Horror Nerds at Church
@hnacpod.bsky.social
We are a ridiculously queer podcast about horror movies and theology. Check us out wherever you find your podcasts. https://linktr.ee/hnacpod
Hosted by @pacedubs.bsky.social and @queerpastor.bsky.social
Hosted by @pacedubs.bsky.social and @queerpastor.bsky.social
#AdventMasPhany for Dec 9th!
For the 1950s-1960s, Emily chose the beloved RUDOPLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER and Pace chose the Christmas thriller BLAST OF SILENCE. What are you watching?
For the 1950s-1960s, Emily chose the beloved RUDOPLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER and Pace chose the Christmas thriller BLAST OF SILENCE. What are you watching?
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
#AdventMasPhany for Dec 9th!
For the 1950s-1960s, Emily chose the beloved RUDOPLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER and Pace chose the Christmas thriller BLAST OF SILENCE. What are you watching?
For the 1950s-1960s, Emily chose the beloved RUDOPLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER and Pace chose the Christmas thriller BLAST OF SILENCE. What are you watching?
Today’s #AdventMasPhany calls for a Hallmark channel *style* made for tv movie. Emily picks the Hallmark romance featuring a queer couple CHRISTMAS ON CHERRY LANE. Since there aren’t really horror Hallmark style flicks, Pace picks the animated CREEPSHOW HOLIDAY SPECIAL. What are you watching?
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Today’s #AdventMasPhany calls for a Hallmark channel *style* made for tv movie. Emily picks the Hallmark romance featuring a queer couple CHRISTMAS ON CHERRY LANE. Since there aren’t really horror Hallmark style flicks, Pace picks the animated CREEPSHOW HOLIDAY SPECIAL. What are you watching?
It's the 2nd Sun of Advent and for #AdventMasPhany we want you to watch a movie controversially designated a holiday flick, cuz we at HNAC don't believe in false binaries about holiday and not. Emily chose action-thriller DIE HARD whereas Pace chose THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES. What are you watching?
December 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It's the 2nd Sun of Advent and for #AdventMasPhany we want you to watch a movie controversially designated a holiday flick, cuz we at HNAC don't believe in false binaries about holiday and not. Emily chose action-thriller DIE HARD whereas Pace chose THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES. What are you watching?
Day 7 of #AdventMasPhany!
For Santa Origin Story, Emily picks the beautiful animated film KLAUS, whereas Pace picks the Canadian horror flick RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE. What are you watching?
For Santa Origin Story, Emily picks the beautiful animated film KLAUS, whereas Pace picks the Canadian horror flick RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE. What are you watching?
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Day 7 of #AdventMasPhany!
For Santa Origin Story, Emily picks the beautiful animated film KLAUS, whereas Pace picks the Canadian horror flick RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE. What are you watching?
For Santa Origin Story, Emily picks the beautiful animated film KLAUS, whereas Pace picks the Canadian horror flick RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE. What are you watching?
Day 6 of #AdventMasPhany!
For the category of Snow, Emily picked the inspired by true story film of courageous dog TOGO and Pace, to tie-in with it also being Krampusnacht, chose the only good Krampus film out there, Michael Dougherty's KRAMPUS. What are you watching?
For the category of Snow, Emily picked the inspired by true story film of courageous dog TOGO and Pace, to tie-in with it also being Krampusnacht, chose the only good Krampus film out there, Michael Dougherty's KRAMPUS. What are you watching?
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Day 6 of #AdventMasPhany!
For the category of Snow, Emily picked the inspired by true story film of courageous dog TOGO and Pace, to tie-in with it also being Krampusnacht, chose the only good Krampus film out there, Michael Dougherty's KRAMPUS. What are you watching?
For the category of Snow, Emily picked the inspired by true story film of courageous dog TOGO and Pace, to tie-in with it also being Krampusnacht, chose the only good Krampus film out there, Michael Dougherty's KRAMPUS. What are you watching?
Day 5 of #AdventMasPhany
For queer holiday romance, Emily chose the delightful and quirky LET IT SNOW while Pace chose the campy parody slasher IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE. What are you watching?
For queer holiday romance, Emily chose the delightful and quirky LET IT SNOW while Pace chose the campy parody slasher IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE. What are you watching?
December 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Day 5 of #AdventMasPhany
For queer holiday romance, Emily chose the delightful and quirky LET IT SNOW while Pace chose the campy parody slasher IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE. What are you watching?
For queer holiday romance, Emily chose the delightful and quirky LET IT SNOW while Pace chose the campy parody slasher IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE. What are you watching?
Day 4 of #AdventMasPhany
For an adaptation of the Nutcracker, Emily chose NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS and Pace, as typical, went the horror route with NUTCRACKER MASSACRE. What are you watching?
