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Monthly conversations surrounding the best and worst of horror cinema, literature, serial podcasts, and the stage.

Episodes

  1. 4D AGO

    Saint Maud - Devotion as Consequence

    Saint Maud is a film about devotion that refuses uncertainty. What drives the horror isn’t doubt or temptation, but certainty—belief held so tightly that it eliminates alternatives. Faith becomes a closed system, immune to contradiction, where suffering is reinterpreted as purpose and consequence is reframed as reward. This episode examines how Saint Maud constructs belief as a self-authorizing force. The film’s terror emerges from the way devotion collapses inward, converting isolation, pain, and moral conviction into a single, escalating logic. There is no external judgment required—belief supplies its own verdict. In Saint Maud, faith doesn’t ask to be tested.It asks to be obeyed.

    6 min

  2. JAN 31

    The Lodge - Belief Without Consent

    The Lodge is a film about belief imposed rather than chosen. What makes the horror unsettling isn’t the possibility of something supernatural — it’s the way belief is forced onto characters who never agreed to carry it. Faith, punishment, and guilt are introduced as facts of reality, not questions to be examined, and the film’s terror emerges from that imbalance. This episode explores how The Lodge uses religious imagery, isolation, and psychological pressure to collapse the boundary between belief and control. When belief is introduced without consent, it stops being faith and becomes a mechanism of harm — one that reshapes perception, behavior, and responsibility. In The Lodge, horror doesn’t come from what is believed.It comes from being made to believe.

    7 min

  3. JAN 18

    They Look Like People — When Fear Has No Face

    They Look Like People is a film about paranoia without proof and fear without confirmation. The horror doesn’t come from what’s happening on screen. It comes from the uncertainty of whether anything is happening at all — and what that uncertainty does to someone who can’t trust their own perceptions. This episode explores how the film uses ambiguity, silence, and restraint to trap the viewer inside a mind that can’t separate threat from imagination. There is no reveal to wait for, no monster to confront, and no clear answer offered. Only the slow collapse that comes from living in a constant state of anticipation. Fear, here, isn’t an event.It’s a condition.

    7 min

  4. 07/30/2025

    N&N Presents 28 Years Later - Part 2

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    51 min

  5. 07/17/2025

    N&N Presents 28 Years Later - Part 1

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    55 min

  6. 06/08/2025

    N&N Presents Creepshow

    CJ and special guest host Danny aka NerdKing from Cutting Edge Hero and Cape Events discuss the history, inspiration, impact and a lot of other tangentially related topics regarding 1982's Creepshow!

    2h 37m

  7. 05/21/2025

    N&N Presents Vampire Hunter D

    Join CJ and special guest host EJ from Eat the Cake Anime (part of the DFPN Family) as they discuss Vampire Hunter D, it's impact on horror, pop culture, and anime along with tangential discussions about upcoming anime and horror!

    2h 8m

  8. 05/03/2025

    N&N Presents Sinners

    CJ is joined by Blak Makk, co-host of The Smokepit and No Gimmicks Podcasts, in a special episode digging deep into the cultural, racial, religious, and sexual text and subtexts of Ryan Coogler's newest film starring Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, and an AMAZING supporting cast.

    1h 54m

  9. 03/23/2025

    N&N Presents 21st Century Horror - Nicolas Cage

    CJ is joined by Jenn, host of the Queens of Nerdom Podcast and player of the Nox Aeterna TTRPG hosted by Team Awesome to discuss 10 of Nicolas Cage's horror films (good and bad) from 2000-2025.

    1h 26m
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Monthly conversations surrounding the best and worst of horror cinema, literature, serial podcasts, and the stage.

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  • Creator
    CJLovesHorror
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © CJLovesHorror
  • Show Website
    Nightmares & Nerdscapes