Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad

The girls get emotional as Rachel and Jenn are joined by special guest Mac Gerber for the 2024 documentary Super/Man.We’re not crying, you’re crying!Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys> Jenn: @jennferatu, @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl, @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod > Mac: @wolfman_mac_gerber, @HalloweeniesPod, @makemydayclinteastwoodIf you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe!Check out Anatomy of a Scream for more great content and the other Network pods

It always make Nichole happy when a film featuring a disability – a rare disease, no less! – is on the big screen. In the freshly baked, just released film Novocaine, a man with a rare disease Congenital Insensitivity to Pain (CIP) goes hard and brutal to save the first person he has had a true, intimate connection with.We see: accommodations! Disclosing your disability! Real brutal fights! Pie!Additional Reading:> Congenital Insensitivity to Pain (CIP) - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment | NORD> Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis - WikipediaWant to share your thoughts on Novacaine or suggest a film to cover? Reach out at bodiesofhorror@gmail.com or on BlueSky at bodiesofhorror.Intro and outro music is “The Wind Frazzled Your Long Brown Hair” by Flashback81If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe! Discover more fabulously spooky Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad and follow the network on Twitter and Instagram @aoas_xx

Listen to that true crime podcast en route to your date because we're talking the new Lucy Hale comedy thriller Fuck Marry Kill (2024)This movie is about a woman who has to figure out which of her three blind dates is actually a serial killer. It's fun, even if we dislike its portrayal of podcasting!Plus: hot guys aplenty, killer stilettos, marriage material, and whether we would watch a sequel.Wanna connect with the show on Bluesky and Instagram?> Gena: @genadoesthings> Jenn: @jennferatu> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky)If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe!Discover more fabulously spooky Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad and follow the network @aoas_xx

Terry and Joe return to Lynch's Twin Peaks: The Return to tackle a trio of episodes that feel somewhat more plot-focused than usual.Plus: Terry's lament that the show isn't investing in its new characters, a breakthrough regarding the show's treatment of dying small towns, Laura Dern's height, and an extended conversation about Lynch's trollish tendency to let scenes run for too long. Wanna connect with your co-hosts on Instagram & BlueSky?> Terry: @gaylydreadful> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky)Theme Music: Roniit - "Purify"If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe!Discover more fabulously spooky Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad and follow the network on Instagram and BlueSky @aoas_xx

Rachel and Jenn complete their detour into Charles Bronson’s filmography with the bizarre and bombastic Death Wish 3 (1985). They killed the Giggler!!!Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys> Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe!Check out Anatomy of a Scream for more great content and the other Network pods

For this episode, Nichole dives into the messy thriller waters of 1992’s The Hand the Rock the Rocks the Cradle. Maybe not a film that wears the horror genre on its sleeve but there are twists, turns, and a couple fairly brutal kills. This episodes focuses on Solomon, the family handyman with an intellectual disability played by Ernie Hudson. No matter how many years pass or how many rewatches, Nichole can never really decide where to land on the character of Solomon so let's pick apart some of the tropes and stereotypes that strip the character of nuance.Want to share your thoughts on The Hand that Rocks the Cradle? Reach out via email at bodiesofhorror@gmail.com or on BlueSky at bodiesofhorror.Intro and outro music is “The Wind Frazzled Your Long Brown Hair” by Flashback81.Follow them at Twitter now, too: @81flashbackIf you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe! Discover more fabulously spooky Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad and follow the network on Twitter and Instagram @aoas_xx

Terry and Joe are back to discuss David Cronenberg's 2012 adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel Cosmopolis.This is a challenging, occasionally unsatisfying film: the film wasn't particularly well received, though star Robert Pattinson is great.Plus: a wild cast (including a last minute antagonist), finance and tech-speak, a souped up stretch limo, and "environmental storytelling"Wanna connect with your co-hosts on Instagram & BlueSky?> Terry: @gaylydreadful> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky)Theme Music: Roniit - "Purify"If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe!Discover more fabulously spooky Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad and follow the network on Instagram and BlueSky @aoas_xx

Rachel and Jenn hitch up their saddles and ride on out to Utah to talk about widows, outlaws, assassins, and harmonicas in Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West.You brought two pods too many.Wanna keep up with the show?@girlsontheboys> Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe!Check out Anatomy of a Scream for more great content and the other Network pods

Nichole continues to explore the theme of metal meets flesh. For this episode, she explores new film Companion, which has a couple of ideas and themes that made it a must-cover. Bodily autonomy, how and what we define as human, and who deserves agency of their own being? Yep, we’re going there.Additional Reading: Vincent D Amante. Companion (2025) and Toxic Transactional Relationships: Social Exchange TheoryWant to share your thoughts on Companion or suggest a film to cover? Reach out via email at bodiesofhorror@gmail.com or on BlueSky at bodiesofhorror.Intro and outro music is “The Wind Frazzled Your Long Brown Hair” by Flashback81.Follow them at Twitter now, too: @81flashbackIf you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe! Discover more fabulously spooky Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad and follow the network on Twitter and Instagram @aoas_xx