The Night Hags
The Night Hags
The Night Hags
Horror movies with Meg and Michelle
42: The 2021 Haggy Awards
Welcome to the first annual Haggy Awards! In today’s show, we look back at the last year of movies we’ve watched for The Night Hags and we’ve got fifteen categories and a ton of positive female reinforcement! Who are the winners? You’ll have to listen to find out!
Oct 30, 2021
1 hr 14 min
41: This is Halloween (Halloween Kills and Rob Zombie’s Halloween)
This week we watched Halloween Kills and Rob Zombie’s Halloween. We also talk about Michelle’s Halloween costume (with a reveal!), the many Halloween timelines, objectification of women in Rob Zombie’s movies, his portrayal of villains, Michelle’s feelings about his upcoming Munsters movie, Harvey Weinstein’s connection to the Rob Zombie movie, and more Rob Zombie’s Halloween in Five Words (or Less):Michelle: How about hard fucking passMeg: Pretty brutal, terrible acting Halloween Kills in Five Words (or Less):Meg: Great homage to the franchiseMichelle: Halloween: The Purge edition
Oct 23, 2021
54 min
40: Spooky Haunted Ghosty Houses (The Night House and The Beyond)
This week we watched The Beyond (1981) and The Night House (2021). We also talked about adulting, New York Comic Con, Korean dramas and Squid Game, the history of The Beyond released as The Seven Doors of Death in 1983, Night Flight, Onondaga Lake and swimming in lakes, gaslighting ghosts, soup szn, and more. The Beyond in Five Words (or Less):Meg: Watch out for Muppet spidersMichelle: Head holes help plot holes  The Night House in Five Words (or Less):Meg: Terrifying PS I love youMichelle: Super spooky ghosty maze
Oct 17, 2021
1 hr
39: Celebrating Spooky Szn (Pumpkinhead and Trick or Treat)
This week on the double feature we watched Pumpkinhead (1988) and Trick or Treat (2007). We also talk about becoming health goths, making coffee, Mike the Night Hog aka Big Beans makes a cameo, the first trip to a Spirit Halloween of the season, finding a band on Craigslist, Dick Warlock, where Trick or Treat falls on Michelle’s Werewolf Scale (7 out of 10), haunted houses, the future of Trick or Treat sequels, and more. Pumpkinhead in Five Words (or Less):Michelle: Haggis the Witch as goalsMeg: The O.G. Night Hag Trick or Treat in Five Words (or Less):Michelle: Rhonda is me at partiesMeg: Cute murderous pumpkin face
Oct 9, 2021
52 min
38: Cabins in the Woods (Cabin in the Woods and Evil Dead 2013)
This week's double feature is Cabin in the Woods and 2013's Evil Dead with this week's theme being The Woods! Also: Michelle gets a surprise, Fran Kranz’s Mass (2021), the realities of coffee cup bongs, our favorite baddies in the basement, our favorite deaths in Cabin in the Woods, a combined love of Bruce Campbell, the reverse Weird Al, and more. Cabin in the woods in Five Words (or Less):Michelle: Always trust the stonerMeg: The stoner sees all Evil Dead 2013 in Five Words (or Less):Michelle: How to do a remakeMeg: Reverse Weird Al Evil Dead
Oct 2, 2021
50 min
37: Two Malignants Walk Into a Bar – (Malignant 2021 and Malignant 2013)
This week we watched 2021's Malignant and 2013's Malignant. Michelle tested positive for Covid-19 after vaccination and explains what a breakthrough case feels like, the symptoms, discovering the diagnosis, what it’s like to live with a partner who didn’t test positive in a one-bedroom apartment, this episode has possibly the best movie we’ve seen this year and maybe the worst movie we’ve seen ever, our desire for a James Wan cinematic universe, and more. Malignant 2021 in Five Words (or Less):Michelle: A+ batshittery a la ArgentoMeg: Best of 2021 nominee Malignant 2013 in Five Words (of Less):Michelle: A waste of Brad DourifMeg: Don’t waste your time
Sep 28, 2021
55 min
36: Shandyman (2021’s Candyman & Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh/Candyman 2)
This week we watched Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995) and Candyman (2021). Spoiler warning: You do not (and probably should not) have to watch Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh. We also talk about going on a bender as an actual adult, a boat with hot tubs on it, Midnight Meat Train, The OC and Dawson’s Creek, how we almost had a Candyman vs Leprechaun movie, why you should never take the elevator in a library, Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed, and more. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTAruQUh3t9/ Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh in Five Words (or Less):Meg: Break mirror, break franchiseMichelle: Absolutely unwatchable Candyman in Five Words (or Less):Michelle: Canon while simultaneously dismantling itMeg: A worthy sequel for Tony
Sep 11, 2021
58 min
35: Stephen King B-Sides (Maximum Overdrive and Gerald’s Game)
Animal interruptions with spooky chats, Meg’s pink pink pink office, AC/DC’s lyrics, cocaine, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is a bummer, changing swear words on cable TV, Does the Dog Die?, construction equipment/trucks, being a white dude in the 80s was dope, Dr. Sleep, a mid-show attack from Beans, where to see celebrities in NYC (or miss seeing celebrities), degloving, men’s misunderstanding of women’s trauma, “the dumpiest sex scenes I’ve ever seen,” and more. Maximum Overdrive in Five Words (or Less):Meg: AC/DC apocalypse cuffing season.Michelle: Cocaine. Gerald’s Game in Five Words (or Less):Meg: Get past beginning for moonfaceMichelle: Moonlight man is nightmare stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgIgYhaqKeo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twbGU2CqqQU
Sep 7, 2021
54 min
34: Under-Appreciated Gems (Hell House LLC and The Innkeepers)
This week we watched Hell House LLC (2015) and The Innkeepers (2011). We also talk about the difference between four and five skulls on Shudder, Hell House 2 and 3, visiting bad haunted houses, a Hell House spinoff we’d want to see, haunted hayrides, Halloween in January, dudes who hate their friends, Gail Weathers, and more Hell House LLC is Five Words (or Less):Meg: Great editing, cast, and scaresMichelle: Creepy clown for the win The Innkeepers in Five Words (or Less):Michelle: Bloody old man in bathtubMeg: Always bring your inhaler
Aug 21, 2021
52 min
33: Friday the 13th (Jason Takes Manhattan & Jason X)
This week we watched Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) and Jason X (2001). Michelle’s drinking spiked seltzer, aka murder juice, The Muppets take Manhattan, are Friday the 13th scary?, NYC in the 80s and 90s, sailing to Manhattan from Camp Crystal Lake, third rail stories, connections between Jason Takes Manhattan and Jurassic Park, the prospects of Jason vs NASCAR, and more Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan in Five Words (or Less):Michelle: Inconsistencies aside, good bad movieMeg: Boxing Jason for the win Jason X in Five Words (or Less):Michelle: Launch all copies into spaceMeg: Would make great drinking game
Aug 13, 2021
1 hr 7 min
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