Let’s keep the party going (to an unadvised second location). We’re following up the teen thrills of Ma for the decidedly adult chills of Karyn Kusama’s indie masterpiece The Invitation. Bhavna Sharma of the Bloody Broads Podcast joins us to talk about cults, grief, cats, and our own worst party experiences in an episode sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. Follow Bhavna Sharma on Twitter and Instagram @theluckysharms Listen to the Bloody Broads Podcast wherever you get your podcasts and follow on Twitter and Instagram @bloodybroadspod Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

We’re starting Season 3 off in splashy fashion with a series devoted to celebration. Parties in horror movies are never a good idea for the characters but always a great idea for the audience. This week’s guest, the Stoker-nominated author R.J. Joseph, recommended the 2019 film Ma to us as a must-see in the party-gone-wrong canon. We had a blast with Octavia Spencer’s performance, the camp, and unpacking the themes of sympathetic monsters and representation between the film and Joseph’s own writing. Follow R.J. Joseph online at https://rhondajacksonjoseph.com, pick up a copy of her Stoker Award-nominated story collection, Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted,   or visit her on Twitter @rjacksonjoseph Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

It’s January, so let’s twirl into it with a return of snowy dread. For Winter’s Revenge month, we bring back frequent guest Cal Walker to follow-up on last year’s viewing of Dead Snow to get their take on Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead. We discuss magic n*zi zombie arms, a plethora of Martins, and where disgust fits into the horror genre. Then, we switch gears to talk about Follow Cal online at cal-walker.net, social media on Twitter or Instagram or read their play, That Thing in the Bathroom, at some scripts literary magazine.  Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

Let’s give a cheer for one more night of holiday fear! Queen Trashley and TayyySlayyy, the rap duo known as GLITTER MONEYYY, join us on a very special Xmas episode to talk about Nacho Vigalondo’s 2018 Into the Dark entry Pooka!  We explore the dark side of the holidays, at least one gift that keeps on giving all year, and best practices when making Furby-related Google searches. Naughty or nice, this is a Pooka we all want you to check out, along with our double-feature recommendation, Christmas Bloody Christmas. Get the album Instrusive Thots, out now! Follow Glitter Moneyyy online at glittermoney.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @glittermoneyyy. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @callsinsidepod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

We’re finding some creature comforts this Christmas season with our movie selections! This week, we have the joy of welcoming writer, TikTokker and podcast host extraordinaire Ryan Kinney (Brother Ghoulish) onto The Calls to discuss the childhood wonder of Gremlins. We get into the weeds of consumerism run rampant and gremlin self-actualization. And prime yourselves for some hot takes because we’ve got some #DeagleTruths that need to be exposed. We also offer up a rare treat of a double-feature, the naked Santa creature parade that is Rare Exports. Follow Ryan online at BrotherGhoulish.com, on TikTok and Twitter @brotherghoulish, and make sure to get your copy of the short story collection There’s Something Wrong in Morrington County on Kindle or paperback Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @callsinsidepod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin Referenced in the episode: Wendy Allison Lee - Cute. Dangerous. Asian American. “Gremlins” @ 35. Public Books, 2019. Ryan Parker - How ‘The Temple of Doom’ changed the MPAA rating system. The Hollywood Reporter, 2017. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

From man-eating plants to man-eating mans, this week we're exploring cannibalism in a feast for the senses. First, Emmy Colón-Geistlinger joins us to talk about why The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is the perfect Thanksgiving movie. Then, we make a recommendation for our double-meat double-feature, the 2010 Mexican film We Are What We Are. Follow Emmy online at https://soyemmy.com, Instagram @la_soy_emmy, and listen to The Violet Vulture wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @callsinsidepod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin Referenced in the episode: Chris Justice - Oil and a Dangerous South: Alternate Geopolitical Readings of “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Classic-Horror.com, 2010. Jessica Scott - Written in the Stars: Astrology and Fatalism in Proto-Slashers. Manor Vellum, 2021. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

