Horror Vanguard

Horror Vanguard

Ash and Jon are your guides as we delve through the crypts of Leftist politics and Horror films

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August 21, 2025 63 mins
Join us in this joyful jaunt into early modern history. An important content note: this one is very much concerned with serious depression. Support the show for less than the price of a dried fish head at patreon.com/horrorvanguard Tell us your favourite American TV shows at https://bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social
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A true movies rock moment Let us know your favourite traditional Irish dance at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social You can support the show for less than the price of a shot of whisky! Pitch in at: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard
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Movie reviews with Hideo Kojima. Discuss your favorite songs from the great American songbook with us at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social You can support the show for a fractiopn of what this movie lost at the box office! Pitch in at: at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard
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In order to discuss scary spiders, we must first turn our attention to tech investing in San Francisco. You can get access to this bonus episode and our entire back catalogue of bonus episodes on our Patreon page which is a thing you should do irrespective of your fear or love of larger-than-average spiders. Patreon.com/horrorvanguard if you dare. Discuss your favorite types of animal-centered horror films that are actually pro...
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The taxidermy owls aren't what they seem. Discuss your favorite types of taxidermy with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.horrorvanguard.com (It would have been up this week, but I accidentally let it sink into a mire.) You can support the show for less than the cost of any bird at: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Précis music: "Death Wish" by Aleksis Tristan Shaw (itch.io/profile/aleksis-tristan...
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Check out librarypunk: https://www.librarypunk.gay You can listen to us discuss The Day After Tomorrow today with the entire librarypunk crew! Discuss your favorite types of things you've gotten from your local library with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.horrorvanguard.com (website currently checked out by another patron) You can support the show for less than the cost of you can go, right n...
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Sonic the Hedgehog Discuss your favorite types of localized hauntings with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.horrorvanguard.com (website physically relocated to a undisclosed plot of land in rural England.) You can support the show for less than the cost of any one object seen in this movie! Go ahead and try this fun game at home then pitch in at: at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Précis music: ...
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Kyle and Jon continue their tenure as the HV tech-priests during the Age of Apps. Discuss your favorite types of rooms with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.horrorvanguard.com (website down to minimize collective screen time.) You can support the show for less than the cost of basically any app's subscription cost at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Précis music: "House of Undoing" by Aleksis Tr...
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We very nearly made this episode a clip show of the last three Friday the 13th reviews. Sustainability at its finest! Discuss your favorite Friday the 13th clip shows with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.horrorvanguard.com (This joke about the website being under construction is a hastily made rehashing of the previous four jokes about our website being under construction.) You can support t...
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Get the full episode (and quite possibly future discussions on mammalian sea life on our Patreon page! It's a Jaws Ripoff Isekaied into Moby Dick by way of Taxi Driver with the plot structure of Dragonball Z and the cultural poise of The Exorcist with a touch of Star Trek. This movie is incredible. Discuss your favorite sea life with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.horrorvanguard.com (A team...
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What do we make of the politics of FFVII's Avalanche? What game design fundamentals does The Golden Saucer teach us? How will Ash and Kyle unpack the idiosyncrasies of play experience and narrative design against the backdrop of larger, political and material, conversations? All of this and more in... a review of 1985's House? Discuss your favorite derailed Final Fantasy conversations with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/ho...
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In space no one can hear you scream, but they can hear you podcast! We're joined by Josh Boerman from Worst of All Possible Worlds to chat about a classic horror movie and finally get to the bottom of what that blue laser actually means... Listen to Worst of All Possible Worlds: https://www.worstpossible.world Keep up with Josh at: https://www.joshboerman.com on Bluesky @bosh.worstpossible.world Discuss your favorite mechani...
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Today's episode gets to the heart of a conspiracy so deep and so dark no one has covered it before: Mary Todd Lincoln is real and we have the eels to prove it! As always, you can get the full bonus episode (and literal years of bonus back catalogue episodes) over on our Patreon page! Discuss the best way to get into medical immortal eel futures during an uncertain market with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard....
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CD Eskilson, author of the new book of poetry Scream / Queen, joins the crypt to discuss poetry, Queer horror, and working with the monsters of our time. Order CD's book here: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/S/bo245013529.html Bookmark CD's website: https://www.cdeskilson.com/ Discuss the poetry of the gothic and the gothic of poetics with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social w...
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The legs are long, the vibes are necrotic, and the marketing campaign is locked away in the basement. Let's all gather 'round and find out what's up with these mysterious metal orb rattling around our collective head. NIC CAGE JUMP SCARE! Discuss HAIR METAL BABY YEAH with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ www.horrorvanguard.com (maybe work in progress here) You...
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We barely contained this one. Discuss barefoot podcasting with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can support the show for less than the cost of MAKING THE PERFECTLY SILENT ENTIRELY NOISELESS GRAIN SILO at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard
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We're joined by none other than Justin from librarypunk to discuss either a film about a zombie boyfriend or an unfinished fever dream from which aspects of our sanity will never awaken! Check out librarypunk on your podcast app of choice and on their website: http://librarypunk.gay/ Discuss other haphazard zombie makeup applications with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.instagram.com/horrorv...
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Want even more questioning? Get the full episode, and the ability to question us at your leisure, at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard! Never one to cut corners, here's the second ever Horror Vanguard Q&A Episode! Discuss your favorite questions (just in general, like types of questions, questioning, the history of questions, etc) with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.instagram.com/horrorvanguar...
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We've donned our festive novelty sunglasses to discuss the true meaning of the season: discussing Christological interpretations of the holidays and leveraging merchandising! Discuss your favorite types of novelty glasses with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ www.horrorvanguard.com You can support the show for less than the cost of 8 to 12 more sequels depending...
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Adam C. Jones from Acid Horizon joins us in the HV Crypt to discuss the movie Naked Lunch alongside his new book The New Flesh out now from Repeater! Catch Acid Horizon on your podcast app of choice and at their website: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ Order The New Flesh: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/new-flesh-life-death-data-economy Discuss your favorite types of new flesh with Horror Vanguard at...
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