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Mar 2025
1h 58m

257 - American Psycho (2000)

Night Vale Presents
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Let's talk Huey Lewis and the News Approachability: 7/10 ( Dark, dry, satirical horror about Reagan-era misogyny & violence) Content Warnings: Misogynistic violence; Bloody murders; Homophobic slurs. Next Week’s Film  RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Bal ... Show More
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296 - Tales from the Hood (1995)
Welcome to hell, motherfuckers Approachability: 6/10 (The horror elements are simple enough; But the real scares are all too real (and very intense).) Content Warnings: Strobe effects; Racial violence (incl real photos/footage); Spousal and child abuse; Blood/gore; Jump scares ... Show More
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295 - Ghoulies (1985)
What - and I mean this respectfully - what is a ghoulie, exactly? Approachability: 7/10 (Gloopy/gloppy and very schlocky, but mostly silly) Content Warnings: Blood/Gore; Jump scares; Clowns Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more o ... Show More
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294 - The Amityville Horror (1979)
aka The Amityville Economic Anxiety Approachability: 8/10 (Made-for-TV-level scares/gore) Content Warnings: Blood/violence; Jump scares; Closeups of flies Next Week’s Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale ... Show More
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