28 Days Lady-er (Sophie Day)

This week we're diving into the South Korean film, Burning. We're talking about one of Hannah's longest enduring loves, and perpetual thirst trap, Steven Yeun.

Resources:

• How Burning Captures the Toll of Extreme Inequality in South Korea - The Atlantic
• Burning Is the New Thriller About Toxic Masculinity That You Didn't Know You Needed - Vogue
• South Korea's Lee Chang-dong on the Many Mysteries of 'Burning' - The Hollywood Reporter

In Ladyer News:

• Stacey Abrams, Vampire Slayer
• Fair Fight

In which we talk about zombies, musicals, adult awkwardness, and Hannah's skin routine.

It our first episode bay-beh! Sophie and Hannah introduce their new show and discuss the straight to Netflix movie "Secret Obsession."

The ladies continue their belated Women in Horror Month/Black History Month series with the Shudder original, LUCKY.

Links:

• Shared trauma manifests as a serial killer in Lucky - The Pitch
• Tananarive Due Instagram

This week, the ladies have an important announcement about scheduling, plus some surreptitious recordings of our roadtrip!

I know we don't do homework anymore, but we would like to very strongly recommend that you check out Horror Noire (streaming on on Shudder). 

Links:

Black Women Writing about Horror:

• The Sunken Place - UCLA Class
• Tananarive Due 
• Graveyard Shift Sisters
• Ashlee Blackwell 
• Robin Means Coleman

Resources for White Folks:

• A Decade of Watching Black People Die - Code Switch
• Trevor Noah responds to the murder of George Floyd
• What "Abolish the Police" Means - Today Explained
• The Talk - Today Explained
• American Police - Up First
• How to be a good white ally, according to activists - Vox
• Showing Up for Racial Justice

Places to Donate:

• George Floyd Memorial Fund
• Minnesota Freedom Fund
• I Run with Maud
• Justice for Breonna
• National Bail Out Fund
• Unicorn Riot

This week, Sophie and Hannah unpack religion and sexuality as they discuss Charles Laughton's 1955 film The Night of the Hunter. 

CW - Sexual assault

Links Discussed this Week:

• The Greatest One-Off Movie in History
• Switchblade Sisters - Night of the Hunter
• The Appeal Podcast - Locking up women for killing their rapists
• How Far Can Abused Women Go to Protect Themselves

This week, the ladies are joined by the delightful CC to discuss girl gangs,  kegels, and the pressure on female-helmed blockbusters. 

Resources:

• Doja Cat's Guide to E-Girl Beauty - Vogue
• ‘Birds of Prey’ Star Margot Robbie Reveals Why She HAD to Give Harley Quinn Her Own Film - Rotten Tomatoes
• How Margot Robbie, Christina Hodson and Cathy Yan set Harley Quinn free in ‘Birds of Prey’ - LA Times
• Margot Robbie on ‘Bombshell,’ ‘Birds of Prey’ and How She Fell in Love With Harley Quinn - Vanity Fair
• The unfair pressure for Birds of Prey to be a great feminist superhero movie  - Vox
• A Birds Of Prey Hashtag Is Trending With Solid Reasons To Support Harley Quinn's Movie - CinemaBlend

In which we finally discuss The Turning!

Links:

• Milkshakes and Mimosas
  
• Triassic Park
  

In another special episode, Sophie is joined by her friend Kat, a fledgling horror fan, to discuss Scream!

Links:

• Dovey Johnson Roundtree 

This week, Sophie and Hannah talk butts, Scientology, and The Invisible Man!

This week, the ladies learn that sometimes you can go stir crazy even with all the space in the world.

Links:

• Toronto Film Review: ‘The Wind’ - Variety
• The Wind Review - Bloody Good Horror
• Pit Bull is the Best Mom to All These Rescue Animals  - The Dodo

Ready to get hot and squishy? Neither were we!

Links:

• A Celebration Of DEMON KNIGHT’s Unlikely Hero Jeryline - Nerdist
• Black Final Girls...& Other Musings - Graveyard Shift Sisters
• 10 Most Anticipated Horror Movies Coming to Theaters in 2021 - Screen Rant

We meant to record this episode during the holiday season, but we didn't, so you can have it now!

This week, we dive into empathy, gas lighting, and catharsis with Ari Aster's 2019 film, Midsommar.

Links discussed this week:

• PRIMAL SCREAM: BONDING, CULTS, AND FAMILY IN MIDSOMMAR 
• Midsommar's ableism resurrects the dark history of eugenics-inspired horror
• ‘Midsommar’ Mythology Explained: Separating Folklore Fact from Fiction
• https://screenrant.com/midsommar-hidden-details/
• Virginia May Ratify The Equal Rights Amendment. What Would Come Next Is Murky
• Ordinary Equality podcast
• Chasing Cosby podcast

This week, Sophie and Hannah disagree about the movie, but ultimately come back together on how beautiful a good clavicle is.

