Feasts of Fear: A Comprehensive Guide to Gastro Horror

Your Fright to Know: Gastro Horror with Sarah Stubbs — Cat Eye Press LLC In this month’s Your Fright to Know interview, we talk gastro horror with Sarah Stubbs!

Our first Your Fright to Know interview is now up on the Cat Eye Press website. This month, we're talking gastro horror with none other than @sarahstubbssays.bsky.social!

Check out the interview here 👇
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Silent Gastro Horror and Gastro Adjacent Films and Shorts Films from the silent era featuring gastro horror/gastro horror adjacent themes, scenes, and more.

My foray into #silentfilm has not been without merit. I also have not forgotten of given up on #gastrohorror! In fact, this ended up leading me down a rabbit hole for my book!

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A still of the two leads eating a meal in front of a camera

Me and @sarahstubbssays.bsky.social are feeling a little hungry after watching The Andy Baker Tape. We’re going to go get some brunch while you listen to this episode about this little family film following two brothers on a road trip.

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A still from The Andy Baker Tape of a man looking into the window of another man’s home as he watches TV

Who wants to take a trip with me and @sarahstubbssays.bsky.social on Monday? We’re grabbing sandwiches and digging into The Andy Baker Tape for all the gastro girlies!

The chicken also freezes pretty well, especially if you use the leftovers in a soup or stew. This is great for folks who dislike eating the same thing multiple days in a row or are only feeding themselves and are concerned about waste!

Spectral knife cutting sausage in The Bewitched House (1906).

Spectral knife cutting bread in The Bewitched House (1906).

Coffee being poured by an unseen spectral figure in The Bewitched House (1906).

Gross out moment of worms in cheese in A Panicky Picnic (1909)

Something I love about #gastrohorror & food in horror films is how long it’s been around. @rewindfee.com inspired me to poke around #silentfilm more & there are so many restaurant/bar scenes & even instances of ghostly food play & gross out stuff. Always looking for more like this! Hit me with recs!

Final Girls Feast episode card- The Platform 2019

A bit late posting, but we're back with a new episode! This time, we're joined by @daddydisco.bsky.social and @camburnspsp.bsky.social to discuss The Platform! Hear our thoughts, theories, and more!

#GastroHorror #HorrorPodcast #HorrorSky

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Please stop ignoring the artists. Please stop ignoring the writers. Art is an important part of fighting fascism. Art is an important way for marginalized folks to speak and to be unapologetically themselves when so many are hostile toward us. Take a step back each day and find some art to support.

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So I watch a ton of #GastroHorror but don’t read it nearly as much as I’d like… Hit me with your recs! Have you written horror with food elements or cannibalism? I want to hear about it!

Final Girls Feast Episode Card- The Substance (2024)

New Year, new episode! To kick off the year, we were joined by @candikat.bsky.social to discuss The Substance! Did you know it's technically New Year's horror? What movies would you like to see us discuss this year? Let us know below!

#GastroHorror #HorrorSky

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Gastro Horror: A Guide by Sarah Stubbs Gastro Horror enthusiast Sarah Stubbs has created a resource of gastro horror references perfect for your deep dive into the sub-genre.

Lots of folks sharing their best work of 2025 and I thought it would be fun to create a thread as well! In 2026 I'd love to write about #gastrohorror for other outlets as well!

First up, my Gastro Horror Guide (which I am working on an update for): gastrohorror.info

Final Girls Feast Episode Card- There's Something in the Barn 2023

Our last episode of 2025 is now live! We were joined by @agathistcreations.bsky.social and @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social to discuss the vastly underrated, There's Something in the Barn! We talk lutefisk, KFC, and more! Don't sleep on this one!

#HorrorMoviesforTheHolidays #HorrorSky

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Gastro Horror: A Guide by Sarah Stubbs Gastro Horror enthusiast Sarah Stubbs has created a resource of gastro horror references perfect for your deep dive into the sub-genre.

The #GastroHorror Guide is up to date and back as my main pin! If there is a list you'd like me to tackle or a film I should add to an existing list, feel free to let me know!

#HorrorSky #FilmSky

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LOVE AT FIRST BITE: CANNIBALISM AND ROMANCE What’s love if not consumption? When passion devours reason, cannibalism becomes the most honest metaphor for desire.

🚨 #NightTideMag’s Monthly Macabre: Cannibal Horror caps with @sarahstubbssays.bsky.social’s
look at cannibalism and romance. What’s love if not consumption? When passion devours reason, cannibalism becomes the most honest metaphor for desire. 👻 📽️

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‘FANCY A BITE, MY APPETITE’: CANNIBAL WOMEN AND THEIR APPETITES From Der Fan to Trouble Every Day, women’s hunger takes on flesh. Megan Kenny explores cannibalism as metaphor; where appetite becomes rebellion, and consumption becomes self-definition.

🚨 #NightTideMag Monthly Macabre: Cannibal Horror has bite!
Women are told to starve: of food, of sex, of self. But what if hunger is holy? Through Bones and All, In My Skin, and more, Megan Kenny devours the politics of appetite and autonomy. 👻📽️
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WE ARE WHAT’S LEFT: FAMILIAL HUNGER AND THE WEIGHT OF INHEREITANCE IN SOMOS LO QUE HAY A family mistakes devotion for survival, feeding on tradition until there’s nothing left but hunger wearing its father’s face.

