What a film to wrap up Black History Month! 

In the last episode of S5, Lauren and Jared open the Negronomicon (04:19) to talk Stranger Things news and Melle's foray into Horizon Zero Dawn: Forbidden West, before diving into a folk horror classic: the original Candyman (1992). Your hosts discuss Helen's rabid curiosity, the difference between Bernadette and Helen's approach to research, what Helen's thesis could have been, and the implications of a Black boogeyman. 

Hey Critters! This episode wraps up our 5th season. We'll be going on a short break, but will be back mid-March with new episodes. In the meantime, look out for our newsletter and don't forget to leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts!
-Lauren & Jared 

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Gems from E52:
Stranger Things (2016)
Game of Thrones (2011)
Insecure (2016)
Gravity Falls (2012)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1(2010)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Stand by Me (1986)
Breaking Bad (2008)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (2009)
Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild (2017)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)
Immortals Fenyx Rising (2020)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 (2022?)
Candyman (1992)
The Forbidden (Clive Barker, Gallery Books, 2001, Print)
The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
Candyman (2021)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
My Girl (1991)
Beloved (1998)
Gone Girl (Gillian Flyn, Crown Publishing Group, 2012, Print)
Scream (1996)
Get Out (2017)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Lovecraft Country (2020)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Coldest Winter Ever (Sister Souljah, Simon & Schuester, 1999, Print)
Inventing Anna (2022)
Us (2019)
The Good Son (1993)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Jason X (2001)
Scream (2022)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2013)
Single All the Way (2021)
Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)
Blood Quantum (2019)
Cabin Fever (2003)
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)
Crimson Peak (2015)
Eve’s Bayou (1997)
Drive My Car (2021)
Candyman II: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
Abbott Elementary (2021)
American Auto (2021)

This week is a tough one y'all. 

This Black history month, Jared and Lauren decided to crit (25:44) one of the only, if not THE ONLY, Black films with an acclaimed literary reference, Beloved (1998). 

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Gems from E51:
Zola (2021)
Spencer (2021)
Spiderman: No Way Home (2021)
Black Panther (2018)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Tick Tick Boom (2021)
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Encanto (2021)
The Mitchells vs The Machines (2021)
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Flee (2021)
Dune (2021)
Cruella (2021)
101 Dalmatians (1996)
Death on the Nile (1978)
Westside Story (2021)
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Summer of Soul (2021)
Don’t Look Up (2021)
Drive My Car (2021)
West Side Story (2021)
West Side Story (1961)
Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Oklahoma! (1943, play)
Euphoria (2019)
Nope (2022)
Us (2019)
Get Out (2017)
Scream: The TV Series (2015)
Animal (2014)
Lightyear (2022)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000)
Alice (2022)
Antebellum (2020)
Akeelah and the Bee (2005)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
The Village (2004)
Grand Crew (2021)
Eve Bayou (1997)
Kindred (upcoming, TV series)
Beloved (1998)
Beloved (Toni Morrison, Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1987, Print)
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Set It Off (1996)
The Babadook (2014)
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Underground (2016)
Bride of Chucky (1998)
The Thing (1982)
Roots (1977, miniseries)
Transformers (2007)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Kindred (Octavia Butler, Doubleday, 1979, Print)

We're not going out there with those...thiings!

Different movie, we know, but the quote still works!

In E50, we plant a flag on the hill we would die on: 80s practical effects over everything! We're back in the cold to dissect John Carpenter's box office flop-turned cult classic, The Thing (15:21). Before the crit, we crack open the Negronomicon (2:10) to dish on the Scream 6 green light (aka the sequel no one asked for, but the sequel everyone will watch) and the Goosebumps revival on Disney+. Heads up, Critters, we can't talk about a sequel without talking about the film, so you've been warned! Minor Scream spoilers in the Negronomicon. 