Links:

• Staying In with Emily and Kumail
• Jeremy Gardner, Remember That Name - Haven Magazine
• Interview: Directors Jeremy Gardner and Christian Stella Talk Tribecca Hig SOMETHING ELSE - Dread Central
• Switchblade Sisters Episode 127: BRICK with SELAH AND THE SPADES Director Tayarisha Poe
• SELAH AND THE SPADES is a high school movie crossed with a mob drama, inspired by Rihanna - Vox

As Women in Horror Month draws to a close, we talk about some of the badass babes who are shaking up the genre and make us proud to be horror fans!

Discussed this week:

• Issa López
  
• Rita Mae Brown
  
• Coralie Fargeat
  
• Leigh Janiack
  
• Rose Leslie in Honeymoon
  
• Jane Levy in Evil Dead (2013)
  
• Jay in It Follows
  
• Sydney in Scream
  
• Switchblade Sisters
  
• Faculty of Horror
  
• She Knows
  
• Grim
  

In Ladyer News:

• The Media Is Once Again Failing A Female Victim Of Domestic Violence
  
• Murdered mum Hannah Clarke told police everything she could about her killer husband in the moments before she died
  

This week, we discuss ghosts, Grudges, and men with bad opinions.

Hannah's back!! This week, the ladies discuss the horror short Outside, as well as recommendations for self-care.

Links:

• Nerd Appropriate Podcast, featuring Amy Acker
• Angel Star Amy Acker and husband film twisty sci-fi horror short 'Outside' during quarantine - SyFy
• Lights Out

In which we discuss the 1982 classic, The Slumber Party Massacre and the ways in which we all leave our mark on the world.

This past weekend, Sophie was out camping and ran across two old ladies who just wanted to party and watch horror. They join Sophie to review Hubie Halloween.

This week, CC joins Sophie to talk about Promising Young Woman. Buckle up!

Links:

• For women, running is still an act of defiance - The Economist
• Grim Magazine

Another exciting episode about an absurdist movie with weird jokes!

Links:

• ‘Knives And Skin’: Jennifer Reeder’s Experimental Feminist Film Puts The “Fun” In Funereal - The Playlist
• Signature Moves - IMDB
• Episode 108: ‘Safe’ with ‘Knives and Skin’ Director Jennifer Reeder - Switchblade Sisters
• The Killing of Breonna Taylor Part 1 - New York Times
• The Killing of Breonna Taylor Part 2  - New York Times

This week we're joined by ANOTHER Sarah (I know right, what an embarrassment of riches)! We talk Poltergeist, Reaganomics, and the gender politics of horror.

Links:

• Andy Visits Guillermo del Toro's Bleak House - Team Coco
• Billie Eilish's Body Is Not Ours to Claim - bitchmedia

Hannah's off this week, so Sophie invited her horror twin Evan Slead to join her for a ghost movie!

Links:

• Thor's Hour of Thunder Podcast: Cursed
• Switchblade Sisters: The Others
• Podslash Podcast

This week, Sophie and Hannah are joined by a very special guest...THEIR MOM! (Head's up, there were some recording issues on this episode. Audio quality is good, but there are some cuts and edits to bring things together).

Links:

• 360* Rainbow in Philadelphia, PA
• For our brother's Quarantine Hot Takes, follow __laurwhiteeeeon Instagram

This week, the ladies are getting deep into some suburban weirdness. Won't you come along?

Links:

• Greener Grass - Wikipedia
• After backlash for not kneeling with NWSL teammates, Rachel Hill explains why she didn't join racial inequality protests - YahooSports
• Anti-Black Imagery - Ferris State University
• Were Lawn Jockeys Used as Underground Railroad Symbols? - Snopes
• Here's What You Need to Know About Breonna Taylor's Death - New York Times

This week, Sophie and Hannah jump back into childhood crushes and horror roots with the 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie Don't Look Under the Bed.

Links:

• Roasted Brussels Sprouts Bowls - Budget Bytes
• 90S NOSTALGIA HORROR PART 2: DON'T LOOK UNDER THE BED - A Boos/Booze Situation
• A Brief History of Anxiety: Yours and Mine - Patricia Pearson
• A Real Nice Lady

This week, we are joined by our dear friend Ashley Campbell, host of the Religionish podcast, to discuss one of our faves, The Final Girls! Please join us for this thirsty, silly, love-fest.

Links:

• Adam Devine and Blake Anderson Read Thirst Tweets
• Big Freedia's Gospel Brunch
• Ryan Heffington's Sweatfest on Instagram

This week at brunch, we're talking Drop Dead Gorgeous, female friendship, and the horrors of beauty pageants.

