Basement Girls Horror Podcast

Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez
Basement Girls Horror Podcast

A horror (and whatnot) podcast that covers film and literature across the genre. Think My Favorite Murder meets The Tolkien Professor, but for horror, gothic, suspense, and mystery. 👻🖤 Hosted by writers Bianca Perez and Steph Grossman.

  1. MAR 18

    15. JASON GOES TO HELL: THE FINAL FRIDAY Movie Review | With Horror Poet Christian J. Collier

    Plot twist: it wasn't the final Friday. Bianca is joined by poet & teaching artist, Christian J. Collier, to talk about the 1993 horror/fantasy classic JASON GOES TO HELL: THE FINAL FRIDAY. Additionally, they discuss so-bad-it's-good horror slashers, how to keep horror fresh, Black horror motifs in film, monsters, and of course Christian's poetry collection, THE GLEAMING OF THE BLADE. Basement Girlie, Steph, was busy being pregnant but Bianca kept the basement fort down. SHOW NOTES Christian J. Collier |  christianjcollier.com Christian's newest collection, GREATER GHOST | bookshop.org/a/4492/9781961897106 THE GLEAMING OF THE BLADE by Christian J. Collier | bullcitypress.com/product/the-gleaming-of-the-blade-by-christian-j-collier ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES ⁠⁠⁠⁠Gemini Gospel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Bianca Pérez's debut poetry chapbook, published by Host Publications ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Can't buy right now? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shelve it on Goodreads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! "⁠⁠⁠⁠Likeness⁠⁠⁠⁠"⁠ | Steph Grossman's latest horror-tinged short story, published in Joyland Magazine. Free to read. Bitly link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/mirrorstory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Basement Girls Podcast Store on Bookshop.org | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bookshop.org/shop/basementgirls

    57 min

  2. 12/18/2024

    Holiday Rewind: THE SANTA CLAUSE as Body Horror | With Peter Counter

    Steph had a baby in August. Bianca currently has, like, 5 jobs. BUT we're excited to return to the basement in 2025, with the goal of releasing an episode every 2-3 months. In the meantime—and with the 2024 Christmas season upon us—enjoy this Holiday re-post of one of our favorite episodes ever. Be merry, ho ho ho's! *** "Never put on a dead man's clothes." Author and culture critic Peter Counter joins Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez in the basement to discuss how THE SANTA CLAUSE (1994), starring Tim Allen, is actually a movie about body horror, possession, and the sublime. Basically, it's a yuletide HEREDITARY (in fact, we're pretty sure Santa Claus knows Paiman...). SHOW NOTES Peter Counter | ⁠⁠peterbcounter.com⁠ Be Scared of Everything by Peter Counter | ⁠⁠https://bookshop.org/a/4492/9781988784564⁠ How to Restore a Timeline: On Violence and Memory by Peter Counter | ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/4492/9781487011994⁠ ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES ⁠⁠⁠Gemini Gospel⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Bianca Pérez's debut poetry chapbook, published by Host Publications ⁠⁠⁠⁠hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel⁠⁠⁠⁠. Can't buy right now? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Shelve it on Goodreads⁠⁠⁠⁠! "⁠⁠⁠Likeness⁠⁠⁠"⁠ | Steph Grossman's latest horror-tinged short story, published in Joyland Magazine. Free to read. Bitly link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/mirrorstory⁠⁠⁠⁠ Basement Girls Podcast Store on Bookshop.org | ⁠⁠⁠⁠bookshop.org/shop/basementgirls