It's Zombies and Other Man-Eaters Month on The Calls Are Coming from Inside The Podcast, and we couldn't think of a better place to start than the movie(s) that reversed all we knew about the food chain. That's right, we've got the original people-eating plant themself, Audrey II, making appearances through both the 1986 musical adaptation and the 1960 schlock-classic original. Guest Geoff Maxfield shares his experiences growing up with the musical and living as Audrey II for a short time, and we discuss the music, iconography, and themes of toxic relationships in this story. Follow Geoff on Instagram @geoffmaxfield, or find his toys at Rotofugi in Chicago or online at rotofugi.com and Etsy at NeoFighterToys or as part of Anaheim DesignerCon (November 18-20, 2022): https://www.designercon.com/ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @callsinsidepod Referenced in the episode: James Gartler. (May 15, 2012). 'Little Shop of Horrors': A Q&A with Frank Oz. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

Oh, looks like you're still not picking up. Well, I just wanted to give you a quick call to tell you about the movie I just saw, SALOUM. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

We're completing our meal and continuing our 1-year anniversary celebration by pulling Dame Helen Mirren into the mix. We think that you all need a lesson in Teaching Mrs. Tingle, a quintessential “what the hell is this?!” ‘90s movie. One of our very first guests, Rachel Perzynski, returns to discuss the madcap antics, Exorcist reenactments, and socioeconomic thematics of a Camp classic film that is begging for reappraisal. And a few other missing parts. Follow Rachel online at https://www.rachelperzynski.com Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

It’s our one-year anniversary and Glamp Month is coming to a close, so we had to celebrate with the crown jewel of glamorous, camp masterpieces, Death Becomes Her. We bring back guest-friend Cal Walker to talk about the hypergender drag of it all, the high-jinks that ensure when you become undead, and the hilarious line readings that make this such an iconic movie 30 years later. Follow Cal online at cal-walker.net, social media on Twitter or Instagram or read their play, That Thing in the Bathroom, at some scripts literary magazine.  Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin Referenced in this episode: Harry M. Benshoff - Monsters in the Closet, 1997. Additional viewing: The Grapevine (June 24, 2021) - The Colonization of Black Beauty. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

This week, we’re putting our calls on hold to bring out our second Super Chiller episode. This audio essay focuses on why Camp is such an integral part of horror and what we really mean when we call something campy. This essay acts as a tentpole between the two halves of our Glamp Month coverage, allowing us to better understand all the wonderfully campy films we’ve been dying to watch with you. Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin Referenced in this episode: Jack Barbuscio - “The Cinema of Camp (AKA Camp and the Gay Sensibility)”. In Camp: Queer Aesthetics and the Performing Subject, edited by Fabio Cleto, 1999. Harry M. Benshoff - Monsters in the Closet, 1997. Moe Meyer - The Politics and Poetics of Camp, 1994. Susan Sontag - “Notes on ‘Camp’”. Partisan Review, 1964. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

Hey, guess you're not answering your phone. Just wanted to send a quick message to tell you about the movie I just saw, WATCHER. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

We’ve made it through the wilderness, and now it’s time to feel like a virgin as we make our debut into Society. This film is the definition of 1989, with wall-to-wall denim, fashion mullets, and Day-Glo swimwear, and we couldn’t resist putting former guest Ian Voltaire Deanes through the trials and tribulations of the bizarre Shunting. Then, we pair Society up with a second ‘80s melt movie, the grimy, low-budget ectoplasm-sploitation, Slime City. Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin Referenced in this episode: Society: Party Animal [sequel comics to the original film]: http://www.roughcut-comics.com/pages/society.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

Pack up your bags because it’s time to go glamping! This week, we kick off Glamp Month, as we look at Camp horror films that don’t take place at a summer camp. We’re starting off with a recent hall-of-famer, Malignant, and joined by returning guest Matthew James Marquez to gush about Gabriel, unpack all James Wan’s horror references, and try to decide what a lollipop has to do with detective work. Follow Matthew James Marquez on Twitter @MarqueztheGM and listen to the Avant-Bard podcast wherever you get your podcasts Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

This week, we’re injecting you with the last hit of our sugar rush on the Sweet Treats of Summer. We’re staying put and making the treats travel light-years to come to us as we welcome back guest David Nesbitt Taylor to talk to us about the Killer Klowns from Outer Space–cue cotton candy cocoons, pregnant popcorn, and flesh-melting cream pies! We’re also staying on Earth but traveling across the planet for our double-feature recommendation, the New Zealand classic, Bad Taste. Check out David on Instagram and TikTok @acting_like_I_want_to and @david_nesbitt.taylor Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

