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Gaylords of Darkness

242 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 287 ratings

When the clock strikes 6:66, the Gaylords of Darkness (Anthony Hudson & Stacie Ponder) come forth to chart the arcane world of horror through a queer lens - with occasional visits from ghouls, goblins, and briefcase women from the 1980s.

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Episode 42 - The Problem Is Not Our Glamour

July 17, 2019 10:38 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

Episode 42: The Problem Is Not Our Glamour LGBTQ Revenge Month goes Problematique™ with two unhinged queer killers in Hide and Go Shriek (1988) and High Tension (2003)! Stacie and Anthony examine the value of "negative" representation, the frequency of deaths by bannisters, elevators, and mannequins, and recommend some films for the burgeoning young horror fan. Nothing will ever come between you and this episode! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 41 - It Decorated Our Lives

July 10, 2019 10:33 - 1 hour - 63.8 MB

Episode 41: It Decorated Our Lives The Gaylords collectively wail over one helluva week then head to Hårga for Ari Aster's Midsommar! Stacie and Anthony crown Florence Pugh as their May Queen for Life, talk about folk horror and a new kind of Final Girl, look at their fave horror from 2006-2016, and much more. Get your mushrooms and mallets ready! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 40 - Glances Down Hallways

July 03, 2019 16:34 - 1 hour - 69.2 MB

Episode 40: Glances Down Hallways The Gaylords kick off LGBTQ Revenge Month with The Perfection (2018) and Night Warning (1982)! Stacie & Anthony look at these two very different (and very queer) bonkers bonk-fests in an episode jam-packed with vengeance, queer subtext, and revelations of...Annabelle love?! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 39 - My Fannypack Overfloweth

June 26, 2019 10:48 - 1 hour - 73.3 MB

Episode 39: My Fannypack Overfloweth Not yet defeated by Pride, the Gaylords emerge this week with a listener question bonanza! Stacie & Anthony address all your burning questions about scary movies for horror newbies, the Amityville franchise, horror television, Basket Case, Adrienne Barbeau, Tori Spelling, and much, much, much more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 38 - My Sweet Summer Sausage Child

June 19, 2019 10:23 - 2 hours - 93.5 MB

Episode 38: My Sweet Summer Sausage Child We tackle so much this week that only a mega-super-sized episode could contain it all: horror-flavored video games, movie soundtracks we love, the news about yet another Black Christmas, the trailer for Doctor Sleep, Midi-chlorians, feeling betrayed by Jessica Biel, and much more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 37 - Straight Pride Brittle

June 12, 2019 10:36 - 1 hour - 65.9 MB

Episode 37: Straight Pride Brittle This week the Gaylords continue to celebrate Pride with some new corporate sponsors: mad scientists, surgical mansions, face masks, and skin grafts in Eyes Without a Face (1960) and The Skin I Live In (2011). Join in as they navigate questions of identity and representation, their favorite horror novel adaptations, and more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 36 - Heterosexual Chemical Warfare

June 05, 2019 13:10 - 1 hour - 69.8 MB

Episode 36: Heterosexual Chemical Warfare The Gaylords kick off Pride month by doing shots with Octavia Spencer (and all the other queens) in Ma, lamenting vestibule terrorism and the lack of queer horror franchises, and dragging Werner Herzog into their rainbow swamp. Got a question for the Gaylords? Find 'em on Facebook and Twitter, or email [email protected] Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 35 - Hashtag Canceled

May 29, 2019 15:09 - 1 hour - 65.2 MB

Episode 35: Hashtag Canceled This week the Gaylords enroll at the esteemed University of Pieces (1982) for some higher learning about waterbeds, kung fu, nudie puzzles, and undercover tennis cops before they decide to hashtag cancel themselves. Also: their fave horror sequences from the last decade and more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 34 - Lesbian for No Reason

May 22, 2019 10:08 - 1 hour - 74.6 MB

Episode 34: Lesbian for No Reason This week the Gaylords don their Satanic red shawls and swig some poisoned hot toddies as they take a trip to TV land with The Initiation of Sarah (1978) and Home for the Holidays (1972)! Arcane mysteries abound: what's up with Shelley Winters? Why does no one talk about one of the earliest slasher movies ever made and the perfect queens within? Also: debating Twitter handles, talkin' about movies they should like, and much more. Find out more at https://...

