This month, Kris and Donna test their might with a double feature pitting T.F Mou’s “Men Behind The Sun” (1988) against Andrey Iskanov’s “Philosophy of a Knife” (2008), two films which take very different approaches to depicting the horrors inflicted by Imperial Japan’s Unit 731.

This month, Donna and Kris get suited up for “Tetsuo: The Iron Man” (1989), a Japanese film about a young salaryman getting bullied by a goth fetishist until they consummate their love and ride away into the sunset on a giant phallus.

For their one-year podcast anniversary, Kris and Donna get on the grease with "The Greasy Strangler" (2016), a horror-comedy film about the complicated relationship between an aging son and his serial killer father.

This month Donna and Kris put on their dancin’ waders to slosh through the gooshy New French Extremity film, “Inside” (2007), a heart-warming tale of a pregnant woman’s sleepy Christmas Eve in which nothing bad at all happens. We wish.

This week Kris and Donna pop open the Pandora's box of Takashi Miike's ouevre with "Audition" (1999), a Japanese horror film about a widower seeking a new wife by way of a fake movie audition.

This week Donna and Kris finally get to slam the LUCIFER VALENTINE alarm button with “Black Metal Veins,” (2012), a questionably real documentary depicting the lives of a black metal band whose members are intensely addicted to heroin and abuse a plethora of other drugs.

Kris and Donna return from their summer hiatus with an episode recorded pre-hiatus about “Street Trash” (1987), a classic melt movie about a homeless community experiencing a rash of mysterious and gruesome deaths by way of toxic booze.

This week Donna and Kris accidentally stumble straight into Hell with “Where the Dead Go to Die” (2012), an animated horror anthology featuring a demonic dog that lures three children into committing unspeakable crimes against humanity. Also, Cicada F******t 2021, alien abductions and monstrous mermaids, Creamer Hands, and everyone has to go to jail now, sorry.

This week Kris and Donna take a hack at Xavier Gens’ “Frontier(s)” (2007), a rollercoaster of a movie about a group of thieves escaping Paris only to find themselves in the clutches of cannibalistic neo-Nazis. Also, the vaccination station, Big Titty Goth Girlfriend Wife, A George Bush of Their Own, real bacon hours, and the evolution of modern French Fascism.

This week, Donna and Kris dip their toes into the treacherous waters of New French Extremity with “Martyrs” (2008), a horror film following the survivor of child abduction and torture as she seeks revenge upon the people who abused her. Also, the unexpected beauty found in darkness and suffering, moving on with trauma and depression, and the existential importance of love and empathy!

This week, Kris and Donna skip headlong into the fantastical German forests of Lars Von Trier’s “Antichrist” (2009), a horror drama film about a married couple recovering from the tragic death of their son who decide to take a sabbatical to a remote cabin in the woods to navigate their grief and pain. Also: Willem Defoe’s strange penis, Satanic feminism, and CHAOS REIGNS.

This week, Donna and Kris continue their found footage adventure with "The Poughkeepsie Tapes" (2007), a horror movie styled as a true crime documentary about police uncovering a trove of hundreds of home video tapes depicting the many atrocious crimes of a New York-based serial killer during the ‘80s and ‘90s. Also: the obscene use of Dutch angles, serial killer worship, the s****y dude at the dungeon, Artistes of Theatre, and Ted Bundy’s disregard for the boundaries of time and space.

This week, Kris and Donna dive into "Un Chien Andalou" (1929), the infamous 16-minute surrealist short film made by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. Also, Kris becomes a magical shit angel, George Orwell dunks hard on Salvador Dali, Freud said fingers are penises, and it turns out that people in 1920s Europe were still queer as hell.

This week, Kris and Donna take the first of what will surely be many forays into the wide world of found footage films with Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015)! Additionally, they opine about becoming unstuck in time, the curious un-reality of found footage, yell at their screens in distress, and pray for Anne Hathaway not to smite them for their trespasses.

This week, Kris and Donna talk about David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986), a hyper-surreal romp through the moral compromise of innocent middle America and the launch of David Lynch’s career of peering into the strangeness of human consciousness. They wonder about David Lynch’s sexual hang-ups, stanning Isabella Rosselini, and Kris wants to be Ben? Also, PABST! BLUE! RIBBON!

On our debut episode of SHTLST, we explain a bit about who we are, why we’re doing this, and what you can expect from each episode, then we discuss the root of our name and tagline: John Waters’ cult classic Pink Flamingos (1972)! Sex! Violence! Cannibalism! Gaping buttholes! Join us to hear about Waters’ third feature film that has every gross fluid you can imagine, some thoughtful analysis about what we think those fluids mean, and what this film means to us personally.

Introducing SHTLST: two creepy, queer best friends taking a deep dive into disgusting, depraved, and despised movies, one nightmare at a time. Don’t worry, we provide copious content warnings at the top of each episode. We’re not here to mess you up; we’re here to get messed up for you. Starts 2/15/2021! In the meantime, visit us at shtlstpod.com!