BJ Colangelo

Author
podcaster
entertainment journalist
media analyst
culture critic
Screenwriter
Performer
host

BJ Colangelo is a Rotten Tomatoes-certified critic and has been professionally opining about pop culture and entertainment for over 15 years.

Her bylines include Fangoria, Playboy, Vulture, The Daily Dot, Autostraddle, Shudder, Remind, Birth.Movies.Death., Bloody-Disgusting, Dread Central, What to Watch, IGN, Cleveland Scene, and currently serves as the Lead Evening News Editor at /Film.

Her work has been included in multiple books on film and cited in university curriculums across the globe, and she’s been featured on convention/festival panels in addition to the documentaries Queer for Fear, Mental Health & Horror, and Growing Up with I Spit On Your Grave.

She is also the co-host of the popular podcast This Ends at Prom with her wife, Harmony.

  • 15+ Years of experience

    Online, in print, and live!

  • specialty subjects

    Horror, Cult, LGBTQ+, Adult Animation, Coming-of-Age, Y2K, Exploitation, Musicals, and Professional Wrestling.

  • trauma-informed professional

    Writing with nuance & care.

This Ends at prom

This Ends at Prom is the popular, independently produced weekly podcast analyzing the staying power of womanhood featured in cinema about or marketed toward teen girl audiences.

Together, The Wives Colangelo look at the way these films impacted culture from the queer, feminist, cisgender and transgender perspectives.

Find bj’s work in print

books

physical media releases

  • Dressed to Kill | Video Essay, Arrow Video

  • Exorcist II: The Heretic | Video Essay, Arrow Video

  • Welcome to the Dollhouse | Commentary Track, Radiance Films

  • Spoonful of Sugar | Booklet Essay, Shudder

  • Attachment | Booklet Essay, Shudder

  • The Last Circus | Booklet Essay, Magnolia Pictures

  • Hearts Beat Loud | Booklet Essay, Gunpowder & Sky

  • Undead | Booklet Essay, Umbrella Entertainment

  • Scream, Queen! | Booklet Essay, ETR Media

  • TBD | Commentary Track, Arrow Video [Not Yet Publicly Announced]

  • TBD | Commentary Track, Arrow Video [Not Yet Publicly Announced]

Magazine contributions include Fangoria Magazine, HorrorHound Magazine, Birth.Movies.Death, Delirium Magazine, REMIND Magazine, and Cleveland Scene Magazine.