Progressively Horrified

Such sights we have to show you.

Show Notes

Fear Level: Horrifying
Trigger Warnings: BODY HORROR, blood, guts, insects, maggots, attempted sexual assault,  
  • Director: Clive Barker
  • Writers: Clive Barker
  • Stars: Andrew Robinson (Garak!), Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence
Hellraiser is a horror classic and with good reason. The special effects are incredible, the monsters are memorable, and for some reason half of the cast had their voices dubbed over. Okay, we're not as keep on that last one, but Hellraiser is revered at large and especially in the LGBTQIA+ community. But why? Oh, we have such sights to show you.

Topics of Discussion:
-This movie doesn't know its monster's name yet.
-Makeup you can't talk or move in.
-Clive Barker's home run the first time at the plate
-Industrial music, Aphex Twin, and other things Emily could give a Ted Talk on
-The queer lens of Clive Barker
-Frank - hot, disgusting, or both - discuss!
-A simple tailor
-What a woman will go through to get some goo dick
-Hammer time!
-Penises with teeth and stingers
-The final girl rubix cube.

Recommendations:
Season of the Witch (1972)
The Company of Wolves
"The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories" by Angela Carter
The Music Videos of Chris Cunningham
The Thing
Things with Beards
Nightbreed

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Elana Levin
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Podcasts:
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Graphic Policy

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What is 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.