    1h 6m

  3. 06/06/2024

    14. TAROT (2024) Movie Review | With Tarot Card Expert Cecily Sailer

    "Sometimes the Death card means transformation—and sometimes it just means death." Cecily Sailer, founder of Typewriter Tarot and host of YOUR CREATIVE AND MAGICAL LIFE podcast, joins Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez in the basement to discuss the new horror film TAROT (2024), directed by Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg, and (loosely) based on the 1992 YA horror novel Horrorscope by Nicholas Adams. SHOW NOTES Cecily Sailer | typewritertarot.com YOUR CREATIVE AND MAGICAL LIFE Podcast | yourcreativeandmagicallife.buzzsprout.com Mystic Messages Tarot Deck | typewritertarot.com/shop/mystic-message-deck Tarot for Creative Spirits Workbook by Cecily Sailer | typewritertarot.com/shop/tarot-for-creative-spirits ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES ⁠⁠⁠Gemini Gospel⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Bianca Pérez's debut poetry chapbook, published by Host Publications ⁠⁠⁠⁠hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel⁠⁠⁠⁠. Can't buy right now? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Shelve it on Goodreads⁠⁠⁠⁠! "⁠⁠⁠Likeness⁠⁠⁠"⁠ | Steph Grossman's latest horror-tinged short story, published in Joyland Magazine. Free to read. Bitly link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/mirrorstory⁠⁠⁠⁠ Basement Girls Podcast Store on Bookshop.org | ⁠⁠⁠⁠bookshop.org/shop/basementgirls

    1h 4m

  4. 01/06/2024

    13. THE SANTA CLAUSE as Body Horror | With Peter Counter

    Never put on a dead man's clothes! Author and culture critic Peter Counter joins Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez in the basement to discuss how THE SANTA CLAUSE (1994), starring Tim Allen, is actually a movie about body horror, possession, and the sublime. It's basically a yuletide HEREDITARY (in fact, we're pretty sure Santa Claus knows Paiman...). SHOW NOTES Peter Counter | ⁠peterbcounter.com Be Scared of Everything by Peter Counter | ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/4492/9781988784564 How to Restore a Timeline: On Violence and Memory by Peter Counter | https://bookshop.org/a/4492/9781487011994 ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES ⁠⁠Gemini Gospel⁠⁠⁠ | Bianca Pérez's debut poetry chapbook, published by Host Publications ⁠⁠⁠hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel⁠⁠⁠. Can't buy right now? ⁠⁠⁠Shelve it on Goodreads⁠⁠⁠! "⁠⁠Likeness⁠⁠"⁠ | Steph Grossman's latest horror-tinged short story, published in Joyland Magazine. Free to read. Bitly link: ⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/mirrorstory⁠⁠⁠ Basement Girls Podcast Store on Bookshop.org | ⁠⁠⁠bookshop.org/shop/basementgirls

    1h 6m

  5. 10/31/2023

    12. Ray Bradbury's THE HALLOWEEN TREE Book and Movie Review | With Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast Host David Barr Kirtley

    With Bianca Pérez out for her Hallowedding (!), WIRED's Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast host David Barr Kirtley joins Steph Grossman in the basement to discuss the '90s animated Halloween classic, The Halloween Tree (1993), as well as Ray Bradbury’s 1972 novella of the same name that inspired it. SHOW NOTES Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast | geeksguideshow.com & wired.com/author/geeks-guide-to-the-galaxy David Barr Kirtley | davidbarrkirtley.com Save Me Plz and Other Stories by David Barr Kirtley | amazon.com/Save-Me-Plz-Other-Stories/dp/B09S65RZF5 ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES ⁠Gemini Gospel⁠⁠ | Bianca Pérez's debut poetry chapbook, published by Host Publications ⁠⁠hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel⁠⁠. Can't buy right now? ⁠⁠Shelve it on Goodreads⁠⁠! "⁠Likeness⁠"⁠ | Steph Grossman's latest horror-tinged short story, published in Joyland Magazine. Free to read. Bitly link: ⁠⁠bit.ly/mirrorstory⁠⁠ Basement Girls Podcast Store on Bookshop.org | ⁠⁠bookshop.org/shop/basementgirls

