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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012 Movie)

It’s spookstorical season and Kim and Alice are flipping some horses with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. You should probably ask your best pal why he always wears sungl

Wives and Daughters (1999 TV Miniseries)

Kim and Alice’s reputations are in tatters but thankfully we have a fancy friend to walk around the village with, because we’re joined by Dr Kayla Jones in this episode o

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984 Movie)

Hold onto your heart, dame, because we’re leaping from an airplane into 1935 India with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Is this the most racist period drama we’ve e

The Fainting Couch: The Odyssey (2026 Movie)

A man! A war! A horse! A podcast! After several weeks adrift Alice and husband/audio producer Keith ended up on the mythical island of Ireland, where they went to the cin

Ever After (1998 Movie)

It’s time to scuttle away from your problems, as we cover the ultimate sleepover movie, Ever After. Whilst Leonardo da Vinci does all our DIY, Kim and Alice have great ne

Markova: Comfort Gay (2000 Movie)

It’s a trigger warning episode, as we’re dealing with historical sexual violence in the Filipino drama, Markova: Comfort Gay. Wake up you gay fossils, it’s time to meet t

Robin Hood (1973 Movie)

Oo de lally, golly what a day it is for fans of the 1973 animated Disney classic, Robin Hood. Kim and Alice discuss folk tale origins, medieval royalty and the verrrrry i

Anna and the King (1999 movie)

Time to get out your widest hoop skirt, we’re off to Thailand! To kick off Season 7, Kim and Alice are discussing the real monarchs, colonial politics, and white elephant

Sandokan (2025 Series)

Do you hear the unearthly chorus singing our names? That’s right, this week Kim and Alice are covering the linguistically diverse pirate drama, Sandokan. We’re stalking t

I Capture the Castle (2003 Movie)

We're wrapping ourselves in bear and monkey furs this week, as Kim and Alice cover listener suggestion, I Capture the Castle. As Bill Nighy gets consumed by moss, we're t

The Fainting Couch: All Creatures Great and Small (2020, S1 E4)

Coming through, it’s Tricki Woo! For the 2nd year in a row we’re taking part in Podcasthon, this year with partner charity Guide Dogs UK. We’re chatting All Creatures Gre

Persepolis (2007 Movie)

Well this might be a bit above our pay grade, but as fate would have it, this week Kim and Alice are covering the animated classic, Persepolis. It’s as much a coming of a

Far from the Madding Crowd (2015 Movie)

Hope you all sent your Victorian Valentines because we’re back with a new season, and this week Kim and Alice review proposal-a-thon, Far from the Madding Crowd. It’s eve

Christmas at Downton Abbey (Season 2, Episode 9, 2011)

Happy 12th of January everyone! As a (sort of) Christmas treat, Kim and Alice are re-visiting Christmas at Downton Abbey. We cover snow proposals, murder trials, and a Ou

The Fainting Couch: Frankenstein (2025 Movie)

Kim and Alice's hot take on Guillermo del Toro's 2025 adaptation of Frankenstein If you enjoy this podcast, come with us on a romp through the Regency era with our siste

Memoirs of a Geisha (2005 Movie)

We’re off to Hollywood Japan this week as Kim and Alice re-discover the 2005 hit movie, Memoirs of a Geisha. We reveal the real-life betrayal at the heart of the story, e

The Secret of Roan Inish (1994 Movie)

It's bring your husband to work day, and while Kim's away Alice is joined by FtSS's own sound engineer Keith Nagle. We're talking found family (seals), thatched cottage i

M Butterfly (1993 Movie)

There are many questions and MANY SPOILERS this week as Kim and Alice puzzle their way through ‘90s drama, M Butterfly. We’re probing some intimate international relation

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994 Movie)

We’re getting Spookstorical this week as Kim and Alice assemble a murderous flashmob for Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It’s the classic tale of the world’s least curious s

The Greatest Showman (2017 Movie)

You too can be an a**hole if you just dream big! Kim and Alice kick off Season 5 with The Greatest Showman, a musical about wives supporting vague dreams, fish-monkey ren