In the first installation of our Women We Admire segment, we focus on the absolutely enchanting Jenny Slate and her Netflix special "Stage Fright," plus ghosts and mental health!

This week the ladies discuss Bliss, an experience that was anything that blissful. 

This week we have a VERY special episode featuring our brother Ryan! We're bending the rules a little bit this week and covering an episode of TV, but we promise it's worth it.

Links:

1. Ava DuVerynay Moves into Non-Scripted with NBC Family Social Experiment 'Home Sweet Home' - Deadline
2. IRUNONBEER

This week, Sophie is joined by podcast fave, CC to discuss the new straight to Shudder film, Host.  

Links:

• The March of 1913 - History Detectives
• And Nothing Less
• The Uncounted - Teen Vogue

Where we discuss creepy kids and jazz brunch!

Note: This is a repost of an earlier episode that we removed after hearing audio troubles. This version has been repaired.

This week, Sophie and Hannah chat with their longtime friend and Sophie's "horror godfather," Reid Schmidt.

Links:

• The Theme That Ties All of Guillermo del Toro's Movies Together - Tasha Robinson, Gizmodo
• Better Shirts

In our first episode recorded in quarantine, Hannah is in a closet, Sophie's brain is turning to mush, and we're all doing just fine!

Links:

• Chelsea Stardust and the "Satanic Panic" Cast Find the Intersection of Feminism and Fear - Forbes
• SLASHED! The Musical Review - Nightmare Conjurings

The ladies sit down to talk about being trapped in a basement with a killer gator! Plus, Hannah's traumatic "Jumanji-ing."

Links:

• Barack Obama Swats Fly
• The Covenant
• Jumanji Crocodile Attack
• Plizzanet Earth with Snoop Dogg
• Nia Dacosta on Twitter
• BetterShirts.org

We're back baby!! Did you miss us? This week, we discuss heart sparkles, cake batter splatter, and the 2020 movie Freaky.

Links:

• Ladies, We Need to Talk podcast
• Get Freaky - Colors of the Dark

This week, we learn all about how different our birds and bees talks were....from the same parents.

• Dancing plague of 1518
• What Happened to the Girls in Le Roy

It's like Lost Boys for Gen Z! This week we're talking the queer vampire movie, Bit.

Links:

• Boney M
• A Landmark LGBTQ Ruling - Today, Explained

On this, our fortieth episode, Hannah returns to talk about an all-time fave, John Carpenter's Halloween. Horror godfather Reid Schmidt is back with us to talk about the movie that started it all for Sophie.

Links:

• Projecting Innocence: Years after promised reforms, Alamo Drafthouse Theaters still breed harassment. KC is no exception - The Pitch
• BetterShirts.org
• New study suggests horror fans might be better mentally prepped to cope with our new reality - The Pitch
• #LateNightBaking - Best Philly Pretzels Dough is Raised

Sophie and Hannah have their brother Ryan back this week to talk about the tech thriller (?) SPREE. 

Links:

• The Real Josh Hutcherson
• IRunOnBeer

We're talking horror shorts this week! We cover Catcalls and The Quiet Room.

Links:

• The Project Body Love Podcast
• A Sexual Predator Get What’s Coming to Him in Kate Dolan’s Satisfying Revenge Horror Short ‘Catcalls’ - Directors' Notes
• Cut Short Interview with Sam Wineman, Director of “The Quiet Room” - Rue Morgue
• What Ted Yoho's AOC Outbursts Says About the State of Men in Politics - Vanity Fair

This week is our first in a four-part series of episodes where Sophie is joined by folks who identify as ladies, but definitely not as  horror fans. For the inaugural episode, Sophie talks to Sarah M. about the modern classic, It Follows. 

Links:

• It Follows, part 1: Evil threatens Suburbia - Montages
• It Follows, part 2: Nightmare in red - Montages
• It Follows, part 3: The aesthetics of fright -Montages
• Newcomer Iman Vellani To Play Title Role In Marvel’s ‘Ms. Marvel’ Series For Disney Plus - Deadliner

This week we discuss periods, masturbation, and witches!

Links:

1. Breaking Upwards
2. Better Things
3. How Metal is Your Period? - Buzzfeed

This week, we talk about swallowing nonfood items and we get really personal. 

Links:

• 'Swallow' review - Bloody Good Horror
• 'Swallow' Is the Upsetting, Gorgeous Horror Movie You Need to Watch - Thrillist
• 'Swallow' Is a Nausea-Inducing Thriller About Female Independence - Bustle
• US Soccer Doesn't Want To Give The Women's Team Equal Pay Because The Men Have "More Responsibility" - BuzzFeedNews
• Sponsors Are Blasting US Soccer For "Offensive" Comments That Women  Players Aren't As Skilled As Men - BuzzFeedNews