Scream Girls
103 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 203 ratingsHey, boos! We're Callie and Kaitlin. We watch scary movies and podcast about them. Whether you're a blood-and-guts fanatic or a scaredy cat looking for a non-threatening summary of the latest prestige horror flick, we've got you covered with our weekly breakdowns of classic and contemporary spooky cinema.
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100: Coke Floats - Signs
July 09, 2020 22:51 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBThis is a milestone in more ways than one! The gals swing away at the long-referenced Ur-Horror Movie as Kaitlin tackles a new life adventure in the Scream Girls' HUNDREDTH episode.
99: This is the Shit - Tales from the Hood
July 02, 2020 21:33 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBGet ready for some bite-sized (but super socially relevant) frights, cuz this week Callie and Kaitlin are all about Rusty Cundieff's haunting and hilarious 1995 horror anthology!
98: Don't Be Bloodthirsty - The Lost Boys
June 26, 2020 03:47 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBCallie and Kaitlin are starting off the summer right — by staying indoors and away from the sun like two sexy half-vamps! Tune in to hear the Scream Girls breakdown The Lost Boys. We’re talking homoerotic tension, smoldering Sutherland, and the hubris of teens. This one’s for you, Joel Schumacher… RIP. <3
97: Not Sinister - Insidious
June 19, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBThis week’s episode is no snooze! The Scream Girls are astral projecting to The Further and back thanks to James Wan’s "Insidious." Come tip-toe through the spooky, demonic tulips with weeeeee…
96: A Truly Grape Film - An American Werewolf in London
June 12, 2020 18:57 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBAwooooo! Callie and Kaitlin heard the call of the wild and answered with a recap of this bafflingly mediocre movie... or is it a brilliant cult classic??? Somebody please let them know!
Black lives matter.
June 04, 2020 23:39 - 7 minutes - 4.98 MBA short check-in about what we're thinking and, more importantly, what we're doing. Visit the link in our Instagram bio for some ways to take action against racism.
95: Why So Serious? - Rosemary's Baby
May 29, 2020 00:18 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBGenius, icon and all around horror hero, Jordan Peele said “‘Rosemary’s Baby’ is a film about gender; it’s about men making decisions about women’s bodies behind their backs.” And you know the Scream Girls have A LOT to say about it. Unpacking this indisputable horror classic isn’t an easy job, but Callie and Kaitlin are going there… after a quick visit to Vidal Sassoon, that is! And a quick note: in case you forgot, the views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the...
94: New Phone, Who Disco? - Prom Night (1980)
May 22, 2020 00:12 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBThis week’s episode goes out to all the high schoolers whose proms were canceled due to this living dick pic of a situation. Our hearts go out to you! And we hope this dance-filled, disco-themed, pseudo slasher film brings you some laughs. All hail Jamie Lee Curtis!
93: High School's a Witch - The Craft
May 14, 2020 23:49 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBHow to the Scream Girls enter this circle? With perfect love and perfectly disguised quarantine roots. Slip into your favorite spaghetti-strap-dress-with-a-t-shirt-underneath and mix yourself a drink that's as stiff as a board, cuz the gals are about to tackle the one wicked '90s classic. Oh, Manon, we're in for good time!
92: Sourdough Dread - The Others
May 08, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBAfter 8 weeks at home, the Scream Girls are as pale as two children with a rare photosynthesis disease and ready to get their spook on! In honor of Mother's Day, we're breaking down "The Others," featuring a very bossy, kinda Aussie mama played by earth angel Nicole Kidman. Say it with us: "This podcast is ours, this podcast is ours, this podcast is ours."
An Update from the Girls
May 04, 2020 14:38 - 15 minutes - 10.2 MBHide your priests and lock up your daddies... the Scream Girls are BACK with a special mini episode. Find out what we've been doing -- and eating -- while #StayingHome, and hear what spooky plans we have in store for the coming weeks.
91: Shakin' Bacon - Tremors
March 13, 2020 14:01 - 1 hour - 51 MBWhen you're freaked out about global pandemics and uncertain of the future, the only thing to do is Graboid life by the Bacon and be thankful for the kind of friends who would battle a new species of carnivorous sand worm with you. We love you, boos... stay safe, stay positive, and WASH YOUR HANDS. And also listen to this very fun episode on Tremors.
90: Who Let Nic Cage in Here? - Mom and Dad
March 06, 2020 00:23 - 58 minutes - 44.3 MBThe Scream Girls are back in action with a super-stylized dark comedy that's sure to slow the tick-tick-ticking of your biological clock!
