Crime doesn’t pay… or does it? This week, we’re talking about women and the men they trick to fall in love with them as part of unnecessarily complicated schemes – It’s the 1958 Hitchcock classic VERTIGO and the 2001 rom-com HEARTBREAKERS. While you wouldn’t think one of AFI’s top 10 films of all time would […]
Category: Episodes
You’ve Got Mail & Unfriended
Does anything good realllllyyy happen on the internet? This week, we trace the history of online communication from the wide-eyed early days of dial-up with YOU’VE GOT MAIL (1998) to the modern day reality of being constantly plugged into a technology that’s probably out to get us, let’s be honest – it’s UNFRIENDED (2014). Sure, […]
Sixteen Candles & Valentine
Some horror movie villains don’t wear masks, they masquerade as high school heartthrobs in John Hughes movies. This week, we’re talking 80s coming-of-age “classic” SIXTEEN CANDLES alongside the 90s teen slasher VALENTINE. We’re asking the important questions like – which one is the horror movie? How in the world did Roger Ebert find Sixteen Candles […]
It Follows & Easy A
Sex has consequences, whether you have it or not. This week, Tara and Amanda take on the 2010 rom-com EASY A and the 2014 horror favorite IT FOLLOWS and share the v important lessons learned in the process. First up, it’s the disturbing tale of a high school prostitution racket gone wrong… and we’ll […]
Introduction
Ever watch a rom com and think to yourself, this is one chainsaw away from being a straight-up horror movie? Us too! Welcome to Happy Ever Slasher.