Progressively Horrified

Who knew that the movie about the cussing killer doll was actually so progressive? Except on race. Oof.

Show Notes

Fear Level: Spoopy
Trigger Warnings: Attempted sexual assault, stabbing, strangling, racism, voodoo, descriptions of childhood trauma

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Sometimes a cop chases a strangler into a toy store and before he can die, that strangler uses his correspondence course in voodoo to transfer his consciousness to a stuffed doll.
  • Director: Tom Holland
  • Writers: Don Mancini, John Lafia, Tom Holland
  • Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent

Talking Points:
  • Dark and Gritty Paw Patrol
  • Showbusiness bad
  • Single mom superhero
  • REAGAN!
  • Childhood trauma and bad toys
  • Jack me up Elmo
  • 80s Horror Lightning
  • Putting traumatized children in Arkham
  • Mount Rushmore of horror icons
  • Malignant, again, we can't stop talking about it
  • Fully absent dads
  • A literal magical negro

Please check out our guests!

Daniel Kibblesmith
Twitter: @kibblesmith
Watch "Inside Job" on Netflix now!

Emmanuel Lipscomb
Twitter: @elipscomb2

Cam Collins:
Twitter: @cammycat

Steve Seigh
Twitter: @dead_anchoress
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Bronwyn Kelly-Seigh
On twitter: @shinybabyb
Check out her podcast: "Ladies of Valhalla"
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Follow Emily on twitter @megamoth
Emily's Website: Megamoth.net

Follow Ben on twitter @benthekahn
Order Ben's new book, Renegade Rule.

Follow Jeremy on twitter @jrome58
Visit his website at JeremyWhitley.com

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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.