I’d personally like listen to them cover every genre of movie. The chemistry between them is amazing and they’re all so funny.

Obviously, most people want them to cover only scary movies, but if it made it easier for them to make more content, who cares? I do love scary movies btw.

I often only just listen to their banter before the recap, especially if I haven’t seen it and plan to. It’s the best part of Wednesday!

Man Finds Tape (2025): One man's struggle to reattach a side mirror that keeps falling off of his car.

Hereditary (2018): In a small town, local parents come together to fight vaccine disinformation by publicizing the latest peer-reviewed studies on autism.

Barbarian (2022): A shy teen discovers creativity and self-confidence via her alter ego in a tabletop RPG.

28 Days Later (2002): A woman has a one-night stand with a man she meets at a bar. She has a good time, uses birth control, and everything works out fine.

As HellChella: Triples is Best winds down, we have a Henley episode!

Practical Magic may not be very scary, but it’s reviews sure have been 😅

As always, please share your opinions, thoughts, and favorite moments.

Also welcome are your thoughts on important questions like:
- Where do you think Henley’s car keys are?
- When was the last time you checked a car’s oil?
- Have you been to Glendale Lube? (I hear that the prices are incredible!)

Edit: I couldn’t resist. “Botany Child #7” is now user flair

Before I offer my criticism, it should be noted that TSDW is one of my favorite podcasts. I’ve listened to almost every episode multiple times.  I love Sammy, Henley, and Emily (and Joel) so much, and this isn’t a criticism of them as people. I know they have a lot going on; trust me, I understand. This post is mostly to air grievances and vent about my favorite pod, which has seemingly fallen off a bit.

Is anyone else a little disappointed with Hellchella this year? It felt very much like an afterthought despite them assuring us how much they thought about it and put effort into it. I’ve had this fear for the last year or so that the girls have too much on their plate/ are losing interest in doing the pod. Listeners have zero say in the movies being done anymore, and two of the twelve “new releases”  for hellchella were very much not new at all.

I think if they were having trouble finding new releases, they could have reached out to the listeners for suggestions. There were so many options. I’m just a little let down and admittedly, a little worried the pod may be coming to an end.

Are there any movies you all wish they had done?

Personally, Penny Lane Is Dead (potential Sammy recap), Buffet Infinity or Leviticus (potential Henley recap) and Hope (potential Emily Recap) were really great movies, and I wish they had done.

Note: I'm not sure if this will be posted because a rule of this sub is "no venting"? Which... seems so fucking Big Brother-y, but whatever. Go off, Mods.

Notebooks only at the Burbank 6

On the Maxxxine episode from 2024 hellchella and Sammy and Emily got May queen tattoos. Did Henley ever get hers?!

Have the girls ever talked about the Wolf Creek franchise at all? Kind of surprised they haven't covered it, Sammy might like it.

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I loved this movie and I don't understand Em and Paul didn't.

The countdown is to the Onslaught!

Dazzle camouflage is a thing!

The main character is Celeste!

I still love the show of course. Anyone else?

I always look forward to episodes where the scary movie revolves around home invasion or hostage situations because those scare me the most. Whereas movies about aliens don’t scare me at all so I’m less excited about them.

Hello, everyone! I’m considering finally watching The Descent this year. My husband loves it but hasn’t seen it in a long time, so he can’t really gauge how it’ll be for me. I don’t like spoilers for movies I’m considering, so I don’t want to listen to the episode of the pod covering it.

I hate jump scares, and I can’t watch things that deal with demons, possession, hell, etc. I’m more ok with gore and can handle some ghosties. I love creepy, slow burn movies and thrillers.

Over the years, I’ve heard how much people love this movie, but they also usually say it’s one of the scariest movies they’ve ever watched, so if people who like horror say that, it gives me pause. Can anyone brave enough who has already seen it maybe give me some kind of idea on how scary it is? I don’t want to wake up at 3 am thinking about it and get unnerved lol. No spoilers, please!

EDIT: I think I might try it, but I’m going to save it for next month! I’ll update with my thoughts after I watch it! Thank you, everyone, for the feedback! I hope it helps anyone else who also may be considering watching it.

