In spirit of the holiday season and our fourth year of podcasing, we’re revisiting Our First Times and giving them their proper coverage - starting with Shay’s favorite, Poltergeist (1982).

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of domestic violence, death of a child

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Sources:

• Cursed Films Docuseries on Shudder

• Poltergeist IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084516/trivia/

• Poltergeist Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist_(1982_film)
  

Moving into your boyfriend’s haunted house is a literal nightmare, but wait until you find out it’s you that’s haunted. Find out how a shitty boyfriend can make EVERYTHING worse in 2007’s Paranormal Activity.

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Paranormal Activity wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal_Activity

You’ll never believe what the cat dragged in. Find out why sometimes, dead is better in 1989’s Pet Sematary.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide, terminal illness, death of a child, killing of an animal

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Sources:

• Pet Sematary (1989) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sematary_(1989_film)

• Pet Sematary (1989) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098084/

• Lopez, Kristen. “When Your Own Body Is the Big Screen Monster.” IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2022, www.indiewire.com/features/general/pet-sematary-zelda-women-horror-1234771017/.