Good Mourning, Nancy Podcast

**old lady voice** "Get off the TikTok!" This week your favorite ghouls discuss American Psycho (2000)! CW: Roe v Wade overturned, rape, assault, MAGA and Republicans, Trump, Reagan, Dissociative Identity Disorder, mention of child death and abuse, verbal and physical violence against women, POC, and someone who is homeless, and animal cruelty. Thanks to Lily Leblanc for our theme song! Support BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Support Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/about/ Support Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/ Support GMN: https://www.patreon.com/GoodMourningNancy Resources for this episode: Women Make Horror (2020). Edited by Alison Peirse. The Ending of American Psycho Finally Explained by Xandra Harbet & Adam James: https://www.looper.com/80476/ending-american-psycho-explained/

This week your favorite ghouls are discussing two kaiju films! Mothra is a an actual goddess and Hedorah... well, let's say she's got some toxic tendencies. Oh and Godzilla is totally gay. In fact, all the kaiju are gay. We're here for it! Content Warning: menstruation, menstruating while trans, possible hints of body dysmorphia. BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ TLM: https://translifeline.org/ Resources: Mothra: A Love Letter by Victoria Potenza https://www.cinema76.com/home/2019/6/7/mothra-a-love-letter Why are so many people so obsessed with Mothra? What's so cool about her? Answered by Barney Buckley https://www.quora.com/Why-are-so-many-people-so-obsessed-with-Mothra-Whats-so-cool-about-her MOTHRA IS THE ONLY GIRLBOSS THAT MATTERS Chingey Nea https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/mothra-girlboss-queer-icon Why Mothra Remains the Queen of the Monsters by Up From the Depths https://youtu.be/-zG0Cn-E8zU Godzilla: King of the Monsters – A History of Mothra by Don Kaye https://www.denofgeek.com/

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This week your favorite ghouls discuss the gothic horror/romance film, Crimson Peak (2015)! linktr.ee/goodmourningnancy CW: Abusive relationships, matricide, child death, incest, murder of a parent, death of a parent due to sickness, poisoning, mensuration, rape, mental health and illness (specifically BPD), mentioning of the womb as "female" via a quote. BLM Resources: https://tinyurl.com/nhe4zsr7 Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/ Resources: The ghost is just a metaphor: Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak, nineteenth-century female gothic, and the slasher by Evangelia Kindinger https://necsus-ejms.org/the-ghost-is-just-a-metaphor-guillermo-del-toros-crimson-peak-nineteenth-century-female-gothic-and-the-slasher/ Crimson Peak – a gothic romance that takes us back to the feminine early days of horror By Chloe Germaine Buckley https://theconversation.com/amp/crimson-peak-a-gothic-romance-that-takes-us-back-to-the-feminine-early-days-of-horror-49396 Crimson Peak is a loving homage to the Gothic by

The end is nigh! Or is it? This week your favorite ghouls discuss 28 Days Later! Trigger warnings: sexual assault, rape, Black character tropes, death by suicide, heteronormativity, deadly viruses, pandemics and epidemics, child death, parental death, HIV Aids. Visit Our Website(s): https://linktr.ee/goodmourningnancy BLM & TLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ & translifeline.org/donate/ Resources: 28 DAYS LATER AND THE ENDURING POWER OF FRANKENSTEIN By DAWN KEETLEY http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/frankenstein/ “JUST LIKE THE MOVIES”: THE NON-DIEGETIC HORROR OF THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/non-diegetic-horror-of-the-coronavirus-outbreak/ The Failure of a Pseudo-Christian Community in a Nation-State in Crisis: 28 Days Later by Karl E. Martin https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol18/iss2/6/ The Human Project: utopia, dystopia, and the black heroine in Children of Men and 28 Days Later by Jayna Brown https://www.academia.edu/29993104/The_Human_Project_utopia_dystopia_and_the_black_he

You haven't seen, let alone heard of the film Cherry Falls (2000)? Well, you're in for a treat! This is arguably the LAST 90s TEEN SLASHER movie! Its the end of an era and we're here to talk about tropes turned on their heads, virginity, asexuality, and kissing your mom on the goddamn lips (WTF!!!??) Trigger warnings: violence, sex, sexual language, rape, murder, child abuse, (possible ) transphobia, pedophilia, school shootings, and incest. Visit Our Website(s): https://linktr.ee/goodmourningnancy Buy Cherry Falls (2000) from Shout Factory: https://tinyurl.com/bdd6jfej BLM & TLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ & translifeline.org/donate/ Listen to Horror Queers: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horror-queers/id1449041559 Resources: The Real Story Behind ‘Cherry Falls’ by Trace Thurman https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/340 0027/story-behind-cherry-falls/ WHY CHERRY FALLS AND ITS FINAL GIRL ARE STILL RELEVANT NEARLY 20 YEARS LATER By Emma Fraser https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/why-cherry-falls-

Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice and Joyous Holiday to one and all! This month your favorite ghouls are discussing avant-garde and new wave queer cinema director, Curtis Harrington's Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972). Grab yourself a gingerbread man and eat up this deliciously campy hagsploitation Christmas film! Trigger warnings: child abuse, child death, Vietnam War, fat shaming, and menopause. Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com BLM & TLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ & https://translifeline.org/donate/ Resources: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) by She Blogged by Night (Stacia) https://shebloggedbynight.com/2016/whoever-slew-auntie-roo-1972/ When the Woman Screams: Who Slew Auntie Roo (1971) https://wordpress.lehigh.edu/screams/2020/02/17/who-slew-auntie-roo-1971/ A Look at Joan Crawford and the Gay Icon Phenomenon by Sara Clements https://medium.com/@saraclements/a-look-at-joan-crawford-and-the-gay-icon-phenomenon-b8172f20e3e0 Why Gays Fell In Love With These O

Happy Belated Thanksgiving! This month your favorite ghouls are discussing Remi Weekes's debut film, HIS HOUSE (2020). Lots of trigger warnings here, kids. In this episode we have discussions on survivor's guilt, trauma & PTSD. This episode also contains discussions on domestic abuse, forced assimilation, sexual assault and rape, violence against women, kidnapping, death by drowning, child death, miscarriage, and unlawful imprisonment. --- GMN Links (including merch!): https://linktr.ee/goodmourningnancy --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- BLM & Trans Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ & https://translifeline.org/donate/ --- Resources: His House Review by Odie Henderson https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/his-house-movie-review-2020 “WE LOST HER WHEN WE CROSSED THE SEA”: HIS HOUSE REVIEW by Dr Mark Fryers http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/we-lost-her-when-we-crossed-the-sea-his-house-review/ ‘His House’ Review: Remi Weekes’ Thrilling Debut Sees the Immigra

Abbey is back from maternity leave! This month we're discussing everyone's favorite Halloween film (don't deny it!) Trick 'r Treat (2007). Specific triggers for this episode: child death, menstruation, having or not having children, post-partum depression, caring for the elderly, vaccines, autism, elders in peril, and children in peril. There are also sirens going off in the background at one point which may be upsetting for some. --- BUY SOME MERCH: https://goodmourningnancy.myspreadshop.com/ --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Don’t Disrespect Halloween Tradition in TRICK ‘R TREAT (2007) by Paul Ferrell https://scriptophobic.ca/2020/10/27/written-in-blood-trick-r-treat/ Time Traveling Critic: Trick r Treat (2007) Review by Michael Henley https://www.google.com/amp/s/ttcritic.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/trick-r-treat-2007/amp/ 10 TRICK ‘R TREAT FACTS FROM DIRECTOR MIKE DOUGHERTY by Michael Walsh https://www.google.com/amp/s/nerdist.com/article/trick-r-trea

Trigger warning: We discuss serial killers, choking, and cannibalism later on in the episode. Greetings, Ghosts and Ghouls! GMN is back...well...kinda! Abbey is still on maternity leave but Gracie has a "ghost" host this week! Kate MF Sculley! This week they're talking about the beautifully problematic thriller, Perfume (2006)! Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ TLM: translifeline.org/donate/ Resources: The Scent of a Woman: Perfect Misogyny in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Heather Addison https://www.google.com/amp/s/brightlightsfilm.com/the-scent-of-a-woman-perfect-misogyny-in-perfume-the-story-of-a-murderer/amp/ Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind, an Analysis on Symbolisms and Undertones by Lee Custodio https://owlcation.com/humanities/Perfume-the-Story-of-a-Murderer-an-Analysis Perfume Review by Neil Miller https://www.google.com/amp/s/filmschoolrejects.com/movie-review-perfume-the-story-of-a-murderer/ Seria

