OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween

Elizabeth's placental encapsulation business is interrupted when a mysterious pregnant woman arrives demanding a solution to a maternal curse.Genre: Body horrorContent warning: Body horror including amputation, cannibalism, reproductive loss, legal denial of medical care, moral complexityWritten by ...

When college lurker Levi answers a bizarre personal ad posted by his latest crush, he finds himself drawn into a ritual of blindfolds, midnight road trips, and a goddess who’s been waiting for a man like him.Genre: Folk horror / Feminist horrorContent warning: Predatory behavior in first person, sex...

Channing falls for the mysterious new redhead she meets at the university coffee shop and soon discovers both women share a secret about who they become during the full moon.Genre: Coming of age / queer supernatural romanceContent warning: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Explicit sexual content, werewolf transformation, ...

A psychiatrist seeks out an unorthodox solution to help a client with a triggering traumatic history.Genre: Psychological horror / SupernaturalContent warning: Psychological manipulation, body horror, death of narratorWritten by Lauren C. Teffeauhttps://www.laurencteffeau.comPerformed by Ann Sonnevi...

An unlikely cult member with an unsettling lineage races to recover an escapee before an ancient, otherworldly plan is disrupted.Genre: Dark comedy / Cosmic horrorContent warning: References to ritual violence, adult themes, mild body horrorWritten by Karly Folandkarlyfoland.comPerformed by Leah Voy...

You wake up, bound, in a place you don't recognize. A woman shrouded in darkness asks, do you remember me? Genre: Allegorical second person horrorContent warning: Violence against women, body horror, disturbing imageryWritten by Allison Cossittwww.allisoncossitt.com - www.ylemmediaproductions.comPer...

Three weeks postpartum. No sleep. No help. New mother, Erica's grip on reality slips, and something lurks outside her window. Genre: Postpartum horror / Dark comedyContent warning: Postpartum psychosis, self-harm ideation, violence, infant in perilWritten by Jen Mierischwww.jenmierisch.comPerformed ...

A serial killer who turns beastly by moonlight discovers his past victims aren’t as powerless as they seem when his latest kill flips the hunt inside-out.Genre: Transgressive horror / SupernaturalContent warning: Violence, sexual violence implied, predatory behavior, body horrorWritten by Amanda Cec...

Four women. One apartment. A man upstairs who has hurt one of them and will never face consequences for it. A modern coven performs a bold spell to hold their male enemies accountable. Genre: Supernatural horror / Dark comedyContent warning: Sexual violence referenced, ritual content, adult themesWr...

She found something under her skin that shouldn't be there. She’ll need to take care of this herself.Genre: Absurdist Body horror / Dark comedyContent warning: Extreme body horror, graphic self-surgery in supernatural context, blood and bodily fluid throughoutWritten by Fionn MacPhersonhttps://linkt...

Tormented by dark visions, a woman must piece together memories about what happened to her before the shadows claim her forever.Genre: Literary horror / Ghost storyContent warnings: Implied sexual violence, self-harm imagery, death.Written by Sandra Becerril www.shamra.com.mxSandra Becerril (@escrit...

This dark tone setting poem invites you into the dark murky world of Her HorrorweenGenre: Horror PoetryWritten by Tiffany Michelle Brownhttps://tmbwrites.com/Performed by Donna Frank MooreCreated, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff SchmidtSUPPORT OMINOUS THRILL for ad-free listening and othe...

Start here for a quick introduction to Ominous Thrill's HER HORRORWEEN - a 15 story celebration of what horror can do when women are its authors and its subject. OminousThrill is for mature audiences, so please check the episode notes for content warnings. Enjoy! Created, produced, directed, sound d...

Beginning October 1, a new season - Ominous Thrill: Her Horrorween15 fearsome tales from the feral minds of fearless women.Her Horrorween celebrates women authored horror with 15 stories spanning dark comedy, literary, body, folk, transgrressive, reproductive, & psychological horror, queer supernatu...

When dedicated night-shift nurse Claire is assigned to monitor a mysterious nameless patient, she finds her professional detachment shattered as the boundaries between reality and waking nightmare blur.Story by MATTHEW SHAWAdapted for audio by JEFF SCHMIDTFEATURINGTANJA MILOJEVIC as ClaireDAYEANNE H...

What began as a nightmare on a dark road ends here, in the place where Brooklyn's Mother Line was born, where it has always known how to finish what men start. Content warnings: gun violence; sexual harassment and coercion; domestic abuse including bodily violation; misogynistic hate speech; themes ...

With Brooklyn is bound and pushed to her limit, Alex escalates, pushing Zane across lines he never thought he'd cross. But the land this house sits on remembers who Brooklyn is, even when she's forgotten. And in the forest, someone else hears the truth.Part THREE of FOURE4 release: July 16 Content w...

As the party rages and the drinks keep flowing, Zane turns conflict with Brooklyn into a performance for the room. Brooklyn flips the script and leaves the group shaken with the weight of her history. But the ride home is about to put their relationship and that history to the ultimate test.Part TWO...

When Brooklyn and Zane become the target of a radicalized federal agent, the night of terror drives Brooklyn to finally embrace the ancestral power she has always kept at arm's length - her Mother Line. Part ONE of FOUR Ep 2 release: June 18 Ep 3 release: July 2 Ep 4 release: July 16 Content warning...

Time skips, jumps, and stops. Mya is everywhere now… too close, too hungry, threatening to devour Kaylee’s entire world. Then… a voice. Familiar. How did she get here? When a simple question shatters everything, Kaylee must make a terrible decision. 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Be advised - this episode contains scene...

Mya has returned to Kaylee, and their reunion is intense, visceral, and blissful. But there’s something else… just under the surface… a need. How long can Kaylee play along? What will she lose if she doesn’t? Does she even have a choice? 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Be advised - this episode contains scenes which are ...

Aura delivers on her promise, giving Kaylee, Liv & Syd an audience with Markos. But things do not go as planned, and now Kaylee finds herself drawn into a mysterious world where nothing is as it seems, and a broken heart tattoo mysteriously appears on her wrist. And somewhere in the ink, Mya’s v...

One year after losing her wife, Mya, to violence, Kaylee travels to New Orleans with friends Liv and Syd to mark the unbearable anniversary. But Syd is fixated on finding Markos… local artists rumored to practice ancient inking rituals that transform existing tattoos. Kaylee’s refusal to join the se...

After their frightening discovery Kat and Logan take drastic measures to escape what seems to be a deadly trap. Part TWO of TWO. Written by Hannah Mescon Produced, Directed, and Sound Designed by Jeff Schmidt ominousthrill@gmail.com Featuring: JESSICA DIGIOVANNI as Kat MIKKI HERNANDEZ as IRIS JEFF S...

Kat and Logan seek healing from a recent infidelity at a Costa Rican retreat where the mysterious guru Iris is ready with bizarre therapy. Part ONE of TWO. Written by Hannah Mescon Produced, Directed, and Sound Designed by Jeff Schmidt ominousthrill@gmail.com Featuring: JESSICA DIGIOVANNI as KAT MIK...