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Visual Arts · Astrid Rose and Sean McTiernan

Live At The Death Factory

by Astrid Rose and Sean McTiernan

A deep dive into scum cinema.

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#25 - I feel my vertebrae extending and I feel my heart expand

Projector's broken, welcome to season 2. This episode's book is Heart-Beast by Tanith Lee 

Dec 3 2024
1 h 56 min

#24 - Cuts Me Down The Middle Then I Come Alive

We talk about Terrifier 2. Art was here.

Apr 7 2024
2 h 22 min

#23 - She loves naked sin, he loves evil stares

We talk about Red Rooms, an unflinching, unforthcoming (meta???) scum classic about a woman who attends the trial of an internet murderer in Montreal. 

Mar 13 2024
1 h 57 min

#22 - That tie pin in your retina unbosoms all your past

We talk about Alien Report, a great film about when people stand too close to you. 

Feb 14 2024
1 h 26 min

#21 - Owner-Occupied

The Scary of Sixty-First and Toolbox Murders, two films where the regular horror of having a landlord is compounded by moving into a building that lives as a summary of t

Feb 22 2022
2 h 08 min

#20 - If You Want To Learn, You Have To Burn

We discuss, in great and deserved depth, two of the great demented peaks of 2000s horror cinema: House Of Wax and Orphan, both directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

Feb 8 2022
2 h 39 min

#19 - You Think You're A Zombie, You Think It's A Scene

In this episode we discuss the entire span of Rob Zombie's directorial career before focusing on the much-maligned Lords Of Salem. He's great. I don't expect you to watch

Jan 14 2022
2 h 01 min

#18 - Demon I Am And Face I Peel

This episode we talk about two unclassifiable pieces of nightmare art from the darkest corners of the scum cinema cannon, both of which were released over a decade after

Dec 24 2021
2 h 27 min

#17 - Description Is More Important Than Metaphor

This week we discuss Bette Gordon's 1983 film Variety which focuses on a woman taking a job in a porn theatre by way of kathy acker, jane jacobs, laura mulvey and, briefl

Dec 3 2021
1 h 29 min

#16 - Some Of Your Friends Are Already This Fucked

This week we talk about a whole bunch of Messed Up Guy In A Band documentaries, focusing primarily on Citizen Shane and Dead Hands Dig Deep. 

Nov 25 2021
1 h 55 min

#15 - God Hates You

We take a look at a couple of SOV films we didn't enjoy so much and discuss the pitfalls of treating it as a genre instead of a format before a long-form discussion of SH

Nov 9 2021
2 h 02 min

#14 - We Dine On Visions With New Eyes

We discuss unheralded member of the scum pantheon Singapore Sling in great detail after spending maybe ten minutes on White Marriage which, in our defense, has a similar

Oct 31 2021
1 h 52 min

Annoucement/rerun - Noroi

Sean gives a quick update about the current state of the show (we're not putting out episodes for a while) before a rerun of an episode of another show in which he and As

Sep 13 2021
1 h 59 min

#13 - I Have No Blood On My Hands. I Have Blood On My Teeth.

This week we examine 2011's chick tract writ large Megan Is Missing, one of the most truly evil films of the last several decades. Why has ever teenager seen this? What c

Aug 30 2021
2 h 21 min

#12 - I Am Mud And Flame

When does the agony of self-realisation begins to warp reality itself? Afraid Of The Dark merciless portrayal of childhood isolation through illness and the degree to whi

Aug 23 2021
2 h 39 min

#11 - Stranger, Fill This Hole In Me

This week we look at SOV fraught homosociality shocker Venus Flytrap and journey into the worst of every kind of awkward silence of your teenage years in you-are-in-a-sli

Aug 9 2021
1 h 37 min

#10 - You Can't Kill Me Cause I'm Already Inside You

This week we discuss In The Dark, an adaptation of Richard Laymon's novel of the same name. This film was never officially released or distributed and wasn't screened oth

Aug 2 2021
1 h 52 min

#9 - Pleasure Is A Priority

This week on LIVE AT THE DEATH FACTORY: Bloodsisters, a confrontational journey into dyke BDSM in the 90s, Daddy and The Muscle Academy, a deeply horny look at Tom Of Fi

Jul 26 2021
2 h 38 min

rerun - Female Prisoner Scorpion Trilogy

"Never knew how to be scared, just how to handle my infra-red. Love nothing: made my barber write a 'Fuck You' in my head." - Z-Ro An episode of Sean's old podcast dur

Jul 19 2021
2 h 09 min

#8 - Local Support

This week we look at two 1980s SOV films that chronicle a local scene by organising an appropriate narrative around some live footage. How successful are they? How much s

Jul 12 2021
1 h 22 min

Chart trend

Position in the Visual Arts chart (US), last 90 days.

#85
all-time peak
4
days in the top 100 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where Live At The Death Factory ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Oct 23, 2026).

#195 NEW Visual Arts US

What listeners say

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loving the turn to horror fiction - i recently read jack ketchum’s the girl next door bc it was mentioned in an older episode and i was on the verge of tears the whole time! such deeply affecting book - really looking forward to future episodes :)

clara<33333 · Jul 2025

miss this show a lot!! the only film podcast I’ve found that actually discusses movies with clarity, informed analysis, passion, and genuine interest in and knowledge of the genres they cover. They joke about it a lot but most movie podcasts literally are just the hosts summarizing the plot points of a film and not actually offering any insight beyond that, but this show is different. Astrid and Sean are smart and funny and their commentary and criticism is so refreshing. And ofc this show has also introduced me to so many new favorite movies! If/when there’s a new episode I will be enthusiastically listening! <3

mikayla2126 · Aug 2022

The hosts have joked about past reviews calling them nice people, but I think they bring a charm, chemistry, and thoughtfulness that is missing from a lot of “alternative” movie podcasts. They are also quite funny, favorite moments include Astrid touching Sean’s “I’m not Scottish” nerve and Sean calling that one guy “Edward Popperhands.” Listening to this has not only exposed me to fascinating films, but it’s also helped me to be more confident in building my own opinions about film. In one episode they absolutely rip into 2018’s Mandy, which is a bold move considering it’s the internet’s darling. However, though I do still like Mandy in my own way, it helped me realize where I was just following the hype (you know what? The cheddar goblin isn’t funny and I’m tired of pretending he is!) This is a podcast for the people who watched that one guy do “The Most Disturbing Movies” in a dozen different installments as a teen (I will still never watch August Underground, sorry to sickos). One movie they’ve discussed is Singapore Sling, and when I heard about it as a dissected list of freaky moments, I thought it sounded boring. Now it’s one of my favorite movies. Film can be something that brings people together, or makes you look cool on the internet. The films Sean and Astrid discuss may not make you cooler with friends, so be warned, but I know they’ve opened my mind. I had never watched SOV horror films and now I’m a Shatter Dead Head and In the Dark… mark. Final thoughts: Listen to Sean’s old podcasts, purchase Astrid’s writing because it rocks. My pleas to the hosts: Release the Dennis Cooper episode, and tell me the song at the end of episode #18. And Thank you.

Jessie M2 · Jan 2022

current favorite! so obsessed. love to connect w a podcast that is not only rich in content (which, btw, use this podcast to make syllabi for yrself) but with amiable hosts. ty for making this ❤️

angel by shaggy · Sep 2021

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