Greetings, Ghosts and Ghouls! GMN is back...well...kinda! Abbey is still on maternity leave but Gracie has a "ghost" host this week! Carolyn Gerk! This week they're talking about Rose Glass's depressing religious-horror film, Saint Maud! Check out Carolyn's Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/VelvetHandDesigns Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ TLM: translifeline.org/donate/ Resources: Rose Glass's first short film: https://player.vimeo.com/video/173031270 Review: the perversity of religion through the eyes of ‘Saint Maud’ By Jason Scott https://bsidesbadlands.com/saint-maud-horror-film-2021-review-essay/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_coping_with_trauma#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20common,in%20religious%20or%20spiritual%20practices.&text=Some%20common%20experiences%20where%20people,sickness%2C%20and%20near%20death%20experiences. The Rapture of Saint Maud by vfdpixie https://www.google.com/amp/s/viewfromthedark.ca/2021/02/12

Greetings, Ghosts and Ghouls! GMN is back...well...kinda! Abbey is still on maternity leave but Gracie has a "ghost" host this week! Amber Knapp! This week they're talking about Wes Craven's underrated, post-9/11 hit, RED EYE! Check out Amber's horror blog: https://anotheroneforthefire.com/ Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ TLM: https://translifeline.org/donate/ Resources: RED EYE: CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST CLASSIC? By Thea Lim https://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/red-eye-contemporary-feminist-classic The King of Horror’s Secret Feminism By Andi Zeisler https://www.thecut.com/2015/09/king-of-horrors-secret-feminism.html Wes Craven’s RED EYE Interview by Andrea Chase https://www.killermoviereviews.com/interview/craven-wes-red-eye/ Red Eye (2005 American film) Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Eye_(2005_American_film) HEAR US OUT: RED EYE IS ONE OF WES CRAVEN'S BEST WORKS, AND WE SHOULD NOT FORGET IT by Joel Meares htt

It's the season 9 finale! This week your favorite ghouls are discussing Ari Aster's sophomore film, Midsommar! We're officially on maternity leave! We'll be returning in a few months! Stay tuned! --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/donate/ Stop Asian Hate: https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ --- Resources: Midsommar has a deeply trans narrative hiding in plain sight By Emily VanDerWerff https://www.vox.com/culture/21307689/midsommar-trans-review-ending-spoilers Blood and Tears and Potions and Flame: Excesses of Transformation in Ari Aster’s Midsommar By Sandra Huber https://framescinemajournal.com/article/blood-and-tears-and-potions-and-flame-excesses-of-transformation-in-ari-asters-midsommar/ Monstrous Womanhood and the Unapologetic Feminism of ‘Midsommar’ by Caitlin Kennedy https://screen-queens.com/2019/07/13/monstrous-womanhood-and-the-unapologetic-feminism-of-mi

"OW! My tit!" This week your favorite ghouls discuss the misunderstood horror gem, Jennifer's Body! --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ TLM: https://translifeline.org/ --- Resources: How Jennifer’s Body went from a flop in 2009 to a feminist cult classic today By Constance Grady https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/31/18037996/jennifers-body-flop-cult-classic-feminist-horror https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/louispeitzman/jennifers-body-diablo-cody-karyn-kusama-feminist-horror https://www.indiewire.com/2020/09/megan-fox-jennifers-body-feminist-1234589224/ https://teodoreljic.com/2020/07/24/my-better-half-has-bitten-me-revisiting-jennifers-body/ https://filmdaze.net/jennifers-body-at-10/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/movies/megan-fox-jennifers-body.html https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210406-jennifers-body-the-real-meaning-of-a-sexy-teen-flick https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3585802/jennifers-

This week, your favorite ghouls discuss the gonzo, 80's horror flick: Blood Diner! Guest starring Alison Peirse, author of the books After Dracula, Korean Horror Cinema, and Women Make Horror! --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ TLM: https://translifeline.org/ ---- Research: https://www.google.com/amp/s/swampflix.com/2017/02/11/blood-diner-1987/amp/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Diner https://www.google.com/amp/s/birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/10/03/the-savage-stack-blood-diner-1987/amp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGjE1todHOE https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbr.com/blood-diner-cult-classic-dark-comedy-halloween/amp/. https://366weirdmovies.com/14-blood-diner-1987/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/cineccentric.com/2020/10/08/blood-diner-and-the-american-art-of-excess/amp/ http://ecofilmmediaenvironment.blogspot.com/2020/07/blood-diner-1987-and-jennifers-body.html?m=1 https://www.screenslate.com/articles/meat-mov

