Bernies, First Blood, Shattered Glass)
  • Writers: Evan Jones, Kenneth Cook, Ted Kotcheff
  • Stars: Donald Pleasance, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty


You ever lost all your money gambling and crashed out so hard you ended up fucking weirdly hot Donald Pleasance in his outback flop house shack after he eats kangaroo balls?


No?


Well, fucking keep it to yourself, okay? We've been going through it...

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  • Director: Wes Craven
  • Writers: Wes Craven
  • Stars: Brandon Quinton Adams (Moonwalker), Ving Rhames, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie



There are two Wes Cravens inside you: one is a very important and influential horror movie director who has changed the face of horror irrevocably forever. The other is a goofball who scores child murder with a slide whistle. The People Under the Stairs is a battle between the two of them where ...

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It's time for us to finally grant Ben's wish and set free the horror comedy that's been on their list since the first episode of this show: it's Tucker and Dale Vs Evil!


Our good friend and letterer extraordinaire Jodie Troutman is here to share in the laughs and the scares, but mostly just laughs, because Jodie doesn't do startling movies.


Prepare to spend some time in the woods with a man who is a bear and fall in love with...

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Jeremy, Ben, and Emily, joined by special guest Zander Cannon (@zandercannon on IG and Tumblr), throw it back to '08 with the found-footage style kaiju flick Cloverfield.


Recommendations:

Zander: Colossal (2016) and Shin Godzilla (2016)

Emily: Nope (2022)

Ben: War of the Worlds (2005)

Jeremy: A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)

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Woooo...okay, sorry. This was supposed to be out months ago, but there was technical difficulties and miscommunication and well...the spiral.


There is no more fitting episode to have been lost, but it has been reassembled from a dozen pieces after we fell victim to power loss and internet drops and everything else.


  • Director: Hiroshi Nagahama, Yuji Moriyama, Kouichirou Sohtome, Shigeki Awai with Production IG and Williams ...
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It's Ben's Birthday!

And to celebrate, they decided we all should tighten our belts and notch and dive into Troll 2!


Recommendations:

  • Joe - Fateful Findings (2013)
  • Ben - Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  • Jeremy - Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
  • Emily - Slaughterhouse Rock (1988)


And, if you want to learn more about Troll 2, you should check out Best Worst Movie (2009) - which is free on YouTube!

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July 2, 2025 89 mins
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June 30, 2025 106 mins
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June 29, 2025 117 mins
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June 28, 2025 175 mins
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