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Plug It Up: A Horror Movie Podcast About the Monstrous Feminine

Aug 31, 2021

When will I learn to give a truly brief synopsis of the movie? Not today, apparently! Tracy Michelle Bullock joins me to talk about representations of grief in the Babadook, as well as the ways motherhood can feel monstrous. She shares about gender, relationships, and her former career as a doula, and how that...


Aug 24, 2021

Dynamic duo Elizabeth and Chase join Caitlin to talk about Excision, a movie with a top-notch cast and some weird-ass dreams. In this one, we don't have a monstrous menstruation transformation, per se; rather, we get to know a monster in her own right who weaponizes her menstruation. This movie is not in Chase's top...


Aug 17, 2021

Caitlin is joined by her brother Zach to review Mom and Dad - a perfect movie for siblings to cover! We talk about Nic Cage leaning in to the Cage Rage, as well as how we think our parents would kill us. Is that messed up? Yeah, but it's a good time. The period fact in this episode is imporant and emotional, and I...


Aug 10, 2021

Maddie returns to talk with Caitlin about What Lies Below (2020), not to be confused with What Lies Beneath (2000). Do you like hunky dudes who study parasites? Maybe hunky dudes who ARE parasites? Have we got news for you! This was a fun one, and it contains my favorite period fact so far. Also, the documentary...


Aug 3, 2021

Ariel and Rachel from the Zombie Grrlz Podcast Network join Caitlin to talk about the new A24 movie False Positive. It's one that we had conflicting feelings on, but had a blast dissecting. From Pierce Brosnan and his speculums (specula?) to flying babies: we cover it all. Ariel shares one of the best water birth...