Samm and Kat explore one of the most infamous video nasties: Lucio Fulci’s The New York Ripper (1982). Their discussion centers on the reasons why they don’t agree with the statement that Fulci was a misogynist, the transgressive sexual themes ...

The Daughters of Darkness, Kat Ellinger and Samm Deighan, take on 1982’s Pieces, one of the most audacious examples of a European slasher to come out of the Golden era. Juan Piquer Simón’s cult classic offers up some of the ...

Kat & Samm delve into Joe D’Amato’s gloriously perverse horrific world, with a focus on Emanuelle’s Revenge; a film which mixes erotica with themes of revenge and cannibalism.

The Hell’s Belles are finally back and this time, they are celebrating one of the genre’s best auteurs, Lamberto Bava. Necrophilia, Southern accents, vampires, blind albino witch hunters, Stanko Molnar and more are discussed & celebrated.

Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger discuss Walerian Borowczyk’s 1978 masterpiece of nunsploitation whimsy which features all the glorious ecstatic yoga, sex food, and bush.

A Book by Kat Ellinger Available now from Devil’s Advocates.30% off using the code: AUTEUR30 Daughters of Darkness (1971) is a vampire film like no other. Heralded as psychological high-Gothic cinema, loved for its art-house and erotic flavors, Harry Kümel’s 1971 ...

On this episode of the Locust Files, Lee talks with Alexandra Heller-Nicholas who is the author of a number of film books including the recently released epic 1000 Women in Horror. Alexandra discusses masks in horror, the labor involved in ...

The Locust Files takes a look at Tim Burton’s Batman Returns where Lee talks with screenwriter Daniel Waters. A departure from what the Locust Files normally delivers, here we venture into the world of screenwriting and the creation of one ...

This time on the Locust Files, Lee talks with film critic, programmer and co-creator of the Black Harvest Film Festival, Sergio Mims. They discuss a wide range of topics from the works of J. Lee Thompson to race in cinema ...

Lee talks with film historian, critic, writer and silent movie scholar Pamela Hutchinson. They discuss women directors of the silent era, the legacy of Joan Crawford, Pandora’s Box, film culture, the role of idol worship after death and much more!