Wow... sorry that this is a week late... but it was worth it! At least, we think so! Topics of discussion: The Triple Goddess, Triangles, Toxic Masculinity and Complacency, Female Monstrosity, and Re-Writing Fairytales. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: PBS's MONSTRUM: Hansel & Gretel by Dr. Emily Zarka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_ywuNEEiVE&t=302s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretel_&_Hansel https://www.google.com/amp/s/flipscreened.com/2020/02/05/review-gretel-hansel-2020-is-a-story-about-female-power-and-witchcraft/amp/ SYMBOLISM IN GRETEL & HANSEL: THE DIVINE FEMALE AND THE NUMBER THREE by Dawn Kurtagich https://www.dawnkurtagich.com/blog-1/2020/9/8/symbolism-in-gretel-amp-hansel-the-divine-female-and-the-number-three. How 'Gretel & Hansel' puts an empowering feminist spin on the Grimm fairy tale (exclusive clip) by Ethan Alter https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/how-gretel-hansel-puts-an-empowering-feminist-

"I'm not crazy! I'm possessed!" This week your favorite ghouls discuss GOTHIKA! --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: https://www.google.com/amp/s/nerdist.com/article/black-final-girls-slasher-films/%3famp https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ign.com/articles/2003/04/24/gothika-production-start%3famp=1 Gothika: What The Anima Sola Tattoo Means (& Why It's Important) by Steven Cuffari https://screenrant.com/gothika-movie-anima-sola-tattoo-meaning-importance-explained/ GOTHIKA : NOT ALONE (Review) https://reelisticviews.com/gothika-review-a-nerve-racking-narrative/ Why Gothika Exposes The Hidden Thoughts of Every Black Woman Who’s Ever Experienced Mental Illness by Janiera Eldridge https://www.graveyardshiftsisters.com/2017/03/why-gothika-exposes-hidden-thoughts-of.html?m=1 Gothika: What The Horror Movie's Title Means by Brynne Ramella https://www.google.com/amp/s/screenrant.com/gothika-movie-title-name-meaning-explained/amp/ https://afrohorror.libsyn.co

"Just so you know... the words 'just' and 'cramps,' they don't go together." This week your favorite ghouls discuss Ginger Snaps (2000)! --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Services: If you or someone you know is struggling, please refer to the following resources. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255  National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264 National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) Crisis Text Line: Within the US, text HOME to 741741 --- BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ TransLifeLine: https://translifeline.org/ --- Resources: Women Make Horror (2020). Edited by Alison Pierse (https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/women-make-horror/9781978805118) https://www.google.com/amp/s/blindfieldjournal.com/2019/12/05/feminist-flashback-were-girls-gone-wild-in-ginger-snaps-2000/amp/.. http://jeunessejournal.ca/index.php/yptc/article/view/54/75 https://www.google.com/amp/s/wearethemutants.com/2020/10/08/sister-lovers

I'll just DIE if you don't listen to this latest GMN episode! This week your favorite ghouls discuss the original 1975 film: The Stepford Wives. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Trans Lives Matter :https://translifeline.org/ --- Resources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives_(1975_film) https://www.google.com/amp/s/ew.com/movies/2017/10/23/the-stepford-wives-1975-history/%3famp=true https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91401/the-stepford-wives#articles-reviews?articleId=194000 https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91401/the-stepford-wives#trivia https://www.filmcomment.com/article/our-bodies-our-selves-the-stepford-wives/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-26/in-the-stepford-wives-no-woman-gets-out-alive . Group Psychology and Crowd Behaviour in Ira Levin's The Stepford Wives By A. Alshiban. Published 2019 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psy

(!!!!) TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE & SUICIDE Check your horoscope! We predict you'll love this episode about the pre-code slasher film, Thirteen Women (1932). --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/ --- Resources: THIRTEEN WOMEN (1932): THE SLASHER THAT STARTED IT ALL by DAWN KEETLEY http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/thirteen-women/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/crackedrearviewer.wordpress.com/2018/06/09/forgotten-horror-thirteen-women-rko-1932/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/satinyourlap.com/2020/11/09/thirteen-women-1932/amp/ https://neglectedbooks.com/?p=821 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Women https://www.ravenousmonster.com/featured-article/thirteen-women-dark-history-first-slasher-film/ http://www.oh-the-horror.com/page.php?id=1986 http://www.themoviewaffler.com/2012/02/pre-code-retrospective-thirteen-women.html?m=1 https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com