Episode 29: The Matthew Monagle Horror-igin Story
November 25th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle
Last week, we presented our listeners with a unique proposition: what if we turned the…
Drugs, ‘Blue Sunshine,’ and the Failure of the Hippie Generation
November 24th, 2020 • Patrick Brennan
The urban legends surrounding LSD during the 1960s were as frightening as any horror film.…
Gaslighting the Final Girl in ‘When a Stranger Calls Back’
November 23rd, 2020 • Gem Seddon
What generates fear for a final girl? The terror in stalk-and-slash films tends to stem…
Josh Criss’s ‘Leaving D.C.’ Goes Beyond the Found Footage Mold
November 18th, 2020 • James Bojaciuk
As so often happens in Hollywood, producers learned the wrong lessons from Daniel Myrick and…
Joachim Trier’s ‘Thelma’ Serves Up a Supernatural Coming Out Story
November 16th, 2020 • Molly Henery
In a genre typically considered “for the guys,” it’s time to give a nod to…
Episode 28: The Matt Donato Horror-igin Story
November 11th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle
Last month, one of our listeners asked us a very good question: when are you…
Ted Nicolaou’s ‘TerrorVision’ Pulls No Punches on 1980s America
November 9th, 2020 • Jessica Scott
If TerrorVision is even discussed at all, it’s usually brought up as an example of…
The Public’s Perception of the Penis in Horror
November 3rd, 2020 • Trace Thurman
What is it about dicks? Tallywackers, cocks, one-eyed snakes – I could go on, and…
Brian De Palma’s ‘Carrie’ Celebrates Our Teenage Monsters
October 29th, 2020 • Katie Walsh
The book came first. At some point in my teenage years, outgrowing Mary Higgins Clark…
Episode 27: Tyler MacIntyre on ‘The Devil Lives Here’
October 28th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle
It isn’t often that a low-budget horror film tackles the concept of parallel historical timelines.…