Horror Vanguard

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Interlude VII - The Lords of Salem (Lost Between Nostalgia and Devotion) Aug 20, 2026

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No matter how far you travel, you always slam in the back of my Dragula. Are you now or have you ever been a lords of Salem, if so, discuss your experiences with Horror Vanguard at: @horrorvangaurd on Instagram and bsky You can support the show for less than the cost of pressing a limited edition vinyl disturbed only to cursed women vis-á-vis broadcast radio in order to generate dubious buzz for your band's unlikely revival at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

Interlude VI - Triangle of Sadness (Cetology for Yachts) Aug 05, 2026

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Owing in no small part to histories of national character, a one from American and another from the UK find themselves drawn out to sea in their search for meaning and home. Oh, what we'd trade for several chapters on cetology. Discuss cetology or of whales in paint; in teeth; in wood; in sheet-iron; in stone; in mountains; in stars; et cetera with Horror Vanguard at: @horrorvangaurd on Instagram and bsky You can support the show for less than the cost of shooting on set at an actual castle at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

Interlude V - Flesh + Blood (+ Left Page) May 26, 2026

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The new home for Horror Vanguard just might be the past, or, rather, how our present desires shape and mediate what comes to pass as a "past." In any event, is that the Left Page's music I hear? Subscribe to Left Page: https://www.patreon.com/c/leftpage/posts Discuss the best, and most fun, ways to defend a castle with Horror Vanguard at: @horrorvangaurd on Instagram and bsky You can support the show for less than the cost of shooting on set at an actual castle at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

Interlude IV: II - A Ballad for a Bug May 19, 2026

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A song harvested from conversations lost. Discuss the movie Bug with Horror Vanguard at: @horrorvangaurd on Instagram and bsky You can support the show for less than the cost of seeing the movie Bug at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

Interlude IV - Bug (lost) & Sorcerer Double Feature May 13, 2026

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Your (g)hosts continue their quest to uncover the new home of Horror Vanguard. However, this leg of the journey unravels as a computer glitch renders the Bug half of the discussion unusable; for now. Unexpectedly akin to a certain truck fused together like a certain literary monster like certain gendered bodies, this show is also a thing made of its own dissolution, at times. Enjoy, won't we. Discuss the geopolitics of metaphor with Horror Vanguard at: @horrorvangaurd on Instagram and bsky You can support the show for less than the cost of a oneway ticket out of the material conditions that have come to define your life at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

Interlude - III The Lady Vanishes (Desire Bound Between Rubber Nuns and Cricket Fields) Apr 21, 2026

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Perhaps the new home for Horror Vanguard awaits overseas where the trains run on steam, the jackbooted thugs are nondescript by studio mandate, and where Cricket is a game for men who love each other. Discuss your favorite highlights from the most recent cricket sporting event with Horror Vanguard at: @horrorvangaurd on Instagram and bsky You can support the show for less than the cost of season tickets for the Haddonfield Haunts cricket team at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

Interlude II - The Hills Have Eyes (For Those Who Have Eyes to Hills [Gas Station Gender Blues IV {The Reckoning]})) Apr 07, 2026

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Well, that's enough of big city living. I'm sure it will be far safer and far more normal-er for us if we take this camper van where Google Maps fears to tread. Discuss your favorite hills, cols, escarpments, and terracettes which also have occularity with Horror Vanguard at: @horrorvangaurd on Instagram and bsky You can support the show for less than the cost of franchise opportunity at a rural gas station with a nearby community and frequent tourists! at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

Interlude I - You Can't Be Neutral On The Midnight Meat Train Feb 24, 2026

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Your ghosts, I mean hosts, are back from our hiatus and beginning our quest to find the new home of Horror Vanguard after the HV Crypt was destroyed by a single shot from a Resident Evil 4 rocket launcher. We start our journey in either LA or NYC with a little trip on the subway. Discuss your favorite haunted-or-otherwise rail-based public transit systems with Horror Vanguard at: @horrorvangaurd on Instagram and bsky You can support the show for less than the cost of one ticket on a light rail system that should, in any just world, be freely accessible by all at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

UNLOCKED 344 - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) (Oompa Loompa Operaismo) Dec 16, 2025

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Get access to the full episode on our Patreon Page: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard HV Classic goes undercover into the deregulated confections industry to break the story on the horrible abuses behind your favorite Willy Wonka brand candies. Can we find some proto-utopian prefigurations in this post-scarcity candyland or is it all dystopian refuse and chocolate runoff? Discuss your favorite OSHA-violating sweets with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ twitter.com/horrorvangaurd www.horrorvanguard.com You can support the show for less than the cost of Everlasting Gobstopper at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

359 - UNLOCKED: A Cure for Wellness Review (The Ligotti Eel-based Healthcare System) Dec 07, 2025

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We've exited the nightmare podcast factory and we've got a special plan for this episode. Is our work yet done? What is the conspiracy against the eel-race? Are my Thomas Ligotti puns pictures from the apocalypse or are they paradoxes from hell? Your (g)hosts review A Cure for Wellness and get to the bottom of one slimy eel pit of cinematic discourse! Discuss the best way to get into medical immortal eel futures during an uncertain market with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ www.horrorvanguard.com (maybe work in progress here) You can support the show for less than the cost of one live eternal-life eel at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

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