Scary Thoughts

Marc Kate, Chad Lott

com@marckate.com

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Booking Overview

A host-led horror-culture commentary show focused on horror film, television, literature, and philosophy, with occasional contributions from external authors, filmmakers, performers, and other genre creatives rather than a regular interview format. Credible pitches would include published horror or speculative-fiction authors, filmmakers, actors or performance artists, and scholars with a direct connection to horror culture; booking difficulty is medium because the show has featured recognizable creative professionals but appears to book guests selectively.

Metrics

Episodes: 130

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

com@marckate.com

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Host

Marc Kate - Co-host focused on horror films, television, literature, and philosophy.

Chad Lott - Co-host focused on horror films, television, literature, and philosophy.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Published authors, filmmakers, performers, and other established creative professionals with a meaningful connection to horror, film, literature, or genre culture.
Required Achievements:  
Published books or fiction, Filmmaking or performance work, Recognized careers in horror, speculative fiction, or the arts

Recent Guest Discussions

Monique Jenkinson (Fauxnique) - The First Film She Remembered Finding Truly Frightening And How It Shaped Her.

Carmen Maria Machado - The First Film She Remembered Finding Truly Frightening And How It Shaped Her.

Joshua Grannell (Peaches Christ) - The First Film He Remembered Finding Truly Frightening And How It Shaped Him.

Meg Elison - The First Film She Remembered Finding Truly Frightening And How It Shaped Her.

Recent Topics

Horror, Film, TV, Literature, Philosophy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Scary Thoughts
:

Scary Thoughts #130 - Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett – 2026)

May 29, 2026

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) picks up minutes after where the previous, and enjoyable, installment left off. If you liked the first one, you're in for a treat because this is, quite literally, more of the same.  This is one of those episodes where the film doesn't have much to say, we don't have much to say about it, and as a consequence, we descend into speculative madness.  Fear not! We still hit many of the classic Scary Thoughts topics: unlistenable music, final girls, The Devil...

Scary Thoughts #129 - Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos – 2025)

February 26, 2026

Just because you're paranoid, don't mean the Andromedans aren't after you. Chad and Marc give a brief Stranger Things wrap up before disentangling this Yorgos Lanthimos madness. They explore the differences between alien conspiracy paranoia, and the Truth. After hearing Chad's lifelong appetite for conspiratorial thinking, you will want to believe. Marc wonders if maybe the Andromedans really do know what's best. That's not a conspiracy, that's just sensible species management.

Scary Thoughts #128 - "What was your first scary movie and what was the damage?"

October 30, 2025

For Halloween, we always like to do something a little special, and this year we decided to ask some of our fellow fiends (Meg Elison, Joshua Grannell aka Peaches Christ, Carmen Maria Machado, Daniel Coffeen, Steven Intermill and Monique Jenkinson aka Fauxnique) about the first film they remember that truly scared them, and how that shaped them into the ghouls they grew up to be.

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