Prepare to be edged by four guys in the woods as we're joined by guest Doug Fink to discuss the 2017 film The Ritual, directed by David Bruckner and adapted by Joe Barton from the novel by Adam Nevill.

We talk about what works which is not a lot as we pitch ideas for a much better film, but Moder watches us all, even as we discuss how we would pull off a multi-person Halloween costume of this ancient horror.

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This is a company town and nothing can stand in the way of the evil of capitalism except what lies beneath and what lies around. We talk about the 2019 anthology horror fiction podcast The Old Gods of Appalachia, written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins.

Wow, humble brag much?

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared

00:14:16 Introduction

00:24:28 Themes

00:32:13 Is it Horror?

00:37:12 Is it Queer?

00:46:02 Beat-by-Beat Discussion

01:21:39 Wrap-Up and Reevaluation

It is time to keep your appointment with The Wicker Man from 1973. Any maypole is a goal as Queer as Folk Horror month continues with this classic film, notably not with Nicolas Cage, directed by Robin Hardy. Beatles are on threads, there are wild music cues, and it is all kinds of sexy up in here!

Practice your choppy choppy dance!

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared

00:12:57 Introduction to The Wicker Man

00:22:23 Themes

00:35:00 Is it Horror?

00:38:23 Is it Queer?

00:40:23 Beat-by-Beat Discussion

01:45:47 Wrap-Up and Reevaluation

Queer as Folk Horror continues as we trade flowers for cakes for workmen in the point-and-click adventure, The Excavation of Hob's Barrow developed by Shaun Aitcheson of Cloak and Dagger Games. We discuss Victorian pants-wearing heroine, Thomasina (Samantha Beart, aka Karlach), as we navigate the moors and discover the truth that lies beneath the titular barrow (and answer the question "what's a barrow?").

How's your head, Ms. Bateman?

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared

00:11:20 Introduction to The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

00:16:12 Themes

00:22:23 Is it Horror?

00:26:55 Is it Queer?

00:30:18 Beat-by-Beat Discussion

2:16:24 Wrap-Up and Reevaluation

Let's kick off Queer as Folk Horror month by taking a little journey. That's right, it's time to go on a trip (geographical, to Sweden; and metaphorical, under the influence of substances) as we take on the 2019 film, Midsommar, written and directed by Ari Aster. But in the end, maybe the real journey was the friends who really sucked along the way. The sun never sets on the Hårga empire as we talk about horror in broad daylight, communalism, and hey, what's in these pies anyway?

Also, check out Terri Barnes awesome Shield Maiden in the Kitchen YouTube channel and her Vikonology Podcast

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Read more:

https://ew.com/movies/academy-museum-midsommar-may-queen-dress/

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared

00:12:28 Introduction to Midsommar

00:20:35 Themes

00:29:19 Is it Horror?

00:32:25 Is it Queer?

00:46:23 Beat-by-Beat Discussion

2:28:59 Wrap-Up and Reevaluation

We are wrapping up Furry February by celebrating a fowl and feathery flock in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film, The Birds. While we all came for some terrorizing birds, imagine how happy we were to discover a beautiful queer romance, but these girlfriends aren't able to love because of a swarm of gull-fiends! We also talk about men poured into sweaters, children continuing to deserve all the harms in the world, and the misogyny of Hollywood in the 1960s.

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Read more:

Moral, Tony Lee (2013). The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared

00:11:28 Introduction to The Birds

00:16:05 Themes

00:30:25 Is it Horror?

00:35:28 Is it Queer?

00:40:06 Beat-by-Beat Discussion

1:34:35 Wrap-Up and Reevaluation

This house is the paw-prety of a gang of queer cats and we will wade through every canned cat noise that has ever been made on our journey to explore the invasion of a straight family to this idyllic, remote house. It all starts going wrong when the original grumpy cat leads his army of stray cats to war - but can they vanquish a come-to-life cabbage patch doll of a child? Find out in this episode!