Episode 33 - Now THIS is Podracing

May 15, 2019 10:31 - 1 hour - 76.6 MB

Episode 33: Now THIS is Podracing Live deliciously (or take mushrooms and explode) with the Gaylords as they indulge in the folk horrors of bleak Satanjc pastoral life with The VVitch and Hagazussa. Stacie and Anthony go through the wringer with two incredible actresses and debate goat sexuality, the proper preparation of flying ointment and baby soup, the Blair Witch, and much more. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 32 - The Boner of My Heart

May 08, 2019 10:44 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

Episode 32: The Boner of My Heart This week Stacie & Anthony ask just how far they’d be willing to go for a sweet purple jacket with 1983’s One Dark Night! The Gaylords rejoice in Meg Tilly, E.G. Daily, and psychic detective Olivia McKenna’s press-on nails, plus a few of their favorite lesser-known horror films. AND "enjoy" some rare special insights into the enigmatic mind of Stacie Ponder — grab your lucky yellow toothbrush and watch where you put that garlic! Find out more at https://ga...

Episode 31 - Ellen Burstyn's Day Spa

May 01, 2019 10:28 - 1 hour - 63.6 MB

Episode 31: Ellen Burstyn's Day Spa Celebrate May Day Gaylords-style with two trips to Summerisle: The Wicker Man (1973) and The Wicker Man (2006)! Stacie and Anthony address singing swingers, off-camera bees, gender-swapping in horror films, and toast before mounting a campaign against the Rate and Review Industrial Complex. Get your corn rigs out and twirl around that maypole (quietly, please). Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 30 - G.R.A.M.M.I.

April 24, 2019 10:42 - 1 hour - 51.2 MB

Episode 30: G.R.A.M.M.I. This week the Gaylords celebrate the new Blu-ray release of the bonkers 1985-but-really-1982 film Superstition. Stacie & Anthony demon-cackle their way through one of the best witch / ghost / haunted house / slasher movies out there and temper it with bouts of Child's Play remake-induced illness, animatronic grandmothers, their favorite non-horror horror films, and more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 29 - A Trip to Ti Town

April 17, 2019 09:56 - 1 hour - 68.3 MB

Episode 29: A Trip to Ti Town This week the Gaylords fawn over two films by writer/director Ti West: The House of the Devil (2009) and The Innkeepers (2011) and all the perfect scares and perfect queens within. Also on the docket: green splats, the dubious motivations of horror movie Satanists, logistical questions about ghosts, twists, and the University of Sally Struthers. Yeah, it's a lot. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 28 - A Woman Cannot Live on Rage Alone

April 10, 2019 11:19 - 1 hour - 62.8 MB

Episode 28: A Woman Cannot Live on Rage Alone This week the Gaylords return to Ludlow, Maine for the Pet Sematary remake and find themselves pondering undead pyramid schemes, stony soil, plot switcheroos, and John Lithgow’s mustard lips. Is dead really sometimes better? Listen for Stacie & Anthony’s final verdicts and all the remake talk you can stand! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 27 - Peanut Butter and Paris Hilton

April 03, 2019 10:27 - 1 hour - 72.3 MB

Episode 27: Peanut Butter and Paris Hilton This week the Gaylords don their white tank tops and venture back to the early-to-mid-2000s for the Tank Top Trilogy: 2003’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Wrong Turn and 2005’s House of Wax! Stacie & Anthony chart the descent from post-Scream-era slashers into grungy rural torture p0rn and find themselves wondering: is (honorary Gaylord) Paris Hilton the only one to come out of this unscathed? Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 26 - Things Go Bump at Noon

March 27, 2019 11:19 - 1 hour - 65.2 MB

Episode 26: Things Go Bump at Noon This week the Gaylords revel in not one but TWO Lupitas in Jordan Peele’s Us! This spoiler-heavy episode tackles our takes on the film as well as our feels about Elisabeth Moss + Scientology, horror and life in the Trump era, and the true horror of braving audiences to see a new release on opening weekend! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 25- Gay and Hungry

March 20, 2019 12:36 - 1 hour - 54.7 MB

Episode 25: Gay and Hungry This week the Gaylords put on their toe shoes and dance their way through the bombastic, bonkers Black Swan. Also: Greta, possession movies, bad endings, and more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 24 - My Cyberworld is My Business

March 13, 2019 10:44 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB

Episode 24: My Cyberworld is My Business Log on, boot up a jpeg, and join the Gaylords for their first foray into the erotic, exotic cyberworld of internet horror as they discuss iMurders (2008) and Cam (2018). Plus: pop music in horror films and more. No one will emerge from this jacking in unscathed! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 23 - The Happy Taco of the Franchise

