Slash & Slay: A Horror Podcast

Come have an amaze amaze amaze time with us today as we talk about “Project Hail Mary” 🪨 Do you think we will give it a big thumbs down, question?

Spring into horror with your favorite femme fatales!💐 Today, we are talking about our favorite horror movies and books that make us want to frolic through a field in matching white dresses and chanting with our fellow cult sisters! 👯‍♀️ We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

On this week's episode, Alyssa and Emilie address some of the horrors currently going on in our country as well as relate them to the horror media that raised them

It's Alyssa's Birthday week and what better way to celebrate her than compare her different eras of life to horror movies. Was she like Rosemary's baby as a baby? Chucky as a toddler? Carrie in high school? Find out in this episode!

’Tis the season to slay 🎄🔪 Join us for our end-of-year wrap-up and Krampus lore for your holiday gore. We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Let’s get caught up on all the slash and slays we’ve missed! Alyssa put up some big book numbers and Emilie (tried) to keep up with the audio! Plus, someone makes a special announcement!

The fourth annual Horror Hunger Games is here! New tributes, new terrors, and a showdown that promises carnage from start to finish. Only one horror legend will survive. May the odds be ever in your favor

Catch up with your two favorite horror-loving girlies! Today, we are giving our tips and tricks on how to slay seasonal depression. Don’t let the time change get you down, just watch horror movies with us and remind yourself it could always be worse!

Tubi or not Tubi? Let’s answer the age old question… again! Today, we watched two Tubi original horror movies and we have some thoughts. Try not to gag and listen to hear if we slash or slay these Tubi flicks!

The life of a showgirl got nothing on the life of a final girl. Let’s go through the (Wi$h) Li$t of Taylor Swift’s new album ,The Life of a Showgirl, and match them to a horror movie, Honey! Let’s hope this doesn’t Ruin the Friendship or get us CANCELLED!”

The only person you want to stand next to you while fighting demons is your BFF! Unless they happen to be the demon… Today, we talk about our favorite best friends in horror movies, from ride-or-die sidekicks or toxic pals you definitely don’t want on your team.Get ready for creepy camaraderie and frightening friendships!

Happy release day to Rachel Harrison’s newest novel, “Play Nice”. A possessed house, sister feuds, and facing childhood demons, both real and imaginary in the newest novel from the queen of modern feminist horror! Plus, we talk about our favorite and least favorite haunted houses in horror media.

Are you team Conrad or Jeremiah? Edward or Jacob? Nosferatu or Thomas? Emilie or Alyssa? Let's DISH on the trope we hate to love: Love Triangles. What could be scarier than having to choose between two men pining for your love?! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Red-headed, micro bang quirky, witch takes on a new town and chaos ensues! Let’s talk about Weapons (2025) staring Josh Brolin and Julia Garner and rank our favorite red-headed witches!

Can you imagine anything scarier than having no bodily autonomy?! Or being born into a world that is systemically designed to work against you?! We can't! Today, we talk about the far too relatable trope of dystopian patriarchy and reproductive subjugation. Why is the trope so common? Why does it keep being talked about and nothing changes? What can we do to change? Is it acceptable to punch a wall? We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

AITAH for hosting a podcast about horror media for the girls and people who don’t necessarily want to watch or read horror? Please don’t answer that… Today, we read AITAH tales from reddit and give some HORRORable advice!

Couple up and get ready for the bomb shells to arrive! What if your favorite horror characters were on Love Island? Or your favorite scary couples were on Temptation Island? Join us as we get way too into this insane hypothetical and even come up with a new t-shirt idea. We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Sci-fi summer is HOT and we are here for it! Yes, summer 2024 was alien girl summer, but this is different.... we promise... Today we talk about our favorite bingeable sci-fi shows, books, and movies for when it is too hot outside and/or there is a possible abduction/apocalypse happening. We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Heart rates spike this week as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic, Jaws! Two notes of a film score and a great white the world will never forget, took a bite out of the horror world and is still chomping 50 years later; inspiring many other sharktastic flicks that Alyssa loves and Emilie will never see! 🦈 We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Are you afraid of spiders? Or whales? Or what about balloons?!?!?! Whatever your phobia may be, don’t be afraid of listening to this week’s episode where we talk about wild irrational fears! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

