13 Degrees of Screams: A Horror Movie Podcast

13 Degrees of Screams: A Horror Movie Podcast

Welcome to 13 Degrees of Screams, the podcast where we dissect your favorite horror movies. Each episode, we will rank the movie on a scariness scale from 1 to 13. From ghosts and goblins, to witches and werewolves, we will uncover the real life myths and legends that inspire these movies, and tell you just how authentic they are. Join us each Thursday as we delve deeper into the degrees of screams!

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May 16, 2024 48 mins

This week, we enter the Never Ever in Imaginary!

 

In this 2024 American supernatural horror film, the story revolves around a woman who returns to her childhood home and uncovers the unsettling truth that her stepdaughter's imaginary friend is more than just a figment of her imagination. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we go over what Disney channel this movie reminds us of, talk about our experience with imaginary...

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This week, we watched the birth of the Antichrist in The First Omen!

This 2024 supernatural horror film follows an American woman assigned to work at a church in Rome who stumbles upon a malevolent plot to bring forth the birth of the Antichrist. In our end of episode discussion, we touch on the belief of the Antichrist in Christianity and dive into ominous and positive omens across multiple cultures. 

 

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This week, we investigate an apocalyptic cult in Older Gods!

 

In this 2023 psychological horror film, we follow Chris as he descends into madness when investigating an apocalyptic cult that caused the death of his friend. In our end of episode discussion, we go over H.P. Lovecraft's life and career and the Cthulhu mythos. Additionally, we break down our new rating system and explain our show moving forward without seasons!

 

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April 25, 2024 44 mins

This week, we get possessed by Bathsheba in The Conjuring!

 

The 2013 American supernatural horror film that marked the beginning of The Conjuring Universe franchise. We follow Ed and Lorraine Warren as they assist the Perron family, who are experiencing disturbing events in their newly occupied farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971. In our end of episode discussion, we go over the Perron family's real life experiences while in the hau...

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This week, we bring a mummy back from the dead in The Mummy!

In this 1999 American action-adventure film, the story revolves around the daring exploits of adventurer Rick O'Connell, who embarks on a journey to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, accompanied by a librarian and her older brother. Their fateful discovery of Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural abilities, sets off a chain of events. In our end of episode discu...

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April 11, 2024 36 mins

This week, we break into someone’s home in The Strangers!

 

In this 2008 American psychological horror film, a couple's vacation home is disturbingly disrupted by three masked intruders. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we delve into one of the most infamous break ins of all time, the Tate Murders.

 

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April 4, 2024 45 mins

This week, we stay in a haunted hotel in The Shining!

 

In this 1980 horror film, based on Stephen King's 1977 novel, Jack Torrance, a writer and recovering alcoholic becomes the off-season caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, moving his family there with him to live out the winter season. As the family becomes snowbound in the Colorado Rockies, Jack's sanity deteriorates under the influence of the hotel, posing mortal danger to his so...

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This week, we hide in a British pub to avoid some zombies in Shaun of the Dead!

In this 2004 British romantic zombie comedy film, a disheartened salesman from London  finds himself entangled with his loved ones in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we share tips to prepare for a zombie apocalypse, or a natural disaster if you'd prefer to be a realist, and what we'd each do in a world e...

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This week, we swap out some children in The Changeling!

In this 1980 Canadian supernatural horror film, the story revolves around a renowned composer from New York City who moves to Seattle, Washington, and resides in a mansion that he believes to be haunted. Additionally, stick around for after the plot as we discuss the the history of the Denver house that inspired this horror movie!

 

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March 14, 2024 33 mins

This week, we chop off some heads in Sleepy Hollow!

In this 1999 gothic supernatural horror film, the storyline revolves around police constable Ichabod Crane, who is dispatched from New York City to investigate a series of murders in the village of Sleepy Hollow by a mysterious Headless Horseman. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we go over the book this film is based on and even make comparisons to Disney's version ...

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Hey everyone! Alex here! For my third episode of Terror Talk, I sat down with Blake best. Blake is an accomplished musician, actor, and author who has traveled across the country, whether it performing music, or attending horror conventions and meeting fans. He was inducted into the Hall of Horror in Las Vegas in 2016 and was presented with a plaque for "Notable Contributions to Horror". In our interview, we discuss all things horr...

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March 7, 2024 35 mins

This week, we hunt a shark in Jaws!

In this 1975 American thriller, we follow police chief Martin Brody, a marine biologist and a shark hunter as they attempt to hunt down a man-eating great white shark terrorizing a summer resort town. Plus, in our end of episode discussion, we go over infamous shark attacks and their recent statistics.

 

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This week we stab some teenagers in Scream!

In this 1996 American slasher film set in the small town of Woodsboro, we follow high school student Sidney Prescott and her friends, who become the targets of a costumed serial killer known as Ghostface on the anniversary of her mother's murder. Also, in our end of episode discussion, we delve into the true story of Danny Rollings, the Gainesville Ripper who inspired this film and read s...

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February 22, 2024 39 mins

In our fourth episode, we drive out some demons in The Exorcist!

This 1973 American supernatural horror film, tells the story of a young girl who becomes possessed by a demonic entity, and her mother's desperate attempt to save her through an exorcism performed by two Catholic priests. In our end of episode discussion, we dive into the Exorcism of Roland Doe, which subsequent supernatural claims surrounding the events were used as ...

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In our third episode, we join the Harga in Midsommar!

In this 2019 horror film written and directed by Ari Aster, starring Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor,  a troubled couple join their friends on a trip to a remote Swedish village for a midsummer festival. However, they soon find themselves entangled in the sinister practices of a pagan cult. Also stay tuned for our after episode discussion where we discuss the differences between c...

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February 8, 2024 45 mins

This week, we fall into the sunken place in Get Out

This 2017 American psychological horror film, Jordan Peel's first directorial debut, follows a young black man named Chris, played by Daniel Kaluuya, who discovers disturbing secrets when he meets the family of his white girlfriend. Additionally, in our after plot discussion, we talk about the actual benefits of hypnotherapy and read Reddit users real life experiences with the tre...

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This season, we watched movies that you suggested!

We kick off our first episode with Skinamarink, requested by actor Jaime Hill, who happens to play the role of the mother in this movie. In this 2022 supernatural horror film, two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father missing, and strange things happening in their house, such as objects disappearing. Since this movie leads a lot of it's plot up to interp...

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January 25, 2024 31 mins

In our season recap, we reminisce on all the mistaken identities, twin swapping and clones that we experienced as we reviewed all things doppelgänger! From the more intricate plots and theories to the weirdest damn things we ever did see, listen along to find out how all 13 movies stacked up in this quintessential evil twin season!

 

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This week, we impersonate our twin brother in She’s the Man!

Follow along as we go through the plot of this 2006 movie about a teenage girl, after her soccer team is cut at school, who poses as her twin brother at his school to join their team. Additionally, stick around for the end of episode discussion, where we discuss posts found on an online forum about twins switching places in real life.

 

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January 11, 2024 35 mins

In our twelfth episode, we go to a really depressing world that's kind of like ours but not really in the Double! 

Listen along as we discuss the movie, based on the 1846 novella The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, about a man driven to the point of a mental breakdown when his life is usurped by an unexplained doppelgänger. Additionally, stick around for the end of the episode where we discuss cases of mistaken identity!

 

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