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More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made Horror
The More Deadly Podcast is all about horror movies directed by women that prove the female of the species is more deadly than the male! Join your hosts Rachel and Ariel each episode as we discuss a new female-helmed film and the talented woman (or women!) who made it. A part of the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast universe.
Episodes
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 161: 'The Drama' (2026)
On this episode of More Deadly, This week, we did things a little differently! Rachel is joined by Larry of the Here’s Johnny podcast to exorcise his feelings…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 160: 'Carrie' (2013)
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel and Rachel talk mean girls, religious trauma, and telekinesis in our review of 'Carrie' (2013) directed by Kimberly…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Maya Annik Bedward of ‘Black Zombie’
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel sit down with Maya Annik Bedward, the director of ‘Black Zombie.’ To hear the episode…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Mia Kate Russell, Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn, and Bailey Spalding of ‘Penny Lane is Dead’
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel sit down with Mia Kate Russell, Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn, and Bailey Spalding the director…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 159: 'Forbidden Fruits'
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel and Rachel talk mean girl horror and late stage capitalism in our review of 'Forbidden Fruits,' directed by Meredith…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 158: Soulm8te
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel and Rachel talk AI lovers and the decline of Western civilization as we know it in our review of 'Soulm8te,' directed by…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Hanna Bergholm of ‘Nightborn’
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel sit down with director Hanna Bergholm to talk maternal rage, folk horror, and what's…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 157: Find Your Friends
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel and Rachel talk horizontal hostility, rape culture, and revenge in our review of Find Your Friends, directed by Izabel…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 156: Slanted
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel and Rachel talk body horror and the horrors of racialized beauty standards in our review of Slanted, directed by Amy…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 155: Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge (Teaser)
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel and Matilda unpack some horror joy and tropes in their review of Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge, directed by…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Avalon Fast of ‘Camp’ (Teaser)
On this teaser episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel sit down with director Avalon Fast to talk girl horror, magical realism, and…
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The More Deadly Podcast Episode 154: Alpha
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel are joined by Caitlin of the Plug It Up Podcast to review the latest from Julia Ducournau, Alpha. In the…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Natalie Erika James of ‘Saccharine’
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel sits down with director Natalie Erika James to chew on all the meaty themes in her latest haunted…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 152: 'Cat People' (1942) and 'Cat People' (1982)
On this episode of More Deadly, the whole Zombie Grrlz crew assembles for our quarterly special! This time, we sit down with two very different films: Cat…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 153: Shameholes 3: The Shamening
On this previously unreleased episode of The Zombie Grrlz Podcast, the gang came together to face their shame and fill in some holes in their viewing history…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 151: 'Ido'
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel are joined by Graham of the Films at First Sight Podcast to review a film unlike any we've ever seen before…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 150: ‘Wuthering Heights’
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel is joined by Larry of the Here’s Johnny Podcast to review the gothic romance Wuthering Heights, directed by Emerald…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 149: 'Pretty Lethal'
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel review the bloody ballerina vs gangsters film Pretty Lethal, directed by Vicky Jewson. So, did this movie have…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Donna Davies & Alexandra Heller-Nicholas of ‘1000 Women in Horror’
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel sit down with director Donna Davies and writer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas about their…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Grace Glowicki of ‘Dead Lover’
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel sit down with Grace Glowicki to talk about her wild and wonderfully gross horror romance…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 148: 'The Bride'
On this teaser episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel are joined by two of our favorite guests, Casey of Bloody Good Horror and Jason of Dads From the Crypt…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 147: 'D.O.A.' (1988)
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel talk neo noir and a very sweaty Dennis Quaid in our review of D.O.A. (1988). directed by Annabel Jankel and…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 146: 'Sweetness'
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel talk teen obsession and popstar kidnapping in our review of Sweetness, directed by Emma Higgins. In the…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Natasha Kermani of ‘The Dreadful’
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel catch up with Natasha Kermani about her lush, feminist supernatural period horror film…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli of ‘Honey Bunch’
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel chat with Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli about their awesomely weird and…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 145: 'Killer Whale'
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Larry talk aquatic chompers in our review of Killer Whale, directed by Jo-Anne Brechin. In the extended version of…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Toby Poser, Zelda Adams & John Adams of ‘Mother of Flies’
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel had the time of our lives sitting down with Toby Poster, Zelda Adams, and John Adams AKA…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 144: '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple'
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel and Rachel review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, directed by Nia DaCosta. In the extended version of this episode for…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 143: 'Die My Love'
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel and Rachel are joined by very special guest Larry from the Here's Johnny Podcast to review Die My Love, directed by Lynne…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 142: The Best of 2025 feat. The Zombie Grrlz
