Slasher & the Final Girls
Senior Crime Scene Investigator, former Deputy Death Coroner, and a former Psychology teacher dissect your favorite horror movies
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Summer of 84 (2018) (opens the original)
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What if the serial killer next door was the person everyone trusted? This month on Slasher & the Final Girls , we’re heading back to 1984 for bikes, paper routes, neighborhood festivals, teenage crushes…and one seriously suspicious neighbor. We break down Summer of 84 through forensic science, crime scene investigation, and psychology, from hidden bodies and sodium hydroxide to blood evidence, authority bias, and suburban paranoia. We also dig into what makes a killer hiding in plain sight so un
The Love Witch (2016) (opens the original)
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This month we enter the colorful, campy, and dangerously romantic world of The Love Witch . Austin and Nikki break down Elaine’s deadly search for perfect love, from suspicious heart failure and a hastily buried body to a ritual dagger attack that raises serious questions about blood spatter, wound depth, toxicology, DNA evidence, and how investigators uncover clandestine graves. Courtney explores the psychology beneath the film’s glamorous surface, including the fear of rejection, the pressure
What We Watched | July 2026 - Red, White, and Blood (Summer Horror) (opens the original)
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Celebrate summer horror with Slasher & the Final Girls as we close out Red, White, and Blood Month; our salute to Americana horror, sun-soaked slashers, creepy campgrounds, and vacations from hell. In this episode of What We Watched , we share our latest horror movie, thriller, and book recommendations, including Founder’s Day , Dead Calm , Evil Dead Burn , There’s Something Wrong with the Children , The Farm , Darkest Hour , The Bay , The Burning , and the werewolf cult classic Silver Bullet .
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