We thought it was time we dove into those liminal spaces all the kids are talking about with 2026’s Exit 8. Topics include: video game adaptations, the horror of the everyday, and why are we so scared of normal places with no one in them or tiny little things wrong with them (seriously, let us … Continue reading ""

Today we have guests Angel Luna and Nash Flynn from the Death and Friends podcast with two of their picks to discuss: Obsession and The Witch. There’s plenty to say about the somewhat divisive Obsession, including what we wish it did a little more of, and then we revisit the topic of our very first … Continue reading ""

We’re thrilled to return to the work of one of our favorite working horror directors, Natalie Erika James, who directed one of our favorites in recent years, Relic. Her newest film, Saccharine, is another surreal story deeply rooted in the lived experience of women, blurring the lines between what haunts us and what shapes us. … Continue reading ""

We revisit one of the new horror classics of the 2010s, David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows. Tangents include (but are not limited to): good cinematography, twisted coming-of-age stories, suburban horror, and. of course, where is our damn clamshell e-reader already?

Irish director Damian McCarthy’s first two films, Caveat and Oddity, have popped up in side discussions and recommendations before around here, but we’ve never devoted a full episode to one of his films and it seems like it’s about time. Hokum is his most sophisticated film yet, and Jessi and Jen each had slightly different … Continue reading ""

Sometimes even we want a break from the unrelenting horrors. We decided to mix it up just a bit and have some fun with the slapstick supernatural noir/horror comedy that is 1992’s Death Becomes Her. Don’t worry, it’s still got plenty of darkness to dissect. But it also has a bunch of amazing women we … Continue reading ""

The “woman trapped in 70s psychological horror” well never runs dry for us. We go back for a low-key classic of the genre, 1971’s Let’s Scare Jessica to Death. We cover: folk horror, vampires, lesbians, and the weirdest instrument case ever made.

When you’re up for a bad time, Kiyoshi Kurosawa always comes through. We discuss the “tortured detective pursues a serial killer and finds an existential crisis” tale that is Kurosawa’s 1997 masterpiece Cure.

Strap in, there’s a lot to cover in director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! We like its moxie, but are mixed on its results. Highlights include: the modern depiction of Frankie, Jessie Buckley’s ferocity, and the unequivocal support for messy and mad women.

We haven’t covered many 90s horror movies because they tended to be not subtle or … good. But Stir of Echoes is something of an overlooked psychological horror gem, in a 90s, blue-collar, Kevin Bacon sort of way. Join us for a discussion about themes of social commentary ahead of their time, indie queen Illeana … Continue reading ""

We tackle our first documentary with The Last Sacrifice, a sprawling look at the 1945 murder that inspired the story behind The Wicker Man and, by extension, the folk horror film genre and modern paganism. Like the doc, our discussion moves from the inciting incident and into why we think stories like these endure. Also, … Continue reading ""

We found the ideal “quiet little horror as giallo”—1976’s The House with Laughing Windows. We discuss weird Italian towns, brightly-lit attics, and this film’s overlap with folk horror. Also: what’s in that bag?

In which we continue our Powell and Pressburger coverage and identity three primary life lessons: men should wear more shorts, don’t repress your emotions and thus lose your mind, and no colonialism. Let’s talk about Black Narcissus.

The end of the year seems like a good time for a surrealistic descent into paranoia and madness, so let's watch 1976's The Tenant. We're joined this time by friend of the podcast Michael Fogus to discuss the novel from which the film was adapted, themes of social conformity and identity, and why Isa

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We thought we'd take an episode to look at the work of the recently departed David Lynch and each of us brought one of our favorites to talk about: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and Mulholland Drive. Just a bunch of women trying to figure out what's real and what's not and how to live … Continue reading "Episode 06.08: David Lynch"

We love it when a film hits squarely in our personal center of interest and Aislinn Clarke nailed it. We discuss Fréwaka and its themes of historical and generational trauma, women at the mercy of fate, and some good old-fashioned evil fae.

