Bryan and Dave are joined by Tyler Hyde, co-host of the That's Spooky podcast to close out their 2024 Pride series and talk about James Whale's 1935 Magnum Opus, Bride of Frankenstein. It's an absolutely gonzo gothic horror from the dawn of the talkies featuring more thrills and excitement in one of the earliest sequels that somehow manages to end up a better movie than the original. Bride of Frankenstein is a high-energy affair packed with unbelievable characters and performances from some a-list weirdos of their era such as Ernest Thesiger as the sinister Doctor Praetorius and the lovely Elsa Lanchester playing duo roles and Mary Shelley and the iconic Bride who, despite your expectations, occupies the screen for a scant few minutes but still manages to leave a powerful mark on the history of film. There is also a deeply queer interpretation of the movie which begs the question, was this subtext intended by James Whale? Was it purely subconscious? Are we just reaching?

It's astounding! Time is fleeting! For the third week of their Pride 2024 series, Bryan and Dave take a look at the notoriously queer-as-hell midnight movie sensation, perhaps the greatest midnight movie of all time, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It's an episode packed with everything you could ever want to know about the phenomenon, the audience participation, the movie and the social experience as a haven for LGBTQ+ people who may not have found their tribe yet. It's also a movie music packed with hit song after hit song and a tour de force from Tim Curry who knocked it out of the park on his first feature film. Listen to the episode and do The Timewarp with us.

Pride 2024 continues apace as Bryan and Dave take a real deep dive into Robert Wise's unimpeachable horror movie classic, The Haunting. It's a foundational piece of horror and one of the finest haunted house movies ever made with a thousand ways to interpret it including a very particular queer read which places it firmly in the queer horror canon. Come for the horror movie discussion, stay for the discussion on representation and learn about Shirley Jackson, one of the greatest gothic horror authors of all time in the process.