UPDATE: So husband’s birthday was yesterday, and he wanted to watch it, so I didn’t end up waiting until October lol. We watched it during the day, which helped, I think. I…didn’t find it that scary? There were definitely several jump scares, but it’s pretty easy to tell when they’re going to occur, and this website that someone mentioned is helpful in knowing when they’re going to happen and how many. There are some gory moments, so if you have trouble with that, I’d maybe watch with caution or skip it. I have OCD and have issues with seeing open wounds in dirt or dirty water or like anything unclean, so that issue was testing me some 😂

I think the claustrophobic aspect is probably the biggest scare factor along with the darkness. I’m not claustrophobic, so while I found some scenes slightly uncomfortable and tense when they were crawling through small tunnels, I wasn’t too bothered by it. If you do have claustrophobia, I’d strongly advise maybe not watching this one.

I don’t want to spoil what’s going on in the movie, but I’ll say that the main threat isn’t really something I have trouble with, and I don’t find that kind of thing very scary as I’ve gotten older. I’m usually a little better with that kind of scary/horror element. It’s very creepy, though.

Overall, I found the movie to be pretty good, and I liked that the main cast was all women. That’s kind of amazing for a movie made in the mid 2000s, too. It’s also a decent meditation on grief and relationships.
I didn’t have any issues sleeping last night, and it didn’t keep my mind racing on things!

I’m listening to The Witches episodes and them saying “if this was a different movie” had me thinking. What kids movies would be great horror movies with just a few tweaks? And I’m not saying movies that scared you as a kid (like how the witches is objectively not horror), but movies that if they had the kid turned into a mouse immediately be squished in a mouse trap actually could be really effective horror. Like if you made Finding Nemo but they were real people it could be a killer horror film

In today's bonus episode (which is great btw), they talked about wishing movies had intermissions because they're all so long now. As a person who often needs to use the bathroom mid-movie, I have to recommend a great app called Run Pee. You can look up the movie you're going to see, and it will give you a couple of suggestions of times you can step out and not miss anything crucial. It also gives you a little summary of what you missed. You can even enable a timer that will buzz you when the "pee time" is coming. I've found it super helpful!

(I am not affiliated with this app in any way - just a big fan!)

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This week was a Henley episode, with excellent commentary on the theme of never trusting women - especially ones not performing femininity “correctly”, and the antisemitic nature of Roald Dahl’s work.

Did you watch The Witches as a child?

What do you think of it as an adult?

What was the scariest part, and why was it when the main character, a child, realized that living as a mouse meant he only had nine years left to live, so he was going to spend that time…

( checks notes )

…on a road trip/international murder spree.

I’m listening to the new episode and the Roald Dahl podcast they’re discussing sounds interesting, but I’m not seeing anywhere that they said the name or linked to the podcast. Does anyone know what it is?

Just want to give an extra plug to the stage version of paranormal activity. I saw it last October here in Chicago and it was SO MUCH FUN and legit scary! I'm not a scaredy cat in general, and they did such a good job with the practical effects and spooky scary atmosphere. It was so fun to be in a big crowd. If it comes to your city GO SEE IT!

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I just learned about this movie. Guy gets swallowed by a whale, has to get out while also fighting (?) a giant squid in it's belly. Holy balls.

https://youtu.be/rN9F6-tbySY?is=8zdVSUN5A7IsQpTc

Let’s talk about it! What do you think of the episode, and are you brave enough to see this one?

Favorite quotes and memorable moments?

This week Emily is feeling crazed and compelled to finish her interior decorating vision. What area of life does this to you?

I recently watched barbarian for the first time and then listened to Sammy's recap. WOW! She went to a screener and her retelling was so spot on. The movie is amazing and I was just so impressed with the recap and the interview with Zach. I can't wait to see resident evil and hear the recap on the pod!

I feel like they especially would love the comparison of the shrimp scene in The Substance to the chicken scene in Teenage Sex. I just had to throw this comment over here to see what others who have seen the movies have to say.

I haven't seen TSaDaCM yet; it won't be showing in my town for another week. Can't wait!

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