🚨 It's Monthly Macabre: Cannibal Horror day!
Our EIC @momoshaty.bsky.social dives into Jorge Michael Grau's 2010 Mexican Cannibal horror, Somos lo que hay, where ritual and faith curdle into appetite, and a family learns devotion tastes a lot like flesh. 👻📽️
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THE COLONIAL POLITICS OF NUDITY IN RUGGERO DEODATA’S LAST CANNIBAL WORLD (1977) Colonialism wears a camera’s lens. Last Cannibal World reveals what happens when the gaze turns predatory.

#NightTideMag's Monthly Macabre: Cannibal Horror is here!
In Last Cannibal World (1977), nudity isn’t shock; it’s subjugation. Elijah Fischer's piece unpacks how colonialism & the camera share the same hunger: to dominate, define, & devour. 👻📽️
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C’EST GRAVE: A NEURODIVERGENT REFLECTION ON JULIA DUCOURNAU’S ‘RAW’ (2016) Through Ducournau’s Raw, Jill Vranken found the impossible: to feel seen in her sensitivity and her hunger. Horror became a mirror, and a mercy.

🦴 #NightTideMag Monthly Macabre: Cannibal Horror rolls on.
For Jill Vranken, in Raw, Julia Ducournau reached through the screen, bloodied hand, tender heart, and told her she wasn’t a monster. Just human, and hungry to belong. 👻📽️
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Final Girls Feast Episode card- Trick 'r Treat (2007)

Happy Halloween! Today is also the day we drop our 100th (full length) episode! We were joined by @werematt.bsky.social & @alexpagliuca.bsky.social to discuss Trick 'r Treat! There really is no better Halloween movie! Go give it a listen!

#GastroHorror #HorrorSky #Halloween

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Final Girls Feast Episode Card- ParaNorman (2012)

Happy Friday! We've got a brand new episode today! We were joined by @nohungryghosts.bsky.social to discuss ParaNorman! Hear us chat about why Neil is the best, Witchy Weiners, and more! Go give it a listen! Don't make us throw this hummus at you, it's spicy!

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Food, horror, and community—all about coming together!

Cassandra Peterson on Releasing Her New Cookbook and Writing Recipes as Elvira Cassandra Peterson talks her longtime cookbook dreams, her writing process, and bringing Elvira to a kitchen near you.

New at @pastemagazine.bsky.social, I talked to @therealelvira.bsky.social herself, Cassandra Peterson (!!!), about ELVIRA'S COOKBOOK FROM HELL and achieving her dream of becoming the "Martha Stewart of the Macabre."

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This was learned from those in need Snap Benefits feeding 42 million Americans may stop in November because of the shutdown. 1. Boxed Mac & Cheese (common) = useless without milk & butter (uncommon) 2. Boxed milk is a treasure for cereal loving kids. 3. Pasta and Spaghetti sauce are everywhere. 4. Canned good help more - IF opener included (or pop tops) 5. Cooking oil is a rare luxury but essential 6. Spices, salt, and pepper are true gifts. 7. Tea and coffee make people feel cared for. 8. Sugar and flour are treats. 9. Fresh produce brings huge smiles. 10. Seeds are great in warmer months - growing food helps! 11. Fresh meat is rare. 12. Tuna and crackers make an easy lunch 13. Hamburger Helper needs ground beef to matter. 14. PB & J are common - sandwich bread isn't. 15. Butter or margarine feels like gold. 16. Eggs are a prized commodity. 17. Cake mix & frosting let kids celebrate birthdays. 18. Dish soap is pricey and ALWAYS needed. 19. Feminine hygiene products are a luxury - women often cry when they get them. 20. Everyone loves Stove Top Stuffing. This regime could authorize emergency funding for it but it's choosing not to. Plz keep reposting - we will all need to donate in Nov 2025.

If you can donate food, here's a handy list of items! 🧵 (1/4)

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Our Cemetery Soup recipe is featured in this week's Horrorverse! Check it out!

#GastroHorror #HorrorSky #GeekEats

This is the kind of stuff you can expect to see in Feasts of Fear!

#GastroHorror #FoodHistory #FoodInFilm

Fantastic Fest 2025 Review: MEAT KILLS Leans Into Aughts Horror with Mixed Results - Daily Dead Horror films featuring veganism/vegetarianism seem to be trending as of late with titles like Vegan (2024) and Chris Cooney aka The Vegan Zombie’s A44 (2025), so when I saw Meat Kills was playing at F...

Fantastic Fest 2025 Review: MEAT KILLS Leans Into Aughts Horror with Mixed Results

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Sweet Revenge Brings Gastro Horror to the Jason Universe Sarah shares her thoughts on Sweet Revenge as well as an interview with its director Mike P. Nelson, who also directed Wrong Turn (2021).

I finally put together a few thoughts about Jason Universe and Angry Orchard's team-up to bring us Sweet Revenge! Not only that, but I was able to do a quick interview with the director and co-writer Mike P. Nelson! Check it out!

#GastroHorror #HorrorSky

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From the Desk of The Horror Chick Heather Wixson explores horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.

Hey y'all - so everything has now been set up on Ghost officially. I'm sending an email to all current subscribers soon about what the happs are. And for those who would like to sub, I have paid & free tiers: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io (you can even tip too instead! LOL)

This movie is something! Lotta fun discussion of cannibalism, beauty standard, and [redacted]. Marry me, Aunt Mei! 🖤 Take a listen!