It's over 90° so it is officially summer! ☀️ We aren't going to let the heat beat us! Instead, we are coming up with 100+ ways to have a slay summer! And by slay we of course mean horrific ✨ Join us as we craft the most terrifying bucket list for summer 2025! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Existential crises, but make it ✨ slay ✨ Cry and laugh along with us as we review the first six months of 2025, talk about which new horror movies we absolutely WON'T be watching, our reading plans for June, and haunted Tamagotchis! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Things get weird when we watch the cosmic horror staring Nicolas Cage, Color Out of Space. Today, we break down the neon nightmare, Cage’s signature intensity, and how a meteorite turned a quiet farm into a Lovecraftian freak show. Is it sci-fi? Is it horror? Is it Cage unleashed? Yes. Yes. And yes. We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Wanna know our answers to your scariest questions? Tune in to hear our deepest darkest secrets and dive into extreme details of absurd hypotheticals! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

What could be better than Michael B. Jordan, folk and blues music, revenge, and vampires? How about TWO Michale B. Jordans, folk & blues music, revenge, and vampires!? Today, we talk about Ryan Coogler's genre-bending 2025 film "Sinners". Michal B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, and Miles Caton star in this horrifying homage to the history of blues and what happens when you dance with the devil. We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

We love to see a woman fight for her bodily autonomy! Join us as we roast incels and ponder the hygiene of AI robots while talking about Drew Hancock’s 2025 film, Companion! Starring Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid, this film follows a weekend with friends turned deadly and robotic! Stick around to see if we slash or slay this wild ride! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Fairy tales meet final girls in this week’s episode of Slash & Slay! Today we talk about the subgenre of horror movies that actually end with a happily ever after and leave you smiling! Join us as we count down our favorite “Happily Horror After” endings! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

This week on Slash & Slay, we’re sipping eternal youth and spilling all the tea on the cult classic Death Becomes Her! And of course, we can't resist the pull of the stage... 🎶 Come for the chaos, stay for the show tunes as we talk (mostly sing) about our favorite horror musicals! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

We did it! Join us as we celebrate our 100th episode and relive the last 2.5 years of our friendship and horror journey. We play some of our old, popular games like What Would You Do, Kiss/Marry/Kill, and our controversial horror opinions. Of course, we HAVE to discuss our thoughts on the new Hunger Games book: Sunrise on the Reaping. Thank you to everyone who has been with us for the beginning, just started listening, or have only listened to an episode or two. We love you. BYEEEEE

📖✨ In this episode of Slash & Slay, we break down the haunting twists, nostalgic horror vibes, and dark magic lurking within the pages of Hendrix’s newest release Witchcraft for Wayward Girls. We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

What if WE were in your favorite horror movie? This week, we confess our horror dream roles and come up with some hanious cursed castings! Emilie is down bad and Alyssa’s tummy is full of butterflies????

🔪🦇 It’s time for another Slash & Cage—our monthly deep dive into horror movies starring the one and only Nicolas Cage! This week, we’re sinking our teeth into Vampire’s Kiss (1988), the unhinged cult classic that gave us some of Cage’s wildest moments. Tune in as we break down the chaos, the memes, and the madness! 🎬🔥 We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Hey girlies! Time to play “hear me out” with the creepiest creatures in horror canon! Listen and don’t judge as we defend some of the most terrifying monsters, villains, and misunderstood creatures in horror history! Tune in, keep an open mind, things might get freaky! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Happy Valentine's Witches! It's the season of the witch this love day and we are here to talk all the bewitching goss. From tampon jars to midnight margaritas, fall in love with us and we promise we won't intentionally hex you. <3 We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