For an adaptation of the Nutcracker, Emily chose NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS and Pace, as typical, went the horror route with NUTCRACKER MASSACRE. What are you watching?
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Day 4 of #AdventMasPhany
For an adaptation of the Nutcracker, Emily chose NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS and Pace, as typical, went the horror route with NUTCRACKER MASSACRE. What are you watching?
For an adaptation of the Nutcracker, Emily chose NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS and Pace, as typical, went the horror route with NUTCRACKER MASSACRE. What are you watching?
Day 3 of #AdventMasPhany!
For films from the 1940s, Emily picks the holiday classic 1946 film IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Pace picks the 1944 Christmas horror movie THE CURSE OF THE CAR PEOPLE. What are you watching?
For films from the 1940s, Emily picks the holiday classic 1946 film IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Pace picks the 1944 Christmas horror movie THE CURSE OF THE CAR PEOPLE. What are you watching?
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Day 3 of #AdventMasPhany!
For films from the 1940s, Emily picks the holiday classic 1946 film IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Pace picks the 1944 Christmas horror movie THE CURSE OF THE CAR PEOPLE. What are you watching?
For films from the 1940s, Emily picks the holiday classic 1946 film IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Pace picks the 1944 Christmas horror movie THE CURSE OF THE CAR PEOPLE. What are you watching?
Day 2 of #AdventMasPhany!
For non-human protagonist, Emily picks TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, a Rankin/Bass Holiday animated classic. Pace picks GOOD BOY, not quite holiday but a cozy hororr hauntedhouse flick told from dog’s pov. What are you watching?
For non-human protagonist, Emily picks TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, a Rankin/Bass Holiday animated classic. Pace picks GOOD BOY, not quite holiday but a cozy hororr hauntedhouse flick told from dog’s pov. What are you watching?
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Day 2 of #AdventMasPhany!
For non-human protagonist, Emily picks TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, a Rankin/Bass Holiday animated classic. Pace picks GOOD BOY, not quite holiday but a cozy hororr hauntedhouse flick told from dog’s pov. What are you watching?
For non-human protagonist, Emily picks TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, a Rankin/Bass Holiday animated classic. Pace picks GOOD BOY, not quite holiday but a cozy hororr hauntedhouse flick told from dog’s pov. What are you watching?
Day 1 of #AdventMasPhany!
For childhood holiday special, Emily picks THE SNOWMAN, a beautiful short featuring a snowman. Pace picks THE MEAN ONE, a horror retelling of the Grinch. What are you watching?
For childhood holiday special, Emily picks THE SNOWMAN, a beautiful short featuring a snowman. Pace picks THE MEAN ONE, a horror retelling of the Grinch. What are you watching?
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Day 1 of #AdventMasPhany!
For childhood holiday special, Emily picks THE SNOWMAN, a beautiful short featuring a snowman. Pace picks THE MEAN ONE, a horror retelling of the Grinch. What are you watching?
For childhood holiday special, Emily picks THE SNOWMAN, a beautiful short featuring a snowman. Pace picks THE MEAN ONE, a horror retelling of the Grinch. What are you watching?
AdventMasPhany has returned! We love holiday movies! Each day from Advent through Epiphany, we've got a prompt for a movie to watch, BUT be creative! Want to art instead? Go for it! Whatever you do, let us know so we can rejoice! The world needs more connection & fun! Tag us & use #AdventMasPhany!
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
AdventMasPhany has returned! We love holiday movies! Each day from Advent through Epiphany, we've got a prompt for a movie to watch, BUT be creative! Want to art instead? Go for it! Whatever you do, let us know so we can rejoice! The world needs more connection & fun! Tag us & use #AdventMasPhany!
Stay tuned and watch that deep blue sea… a new episode is gonna drop this afternoon!
October 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Stay tuned and watch that deep blue sea… a new episode is gonna drop this afternoon!