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- Host and Editor: Jared Hudson
Instagram: @blossomsandbooks93 | Twitter: @jareddhudson


Gems from E50
Scream 6 (TBD)
Scream (2022)
Thin Man (1934)
Goosebumps (1996)
Goosebumps (TBD)
Riverdale (2017)
Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide (2004)
R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour (2010)
Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (2002)
Truth or Scare (2001)
The Saddle Club (2001)
Screech Owls (2000)
Flight 29 Down (2005)
High School Musical (2006)
Yellowjackets (2021)
Lord of the Flies (1990)
Survivor (2000)
Just Beyond (2021)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Nightmare Room (2001)
Valentine (2001)
Inside Out (2015)
Among Us (2018, video game)
Parasyte: The Maxim (2014)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Who Goes There? (John W. Campbell Jr., 1938, Print)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Greenleaf (2016)
Alien (1979)
The Ruins (2008)
Rock and Roll High School (1979)
The Fog (1980)
Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
The Howling (1981)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Robocop (1987)
Robocop 2 (1990)
Total Recall (1990)
Seven (1997)
Mission Impossible (1996)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Fight Club (1999)
Game of Thrones (2011)
Blade Runner (1982)
ET (1982)
Annie (1982)
Grease 2 (1982)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Prince of Darkness (1897)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
The Boondocks (2005)
Werewolves Within (2021)
The Beast Must Die (1974)
The Thing (2011)
The Fly (1986)
Contagion (2011)
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
Basket Case (1982)
The House on Sorority Row (1982)
The Things (Peter Watts, Clarkesworld, 2010, Web)
Halloween (1978)
Euphoria (2019)
Attack on Titan (2013)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019)

The journey of love is an arduous trek. My love grows for you as you bleed from your neck.

In E49, we kick off February with Jared's recommendation! We crack open the Negronomicon (20:48)  before grabbing our bow and arrow (sans quiver) for our crit (31:20) of Valentine (2001).

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Gems from E49

The Chiffon Trenches (Andre Leon Talley, Ballantine Books, 2020, Print)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
America’s Next Top Model (2003)
Squid Game (2021)
One of Us is Lying (2021)
Pretty Little Liars (2010)
Scream (2022)
Devolution (Max Brooks, 2020, Print)
World War Z (2013)
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
Valentine (2001)
Knocked Up (2007)
Grey’s Anatomy (2005)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
Angel (1999)
Charmed (1998)
Wild Things (1998)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Skyscraper (2018)
Bel-Air (2022)
19-2 (2014)
Carrie (1976)
The Gift (2015)
Roswell (1999)

In E48, we kick off the episode with the first ever ScaryCrit Bookclub (trademark pending). We decided to get paranormal and dive into the newest iteration of the franchise that changed found footage forever, Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (15:17).

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- Host and Producer: Lauren La Melle
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- Host and Editor: Jared Hudson
Instagram: @blossomsandbooks93 | Twitter: @jareddhudson


Gems from E48
The Woman in the Window (AJ Finn, William Morrow, 2018, Print)
The Woman in the Window (2021)
Rear Window (1954)
Final Girls (Riley Sager, Dutton, 2017, Print)
Black Buck (Mateo Askaripour, Mariner, 2021, Print)
Pet Sematary (Stephen King, Doubleday, 1983, Print)
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, 2016, Print)
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison, Holt, Reinhart and Winston, 1970, Print)
Harry Potter (series)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Heavy (Kiese Laymon, Scribner, 2018, Print)
The Prophets (Robert Jones Jr., G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2021, Print)
Till Death (2021)
Gerald’s Game (2017)
Paranormal Activity (series) (2007)
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)
Halloween (1978)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Wrong Turn (series) (2003)
As Above, So Below (2014)
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
30 Days of Night (2007)
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)
Hell House LLC (2015)
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)
The Visit (2015)
Searching (2018)
Unfriended (2014)
Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)
Chicago Med (2015)
Law and Order (1990)
Chicago Fire (2012)
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Law and Order: SVU (1999)
Saw II (2005)
Midsommar (2019)
Scream (2022)
Sinister (2012)
The Lodge (2019)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
The Hills Have Eyes II (2007)
Johnny Tsunami (1999)
The Black Phone (2022)
Haunt (2019)
Invisible Man (2020)
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
60 Minutes (1968)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, 1968, Print)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Moonfall (2022)

These are not your True Blood-Cullen family-run of the mill vampires.

