Harry and Jen Do Horror with Friends
Harry Nichols and Jen Lightfoot discuss current horror films with the help of a rotating guest!
Episodes
Shark movie buff, Emily Baroni, joins to discuss Thrash (2026)! We talk the history and evolution of Shark Week, campy films, climate change, eco-horror, Slotherhouse (2023), and alternative creatures for animal attack films.
Content Warning: Spoilers, Animal attacks
This Episode's Plugs:
- Harry's band, Noon Fifteen is dropping an album on October 16th! It's spooky and weird and fun!
- Help us out with a review on Apple Podcasts! ...
Teacher and spouse extraordinaire Katharina Nichols joins to discuss Widow's Bay, Season 1! We discuss colonialism, the monster-of-the-week format, Jen’s goth aversion to the beach, Kat’s color-coded notes, witches, and the perils of horror-comedy.
Content Warning: Spoilers
This Episode's Plugs:
- Harry's band, Noon Fifteen is dropping an album on October 16th! It's spooky and weird and fun!
- Check out Old...
Resident Gen X-er Kate Conroy joins to discuss exactly what went wrong with Scream 7! We discuss legacy franchises, Matthew Lillard's timeless brilliance, how to handle a gun, Community, nostalgia films, and why Sydney Prescott needs to die. Harry discovers the title of his golden-years sex manual.
Content Warning: Spoilers
Our Guest's Awesome Stuff:
- Check out The Rhine House, your cozy watering hole in Ithaca, NY
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In honor of the late Koji Suzuki, Harry goes a little HAM on Koji Suzuki's short story, "Floating Water," which served as the source material for the 2002 J-horror deep cut, Dark Water. We talk Japan's lost decades, Stephen King, water, garbage, American adaptations, and more! Coming next week: "Dunking on Scream 7”!
Content Warning: Spoilers, profanity
Socials n' Such:
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Vinnie Mancuso of Backstage Podcast joins for a delicious conversation about the indie gem, Cannibal Mukbang! We chat about how best to consume our fellow man, the manic pixie dream girl, OF, and what makes a rough-around-the-edges classic. Watch Cannibal Mukbang on Tubi!
Content Warning: Spoilers, Child Abuse, Cannibalism,
Our Guest's Awesome Stuff:
- Check out Backstage Podcast!
Socials n' Such:
Allison Stull of Quad Pro Quo joins for a fantastic conversation on Hokum (2026)! We discuss witches, feminism, the McCarthy-verse, Courtney Cox's 2000s bangs, post-colonialism, the Irish, mom stuff, and more. Jen gets Freudian with it. Harry makes really off-color jokes.
For more McCarthy discussion, check our previous episode on Oddity!
Content Warning: Spoilers, alcohol abuse, suicide/self-harm
Our Guest's Awesome Stuff:
<...For this month's minisode, we discuss Jen's cozy comfort film House of 1000 Corpses (2003)! We digress about early onset dementia, gore, Harry's high school experience, Jen's crush on Rob Zombie, and more!
Wanna help us out? We'd love your help growing the show however you can, but especially through reviews and ratings on your podcast streamer of choice.
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We're joined by indie musicians Roo and Star! In our conversation on Bugonia (2025), we discuss environmentalism, nihilism, conspiracies, bees, and drummers. We also have our first ever Muppets-style reading of the script.
Content Warning: Spoilers, Child Abuse
This episode's drinking game: Drink whenever . . .
- Anyone makes a silly voice
- Star says "extremely"
- Someone says "propaganda"
- Someone says "conspiracy"
Our G...
We sit down to talk about Spencer Lackey's 2025 debut short, "You Are Here." We cover Lackey's film and his social media work. We digress about Mike Flanagan and Stephen King. It's a good time.
Check out Spencer's work:
"You Are Here" (2025) on Youtube
Spencer's excellent Instagram!
Want an honest opinion about your independent film? Hit us up! harryandjenpodcast@gmail.com
We're joined by sci-fi author and OG guest, Aaron Arm! In our conversation on The Damned (2024), we discuss Freud, non-committal movies, the essence of folk horror, Iceland's incredible yogurt, and more. It's a wild one, y'all.
