The ALTER Tapes

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jamie and Adrian discuss Caleb Phillips’s short ‘PLAY ME’. What happens when your survival depends on trusting your memory? Do you go with your gut - or risk losing your life?Premise: A woman wakes in a car with no memory of how she got there, and a man tied up in the back seat. Stranger still, she finds an audio recording with her voice telling her what to do next.Connect with your co-hosts:> Jamie: @glitterburrito / Bloody Broads> Adrian: @adrianraee

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Adrian and Nichole discuss Laura Ugolini’s short ‘Dystopia’ (2020) and how societal expectations of beauty relate to the body horror sub-genre.Premise: In a made up abandoned hangar, a gang of beauty addicts are frantically looking through a collection of limbs. Their mission is to piece together a man that will please Mama Joan, their frankensteinian leader.Connect with your co-hosts:> Nichole: @BodiesHorror> Adrian: @adrianraee

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Nichole and Bobby discuss Mónica Moteo’s ‘You Will Never Be Back’ (2020) and how it would feel if you were no longer known in a world you once existed in.Premise: Ana and David say goodbye like any other day. However, something extraordinary happens; something that alters Ana's reality and changes everything completely.Connect with your co-hosts:> Nichole: @BodiesHorror > Bobby: @BobbyTorrez / @People_Scares

This week on The ALTER Tapes, AJ and Bobby discuss director Khaled Ridgeway’s short ‘Night Diner’ (2019). This short may convince you that some people don’t have an inner voice that tells you something ain’t right. Our main character Devin takes us on a ride that will have you yelling at the screen. You’ve been warned.Premise: Twenty-something African-American foodie Devin uses a Yelp-like app to locate a 5-star local diner. After narrowly beating their closing time, Devin finds himself the lone customer to a too-eager-to-please Caucasian staff. His dining experience soon goes from awkward to bizarre to downright scary, ultimately leaving Devin to contemplate challenging their coveted 5-star rating.Connect with your co-hosts:> AJ: @_ButWhoisshe / @D180Podcast> Bobby: @BobbyTorrez / @People_Scares

This week on The ALTER Tapes, co-hosts AJ and Mark celebrate St. Patrick's day with a discussion of director Kris Theorin’s animated short ‘Unlucky Charms’.Premise: Late one night, a bored cashier collects all three toys from a box of Magic Munchos and unwittingly unleashes the ancient evil that lies within.Connect with your co-hosts:> AJ: @_ButWhoisshe instagram / @D180Podcast> Mark: @Theanticritic

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jazz and Mark tackle Justin Reager & Shane Spiegel’s short ‘7 Minutes in Hell’. We dive into how much we love cursed games and why you shouldn’t wear heels to a haunt.Premise: A group of teens break into a haunted house and are attacked by a monster in the closet.Connect with your co-hosts:> Jazz: @girlthatsscary> Mark: @Theanticritic

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jazz & Kat discuss director Clara Aranovich’s short 'Murder Camp' (2023). This short film shows what happens when your slasher faves don’t check their schedules. Tune in to hear Jazz & Kat’s thoughts on Camp themed slasher flicks, this short film, our favorite horror villains, & more!Premise: Two slasher serial killers make the shameful error of serial killing at the same summer camp on the same night, challenging the very fabric of their friendship... and identities.Connect with your co-hosts:Jazz: @girlthatsscary /@Smok1ngAcesKat: @girlthatsscary /@dannithekidd

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Kat and Joe check out Simon Matthew Valentine's 'Tistlebu' (2022). We're using the questions from Letterboxd user Ashleigh's review to guide our discussion, which includes reconnecting with nature, sticky sexy fluids, and comparisons to films such as The Lighthouse, The Untamed, and The Wicker Man.Premise: As a young urban couple on a working holiday hopes to connect with nature at Tistlebu farm, a primordial power comes into play, changing them both forever.Wanna connect with your hosts:> Kat: @GirlThatsScary / @DanniTheKidd> Joe: @bstolemyremoteLike what you hear? Be sure to rate, review and subscribe!

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Xero and Joe check out Alex Salkicevic & Bryce Kraehenbuehl's 'Carrie's Doing Great' (2020). They discuss the 90s setting, the struggle for real life creatives, female coders and comparisons to Lorcan Finnegan's 2019 feature, Vivarium.Premise: An aspiring video game artist uncovers a conspiracy that the local neighborhood watch are kidnapping the town's creatives and turning them into mindless civil servants.Connect with your co-hosts:> Xero: @idkgravity / @blerdymassacre> Joe: @bstolemyremoteLike what you hear? Please rate, review and subscribe!