18. Sleepaway Camp (1983)

🏕️🙄Brace yourselves, cuties—CryBaby and Bowie head back to camp (regrettably) with Return to Sleepaway Camp, the early-2000s legacy sequel that is one of the worst viewing experiences they’ve had on the podcast. Join them as they unpack the film’s aggressively mean-spirited tone, relentless and reckless bullying, and the shallow attempt to mimic ’80s camp without any of the charm. Expect the usual tangents and playful mockery along the way, and while it’s encouraged that you watch movies to make your own opinion just know this: We watched this one so you don’t have to. Have fun!Love the show? Send CryBaby a sexy text.Support the showWant the visuals? Catch Whorror Icon on Youtube and make sure you follow us on Instagram  and support us on Patreon You can catch CryBaby on Instagram Whorror Icon is a GirlSoup concoction. Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date on all of our projects. Intro music by ERK2  (thanks a bunch, dude!) catch his Soundcloud hereSpecial thanks to Chel B Lockie, Michael Lamarra, Julia Maldonado, Jeff Gorcyca, Raymond Corrado Knutsen, Paige Vice, and Donnie Cianciotto! With out y'all, I would lose my damn mind. 

🥛🍨 MA! I’M GOIN’ TO CAMP!That’s right, sweaty. CryBaby and Bowie return to campy fun time with Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland—a back-to-back sequel that’s equal parts sleazy, problematic, and… surprisingly fun?This episode our hosts dig into the Camp New Horizons rebrand, Angela Baker’s deeply unserious wig-and-sunglasses disguise, and the revenge-hungry cop hot on her trail. Along the way, they unpack the film’s messy “rich kids vs. underprivileged kids” experiment, calling out its blatant racism, classism, and nonstop “yikes” moments. So hop in and get ready for some peak slop, Baybee!Love the show? Send CryBaby a sexy text.Support the showWant the visuals? Catch Whorror Icon on Youtube and make sure you follow us on Instagram  and support us on Patreon You can catch CryBaby on Instagram Whorror Icon is a GirlSoup concoction. Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date on all of our projects. Intro music by ERK2  (thanks a bunch, dude!) catch his Soundcloud hereSpecial thanks to Chel B Lockie, Michael Lamarra, Julia Maldonado, Jeff Gorcyca, Raymond Corrado Knutsen, Paige Vice, and Donnie Cianciotto! With out y'all, I would lose my damn mind. 

🔥🥥  Welcome to Sleaze City, Baybee! This Friday the the 13th CryBaby and Bowie return to the Sleepaway Camp franchise with Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers (1988), trading the original’s shock for  sleazier, meta-leaning chaos. In this episode they discuss the sequel’s (un)intentional campiness, the puritanical Reagan-era vibe, and the choices made around Angela’s trans identity, while revisiting the film’s most ridiculous kills, quotable one-liners, and chaotic summer camp energy. Love the show? Send CryBaby a sexy text.Support the showWant the visuals? Catch Whorror Icon on Youtube and make sure you follow us on Instagram  and support us on Patreon You can catch CryBaby on Instagram Whorror Icon is a GirlSoup concoction. Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date on all of our projects. Intro music by ERK2  (thanks a bunch, dude!) catch his Soundcloud hereSpecial thanks to Chel B Lockie, Michael Lamarra, Julia Maldonado, Jeff Gorcyca, Raymond Corrado Knutsen, Paige Vice, and Donnie Cianciotto! With out y'all, I would lose my damn mind. 

🏕️🔪 Hey Cuties! This week's Whorror Icon episode is a spooky nostalgia trip as Crybaby and Bowie dissect the cult classic Sleepaway Camp! From swooning over the iconic kills to melting over the slutty crop tops; all while analyzing the film's deeply layered portrayal of gender and identity. This full on yap fest covers it all. Love the show? Send CryBaby a sexy text.Support the showWant the visuals? Catch Whorror Icon on Youtube and make sure you follow us on Instagram  and support us on Patreon You can catch CryBaby on Instagram Whorror Icon is a GirlSoup concoction. Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date on all of our projects. Intro music by ERK2  (thanks a bunch, dude!) catch his Soundcloud hereSpecial thanks to Chel B Lockie, Michael Lamarra, Julia Maldonado, Jeff Gorcyca, Raymond Corrado Knutsen, Paige Vice, and Donnie Cianciotto! With out y'all, I would lose my damn mind. 

