FRIGHT SCHOOL

Things are getting real on today! The boys get caught up on the week and then confront their shared fear with 1990's ARACHNOPHOBIA!

Fright School Recommended Texts:

The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman

Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips

The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells

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We're continuing our series in Natural Horror with Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 ornithological opus THE BIRDS! The gents catch up on holiday plans. Joshua has put up the Scary Cryptmas tree and can't stop fiddling with it. Joe wants money for the holidays so he can just buy his own shit (insert Pinecast tip jar reminder here...) Holiday film planning with STAR WARS: RISE OF SKYWALKER and CATS! Joshua gets a bunch of new horror documentaries including MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIENS and IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS. The boys try to sort out if THE BIRDS is about communism, the Cold War, or just some nagging women. It's certainly not JUST about some angry birds...

WORKS CITED:

What is Hitchcock’s The Birds really about? by Megan Burbage

What is the Freudian interpretation of “The Birds”? by Jeff Saporito

Fright School Recommended Texts:

The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman

Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips

The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells

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And we're back! Joshua talks about the death of his mother and all of the incredible support he has received. Thank you to our listeners for hanging in while we took some time off. The boys get caught up on movies and television. Joe has been seeing a lot of horror without Joshua lately. Later, we kick off a new series of episodes all about natural horror or WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK! The boys are again joined by the hilarious and talented Jaclyn Chessen to chat about JAWS!

Fright School Recommended Texts:

The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman

Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips

The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells

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We celebrate the anniversary of Fright School with Trick R’ Treat!

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The boys are back in the Wes Craven Memorial Library to discuss Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween (2007)! Joe recounts his vacation, and Joshua describes his melancholia in his absence.

We learn about Joshua's touching moment of brotherly bonding, and Joe describes his crush on Sheri Moon Zombie.

Don't forget if you're in San Diego or will be in San Diego check out CARRIE THE MUSICAL!

Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse's CARRIE THE MUSICAL September 27th-Nov 3rd

Fright School Recommended Texts:

The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman

Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips

The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells

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We're taking it back to junior high with a compare and contrast paper episode! We welcome to the studio Alien franchise super fan Daniel! The three of us break down our trip to the 40th Anniversary screening of ALIEN. Daniel helps us keep our facts straight, well as straight as they'll go anyways... When choosing sides, Joe lands firmly on the ALIENS side leaving Joshua outnumbered. We chat about the Vietnam War, motherhood, AIDS, male pregnancy, and Joshua gets a bit emotional at the thought of Xenomorph genocide. It gets weird is all we're really trying to say...

Don't forget if you're in San Diego or will be in San Diego check out CARRIE THE MUSICAL!

Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse's CARRIE THE MUSICAL September 27th-Nov 3rd

Works Cited in this ep:

The Strange and Twisted Life of “Frankenstein" By Jill Lepore

Fright School Recommended Texts:

The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman

Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips

The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells

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We're going old school on today's episode with FRANKENSTEIN (1931)! It's a classic about a man and the monster who created him. Along the way, hear our thoughts on the new Addams Family movie, Little Shop of Horrors in Pasadena, and our upcoming screening of BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER (1981) We get into some strange territory with artificial wombs and the queerness of Frankenstein's Monster.

FRIGHT SCHOOL 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 2020 CLICKABLE CALENDAR

Recommended Reading:

The Strange and Twisted Life of “Frankenstein" By Jill Lepore

The Queer and the Creepy: Homosexual Desire in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Why Frankenstein’s Monster Haunts Queer Art by Charlie Fox

Fright School Recommended Texts:

The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman

Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips

The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells

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Welcome back to class! We're joined in the Wes Craven Memorial Library by special guest lecturer and SHOCK ATTACK (2015) director Jaclyn Chessen! We get caught up with werewolf movies and stories, Dancing With The Stars, Drag Race UK, and The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula. Jaclyn opens up about “horrorigins” and her career in horror. Joe worries about arachnids in his nooks and crannies. Joshua gets very Grumpy Old Man on the movie going experience. The group gets serious with a discussion on cancel culture.

Don't forget if you're in San Diego or will be in San Diego check out CARRIE THE MUSICAL!

Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse's CARRIE THE MUSICAL September 27th-Nov 3rd

Fright School Recommended Texts:

The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman

Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips

The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells

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We are so very excited to be joined by Michael Varrati on this episode! We chat about his upbringing, his career in horror, and his views on the state of Queer Horror today!

Don't forget if you're in San Diego or will be in San Diego check out CARRIE THE MUSICAL!

Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse's CARRIE THE MUSICAL September 27th-Nov 3rd

Fright School Recommended Texts:

The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman

Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips

The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells

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Welcome to a very special episode of Fright School! We had the pleasure of screening CARRIE (1976) at OnStage Playhouse with the cast and crew of CARRIE THE MUSICAL! We're joined on mic by Wendy Waddell who is portraying Margaret White and Lauren Ashley who plays Sue Snell! Mary Grace's Carrie was locked in her closet to pray for the sin of loosing the raven upon the world...

FRIGHT SCHOOL PROM at opening night of CARRIE THE MUSICAL! September 27th

Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse's CARRIE THE MUSICAL September 27th-Nov 3rd

Fright School Recommended Texts:

The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. CLover

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman

Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips

The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells

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