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Music credit to Alex Besss (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexBesss_Music on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) "Dance with Fate" (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CC BY-NC-SA 2.0⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Check out the YouTube page for Creature Features where you can watch fun horror films like Strays

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared

00:07:50 Introduction to Strays

00:12:03 Themes

00:24:34 Is it Horror?

00:26:18 Is it Queer?

00:30:33 Beat-by-Beat Discussion

Well, it's terror time again! Tune your television sets to Exposition in the Morning and head back to the exploits of zombies, cats, dogs, and cat-people on the sort of misnamed Zombie Island (it's really more of a peninsula). We talk about the red herrings and try to work out the mystery of real monsters while jamming out to incredibly late 1990s rock, joined by Scooby superfan Amanda Souchik-Beudert to dive deep on this beloved classic.

These sure are some hot peppers, right, plot-important-character, Mona-the-catfish?

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared

00:15:35 Introduction to Scooby Doo

00:24:49 Themes

00:37:11 Is it Horror?

00:43:25 Is it Queer?

00:49:27 Beat-by-Beat Discussion

Unlock childhood memories and listen to us discover that sun-dried tomatoes are just more effectively marketed tomato raisins as we discuss the children's horror classic Bunnicula, written by James and Deborah Howe.

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References:

Simon and Schuster biographical background of James Howe - http://www.bcplonline.org/kidspage/kids_howe.html

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared

00:25:22 - Introduction to Bunnicula

00:31:57 - Themes

00:41:51 - Is it Horror?

00:45:57 - Is it Queer?

00:53:22 - Beat-by-Beat Discussion

01:30:15 - Conclusion

Wolfie lives!

Load up at the smorgasbord of horror tropes as we get together with our group of - are these supposed to be friends? - while we play the just-a-heterosexuality-simulator-until-the-murders-start with the 2015 horror video game, Until Dawn and its 2024 remake. We are joined by voice actor, Matt Bartlett (podcast credits: CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story, Do You Copy?, Nightmares Unleashed) while we survive jump scares, rough dialogues, and cultural appropriation as we all attempt to survive Until Dawn.

DON'T MOVE! Unless you need to check out more Matt on The QueerXP.

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Music credit to Alex Besss (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexBesss_Music on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) "Dance with Fate" (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CC BY-NC-SA 2.0⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

References:

Brightman, Robert A. (1988). "The Windigo in the Material World". Ethnohistory. 35 (4): 337–379.

DeSanti, Brady (2015). "The Cannibal Talking Head: Portrayals of the Wendigo 'Monster' in Popular Culture and Ojibwe Traditions". Journal of Religion and Popular Culture. 

Johnston, Basil (1990). Ojibway Heritage. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Schiefenhövel, Wulf (June 2013). "Biased semantics for right and left in 50 Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages: Biased semantics for right and left in 50 languages". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

The Until Dawn Fandom Wiki (CC-BY-SA). Credit to XxSolarEclipsexX and Abtruse for their chapter description write-ups and Butterfly Effect write-ups - https://until-dawn.fandom.com/wiki/Until_Dawn 

Banff Alberta land acknowledgment: https://banff.ca/indigenouspeoples 

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared

00:15:51 Overview of Until Dawn

00:23:48 Theme Discussion

00:32:50 The Wendigo

00:39:58 Is it Horror?

00:43:00 Is it Queer?

00:49:53 Game Mechanics

00:58:30 Prologue

01:09:03 Friendship / Momento Mori

01:19:21 Darkness / Jealousy

01:27:27 Haunted / Isolation

01:37:20 Loyalty / Malevolence

01:48:21 Dread / Prey

01:58:27 Psychosis / Vengeance

02:13:21 Loss / Violence

02:23:33 Animus / Revelation

02:37:16 Despair / Karma

02:45:33 Repentance / Resolution

02:55:20 Epilogue

03:00:01 Final Thoughts