✨👻 Heya cuties, and WELCOME BACK to a brand-new season of Franchise Friday! This time around, we’re joined by our special co-host, the iconic BOWIE CAIUS! In this kickoff episode, we dive into Bowie’s journey with horror, their queer identity, and why they’re all about trans narratives in body horror. Plus, don’t miss the rapid-fire round spilling their horror tastes and guilty pleasures. And of course—drumroll please—we reveal this season’s iconic franchise! Love the show? Send CryBaby a sexy text.Support the showWant the visuals? Catch Whorror Icon on Youtube and make sure you follow us on Instagram  and support us on Patreon You can catch CryBaby on Instagram Whorror Icon is a GirlSoup concoction. Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date on all of our projects. Intro music by ERK2  (thanks a bunch, dude!) catch his Soundcloud hereSpecial thanks to Chel B Lockie, Michael Lamarra, Julia Maldonado, Jeff Gorcyca, Raymond Corrado Knutsen, Paige Vice, and Donnie Cianciotto! With out y'all, I would lose my damn mind. 

🎣 It’s another blood-soaked Fourth of July on Whorror Icon! This week, Crybaby and Richard dive into the 2025 reboot of I Know What You Did Last Summer, where Gen Z meets generational trauma in the most gentrified version of Southport yet.They’re unpacking everything from legacy characters and coastal elitism to the film’s commentary on class, accountability, and whether or not this was just one big slab of fan service. Plus: returning icons, controversial killer reveals, and some heated takes on who this movie is really for. Is it a clever update or just a hot mess with an even hotter cast? Whichever it is—we’re watching, judging, and thirsting. Love the show? Send CryBaby a sexy text.Support the showWant the visuals? Catch Whorror Icon on Youtube and make sure you follow us on Instagram  and support us on Patreon You can catch CryBaby on Instagram Whorror Icon is a GirlSoup concoction. Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date on all of our projects. Intro music by ERK2  (thanks a bunch, dude!) catch his Soundcloud hereSpecial thanks to Chel B Lockie, Michael Lamarra, Julia Maldonado, Jeff Gorcyca, Raymond Corrado Knutsen, Paige Vice, and Donnie Cianciotto! With out y'all, I would lose my damn mind. 

Buckle up, babes—because this week, Crybaby and Richard are taking on the cinematic disaster that is I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer.It’s got shaky camera work, shallow mall-rejects instead of characters, and enough early 2000s cringe to give your Motorola Razr a panic attack. From bad editing to worse acting, this film is a prime example of everything wrong with post-Scream horror—overstyled, underwritten, and relying solely on a cast of bland blonde babes. But even in the chaos, we find the gay. Crybaby draws some surprisingly poignant parallels between the film’s themes of secrecy, shame, and generational fear and the lingering cultural trauma of the AIDS crisis—because if we’re going to suffer, we’re gonna make it mean something. Meanwhile, Richard spirals into full existential dread trying to remember a single character's name.It’s a wild ride through underwhelming kills, stupid fish hook lore, and the ghost of better scripts that never came to be. Come for the abysmal teen terror, stay for the queer analysis and unhinged commentary. This one’s a mess—but at least it’s our mess.Love the show? Send CryBaby a sexy text.Support the showWant the visuals? Catch Whorror Icon on Youtube and make sure you follow us on Instagram  and support us on Patreon You can catch CryBaby on Instagram Whorror Icon is a GirlSoup concoction. Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date on all of our projects. Intro music by ERK2  (thanks a bunch, dude!) catch his Soundcloud hereSpecial thanks to Chel B Lockie, Michael Lamarra, Julia Maldonado, Jeff Gorcyca, Raymond Corrado Knutsen, Paige Vice, and Donnie Cianciotto! With out y'all, I would lose my damn mind. 

