FRIGHT SCHOOL

Welcome back to Fright School! This week, we are chatting with conductor, composer, and all around rad person Susie Benchasil Seiter! We discuss Susie's journey to becoming a musician and conductor, her history with horror, and the upcoming presentation of THE RING where she will be conducting The San Diego Symphony Orchestra through Hans Zimmer's score! Here's your chance for a behind the scenes look at the process!

Find Susie on Instagram @susiebench

Get your tickets for THE RING LIVE IN CONCERT here!

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Welcome to a special edition of FRIGHT SCHOOL! This week, Joshua, along with fellow Geekscaper Sadie, sit down for a chat with YAGA costume designer Sarah Runnalls!

We're gearing up for our weekly YAGA recap series so follow along at Geekscape TV: https://www.youtube.com/@GeekscapeTV/

Follow Sarah HERE: https://www.instagram.com/sarahrunnallscollection/

Follow Sadie at In Defense of Fandom: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-defense-of-fandom/id1674695211

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Welcome back to Fright School!!! We recap our week at San Diego Comic Con 2026 including another fun year at the Her Universe Fashion Show! Joshua is going to meet and greet Ellen Greene at the 40th Anniversary screening of Little Shop of Horrors! We chat about seeing The Odyssey. This week, we're celebrating Pride a little late with LEVITICUS. We discuss conversion therapy metaphors, internalized homophobia, small town religions, and the films ambiguous ending.

Recommended Reading

Film Review: "Leviticus" by Dr. Thomas J West III

HER Universe 2026 Fashion Show - As Covered by Geekscape News!!

The Art of Fairy Tales Weekend Morbid Anatomy & The Philosophical Research Society Los Angeles, California · October 3 - 4, 2026

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Welcome back to Fright School! Are you fearfully and wonderfully made? Joe went to see Maria Bamford and Jackie Kashian! Joshua discovers Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter are different things. This week we go on another expedition with Indiana Jones and the... no, sorry.. wait... THE MUMMY (1999*). We break down the 1990s Egyptomania resurgence by discussing aliens and the pyramids, Michael Jackson, and some of the things the film actually gets right!

Recommended Reading:

Representation and Reality in ‘The Mummy’ (1999) by Matt Szafran

Mysterious wave of Egypt-o-mania crests in America's museums, media and malls by Jackie Loohaus

An Egyptological Review of ‘The Mummy’ (1999)

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Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua is trying to reorganize the Wes Craven Memorial Library with the help of Libib. Joe shares about his great job at decluttering in a clear targeted attack on Joshua. We discuss SEND HELP, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2, and the untimely death of Koji Suzuki, the author behind THE RING. This week, we kick off a new unit all about THE MUMMY! We lay the foundation for the film by reviewing the Egyptomania that took hold of the Western world especially after the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb. We examine the film's themes rooted in imperialism, colonialism, ancient Egyptian spiritual practices, and consider Imhotep's status as a sympathetic villain.

Acknowledging Imperialism through The Mummy (1932) by Jessica Parant

The Mummy (1932) and the Sympathetic Villain from Psychotronic Review

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Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua is waxing nostalgic for 2005 while celebrating the release of new Madonna music. Joe has been sneaking out to see horror movies without Joshua! We get deep about separating art from the artist when that artist is using her wizarding shillings to harm Trans people. This week, we watched THE ARBORIST! We get a little lost in the woods discussing parental grief, arboreal extinction, The Lorax, demon twinkery, and spooky child ghosts in animal costumes. There's a lot going on out in these trees...

The Freaky Kiki Horror Ball is coming back! Follow our Instagram for all the latest information!

Scream Diego is accepting short horror film submissions! Check it out HERE

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