89: I Love the '90s - The Turning
February 07, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBEven a walkman from the '90s wouldn’t skip this episode! Callie and Kaitlin travel to a dank estate in England… or is it Canada… in this contemporary take on The Turn of the Screw. It’s all good old-fashioned spookitude until the last few, what-just-happened minutes!
88: This Screw is Turnt - The Innocents (1961)
January 31, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBThis episode is LIT(...erary). Callie and Kaitlin take on a masterful 1961 adaptation of Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw." Is it a good old fashioned ghost story, or a sinister tale of sexual dysfunction run amok? The world may never know... but there's nothing ambiguous about the gals' love for this movie!
87: Morehees - Friday the 13th, Part 2
January 24, 2020 01:20 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBThe Scream Girls are journeying back to Camp Crystal Lake, and unlike the typical final girls, they're definitely not going alone! Callie and Kaitlin welcome their fellow Broadway lover and the host of "Baring it All with Call Me Adam," Adam Rothenberg. The shrieks have never been louder, the teens have never been hornier and the sexy underwear has never been browner... let's do this, campers!
86: Cillian the Game - 28 Days Later
January 17, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBDoes it feel like it’s been 28 days since our last ep? Does that fill you with rage? Well take a chill pill and wash it down with some product placement Pepsi! The Scream Girls are back and saying “HELLLOOO” to Danny Boyle’s seriously gritty, surprisingly hopeful horror film. This one’s for you, Frank!
85: Brazen Hussey - Black Christmas (1974)
December 25, 2019 14:34 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBHAPPY HOLIDAYS, BOOS! We're celebrating the season with a festive cult slasher, starring a cast of spooky '70s angels. So check your attic for homicidal maniacs, gather round the tree, and have yourselves a scary little Christmas.
84: Joy to the End of the World - Anna and the Apocalypse
December 20, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBIt’s a Christmas miracle!!! Callie and Kaitlin are joined by special guest expert, BroadwayBox writer Josh Ferri, as they combine two of their greatest loves — post-apocalyptic horror movies and MUSICALS.
83: Snow Thank You - Jack Frost
December 13, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBFrosty the snowman was a nasty, toxic prick, with a smoker's cough and the urge to kill and a carrot for a... well, you know the rest! This week, Callie and Kaitlin are joined by "Comparing Notes" co-host Rose Glaeser to unpack a seasonal flick that's as funny as it is frosty. Thumpety thump thump, thumpety thump thump, look at the Scream Girls go!
82: Bee My Victim - Candyman
December 06, 2019 21:28 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBCallie and Kaitlin are totally hooked on this creepy, complicated urban fairy tale -- based on a story by everyone's favorite horny hellraiser, Clive Barker! Listen and find out what all the buzz is about.
81: Down, Boy! - Black Mirror's "Metalhead"
November 22, 2019 01:41 - 44 minutes - 34.3 MBCallie and Kaitlin close out November with a post-apocalyptic minisode! This terrifying ep of "Black Mirror" explores what might happen if Lassie had an adorable baby with Wall-E and then that baby grew up to be a trained assassin with anti-social personality disorder. Much like dubious SG icon Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About this Homicidal Robot Dog... and we do!
80: Mustn't Love Dogs - Ginger Snaps
November 15, 2019 00:33 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBWoof woof! Callie and Kaitlin are finally tackling their MOST requested movie, the Canadian cult classic "Ginger Snaps," aka "Werewolf Puberty." It's a fanged, fabulous dark comedy-turned-tragedy in the homicidal-teen-girl tradition of "Heathers," "Jennifer's Body," and "The Craft." In other words, it doesn't bite.
79: You're Simply the Fest - The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
November 08, 2019 00:32 - 51 minutes - 40.6 MBIt's a Very Special Spooky Episode because Callie and Kaitlin got press passes to the fabulous Brooklyn Horror Film Festival! Join them for spoiler-free previews of all the up and coming indie horror flicks they got to see!
78: Leather? I Hardly Know Her - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
November 01, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBHappy Halloween, boos!!! On this most sacred of spooky days, Callie and Kaitlin take on a total game-changer -- and one of the nastiest movies they ever chain-saw. This Halloween, remember to scream like no one's listening, dance with power tools like no one's watching, and live each day as if cannibalistic hillbillies might have you for dinner.
