Progressively Horrified

This is it man, GAME OVER! GAME OVER!

Show Notes

Fear Level: Scary/Terrifying
Trigger Warnings: violent death/gore, impaling, racism and sexism, claustrophobia
  • Director: James Cameron
  • Writers: James Cameron, David Giler, and Walter Hill, based on the characters by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusset
  • Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henrickson, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Jenette Goldstein, and Al Matthews
Did the excessive moistness of Alien bother you? Well, buckle up! This one is slimy and covered in a hardening resin! Our good friends Ben Acker and Ben Blacker of The Thrilling Adventure Hour Podcast drop by to talk about the battle of the girl bosses, the life changing power of listening to women, and being absolutely soaked in robot milk. It's time for Aliens!

Topics of Discussion:
  • 57 years
  • Wayland Yutani
  • Paul Reiser/Burke - space New York's biggest asshole
  • LV-246
  • How many humans does it take to wallpaper a reactor?
  • Xenomorph Godzookie
  • Bill Paxton can sweat on command
  • Acting is sweating a lot
  • Kenner toys Aliens
  • Listen to women, you just might survive
  • Poorly build rough terrain landers
  • Alien vaginas
  • Warm gushing robot milk
  • Yass queen
  • Newts and chosen names
  • BROWN FACE, WTF!

Recommendations:
Alien 3
Alien Ressurection
Super Ego
I Was There Too
Predator 2
Predators
Terminator 2
Soldier
Starship Troopers
The Abyss

Follow our guests:

Ben Acker
Twitter: @bnacker

Ben Blacker
Twitter: @benblacker

Podcast: The Thrilling Adventure Hour

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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.