March 06, 2019 18:20 - 1 hour - 68.7 MB

Episode 23: The Happy Taco of the Franchise It's the Juliette Cummins double feature you never knew you wanted! Get hepped up on corn dogs and tune in as the Gaylords discuss two bonkers black sheep horror films: Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning and Slumber Party Massacre II. Hillbilly dirt farmers, rockabilly sex goblins, listener questions, Tokyo Convertibles and more await your ear holes! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 22 - "A Moist Hefty Bag Full of Baby Arms" with Colin Drucker

February 27, 2019 11:54 - 1 hour - 79.3 MB

Episode 22: A Moist Hefty Bag Full of Baby Arms This week the Gaylords welcome Colin Drucker (Alright Mary and In the Details podcasts) into the coven for their long foretold return to Suspiria (2018). They crack open their chests, investigate every detail and nuance, and tackle many lingering questions, including: What's up with Miss Griffith? Why is Klemperer so important? Does Helena Markos have a timeshare in Tampa? Put on your red yarn and dance, everybody, dance! Find out more at htt...

Episode 21 - "Soft, Silky Euphemisms" with Guinevere Turner

February 20, 2019 15:37 - 1 hour - 51.4 MB

Episode 21: "Soft, Silky Euphemisms" with Guinevere Turner This week the Gaylords spend the night with Rita Mae Brown and Amy Holden Jones’s The Slumber Party Massacre — now with guest Gaylord, writer & actress Guinevere Turner (American Psycho, the upcoming Charlie Says). Ready your nighties, Space Babe shirts, and corpse pizza for a killer party! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 20 - "An Emotional Truck of Potatoes" with Alex West

February 13, 2019 12:13 - 1 hour - 69.9 MB

Episode 20: An Emotional Truck of Potatoes Dead is NOT better than this week's episode as the Gaylords are joined by writer/film critic Alex West (Faculty of Horror, The 1990s Teen Horror Cycle)! The terrible trio put on their blue velvet dresses and top hats to talk Pet Sematary, Pet Sematary II, the current state of horror movies, and being a horror fan in this hashtag woke era. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 19 - Sit on It and Click It

February 06, 2019 13:17 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB

Episode 19: Sit on It and Click It This week the Gaylords kick off Women in Horror month with their favorite killer prom queen Mary Lou Maloney from Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II and Prom Night III: The Last Kiss. Also: the Amityville series, listener questions, and more. Remember...for a good time, call the Gaylords of Darkness! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 18 - Call Me Werewulva

January 30, 2019 11:23 - 1 hour - 82.5 MB

Episode 18: Call Me Werewulva It's time for the first annual SNUBBIES, the only awards show that consists solely of the Gaylords ranting and raving over the horror actresses and performances that have been snubbed by all those other awards shows. Yes, we especially mean Toni Collette in Hereditary. CAN YOU BELIEVE SHE WASN'T NOMINATED? Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 17 - A Haunted Katamari Waffle Maker

January 23, 2019 14:35 - 1 hour - 69.6 MB

Episode 17: A Haunted Katamari Waffle Maker This week, the Gaylords take a trip to the House on Haunted Hill and face the terrors within: skeletons on strings, 90s-style twitchy ghosts, vats of acid, vats of blood, and Chris Kattan. Also on the docket: listener questions and post-Scream slashers. Do you dare listen?? Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 16 - Fancy a Peep at Me Bloomers?

January 16, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 84.1 MB

Episode 16: Fancy a Peep at Me Bloomers? It's lesbian vampire week at Gaylords of Darkness! Stacie and Anthony sink their fangs into The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Daughters of Darkness (1971) before they are undone by this week's listener question. Got a question for the Gaylords? Find them on Facebook or email [email protected] Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 15 - Six of One, a Honeypot of the Other

January 09, 2019 16:53 - 1 hour - 57 MB

Episode 15: Six of One, a Honeypot of the Other This week the Gaylords take on two totally-the-same-but-very-different movies featuring predatory lesbians, deceitful boyfriends, killer ghouls, creepy Catholics, evil apartment complexes, and puritanical sex panic! It’s The Sentinel (1977) and Lurkers (1988) — don’t touch that dial and don’t mind Beverly D’Angelo! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 14 - Mistress Loretta's Bathtub

January 02, 2019 16:11 - 1 hour - 51.1 MB

Episode 14: Mistress Loretta's Bathtub The Gaylords shed their 2018 skinsuit with the first episode of 2019, wherein they look back with some cheers, some jeers, and the usual nonsense. You know what they say: new year, same them! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 13 - Put Me on the Internet for Some Reason