On this episode of More Deadly, the whole Zombie Grrlz crew assembles for our annual year-ender to talk about our favorite horror films of 2025! So, did 2025…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 141: The Best of Women in Horror 2025
On this episode, Ariel and Rachel dig into the year that was 2025 and reveal our top 10 woman-directed horror movies of the year! So, did this year go down in…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Kier-La Janisse of ‘The Occupant of the Room’
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel sit down with author, producer, and director Kier-La Janisse to discuss her chilling…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 140: 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2'
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel is joined by very special guest Casey from the Bloody Good Horror Podcast to review the highly anticipated killer android…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani of 'Reflection In A Dead Diamond'
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel sit down with filmmaking duo Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani to discuss their mind-bending…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 139: 'You Are Not Me'
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel get into the holiday spirit the way they love best: by reviewing the Christmas-set horror film You Are Not Me…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 138: 'The Offing' (2025)
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel talk cults and toxic friendship in our review of The Offing (2025), directed by Koko Crozier & Lily Lunder…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 137: 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle' (2025)
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel delve back into motherhood horror with their review of The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (2025), directed by…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 136: 'R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead'
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Larry of the Here's Johnny Podcast wrap up spooky season with an appropriately festive review of R.L. Stine's…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 135: 'Queens of the Dead'
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel and Rachel review talk queer joy and glittery zombies in their review of Queens of the Dead, directed by Tina Romero! So…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Mallory Drumm, Jay Drakulic & Alex Lee Williams of 'Dream Eater'
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel sit down with Mallory Drumm, Jay Drakulic & Alex Lee Williams to discuss their terrifying…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 134: 'Twilight'
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel and Rachel are joined by Larry of Here's Johnny for an episode that was years in the making. This week, we review…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 133: 'V/H/S: Halloween'
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel and Rachel kick off spooky season with an appropriately seasonal review of V/H/S: Halloween, directed by Micheline Pitt…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Mercedes Bryce Morgan of 'Bone Lake'
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel sit down with Mercedes Bryce Morgan to discuss her erotic thriller meets slasher…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 132: 'Red Sonja'
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Larry slash and parry our way through a review of Red Sonja, directed by MJ Bassett. So, was this a glorious…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 131: 'For Sale by Exorcist'
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel and Rachel get their giggle on with a review of the horror comedy For Sale by Exorcist, directed by Melissa LaMartina…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 130: 'The Retaliators'
So, was this movie vindication? Or do we have a new nemesis? Listen to The More Deadly Podcast Episode 130 to find out! What to watch before the next episode…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 129: 'Somnium'
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel is joined by Larry of Here's Johnny! Podcast for our review of Somnium, directed by Racheal Cain. So, was this movie a…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 128: 'Forgive Us All'
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel say howdy to a new horror western with our review of Forgive Us All, directed by Jordana Stott. So, did this…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 127: 'Critters 3'
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel is joined by fam of the pod, Jason and Jody, of the Dads from the Crypt podcast, for a review of Critters 3, directed by…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 126: 'Saint Clare'
On this episode of More Deadly, Ariel returns for a review of Saint Clare, directed by Mitzi Peirone So, did this movie answer our prayers? Or was it…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 125: I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel is riding solo for a review of I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025), directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. So, did…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 124: Abraham's Boys
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel explore a twist on a tale of Dracula in our review of Abraham's Boys, directed by Natasha Kermani. So, did…
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Select The More Deadly Podcast Episode 123: Two (2021)
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel fuse together for a review of Two, directed by Mar Targarona. So, did this movie have us in stitches? Or was…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director's Cut with Destry Allyn Spielberg of 'Please Don't Feed the Children'
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel sat down with Destry Allyn Spielberg to discuss her post-apocalyptic horror feature debut…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 122: Lady Beware
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel explore the horror of the erotic thriller in our review of Lady Beware, directed by Karen Arthur. So, did this…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 121: Scare Package
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel embrace horror and gore joy in our review of Scare Package, directed by Courtney Andujar, Hillary Andujar…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast Episode 120: Shudderbugs
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel review Shudderbugs, directed by Johanna Putnam. So, did this movie have us shuddering with terror? Or did it…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast 119: The Killgrin
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel reviewThe Killgrin, directed by Joanna Tsanis. So, did this movie turn our frowns upside down? Or did we have…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorMore Deadly: The Director’s Cut with Julia Max of 'The Surrender'
On this episode of More Deadly: The Director’s Cut, Rachel and Ariel sit down with Julia Max to discuss her achingly terrifying The Surrender. Listen to The…
More Deadly - The Podcast for Women-Made HorrorThe More Deadly Podcast 118: Electra
On this episode of More Deadly, Rachel and Ariel get wacky in our review of Electra, directed by Hala Matar. So, was this movie the real deal? Or was it an…