13 Degrees of Screams: A Horror Movie Podcast

This week, we hallucinate an absurdly happy demon in Smile!
Smile is a 2022 American psychological supernatural horror starring Sosie Bacon as a therapist who witnesses the bizarre suicide of a patient, then goes through increasingly disturbing and daunting experiences that lead her to believe she is experiencing something supernatural.
Follow along as Alex and Stephanie discuss the themes of trauma, the disturbing entity that plagues our main character, and if a full-sized train in an appropriate birthday gift.
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This week, we try to win back our advertisers with a haunted house livestream in Deadstream!
This 2022 American supernatural horror comedy film follows a disgraced content creator attempting to resurrect his career by livestreaming himself spending the night in a notorious haunted house. Follow along as Alex and Stephanie discuss the crew’s paranormal experiences while filming, go through the plot synopsis, and theorize on the cliffhanger ending.
 
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This week, we steal the identity of an online personality in Influencer!
In this 2022 American psychological horror film, we follow a mysterious woman that steals social media influencers identities and find out how far she's willing to go to keep the personas she's stolen. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we delve into writer Natalie Beach's experience with a friend turned influencer, Caroline Calloway, and how her admiration turned to disillusion.
 
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This week, we are bored in the house and in the house bored in Bodies Bodies Bodies!
In this 2022 American comedy horror film, a group of friends plays a murder in the dark-style game called Bodies Bodies Bodies during a house party, and quickly finds out it might be more than just a game. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we go over the discord between generations and the film’s critiques on Gen Z. 
 
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This week, we become the Pink Opaque in I Saw the TV Glow!
 
In this 2024 American horror drama film, we follow two troubled young friends whose connection to their favorite television show drives them to question their reality and identities. In our end of episode discussion, we discuss Veronica’s Esposito’s article, “Nostalgia horror I Saw the TV Glow speaks to 90s trans teens like me", and the shared experiences of trans youth growing up in this time period.
 
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This week, we raise a lamb human hybrid in Lamb!
In this 2021 folk horror film, the plot revolves around the birth of a human/sheep hybrid of mysterious origin and the couple who adopts the child as their own. Additionally, we go through the parallels to Christianity in this movie and Stephane quizzes Alex on the Grimm Brother’s fairytales!
 
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This week, we deliver some demonic dolls to unsuspecting families in Longlegs!
In the 2024 American horror thriller film, we follow an FBI agent tasked with tracking down an occultist serial killer, whom she realizes she has a personal connection to. Listen along as we determine where this movie falls on our scariness scale! Additionally, in our after plot discussion, we discuss Satanism’s depiction in media and the crimes of Chris Benoit.
 
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This week, we get a haunted mask fused to our face in Goosebumps The Haunted mask.
In this feature-length series premiere of the television series Goosebumps, based on the book of the same name by R. L. Stine, we follow Carly Beth, a timid girl who purchases a Halloween mask that mysteriously begins merging with her face. Listen along as we determine where it falls on our scariness scale! Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we go through the history of Halloween costumes. 
 
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This week, we hear how it all began in A Quiet Place: Day One!
In this 2024 American apocalyptic horror film, based on a story he conceived with John Krasinski, we follow a terminally ill woman during the beginning stages of an invasion in New York City by extraterrestrial creatures with an acute sense of hearing. Listen along as we determine where this movie falls on our scariness scale and discuss the mysterious monsters’ origins, abilities and weaknesses. 
 
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This week, we eat some people in Bones and All!
 
In the 2022 romantic horror film, we follow the journey of two young cannibals, portrayed by Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet, as they develop romantic feelings for each other during a road trip across the United States. Listen along as we explain where this movie falls on our scariness scale and discuss queer coding cannibalism in this film!
 
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This week, we play the deadliest game of Hide and Seek ever in Ready or Not!
In this 2019 American black comedy horror film, the story revolves around a young bride who becomes the target of her spouse's wealthy family as part of a wedding night ritual. Listen along and see where it falls on our 13 Degrees of Screams’ scariness scale! Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we delve into the Faustian Bargain and discuss all the things related to making a deal with the devil.
 
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This week, we are chased down by an unknown entity in It Follows!
In this 2014 American horror film, a young woman becomes the target of a supernatural entity following a sexual encounter. Listen along as we discuss the many theories surrounding this film and dive into the tropes of sex in horror movies! 
 
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This week, we use a tanning bed to revive a dead guy in Lisa Frankenstein!
In this 2024 American comedy horror film, a misunderstood teenage goth girl forms a relationship with a reanimated Victorian-era corpse. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we go over the plot of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein and dive into the author's life and impact on literature and society.
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This week, we have special guest Michelle Masker here with us to discuss Nope.
In this 2022 American neo-Western science fiction horror film, we follow Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as horse-wrangling siblings who are on a mission to capture evidence of an unidentified flying object. Listen along as we discuss the fan’s theories regarding the film with Michelle Masker. Michelle is a professional actress hailing from the Lone Star State of Texas. Some of Michelle's credits include roles in Curpo,and the upcoming Basil King and Sherlock Holmes Mare of the Night. You can view her social media and upcoming project Sherlock Holmes: Mare of Night at the links below!
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This week, we kidnap a vampire ballerina in Abigail!
This 2024 American horror film revolves around a group of kidnappers who unknowingly capture the daughter of a powerful underworld figure, only to discover that she is actually a vampire. Listen along as we determine where it lands on our 13 degrees of screams and Alex quizzes Stephanie on our previous vampire movies!
 
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This week, we enter the Never Ever in Imaginary!
 
In this 2024 American supernatural horror film, the story revolves around a woman who returns to her childhood home and uncovers the unsettling truth that her stepdaughter's imaginary friend is more than just a figment of her imagination. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we go over what Disney channel this movie reminds us of, talk about our experience with imaginary friends and dive into the lore surrounding these childhood companions.
 
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This week, we watched the birth of the Antichrist in The First Omen!
This 2024 supernatural horror film follows an American woman assigned to work at a church in Rome who stumbles upon a malevolent plot to bring forth the birth of the Antichrist. In our end of episode discussion, we touch on the belief of the Antichrist in Christianity and dive into ominous and positive omens across multiple cultures. 
 
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This week, we investigate an apocalyptic cult in Older Gods!
 
In this 2023 psychological horror film, we follow Chris as he descends into madness when investigating an apocalyptic cult that caused the death of his friend. In our end of episode discussion, we go over H.P. Lovecraft's life and career and the Cthulhu mythos. Additionally, we break down our new rating system and explain our show moving forward without seasons!
 
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This week, we get possessed by Bathsheba in The Conjuring!
 
The 2013 American supernatural horror film that marked the beginning of The Conjuring Universe franchise. We follow Ed and Lorraine Warren as they assist the Perron family, who are experiencing disturbing events in their newly occupied farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971. In our end of episode discussion, we go over the Perron family's real life experiences while in the haunted farmhouse. Additionally, we recap our fifth season of fan favorites and share our plans for the show moving forward!
 
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This week, we bring a mummy back from the dead in The Mummy!
In this 1999 American action-adventure film, the story revolves around the daring exploits of adventurer Rick O'Connell, who embarks on a journey to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, accompanied by a librarian and her older brother. Their fateful discovery of Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural abilities, sets off a chain of events. In our end of episode discussion, we learn about the process of mummification and mummy lore.
 
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