December 19, 2018 14:32 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

Episode 13: Put Me on the Internet for Some Reason End-of-year holiday madness strikes as the Gaylords discuss the classic 1974 slasher film Black Christmas, the not-so-classic 2006 remake Black X-mas, horror movie rip-offs, their own Child's Play remake, and more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 12 - A Scuzzy Raimi in a Leather Jacket

December 12, 2018 16:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MB

Episode 12: A Scuzzy Raimi in a Leather Jacket You don't need to say their names five times; the Gaylords are already here and they're ready to talk about Candyman (1992)! Join us as we dish on Helen's hair, discuss the timely social issues in this brilliant film, and bust out some amazing Candyman impressions. Plus, listener questions, Golden Globes disgust, weird bouts of insecurity, and more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 11 - Sisterhood of the Traveling Christian Fashion Nightie

December 05, 2018 14:31 - 1 hour - 64 MB

Episode 11: Sisterhood of the Traveling Christian Fashion Nightie This week, the Gaylords invite you into their Jesus Closet (not a euphemism) as they discuss a trio of terrific telekinetic (t)ladies: Carrie (1976), Jennifer (1978), and Thelma (2017). Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 10 - Apply Directly to the Forehead

November 28, 2018 15:12 - 1 hour - 88.7 MB

Episode 10: Apply Directly to the Forehead This week, the Gaylords share their love of found footage films and their disdain of the kids on bikes genre, including It (2017). Plus: listener questions and more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 9 - A Journey That Went Nowhere

November 21, 2018 14:01 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Episode 9: A Journey That Went Nowhere This week, the Gaylords dine on the bizarre Thanksgiving slasher Blood Rage and share what they're thankful for in horror. Also: listener questions, a corn cob meltdown, and more! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 8 - At Least the String in the Butt Was Interesting

November 14, 2018 09:03 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Episode 8: At Least the String in the Butt Was Interesting This week, Stacie and Anthony are still recovering from their Suspiria (2018) meltdown and decide to take a look back at the original Three Mothers trilogy: Suspiria (1977), Inferno (1980), and Mother of Tears (2007). Will the Gaylords ever be the same? Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 7 - A Sandwich Board and a Big Ol' Bell

November 07, 2018 12:53 - 1 hour - 78.2 MB

Episode 7: A Sandwich Board and a Big Ol' Bell This week, the Gaylords go completely off-the-rails thanks to their rapturous love of the new Suspiria. All hail the Mother of Sighs! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 6 - Two Crabs in the Mud

October 31, 2018 10:41 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

Episode 6: Two Crabs in the Mud Happy Halloween! Or is it? You'll find out in Episode 6, wherein Stacie and Anthony sound off on Halloween H40. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 5 - In the Night, in the Dark

October 24, 2018 13:47 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

Episode 5: In the Night, in the Dark This week, the Gaylords do a deep dive on all things Hill House: The Haunting (1963), The Haunting (1999), and the new Netflix mini-series The Haunting of Hill House. Ghosts, gays, gloves, and (G)Owen Wilson, this episode has it all! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 4 - Prepare for the Harvest

October 17, 2018 09:36 - 1 hour - 65.2 MB

Episode 4: Prepare for the Harvest Halloweentime approaches, and the Gaylords want to make sure your SHOCKtober lineup is, like, totally spooktacular. What do they recommend for this, the greatest of all the holiday seasons? You'll have to listen to find out, because that is how podcasts work! Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 3 - The Gospel of Chucky and Tiffany

October 10, 2018 13:14 - 1 hour - 82.7 MB

Episode 3: The Gospel of Chucky and Tiffany In this episode, the Gaylords (Anthony and Stacie) distract themselves from the political hellscape by fawning over the entire Child's Play series. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 2 - Baked Potato Satan

October 03, 2018 04:24 - 1 hour - 85.8 MB

Episode 2: Baked Potato Satan In this episode, the Gaylords (Anthony and Stacie) bond over their love of Lords of Salem and their "I liked that"s of Mandy. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

Episode 1 - Drops of Blood by the Ham

September 26, 2018 10:36 - 1 hour - 73.4 MB

Episode 1: Drops of Blood by the Ham In the premiere episode of Gaylords of Darkness, Stacie and Anthony discuss the trailers for Halloween H40 and Suspiria. Find out more at https://gaylords-of-darkness.pinecast.co

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