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  • Episode 31: Snow Hags, Sanatoriums, and Staten Island: a combisode

    Summary In a rare role-reversal, Ellie discusses a possible serial killer (to be fair, she thought the documentary she watched was about an urban legend) and Abby talks about personifications of wintriness in folklore from around the world (to be fair, extreme cold is also a serial killer, after a fashion).More

  • Episode 30: Merry Cryptsmas and Happy New Queers

    Summary This episode has everything: unintelligible growling, rude horses with wine bottles for eyes, mad lads licking things, sacks of unsettlingly mysterious ashes, helicopter-assisted goatnapping, oddly relatable witches, drunk people setting things on fire, original Christmas music by Abby, and a partridge in a pear tree.* Happy holidays from QFF, and we hope you enjoy…More

  • Episode 29: Scream Queens

    Summary Abby and Ellie talk about the history of scream queens and final girls in horror, plus why Debbie Rochon needs a girlfriend.More

  • Episode 28: The List Family Murders

    Summary Ever since Ellie heard what this episode is about, she’s been wondering, “where does a guy who killed his whole family get off being a sanctimonious prick?” Abby has all the answers this week on the Queers for Fears podcast.More

  • Moviesode 9: Better Watch Out

    Summary Abby and Ellie tricked themselves into watching a Christmas horror movie that started out as a rated-R “Home Alone” and turned into a teenage “Funny Games.” We’ve got Final Girls, Toxic Masculinity, Are the Heteros Okay?, and – is that the upsettingly hot guy from Stranger Things? A very merry moviesode to you.More