In our first Super Chiller bonus audio essay, we explore the themes of Neil Jordan's 1984 film, The Company of Wolves, most importantly, the connection between horror stories and folk tales. We tackle how unconscious desires, coming-of-age narratives, and the werewolf trope all boil together to offer us a different perspective on genre, gender, and the meaning of horror. Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin Referenced in this episode: Keith Hopper - Hairy on the Inside: Re-Visiting Neil Jordan’s The Company of Wolves. The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, Fall 2003. https://doi.org/10.2307/25515470 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

Sweet dreams are made of… well, Annie Lennox has yet to tell us. But we do know that dreams and nightmares play a role in our featured film this week, Coraline, as well as our super-secret bonus movie to be revealed. Writer C.M. Crockford joins us to talk about Coraline’s impact as a gateway horror, its clever use of stop-motion and digital animation, and how food and candy are used to create a false sense of security. Then, we provide a teaser of our upcoming bonus audio essay on this week’s choice double-feature. Follow C.M. Crockford’s writing online at https://cmcrockford.com, or on Twitter and Instagram @cm_crockford Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin Referenced in this episode: Neil Gaiman - Coraline. HarperCollins, 2002. The Fangirl - Coraline Theory - Part 13 - Car Accidents and Technology. YouTube. Thomas J. McLean - On the Set with ‘Coraline’: Where the Motion Doesn’t Stop. Animation World Network, Sept. 16, 2008. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

The Sweet Treats of Summer continue to drip deliciously. Suspiciously deliciously. This week, we talk with Mr. Hollywood Burlesque himself, Viktor Devonne, about Larry Cohen’s 1985 creepy dessert satire, The Stuff. Some topics include why horror needs some sweetness, the dangers of corporate marketing, and Murder, She Wrote connections. Then, we cap off the Stuff-jar and pour a nightcap with our double-feature recommendation, 1987’s Street Trash. Follow Viktor Devonne on Twitter and Instagram @viktordevonne and WEBurlesque at weburlesque.com and @weburlesque Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin Referenced in this episode: Steven Mitchell - King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (Documentary), 2018. Philippe Pignarre and Isabelle Stengers - Capitalist Sorcery: Breaking the Spell. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

Welcome to our Sweet Treats of Summer coverage! What’s a hot summer day without a refreshing ice cream treat? We’re kicking off this month's saccharine horrors with the 1995 cult classic, Ice Cream Man. We talk with Dr. Marianna Staroselsky about Pied Piper allegories, depictions of mental illness in horror, and clown cones, and we answer the real question this movie poses: what the heck is hard-pack? Then, we top off with a double-scoop of suburban dairy drama with 2017’s The Ice Cream Truck. Follow Marianna online through her website, or on Instagram @mariannastar. Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin Referenced in this episode: D.L. Ashliman (translator/editor) - The Pied Piper of Hameln and related legends from other towns. University of Pittsburgh. Tanya Luhrmann - Of Two Minds: An Anthropologist Looks at American Psychiatry. Vintage Books, 2000. Susan Sheehan - Is There No Place on Earth for Me? Vintage Books, 1982. Frederick Wiseman - The Titicut Follies (1967 documentary). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message

Pride Extension! We’re finishing up our month dedicated to queer horror bypassing America’s birthday and traveling over to France to cover the giallo-splashed gay porno horror love letter, Knife+Heart (Un couteau dans le couer) with writer and performer Chelsea Fiddyment. We discuss the complicated relationship of being a queer monster, reclaiming slurs (if you can’t tell from the title, the F-slur is going to make a few appearances), and how a film about the 1970s has a lot to say about the LGBTQ+ community today. Then, we’ll double-up our gay excursion with the 2014 Spanish film, Amor eterno (Everlasting Love). Follow Chelsea at chelseafiddyment.com, or check out their work with the Chicago Review of Books or with the independent Chicago press Meekling Press. Follow our show on social media @CallsInsidePod and our host Kevin Sparrow on Twitter @dirtydevlin Referenced in this episode: Daisy Jones - Introducing: The tenderqueer, the softboi of the queer community. Vice, January 24, 2020. Emily St. James - How Twitter can ruin a life. Vox, June 30, 2021. Altered Innocence --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calls-inside-pod/message