Basement Girls Horror Podcast

Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez

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. May 15

    20. Classic Horror: THE WOLF MAN (1941) | With Leticia Urieta, author of the dark fiction collection THE REMEDY IS THE DISEASE from Undertaker Books

    This week, the Basement Girls head into the shadows with the 1941 horror classic THE WOLF MAN. Joined by writer, editor, and community teaching artist Leticia Urieta, we discuss transformation, body horror, inherited fear, and the enduring tragedy of the monster story. We also celebrate the release of Leticia’s newest horror collection, THE REMEDY IS THE DISEASE, and talk writing about the body, illness, terror, and what horror can reveal about vulnerability and survival. Grab your silver bullets—or silver canes...you do you—and join us in the basement. !!!Spoiler-heavy as always!!! SHOW NOTES Leticia Urieta | leticiaaurieta.com THE REMEDY IS THE DISEASE by Leticia Urieta | bookshop.org/a/4492/9781966387282 Werewolf-y Books, Films, and Shows Leticia Recommends: SUCH SHARP TEETH by Rachel Harrison (Read Leticia's review of SUCH SHARP TEETH for The Ancillary Review of Books)QUEER AS FOLKLORE by Sacha CowardVAN HELSINGTHE BEAST WITHINPENNY DREADFUL (shout out to Steph's childhood friend Jonny Beauchamp who played Angelique ❤︎!)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 36m

  2. Apr 26

    19. HELL HOUSE LLC Trilogy Review | With Post-Punk Poet Em Fullenwider

    In this episode, Bianca Pérez descends into the Abaddon Hotel with poet Em Fullenwider—Basement Girl honoree and fellow lover of language that lingers. Steph’s out of the Basement (we miss her bad), but we’re still asking the real question: Would you stay in a haunted hotel if the vibes were off…but the rent was cheap? From the original 2015 cult classic to its increasingly unhinged expansions, Bianca and Em break down plot, production lore, and why the scariest thing isn’t what moves...it’s what waits. Plus: Em brings her beautiful poems to the dark. !!!Spoiler-heavy as always!!! So tell us: If you knew the truth…would you still walk into the Abaddon Hotel? SHOW NOTES Em Fullenwider's Insta! | ⁠⁠instagram.com/postpunk_poet⁠ 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 5m

  3. 12/23/2025

    Holiday Rewind: SPENCER Movie Review | With Adam D. Jameson

    With the 2025 Christmas season upon us, enjoy this shiny holiday re-post of when we had Adam D. Jameson on to review SPENCER, an unsettling biopic about a Christmas weekend Princess Diana, played by Kristen Stewart(!)(?), spends in the countryside with the royal family. It is the epitome of a gothic Christmas horror. Totally worth the watch. Merry Krampus, y'all! *** "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

  4. 07/28/2025

    17. SCREAM (1996) Movie Review | With Jenni Kaye, Filmmaker, Letterboxd Horrorville HQ Editor, and Co-Founder of Hyperreal Film Club (a Microcinema on Austin TX's Eastside)

    Filmmaker, Letterboxd Horrorville HQ Editor, and Co-Founder of Hyperreal Film Club (a microcinema on Austin TX's Eastside), Jenni Kaye, joins Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez in the basement to talk about SCREAM (1996). SHOW NOTES Jenni Kaye's Insta! | ⁠instagram.com/jenni.video⁠ Hyperreal Film Club | hyperrealfilm.club Horrorville HQ on Letterboxed | letterboxd.com/horrorville 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 18m

  5. 05/31/2025

    16. THE EXORCIST Movie and Book Review | With C.S. Fritz, Author of A FIG FOR ALL THE DEVILS

    "The devil says the darndest things." Author and illustrator C.S. Fritz joins Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez in the basement to talk about the horror classic that kinda started it all: THE EXORCIST (1973). Additionally, they discuss the original EXORCIST novel (1971) by William Peter Blatty, Satan's charms, hot priests, and Fritz's own devilish novel, A FIG FOR ALL THE DEVILS. SHOW NOTES A FIG FOR ALL THE DEVILS by C.S. Fritz | https://www.amazon.com/Fig-All-Devils-C-S-Fritz/dp/B09HSX6M4H 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 13m

  6. 03/18/2025

    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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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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 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez
  • Show Website
    Basement Girls Horror Podcast