77: Hot and Fathered - The Exorcist
October 25, 2019 02:07 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBCallie and Kaitlin have a devil of a time unpacking the world's first horror blockbuster! If you're prone to impure fantasies involving angst-ridden raven-haired priests, better say ten Hail Marys and get right with the Lord before pressing play on this unholy installment of the Scream Girls' Halloween month of classic horror.
76: That Quid Pro, Tho - The Silence of the Lambs
October 18, 2019 02:20 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBGood evening, Clarice!!!! This week Callie and Kaitlin are revisiting a modern crime horror classic. Is it pulpy salacious trash? Is it a breathtaking work of cinematic genius? Much like the cannibalistic super villain at its heart, this flick contains multitudes! So grab some fava beans and a nice chianti, and take a big ol' bite out of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.
75: Bates and Switch - Psycho
October 11, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBThe Scream Girls' month of classic horror continues with the MOTHR of all slashers! What would the gals give to see this movie without knowing all of its stabby, skeletal secrets? At least $40,000!
74: The Pittsburgh Shuffle - Night of the Living Dead
October 04, 2019 00:00 - 53 minutes - 40.9 MBIt's the blessed month of our Lord and Savior Michael Myers! And the Scream Girls are celebrating with all classics all the time. First up: George A. Romero's trailblazing and WAY too relevant zombie masterpiece, 'Night of the Living Dead." They're coming to get you, Barbara... and the gals are coming to podcast about it.
73: 99 Red Balloons - It, Part 2
September 27, 2019 00:30 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBThe Losers Club is all glowed up and the gals are, predictably, thirsty af. Quit clownin' around and buckle up for "It, Part 2."
72: Shut Your Hellmouth - Buffy the Vampire Slayer's "Hush"
September 20, 2019 00:00 - 41 minutes - 33.3 MBThis minisode slays! The gals joyfully revisit an Emmy-nominated episode of the great TV love of Kaitlin’s life, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
71: And We'll All Float On Okay - It, Part 1 (2017)
September 13, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 63 MBHiya, Georgie! Wanna hear Callie and Kaitlin talk killer clowns, would-be child orgies and superfluous white boys? Then get your mind into the gutter and listen to this episode!
70: Hello, Dolly! - The X-Files' "Chinga"
September 06, 2019 00:00 - 39 minutes - 27.9 MBThe Scream Girls want to believe... that you will enjoy this minisode! Callie and Kaitlin are cracking open a classic "X-File," penned by none other than Mr. Stephen "Don't Shilly Shally" King.
69: STELLAAAAAA - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
August 30, 2019 00:00 - 58 minutes - 45.5 MBIt's '90s reboot culture at its spookiest (yes, we know these books were written in the 80s, ya nerds)! This week, Callie and Kaitlin are grappling with big questions. Can a CGI monster ever be as terrifying as their line-drawn childhood nightmares? What is the role of Richard Nixon in post-modern cultural meaning-making? And what the heck will Kaitlin's parents name their new puppy???
68: Man, I Feel Like a Woman - "The Gas Station"
August 23, 2019 00:00 - 25 minutes - 20.1 MBGet pumped, John Carpenter fans! In this week’s mini episode, Callie and Kaitlin examine a chapter from the horror master’s anthology, “Body Bags.” Ever wonder what it’s like to fear for your life when approached by a strange man (aka what it’s like to be a woman all the freakin’ time)? Then tune in and get ready to be ticked off.
67: Save a Train, Ride a Daddy - Train to Busan
August 16, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBCallie and Kaitlin ride the thirst train all the way to Zombie Town with this super-fun South Korean action thriller! Who knew social responsibility could be so sexy?
66: Nosfera-too Scary - Are You Afraid of the Dark's "The Tale of the Midnight Madness"
August 08, 2019 23:00 - 41 minutes - 32.6 MBSubmitted for the approval of the Midnight Society... a brand new minisode! The gals unpack the most traumatic television event of Kaitlin's young life. Are they afraid of the dark? You bet your sweet bald vampire they are.
65: Gators Gonna Gate - Crawl
August 02, 2019 00:00 - 58 minutes - 45.1 MBThis week, Callie and Kaitlin submerge themselves into the feel-good movie of the summer! CRAWL is the story of a beautiful, tenacious survivor named Sugar who must endure a Category 5 Hurricane and evade a whole bunch of bloodthirsty gators. She'll run, she'll dive, she'll doggy paddle! And her owners do things, too.