In E47, Lauren and Jared take a midnight boat to Barrow, Alaska, to crit one of the most ruthless vampire films out there, 30 Days of Night (20:35).   

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Gems from E47
Scream (2022)
Yellowjackets (2021)
Scream (1996)
Halloween Kills (2021)
Wrong Turn (2021)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Get Out (2017)
Halloween (2019)
The Cursed (2022)
30 Days of Night (2007)
South Park (1997)
Queen of the Damned (2002)
Blade (1998)
Underworld (2004)
Interview with a Vampire (1994)
Peaky Blinders (2013)
Penny Dreadful (2014)
X-Men 3: The Last Stand (2006)
Midnight Mass (2021)
Near Dark (1987)
Ghost Ship (2002)
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
The Thing (1982)
True Blood (2008)
Dracula (1931)
Vamp (1986)
Archive 81 (2022)
Black Box (2020)

You can't wear white after Labor Day! Didn't your mother tell you?

In E46, Lauren picked a campy treat for her birthday: Serial Mom (26:13). Kathleen Turner stuck her foot all the way in this one is strap in, wash your recyclables, and don't engage with the crank callers! 

Time Stamps
0:00 - For the night is euphoric and full of spoilers
9:53 - Welcome to E46
16:23 -  Negronomicon
1:26:40 - Final Curls

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Gems from E46
Euphoria (2019)
Degrassi; The Next Generation (2001)
All My Friends Are Dead (2020)
Attack on Titan (2013)
Scream (2022)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)
Scream 4 (2011)
The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Last Night in Soho (2021)
Spider-man: No Way Home (2021)
Psycho (1960)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
Serial Mom (1994)
The First 48 (2004)
Snapped (2004)
Southern Fried Homicide (2013)
Frozen (2010)
Law and Order (1990)
Child’s Play 3 (1991)
Leave It to Beaver (1963)
American Psycho (2000)
The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
American Horror Story: Murder House (2011)
Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
Disturbia (2007)
Stepford Wives (1975)
Alien (1979)
You (2018)
Why Women Kill (2019)
Santa Clarita Diet (2017)
Scream (1996)
Mommy Dearest (1981)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1988)
All in the Family (1979)
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Dope (2015)
Insecure (2016)

Happy New Year!


Before they get to the first crit of 2022, your hosts Lauren and Jared thaw open the Negronomicon to dish on their most note worthy films and tv of 2021 (12:32). We're kicking off 2022 with a film that reflects the current winter weather in NYC: Adam Green's 2010 sleeper Frozen (28:33), and no not THAT other movie! 
 
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Gems from E45
Rupaul’s Drag Race (2009)
Canada’s Drag Race (2020)
Daredevil (2015)
Queer Eye (2018)
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
Spiral (2021)
Spencer (2021)
Rebecca (1940)
Cruella (2021)
Malignant (2021)
The Matrix; Resurrection (2021)
The Forever Purge (2021)
The Little Things (2021)
Titane (2021)
Raw (2016)
F9 (2021)
Army of Thieves (2021)
Power (2014)
Fear Street Trilogy (2021)
Candyman (2021)
Encanto (2021)
Old (2021)
Spiderman: No Way Home (2021)
Tick Tick Boom (2021)
Avengers: Endgame (2018)
Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts (2022)
Friends (1994)
Frozen (2010)
Frozen (2013)
X-Men (2000)
X2: X-Men United (2003)
Airbud (1997)
Gossip Girl (2007)
Wrong Turn (2003)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Final Destination 5 (2011)
X-Men 3: The Last Stand (2006)
Open Water (2003)
The Ruins (2008)
Backcountry (2014)
Grizzly Rage (2007)
Crawl (2019)
The Shallows (2016)
Lake Placid (1999)
Cast Away (2000)
I Am Legend (2007)
Family Guy (1999)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Cabin Fever (2003)
Scary Movie (2000)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Hatchet (2006)
The Descent (2006)
The Green Inferno (2013)
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
The Edge (1997)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
A Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
All My Friends Are Dead (2020)