This year has led Crushgasm down some interesting roads. We crushed on the entirety of the ‘90s with past guests, dove into what it’s like to crush on the concept of nostalgia, and this week we’re exploring movie franchises. Yup, we’re crushin on the movie franchises that cinema would feel incomplete without, but before we... Continue Reading →
Crushin on Final Girls Until the End
Amanda Kohlhofer was the final girl of this Halloween season and she not only survived but thrived when it came to talking about the subject at hand. Now it’s time to close out this tale with more than a handful of other final girls who have warmed the hearts of moviegoers over the years. Some... Continue Reading →
Crushin’ on Final Girls with Amanda Kohlhofer
Amanda Kohlhofer is back and this time we left her leading man crush, Ben Affleck, at home because right now is all about a staple in horror that is like no other and that’s the final girls. From one that’s been her favorite since she was a kindergartner to the new school girlies keeping the... Continue Reading →
Crushin on Final Girls Last Summer
One of the most wonderful things about horror movies is that they celebrate the boldness that Spice Girls would capitalize off of in the late ‘90s; girl power. Yup, we’re crushin on all things Final Girls this week with Amanda Kohlhofer of The Sip List, Crime Rewind, and An Evening at the Movies. We dove... Continue Reading →
The Characterization of Crushin on Black Folks in Horror
Harvey from Men Are The P.R.I.Z.E. and Love is Black as well as Diandre from Mass-Debaters came through to talk about all things related to Black folks and horror. Whether or not, indeed, Black people often die first in those films, the representation shift in the ‘90s, Jordan Peele’s impact, and more. So to wrap... Continue Reading →
Crushin’ on Black Folks in Horror with Harvey and Diandre
Harvey and Diandre are both podcasters whose shows Love Is Black, Men Are The P.R.I.Z.E., and Mass-Debaters offer up everything from love stories to mental health chats to brackets about movies, TV, and beyond. Both would also not survive a horror movie before 1995. Why? Because they are Black men and we’re talking not only... Continue Reading →
The Craft of Crushin on Black Folks in Horror
Horror movies and Stephen King have already done been crushed on, but as we head closer towards Halloween and wrapping this month up, I wanted to touch on a faction of horror that struck a chord with me for personal and obvious reasons and that’s Black folks in the genre. Whether they die first, make... Continue Reading →
Crushin on Stephen King On Screen
Stephen King expert I am not. That’s why I invited Kasey Box from An Evening at the Movies and Literature Reapers on the show this week to talk all about King’s work from books to TV to film. So when it came time to write what’s below I was like, hmm…where do I go from... Continue Reading →
Crushin’ on Stephen King with Kasey Box
Kasey Box from An Evening at the Movies and Literature Reapers came through to talk about a literary giant, royalty in fact, and that’s Stephen King. The master of arranging the 26 letters in the alphabet into an array of words that have titillated readers since the days of disco. We’re talking about not only... Continue Reading →
Crushin on Stephen King: The Small Screen
The spooky crushin continues as we head to the library this week and journey down the aisle to find Stephen King. Which, this was a hard one to want to focus on as reading, well, Nick Miller from ‘New Girl’ said it best - I don’t read. I write. This is my reality. Not because... Continue Reading →