Horror, Cats, and Witch Hats
Two friends who grew up loving witch craft and all things creepy take a deep dive into the spooky, murderous, and magical side of film and tv. While one is a horror-enthusiast, the other continues to be afraid of the dark.
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Thank you for this listener recommendation! The main topic of this episode: is Skin Walkers actually a werewolf movie? We will start with some background about the First Nation's lore of Skinwalkers (or husk pedestrians if you prefer), along with some helpful tips provided by the internet to either avoid or become a skinwalker - you decide.
Many Meows, Kittens
*MEOW*
If you would like to send us your theories, movie reviews, or re...
We present part two of the deadly musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Be prepared to hear some singing and bad accents as we talk through the film.
Many Meows, Kittens
*MEOW*
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Your ideas or recommendations will be included in a ...
For this episode Izzie invites you to take cat nap and lap up some coffee (or other drink) while you listen to some inspired fan fiction. Izzie selected 4 short fan fiction stories related to Jeepers Creepers, John Carpenter's Halloween, and The Lost Boys.
There's a little smut, a lot of creativity, and a dash of listener reviews to enjoy.
In the words of dvskat - Many Meows, Kittens
If you would like to send us your theories, mov...
We present part one of the deadly musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. From a cannibal family living in caves to a string of not-so-truecrime songs the history behind this story is convoluted and very dark. We try to cover it all in this first half of Sweeney Todd. *MEOW*
If you would like to send us your theories, movie reviews, or recommendations:
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We slacked over the holidays, so to make it up to you, we are releasing episode 2 of the AHS Coven series we started for our patrons.
You can become a patreon supporter at www.patreon.com/horrorcatswitchhats13.
You can also send us your movie recommendations, cat photos, and reviews at
horrorcatswitchhats@gmail.com or find us on instagram and facebook @horror_cats_witchhats
Check out our podcast recommendation and friends at Pa...
This is a special release of our first patreon exclusive content.
We are doing an in depth dive into each episode of the American Horror Story Season 3 Coven. To continue listening and supporting this podcast become a patreon subscriber at www.patreon.com/horrorcatswitchhats13
Episode 1. Bitchcraft
In this episode we set the landscape by providing a brief history of New Orleans which includes the casket girls, some haunting, and ...
For this 30-ish meow-nets we go over 4 tv shows we watched as kids and the awfully dark theories that people have come up with. Such theories include lots of death, mental illness, drug abuse, and the idea that Bikini Bottom is the result of nuclear waste.
If watched Winnie the Pooh, The Rugrats, Courage the Cowardly Dog, or Spongebob Squarepants then you may want to listen for a whole new perspective.
Send us requests or movie r...
What a glorious day for another episode of Horror, Cats, and Witch hats. Makes us...not sick?
We kept it light and breezy this episode after the doozy that was Hereditary with the 1993 Disney cult classis, Hocus Pocus. Don't worry, Izzie still managed to find multiple pages of research covering behind the scenes, theories, and history.
If you would like to send us your theories, movie reviews, or recommendations:
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This is a big one! Not only in length but in the history of Horror, Cats, and Witch hats as we had the absolute pleasure to host Lucy from the incredible true crime and comedy podcast, Wine and Crime (available where you listen https://wineandcrimepodcast.com/ and @wineandcrimepod).
She chose Hereditary as our featured Halloween film and what a great pick it was! In typical Ari Aster fashion the cup over-floweth with easter eggs ...
Special-ish guest Tyler joins Izzie to discuss 6 horror shorts. Find links to the shorts below:
The Hidebehind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP7imEcclVk&t=518s
I heard it too :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxRIWBoluzs
Portrait of God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI9fKfX5V68
The elevator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYysLg8Hzlo
Peephole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKcOTr7N4lE
Meow: https://www.youtube.com/watc...
Ginger Snaps (2000)
As Caity has mentioned before this is her favorite werewolf film. We talk about the inspirations, the werewolf boobs, the historic werewolf trials, and of course, the werewolf boobies.
This episode was recorded a while ago, but due to technical difficulties is posted late. Izzie will do better on German time from now on...although we make no guarantees.
Send us movie recommendations, cat photos, or film review...
If the fact that Final Destination 2 came out 20 years ago doesn't make you feel old, I don't know what will.
For this installment we talk more graveyard and the creative way people got there and the theories behind deaths design.
Contact us: for the next film, your theories, opinions or stories can be sent to
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The original and one of a kind horror-ish film and beginning of a marathon that would certainly cement awful ways to die in an entire generation...we present the first Final Destination film.
In this movie graveyard we give theories of the premonitions - where they come from, who gets them, and how Alex interprets them.
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Guess whose back?! We are witches!
We present to you dark twisted souls the 2022 film, Smile. This one gets lengthy, but the theories are worth listening to!
We've also got merch available!
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Laura hasn't slept short: h...
Enjoy 30-ish Meow-nets of the final film in the franchise..at least for now.
Hear Caity's opinions, walk through the Haddenfield graveyard with us, and explore how this film both changed and returned to the themes of the original John Carpenter's Halloween.
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We are back with our last holiday episode, originally intended for release in 2022...so here it is.
This new Shudder original certainly brings a whole new aesthetic to Christmas movies with all the gore, murderous Santa bots, neon, sex, and metal. Personally, I (Izzie) would love to see a Tori Tooms archeology/horror mash up. With a name like that, how could she not dig up wild artifacts?
Tell us what you thought of this Joe Begos...
We hope you don't totally loath our 30-ish meow-nets of horrorcore music which ranges from metal to EDM. We quickly introduce the terrifying musical stylings of Skynd, Ice Nine Kills, Rob Zombie, Cannibal Corpse, and Figure.
Sources
https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-5-most-gruesome-cannibal-corpse-songs
We are back to add haunts to your dreams.
This film is a cult classic that just got it's first theater release this year (2022) despite being first shown in 2007. Michael Dougherty's horror comedy anthology is full of twists so be sure to watch the film first if you want to avoid spoilers! We also talk about some new and upcoming releases to get excited about, the truth behind the candy poisoning lore, and the top selling costumes...
Did it hit or miss for you?
We talk about the inspirations, the short story it is based on (and the big guy who wrote it), as well as all the lame theories floating around for this film.
You can read Joe Hill's short story, The Black Phone via the link below or purchase the full book of short movies pretty much anywhere currently:
https://havenner.weebly.com/uploads/2/0/5/7/20575006/theblackphone.pdf
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This part 2 concludes the talk on Cabin in the Woods by discussing all the monsters, their items, and their inspirations. Most importantly we find out which large dinosaur director Drew Goddard thinks he can take on in a death match.
Sources:
https://thecabininthewoods.fandom.com/wiki/Monsters#List_of_Monsters
https://monsterlegacy.net/2013/03/10/cabin-in-the-woods-monsters/; https://monsterlegacy.net/tag/joss-whedon/
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