Content Warning: Spoilers, Gore
This episode's drinking game: Drink whenever . . .
- Someone references the snow
- Someone says Iceland or Icelandic
- Harry mentions Siggi's yogurt (finish your drink)
We're joined by newly engaged couple Phil and Kim to discuss the Valentine's Day slasher, Heart Eyes! We talk about love, feminism, decorative muscles, throuples, Adam Sandler's ugliness, Love Actually, and the immortal sexiness of Devon Sawa.
Content Warning: Spoilers, Gore
This episode's drinking game: Drink whenever . . .
- Harry brings up Scream (finish drink)
- Someone says the title of a rom-com
Our Guest's Awesom...
We're back with another indie spotlight! This time, we get to hash it out over A Halloween Feast. We talk horror comedies, sex scenes, nihilism, fake blood, queerness, and more. Jen makes a funny voice.
We're pleased to give this weird little indie the green light! Check A Halloween Feast on Tubi!
Content Warnings: Spoilers galore, violence/gore
Did you make a movie that we should analyze and discuss? Hit us up at HarryA...
We're joined by the crew of Jerks Productions to discuss Good Boy (2025)! We discuss Courage the Cowardly Dog, morbid cakes, ambiguous plots, animal abuse, sexy cameras and more!
Content Warning: Animal abuse (including animal death)
This episode's drinking game: Drink whenever . . .
- Someone says "dog"
- Someone says "cat"
- Anyone mentions a piece of animal-centered media
Our Guest's Awesome Stuff:
Illustrator and library punk Mel Crumrine joins to discuss the Philippous' Bring Her Back (2025)! We discuss barf, heroes, villains, "doing your own research," The Exorcist 3, Mel's love of cannibalism, and more!
Content Warning: Spoilers (including spoilers for Talk to Me), child abuse/neglect, suicide
This episode's drinking game: Drink whenever . . .
- Someone can't remember Piper's name (finish drink)
- Someone says ...
For our first-ever minisode, we discuss our mutual love of The Ring (2002)! We talk contagions, gateway horror, cat puke, and more. Jen sneezes. Harry burps.
Mentions: The Faculty of Horror on The Ring
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We were invited to screen The Cellar (2024)! This British psych-horror romp follows Abigail as she traverses a strange, labyrinthine house pursued by mysterious frightening demons who also happen to be members of her addiction support group. We chat about low-budget triumphs, surrealist wanking, the addiction experience, criteria for bad horror, and more!
Content Warnings: Addiction/alcoholism, sexual la...
Halloween bonus! Harry and Jen take a walk down millennial memory lane with Casper (1995) and "The Haunted Mask" (1995). They talk about being an aging demographic, after-school specials, 90s perspectives on therapy, Devon Sawa, bullies, extreme haunted houses, the baseline conservatism of the 90s, and more!
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Literature Prof. Kasia Bartoszynska joins to discuss Ryan Coogler's Sinners! We talk about blues legends, Irish history, cunnilingus, the Muppets, and more!
This episode's drinking game: Drink whenever . . .
- Someone can't remember if it's smoke or stack
- Someone uses a synonym for pussy
- Someone says "Blues"
Check our guest's awesome stuff!
Peep Kasia's upcoming book, Reading Together!
S...
Public school teacher Francesca Considine-Drake joins to discuss Zach Creggar’s Weapons! We talk about urban legends and folklore, Ring cameras, the trials and tribulations of public educators, gun violence, and hot dog couple goals.
Content Warnings: Spoilers
This episode's drinking game: Drink whenever . . .
- Harry can't remember a character's name (finish drink)
- Anyone says " . . . of it all" (finish drink)
- Anyone...
Indie Rocker Phil Gardyasz joins to discuss Mark Anthony Green’s Opus! We discuss the cult of celebrity, Willy Wonka, music, blueberries, the state of A24 and more!
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Trigger Warnings: Spoilers, Descriptions of violence/gore
Our guest's amazing stuff:
- Check out Phil's Band, Lito and the Shepherds!
- And here they are on...
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