    1h 4m

  6. 09/22/2023

    11. Summer Camp Horror: FRIDAY THE 13TH

    It ain't fall 'til September 23rd y'all. Hold onto sweet, scary summer for one more day by joining your resident basement girls in their discussion about the summer camp horror film that started it all: the original Friday the 13th. Topics include a brief history of summer camp, the "whodunnit" aspect of the film, cozy horror, feminist subtext, final girls, motherhood, and how the famous "ch ch ch ah ah ah" sound is actually a remix of "kill kill kill ma ma ma" (really! That's what it says!). P. S. Steph deeply hates Neddy. They also answer questions and comments from a few listeners who also happen to be authors: William Jensen, Brendan Deneen, and Amy Gentry. SHOW NOTES "Summer Camp Has Always Been About Escaping Modern Life" by Livia Gershon | daily.jstor.org/history-summer-camp "Camp Cool, Not School Cool" episode of the Binchtopia Podcast | audacy.com/podcast/binchtopia-42372/episodes/camp-cool-not-school-cool-9a207 ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES Gemini Gospel⁠ | Bianca Pérez's debut poetry chapbook, published by Host Publications ⁠hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel⁠. Can't buy right now? ⁠Shelve it on Goodreads⁠! "Likeness"⁠ | Steph Grossman's latest horror-tinged short story, published in Joyland Magazine. Free to read. Bitly link: ⁠bit.ly/mirrorstory⁠ Basement Girls Podcast Store on Bookshop.org | ⁠bookshop.org/shop/basementgirls

    1h 2m

  7. 07/30/2023

    10. Found Footage Horror, Part 2: Modern Found Footage

    Screenlife = Screamlife. In this second installment of their found footage series, Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez discuss how recent innovations in the genre tap into our internet addictions and round-the-clock "screenlife" to create uniquely contemporary horror stories. Screamlife found footage films discussed include: Megan is Missing (2011), Unfriended (2015), Unfriended: Dark Web (2018), Searching (2018), Host (2020), and *sigh* Dashcam (2022). Also discussed: modern found footage in the form of online urban legends (Slenderman), Youtube videos (Marble Hornets and The Backrooms), and iconic found footage-y posts found on Twitter ("Dear David") and Reddit ("Pen Pal"). SHOW NOTES Gemini Gospel | Bianca Pérez's debut poetry chapbook, published by Host Publications hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel. Can't buy right now? Shelve it on Goodreads! Likeness | Steph Grossman's latest horror-tinged short story, published in Joyland Magazine. Free to read. Bitly link: bit.ly/mirrorstory Basement Girls Podcast Store on Bookshop.org | bookshop.org/shop/basementgirls

    2h 8m
  8. 9. SPENCER Movie Review | With Adam D. Jameson

    12/30/2022

    9. SPENCER Movie Review | With Adam D. Jameson

    Is she eating the g*dd*mn pearls?!  Author and film critic Adam D. Jameson joins Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez to discuss the horror and gothic elements of Pablo Larraín's princess Diana movie SPENCER (2021), written by Steven Knight, and starring Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sean Harris, and Sally Hawkins.  Show Notes: Adam D. Jameson's website: https://adjameson.wordpress.com/ Buy I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing: Star Wars and the Triumph of Geek Culture  by Adam D. Jameson: https://bit.ly/LackofFaithBG Buy Cinemaps: An Atlas of 35 Great Movies by Adam D. Jameson and Andrew DeGraff: https://bit.ly/cinemapsBG

    1h 31m
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    About

    A horror (and whatnot) podcast that covers film and literature across the genre. Think My Favorite Murder meets The Tolkien Professor, but for horror, gothic, suspense, and mystery. 👻🖤 Hosted by writers Bianca Perez and Steph Grossman.

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    • Creator
      Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez
    • Years Active
      2020 - 2025
    • Episodes
      17
    • Rating
      Explicit
    • Copyright
      © Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez
    • Show Website
      Basement Girls Horror Podcast

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