Neon Genesis Evangelion tells the horrific story of a young boy tasked with saving the world. Featuring one of the most controversial endings in the history of anime this show goes against normal anime conventions and blew the Ghouls away.

Ghouls are talking about horror in anime. Kicking off our series with a show that isn't often categorized as horror. Kat dives into the Cell Saga and what each villain represents in the show. Gabe argues the horrors of being a normal person in a DBZ world.

Joined by guest, Isaiah Luck aka Super Saiyan Tribble aka Senpai Savage. Follow Isaiah on social: Twitter @SuperSaiyanLuck or @ZenkaiStation

Sources in episode:

https://www.cbr.com/dragon-ball-cell-android-saga-horror-great/

Ghouls are talking about horror in anime. Kicking off our series with a show that isn't often categorized as horror. Kat dives into the Cell Saga and what each villain represents in the show. Gabe argues the horrors of being a normal person in a DBZ world. 

Joined by guest, Isaiah Luck aka Super Saiyan Tribble aka Senpai Savage.

Babak Anvari's Under the Shadow explores the horrors of living as a woman within a war-torn Tehran during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. Ghouls educate on the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the power of having a flawed female protagonist in a tyrannical and oppressive regime.

Sources in episode:

Babak Anvari interview: Under The Shadow, horror, Statham

Terror in Tehran: Under the Shadow and the Politics of Horror

Iranian Revolution

Under The Shadow is a Babadook for War-Torn Iran

How you can help make a difference:

Women Are A Force For Change

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International

His House is a film that focuses on a couple from war-torn South Sudan, and their journey to England. It is a phenomenal work of social horror that encompasses the empathetic power of the genre. In it, we can find fear but not of the things that go bump in the night, the monsters hiding in the shadows but rather the darkness that dwells within our own hearts.

Sources in episode:

Why So Many Sudanese Are Prepared to Risk Their Lives to Reach the UK - ODI

What’s Next for Asylum Seekers From War-torn Sudan - Independent

Migrant Crossings: What Happens to Migrants Who Reach the UK? - BBC

His House: Dinka Mythology Accuracy Explained - Screenrant

‘His House’ Director’s Ending Explanation Finds Hope in the Haunting - Collider

‘His House’ Review: Remi Weekes’ Thrilling Debut Sees the Immigrant Experience as a Horror Movie - Indiewire

How you can help make a difference:

South Sudan Emergency - UNHCR

Donations - UNHCR

The Hummingbird Project

Remi Weekes’ His House is a phenomenal work of social horror that encompasses the empathetic power of the genre. South Sudanese immigrants Bol and Rial battle supernatural haunts within their new walls but also fight against a past full of pain, regret, and acts of desperation.

Sources:

https://www.odi.org/blogs/17273-why-are-so-many-sudanese-prepared-risk-their-lives-reach-uk

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/what-s-next-asylum-seekers-war-torn-sudan-9745018.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-53734793

https://screenrant.com/his-house-movie-dinka-mythology-accuracy-explained/

https://collider.com/his-house-ending-explained-netflix/

https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/his-house-review-netflix-1234595382/

Ways You Can Help:

https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/south-sudan-emergency.html

https://donate.unhcr.org/gb/winter-2020-bsd-v1/~my-donation?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3smABhCjARIsAKtrg6LgQvEilOftkIjIMgfZlA2mTn5zvh7B3HpiaH3UGqVY-EI9PMlxz2UaAkkMEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

https://www.hummingbirdproject.org.uk/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3smABhCjARIsAKtrg6KStDsKG7jiI61GRBXt8Iv9Nv1S7tUUfnfeD9x_lZjX5FiIDBF8QbwaAsn4EALw_wcB

Ghouls are talking about the vampire film that aims to teach young people about the horrors of gentrification! Kat explains the many ways in which gentrification and redlining are harmful to black and brown communities. Gabe compares this cute kid's film to the UK film, Attack the Block and more.

Sources in episode:

The Death of the Black Utopia - NY Times

Redlining Was Banned 50 Years Ago. It’s Still Hurting Minorities Today - Washington Post

Vampires vs. the Bronx Is a Kids' Movie About Class Warfare - WIRED

How you can help make a difference:

3 Ways Communities Can Take Control of Gentrification - Next City

How to Stop Gentrification - The New Republic

Learning From Our Mistakes: Anti-Displacement Strategies In Philadelphia - NCRC

Ghouls are talking about the vampire film that aims to teach young people about the horrors of gentrification! Kat explains the many ways in which gentrification and redlining are harmful to black and brown communities. Gabe compares this cute kid's film to the UK film, Attack the Block and more.  

Sources: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/28/opinion/seneca-central-park-nyc.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/28/redlining-was-banned-50-years-ago-its-still-hurting-minorities-today/ https://www.wired.com/story/vampires-vs-the-bronx-class-struggle/ 

How you can help make a difference:  

https://bit.ly/36wIPzn

Ghouls are talking about the fantastical Tigers Are Not Afraid. A journey through the eyes of children surviving the very real ghost towns of a Mexican town overrun by violence and corruption. There is a strength and power for resistance in youth imagination. Prepare to have your heart broken.

Sources in episode:

In Tigers Are Not Afraid, A Dark Fantasy Amid Mexico’s Drug War - NPR

Mexico: Murders Women Rise Sharply As Drug War Intensifies - The Guardian

Mexico’s Missing Girls Canal - The Guardian

How Mexican filmmaker Issa López defied expectations with ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ - LA Times

The Haunted Street Children of “Tigers Are Not Afraid” - The New Yorker

How you can help make a difference:

Info on Mexican Femicide - Washington Post

Mexican Feminist Group

ACLU - Border Crisis

Abolish ICE - AFSC

Campaign to Shut Down Berks - Pennsylvania ICE Center

Shut Down Berks Campaign - Free Migration Network

Ghouls are talking about the fantastical Tigers Are Not Afraid. A journey through the eyes of children surviving the very real ghost towns of a Mexican town overrun by violence and corruption. There is a strength and power for resistance in youth imagination. Prepare to have your heart broken.

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/25/753877130/in-tigers-are-not-afraid-a-dark-fantasy-amid-mexico-s-drug-war

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/14/mexico-murders-women-rise-sharply-drug-war-intensifies

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/15/mexico-missing-girls-canal

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-08-23/tigers-are-not-afraid-issa-lopez

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/02/the-haunted-street-children-of-tigers-are-not-afraid

Ways to Help:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/mexico-feminist-occupy-shelter-violence/2020/11/26/082fecdc-1926-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2020/1021/Mexico-s-feminist-protests-grow-louder.-So-does-debate-over-tactics

https://www.aclu.org/families-belong-together

https://paimmigrant.org/campaign-to-shut-down-berks/

https://www.afsc.org/abolish-ice

https://freemigrationproject.org/shut-down-berks-campaign/