Our Petty Mayonnaise hook-handed diva is back and taking the murder spree on vacation, baby!This week on Whorror Icon, Crybaby and Richard dive into the messy, extra-convoluted sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer—aka the one where a suspicious-ass radio contest sends our trauma-riddled Final Girl on a KILLER vacation to the Bahamas.We’re talking Brandy’s scream queen supremacy, suspiciously sexy landscaping (with a few tragic misses), and our own deeply queer-coded headcanons. Come for the hot, sexy teens and blood-soaked bedsheets—stay for the drama, the chaos, and Richard’s slow, painful realization that absolutely none of this makes sense.It’s fun, it’s flawed, it’s wetter than a hurricane in July—and we’re breaking it all down one ridiculous plot twist at a time.Love the show? Send CryBaby a sexy text.Support the showWant the visuals? Catch Whorror Icon on Youtube and make sure you follow us on Instagram  and support us on Patreon You can catch CryBaby on Instagram Whorror Icon is a GirlSoup concoction. Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date on all of our projects. Intro music by ERK2  (thanks a bunch, dude!) catch his Soundcloud hereSpecial thanks to Chel B Lockie, Michael Lamarra, Julia Maldonado, Jeff Gorcyca, Raymond Corrado Knutsen, Paige Vice, and Donnie Cianciotto! With out y'all, I would lose my damn mind. 

Hot teens. Bad choices. A murder. A haircut. Welcome to I Know What You Did Last Summer—where guilt has greasy hair and secrets wear low cut tank tops.This week, Crybaby and Richard sink their hooks into this sexy, ever so 90’s gloriously overdramatic 4th of July slasher that made us all a little horny and confused. We’re talking messy queer subtext, hot girl research sessions, and why Helen Shivers absolutely deserved better.Is it a cautionary tale? A metaphor for queer shame? An elaborate PSA about not hitting people with your car? CryBaby and Richard try their best to answer these questions, and MORE! So come on in…the water’s fine. Love the show? Send CryBaby a sexy text.Support the showWant the visuals? Catch Whorror Icon on Youtube and make sure you follow us on Instagram  and support us on Patreon You can catch CryBaby on Instagram Whorror Icon is a GirlSoup concoction. Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date on all of our projects. Intro music by ERK2  (thanks a bunch, dude!) catch his Soundcloud hereSpecial thanks to Chel B Lockie, Michael Lamarra, Julia Maldonado, Jeff Gorcyca, Raymond Corrado Knutsen, Paige Vice, and Donnie Cianciotto! With out y'all, I would lose my damn mind. 

Franchise Friday is BACK, you filthy little scream queens! And guess what? We’ve got a brand new cohost, and they’re hot, hilarious, and definitely not afraid to get messy on mic.Meet Richard Pham—Brooklyn’s favorite plant daddy and this season's co-host of chaos. In this kickoff ep, Crybaby makes him spill the tea on his horror origin story, his plant-doctoring prowess, and his deeply cursed talent for burping into microphones.Oh—and did we mention we finally reveal which iconic horror franchise we’ll be ripping apart this season? It's giving growth. It's giving gags. It's giving g-g-g-GAY!Love the show? Send CryBaby a sexy text.Support the showWant the visuals? Catch Whorror Icon on Youtube and make sure you follow us on Instagram  and support us on Patreon You can catch CryBaby on Instagram Whorror Icon is a GirlSoup concoction. Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date on all of our projects. Intro music by ERK2  (thanks a bunch, dude!) catch his Soundcloud hereSpecial thanks to Chel B Lockie, Michael Lamarra, Julia Maldonado, Jeff Gorcyca, Raymond Corrado Knutsen, Paige Vice, and Donnie Cianciotto! With out y'all, I would lose my damn mind.