Eric LaRocca on Ethel Cain

Eric LaRocca on Ethel Cain

Seated and Screaming by Yaika Sabat
E1
Oct 6, 2026
01:10:17

Episode notes

Yaika sits down with the award-winning horror author, Eric LaRocca to chat about his love of Ethel Cain, the horror influences found in different songs and music videos, pop girlies, and more!

Want to learn more about Eric LaRocca? Check out his website.

Eric recommends trying some of his shorter works if you want to get familiar with his writing, like Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, The Trees Grew Because I Bled There, or This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances. Read more about Eric's recent and upcoming books on the publisher pages for We Turn Gruesome At Night (Titan) and Brute (S&S/Saga Press).

To help support your Ethel Cain exploration, here is a list of the main works we chatted about.

Albums:

  • Preacher's Daughter
  • Perverts
  • Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You

Songs:

  • Crush
  • Strangers
  • Famous Last Words (An Ode to Eaters)
  • Punish
  • Vascillator
  • Onanist
  • Tempest

Music Videos

  • Crush
  • Fear No Plague
  • Punish
  • Vascillator

Seated and Screaming theme music: Death's Favorite Chair by HoliznaCC0

Keywords

Horror authors
Horror
Ethel Cain