The world has ended, but Nicholas Cage is here to stay & slay! We watched the post apocalyptic 2024 film “Arcadian” starring Nicholas Cage, Jaeden Martell, and Maxwell Jenkins. Paul (Nicholas Cage) and his twin sons face terrors at night when ferocious creatures awaken. We have lots of thoughts on these creatures… listen and find out if we slash or slay this Cage! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Hey bitches! Today, we talk about motherhood as two unqualified childless dog ladies who watched the 2024 film Nightbitch! Starring Amy Adams as a stay at home mother who is displaying some canine tendencies. Howl at the moon with us as we hate on absent fathers and helpless men! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

We saw the highly anticipated Robert Eggers’ remake of the iconic Nosferatu! Starring our loves, Bill Skarsgard, Nicholas Hoult, and Willem Dafoe. Victorian plague, vampire castles, hysteria and rats. What more could we want! Listen to our opinions, the good, the bad, the sexy and our speculations on what modern technology would put these characters in a coffin

Happy New Year from Emilie, Alyssa, and special guest Nadine! We said we wouldn’t do it, but New Year, new us I guess… we watched “Speak no Evil” (2024) starring James McAvoy as a terrifyingly hot creep that lures an unassuming family to his cottage in the country. Join in the fun and listen to us string actual thoughts together for once! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Merry Christmas Eve from Emilie, Alyssa, and Krampus! Another holiday season, another episode talking about Krampus but this time, we decorate a gingerbread house together and things get competitive and messy. Listen as we watch and talk about this holiday horror classic and go vote for your favorite side of the Krampus gingerbread house on Instagram! Merry Krampus!

The final Slash & Cage episode of 2024 reviews the 2013 film “The Frozen Ground” starring the love of our life, Nicholas Cage and High School Music icon and Sneaker Night singer, Vanessa Hudgens! Alaskan Detective (Nicholas Cage) works to hunt a serial killer as teenage escape (Vanessa Hudgens) provide a critical break in the case. Will it be a Slash, Slay, or Cage? Find out! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Religious debates can’t scare us away from Hugh Grant baking pie in a cozy sweater! Today, we talk about the unpredictable metaphorical labyrinth that is Heretic. As usual, we put ourselves in the movie and talk about our very low motivation for self preservation. Tune in to see if we slash or slay and listen to Emilie lose all respect for Alyssa when she shares her controversial Christmas movie opinion. We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Welcome to the third annual Horror Hunger Games. And may the odds be ever in your favor! Join us, your hosts, as we go district by district - reaping the most vicious fighters in the horror cannon. We have some surprising losses, a bloodbath to remember, and one victor that may surprise you. Let the Horror Hunger Games begin! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

What if Ghost Face brought the turkey, Krampus was in the Macy’s Parade and Xenomorphs performed a kick line? Join us today as we craft our perfect horror Thanksgiving day. Because as bad as you think Thanksgiving could be, at least Leatherface isn’t carving the turkey. We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Today we thought we’d do what we do best and bring the down the mood! Time to lean into that seasonal depression and talk about the saddest deaths in horror movies and books. Sit back feel the feelings, maybe shed a tear, and listen to us wallow. And don’t miss all the details of our perfect fall date! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Imagine the presidential race we have had so far, but add a day where all crime is legal! That basically summarizes the third installment in the dystopian Purge series - The Purge Election Year. Today, we dissect how this high-stakes horror-thriller taps into political fears, social tensions, and cringe worthy acting! Don’t forget to get out there and VOTE! Just promise to keep your purge in your pants…. We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Happy Halloween from Slash & Slay! Get your candy buckets ready and fill them with bugs because we are talking about *Renfield*, starring Nicolas Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as Renfield. Don’t miss out on the spooky fun—tune in for our fang-tastic review! We have a store for merch and fun horror-related swag: slash-and-slay-shop.printify.me We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]

Don’t even try to change our minds. We REFUSE to watch these popular horror movies, controversy or not. Ok MAYBE you can convince us to watch them, but you have to listen first! Let us know if you agree or if you’re joining our slash & strike against these frightening flicks. We’re now on Youtube! Subscribe @slashandslaypod Instagram: @slashandslaypod TikTok: @slashandslaypod Twitter: @slashandslaypod Send us your scary stories to [email protected]