Spooky and Gay w/ Carver and Jay Carver Casey

It's a two-part Halloween crossover event! Carver Casey of the Spooky & Gay with Carver & Jay podcast joins me to talk personal histories of horror and whether the films of A24 auteur darling Ari Aster are all they're cracked up to be. In this episode, we turn our queer lens on Hereditary - Transmasculine allegory or transphobic trash? Listen to find out where we land, and join us next week for Part 2, when we tackle his follow-up folk horror classic Midsommar!

Article discussed: Trans Horror Stories and Society's Fear of the Transmasculine Body - Sasha Geffen (Them.)

Women-Directed Horror (and horror-adjacent) Recs:

• Raw (2016) dir. Julia Ducournau
• Mary Shelley (2017) dir. Haifaa Al-Mansour
• Good Manners/As Boas Maneiras (2017) dir. Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra
• Shirley (2020) dir. Josephine Decker
• A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) dir. Ana Lily Amirpour
• The Nightingale (2018) dir. Jennifer Kent [TW: intense scenes of sexual assault]
• Carmilla (2019) dir. Emily Harris
• Violation (2020) dir. Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Dusty Mancinelli [TW: SA]
• The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) [Netflix]
• Lovecraft Country (2020) [HBO Max]
• Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021) [Netflix]
• Evil (2019 - ) [Paramount+]

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Jay and I get to catch you all up on everything we have seen over the last few months before we get into the heavy themes of The Last Thing Mary Saw(available on Shudder) and my personal issues with queer rep in horror over the last few years. This movie had some serious trigger warnings so avoid this episode if discussions involving SA, Homophobia, or Religious Trauma will be distressing to you. 

Almost a year ago Jay and I sat down to record this episode for my birthday, and I am so happy to be sharing it with you. We watched what was definitely the best movie of 2020, Uncle Peckerhead. On our way to gush about Mel's thighs we also chat about being the only people who liked The New Mutants movie, rock/punk rock as a motif in horror, seeing our first movie in theaters in over a year, and how we (still) haven't seen Promising Young Women. 

We are decked out in our shortest shorts and our t-shirts with our names screen printed across our chest so that we can help you have a very gay Halloween. Grab your cousin and your bea and meet us in the rec hall for Sleepaway Camp 1984.  



TW: mention of child abuse

As the title says It Comes At Night 2017 is all about vibes. Be that isolating vibes, covid prediction vibes, and just maybe homoerotic vibes.  We do end up talking quite a bit about the parallels between the movie and covid so feel free to come back next week instead to hear our conversation on Childs Play 3.  

We hope you enjoy this blast from our past!!! This episode was recorded before our hiatus and we are both so glad that people will finally be able to listen to it.. We chat about poorly named fast food items, running into your parents at the strip club, and the BDSM fantasy fever dream that is Hellbound: Hellraiser 2. We would love to hear what you think about Hellraiser 2 and any other movie we covered, if you want to share your take on us or the show you can tweet at us: @spooky_carver or shoot us an email at: carverandjay.spookyandgay@gmail.com You can also follow Carver on TikTok @grey.spooky.gay