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September 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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New Episode! Pace and Emily sit down with authors Sara Larner, Alan Baxter, and Callum Rowland to talk about the upcoming horror anthology THIS WAY LIES MADNESS. Such a great conversation about horror, mental health, and much more. Preorder and listen to our episode here: linktr.ee/HNACPod
September 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
New Episode! Pace and Emily sit down with authors Sara Larner, Alan Baxter, and Callum Rowland to talk about the upcoming horror anthology THIS WAY LIES MADNESS. Such a great conversation about horror, mental health, and much more. Preorder and listen to our episode here: linktr.ee/HNACPod
Listen to our episode on the 1994 film "Serial Mom" with special guest Peter Marra (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nwnrlmraccbczltkkhjtlazr" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@thepetermarra.bsky.social) Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: vist.ly/45aip
September 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Listen to our episode on the 1994 film "Serial Mom" with special guest Peter Marra (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nwnrlmraccbczltkkhjtlazr" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@thepetermarra.bsky.social) Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: vist.ly/45aip
Pace continues to catch up on editing past episodes. Listen to our episode on the Love Witch (2016) here or wherever you get your podcasts: vist.ly/3n87bst
June 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Pace continues to catch up on editing past episodes. Listen to our episode on the Love Witch (2016) here or wherever you get your podcasts: vist.ly/3n87bst
Pace continues to catch up on our backlog of episodes. Listen to our episode on the gayest witch movie ever, The Covenant, here or wherever you get your podcasts: vist.ly/3n87bp5
June 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Pace continues to catch up on our backlog of episodes. Listen to our episode on the gayest witch movie ever, The Covenant, here or wherever you get your podcasts: vist.ly/3n87bp5
Defy gravity with us as we cover the hit 2024 film Wicked! Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: vist.ly/3n7urue
June 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Defy gravity with us as we cover the hit 2024 film Wicked! Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: vist.ly/3n7urue
Next up in our episode catch-up is The Blair Witch Project of 99. We talk found footage, whether or not the film actually lands, and a bunch more about this classic. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/HNACPod
June 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Next up in our episode catch-up is The Blair Witch Project of 99. We talk found footage, whether or not the film actually lands, and a bunch more about this classic. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/HNACPod
We have a new minisode! For every full-length episode we are also dropping a mini-episode called Politics Nerds at Church where Emily, Suzannah, and Pace talk about something going on in the political sphere and an action item. Listen to our first 2 here: linktr.ee/HNACPod
June 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We have a new minisode! For every full-length episode we are also dropping a mini-episode called Politics Nerds at Church where Emily, Suzannah, and Pace talk about something going on in the political sphere and an action item. Listen to our first 2 here: linktr.ee/HNACPod
It took a few months but Pace has finally caught up on editing. Check out this episode with John Potter, content editor of Living Lutheran, as we talk about the 2018 remake? sequel? companion piece? Suspiria. Listen here or wherever you get your pods: vist.ly/3n62nt6
June 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It took a few months but Pace has finally caught up on editing. Check out this episode with John Potter, content editor of Living Lutheran, as we talk about the 2018 remake? sequel? companion piece? Suspiria. Listen here or wherever you get your pods: vist.ly/3n62nt6
Take a bite out of the Jaws franchise with us this summers
June 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Take a bite out of the Jaws franchise with us this summers
Finally up on your feeds:
On the main feed, we are finally dropping Matilda which we released live on FB and YouTube last month! & for our Patreon supporters, we are pairing it w/ a movie commentary on the Netflix adaptation of the musical! Listen here: https://vist.ly/3mw2u2z
On the main feed, we are finally dropping Matilda which we released live on FB and YouTube last month! & for our Patreon supporters, we are pairing it w/ a movie commentary on the Netflix adaptation of the musical! Listen here: https://vist.ly/3mw2u2z
March 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Finally up on your feeds:
On the main feed, we are finally dropping Matilda which we released live on FB and YouTube last month! & for our Patreon supporters, we are pairing it w/ a movie commentary on the Netflix adaptation of the musical! Listen here: https://vist.ly/3mw2u2z
On the main feed, we are finally dropping Matilda which we released live on FB and YouTube last month! & for our Patreon supporters, we are pairing it w/ a movie commentary on the Netflix adaptation of the musical! Listen here: https://vist.ly/3mw2u2z
Help Pace prepare for their dissertation defense! They will be presenting their dissertation over 5 weeks on Sundays at 4E beginning Sun, Feb. 16th. There will be a 45 min lecture on the chapter followed by an optional 45 min for discussion. Register by going to https://forms.gle/7enTTu371NRFFpyQ6.
February 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Help Pace prepare for their dissertation defense! They will be presenting their dissertation over 5 weeks on Sundays at 4E beginning Sun, Feb. 16th. There will be a 45 min lecture on the chapter followed by an optional 45 min for discussion. Register by going to https://forms.gle/7enTTu371NRFFpyQ6.
This year's last Friday the 13th may be coming to a close, but that doesn't mean you can't keep that blood curdling energy with you year round! Join our Horror Buff Patreon tier and access our exclusive all-new Friday the 13th Part III 3D episode! Patreon.com/HorrorNerdsAtChurch
December 14, 2024 at 1:23 AM
This year's last Friday the 13th may be coming to a close, but that doesn't mean you can't keep that blood curdling energy with you year round! Join our Horror Buff Patreon tier and access our exclusive all-new Friday the 13th Part III 3D episode! Patreon.com/HorrorNerdsAtChurch