64: Get Your Shat Together - The Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
July 26, 2019 00:00 - 28 minutes - 22 MBIt's a Shatnerific summer minisode! Callie and Kaitlin enter a dimension of sight, sound, and demonic Zoobilee Zoo creatures as they unpack this classic original "Twilight Zone" episode.
63: Ari You Ok? - Midsommar
July 19, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBCallie and Kaitlin encounter the pinnacle of softboi trash in this hot new prestige flick from horror's crown prince of what-the-fuckery, Ari Aster. But it's not all eyerolls and rage headaches! They laugh, they scream, they unapologetically lust after Swedish cult members... it's quite a trip.
62: Good Chums - Jaws
July 12, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBAfter this week’s episode, you’ll never go in the water again! The Scream Girls are taking a bite out of the original summer blockbuster — JAWS. This Spielberg classic comes complete with a salty sea captain, a sexy shark nerd, and a sea-FEARing Daddy… we’re gonna need a bigger podcast!
61: Skinless Dipping - The Raft (MINISODE)
July 05, 2019 00:00 - 22 minutes - 17 MBCallie and Kaitlin celebrate the 4th of July with their first ever minisode! It's time to take the plunge into the stuff of Scream Girls legend... that (apparently) indelible Stephen King short, "The Raft." May you all swim free from the scourge of carnivorous garbage bags this summer, and may God bless America.
60: A Million Ways to Die in 2000 - Final Destination
June 28, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBCallie and Kaitlin achieve peak early 2000s nostalgia with this existential teen thriller (or is it a slasher? can it be a slasher if the killer is an omnipotent incorporeal force?). Be sure to listen to this episode in a dry, empty room with all sharp objects firmly stowed away. And a suit of armor wouldn't hurt.
59: All the Rage - The Perfection
June 21, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBRarely does a movie bug the Scream Girls as much as this new-to-Netflix pick. Featuring not-so-twisty twists, ham-fisted dialogue, and (spoiler alert) missing fists, The Perfection is far from perfect.
58: Let's Get Grand High - The Witches
June 14, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBYou may remove your wigs! You may remove your shoes! Get comfortable and enjoy this journey into a childhood fave. This episode is best enjoyed with a cucumber sandwich and a lovely bar of chocolate.
57: Dial D for Durning - When a Stranger Calls (1979)
June 07, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBThe call is coming from inside the podcast!!! Callie and Kaitlin go retro with this 70s spin on one of the world's creepiest urban legends. Is it a teen slasher? A gritty cop drama? A harrowing tale of one man's battle with mental illness? Yes! So grab yourself a Dove bar, put your phone on Do Not Disturb, and buckle up for a one-of-a-kind ride.
56: It's the Hard Knock Afterlife - The Orphanage
May 31, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MB¡Hola, cariños! Callie and Kaitlin practice screaming in Spanish as they unpack this deliciously dreadful horror fantasy about the world's most terrifying game of hide-and-seek.
56: The Toni Awards - The Sixth Sense
May 24, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBCome on, baby, let's do the TWIST! Callie and Kaitlin discuss the film that put M. Night Shyamalan on the map (no, not "Signs"). It's "The Sixth Sense," featuring tiny Haley Joel Osment, tear-jerking Toni Collette, terrifying Donnie Wahlberg, barfing Mischa Barton and more! It takes a village (no, not "The Village") to make a great horror movie, people.
54: Twisted Sister - Hellraiser
May 17, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBCallie and Kaitlin are back in action with a very special guest! Horror-Aficionado-slash-Scream-Sibling Kris Mackenzie joins the gals to celebrate this one-of-a-kind romp through the BDSM dungeons of hell. Is it a rip-roaring 80s-tastic cinema experience?? You bet! Is it slightly uncomfortable subject matter to unpack while sitting next to your younger sister? Maybe! But we are all adults here!!!! So strap in (or on) and give yourself over to Mother Pinhead and this balls-nailed-to-the-wall ...
**REBROADCAST** 6: Looking for a Boo - The Haunting (1963)
May 10, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBThe Scream Girls have to take one more unexpected week off as Callie exorcises the germs from her flu-ravaged body. They promise to be back on Thursday 5/16 with a brand new episode! In the meantime, consider revisiting this SG classic featuring an old timey fuckboi, some next-level 1960s dread, and the femslash fanfiction Kaitlin still wants to write. Thanks for your patience, boos, and remember to take your echinacea!