We're perpetually here for a bad time and there are few worse times than Antichrist. Join us for a discussion about Lars von Trier, excavations of cultural misogyny and pretty much all the content warnings.

Bergman March continues with what is often regarded as Ingmar Bergman's only "real" horror film. We might dispute it's his only one, but not that this one goes to some horrific places. We discuss the ...

What wouldn't brighten the tail end of winter but some profound psychological chaos, despair and dread? So we're taking on a couple of Ingmar Bergman films, beginning with 1972's Cries and Whispers. W...

We're not done with vampires yet. After sharing our favorites, we discovered that each host had one film on her list that the other had not seen and that the two films seemed oddly complementary: I Li...

A list of films covered on the Quiet Little Horrors podcast.

After Nosferatu, we wanted to keep talking about vampires—but there were so many movies to pick from that, instead of choosing only one or two, we each brought a whole darn list. So enjoy as we discus...

It's a new year and a new season, and we're starting things off with a dark, dread-filled, mustachioed bang: Robert Eggers's 2024 Nosferatu. We discuss filmmaking from another era, storytelling from a...

2024 is coming to a close and that means it's time to take stock. We share our picks for our favorite episodes, our favorite films we saw this past year, and what we're looking forward to seeing next ...

In 18th-century Austria, women be depressed. For pretty good reasons. We discuss the recent film, The Devil's Bath, and cover what it feels like to be trapped in an oppressive society, both sides of s...

We go on an existential romp through loneliness, isolation, and serial killings, with a dash of bizarre sailor-themed nightclub musical. 1970's The Strangler is a French giallo of deep weirdness and o...

We hate the title, but we love the movie. And we love Liz Taylor, who gives a striking performance as an odd, difficult woman hell-bent on self-destruction in 1974's Indentikit. Also Andy Warhol shows...

While we don't often cover new releases so close to their release dates, we anticipated that Longlegs was a good opportunity for an exception. This episode, we bookend our earlier episode on director ...

It's Oz Perkins season here at the podcast. In anticipation of Longlegs, we went back to his debut The Blackcoat's Daughter—a film we've mentioned before, because it's about 200% our thing, but this i...

Since we got on the topic of demonically possessed faux documentary, what else could we do next but talk about Ghostwatch and its timeless capacity for inspiring abject horror and lasting mental traum...

Once more into the breach of found footage, although this time with a self-aware twist in Late Night with the Devil. We discuss the evolving genre, doing a lot with a little, and the haunted brillance...

The last in our mini series of episodes about doppelganger films is one about a little known Roger Moore gem: The Man Who Haunted Himself, from 1970. The swinging sixties are never over if you've got ...

We're still on a tear about doubles, so this time we talk about one of the most direct, recent horror films on the subject: Jordan Peele's Us, from 2019. We discuss real-world parallels, social antiheroines, unsettling endings, and, of course, The Twilight Zone.

Quick note: Our apologies for the delay with this episode—Jen was moving and has been even more scattered than usual. We're working our way through a series of episodes about films featuring doppel...

And we're back! We took a brief break and have returned with a long stretch of movies on a favorite theme: doppelgangers. We begin with 2010's Black Swan and discuss how it holds up over a decade afte...

We go deep into the Irish wilderness for a found footage folk horror romp full of cults, secrets, and annoying young people with 2016's Crone Wood.

We go back to our roots with this overlooked gem of classic British folk horror, Robin Redbreast. Contains some progressive perspectives current society seems to have retreated from and enduring the l...

We get experimental with one of our favorites from the past year, Enys Men, and discuss the wide range of folk horror, the deadening repetition of women's lives, and being unstuck in time and space. Y...

Happy New Year! With 2023 in the books, we take a look back at our favorite films from the past year, new and old, and what we're looking forward to in 2024.

Now that we've discussed the original Black Christmas, there's nothing else to do this year but take a look at the two remakes: one from 2006 and one from 2019. They both have a hard time living up to...

Merry Christmas! Don't answer your phone! Or trust your weirdly controlling boyfriend! But do drink and insult people à la Margo Kidder as Barb. Let's talk about the original Black Christmas.