Horrorspiria

In the first crossover episode for Horrorspiria, May interviews Jonny & Aileen, creators and hosts of  ¡UY QUE HORROR!, a Latinx horror movie podcast.  In this episode, Jonny & Aileen discuss the inspiration behind the podcast, their backgrounds spanning Brazil, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Honduras, and as a group, Jonny, Aileen, & May discuss the joys, traumas, and triumphs of studying Latin American horror and what can be revealed when people seek out and form cultures around this subgenre.

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In this episode, May sits down with Amy Harris, PhD researcher and teacher from De Montfort University in Leicester, UK. Amy specializes in women-made British horror, a topic she has written about in the new anthology, Bloody Women: Women Directors of Horror, and what she studies as part of her dissertation. In this episode, Amy discusses the shifts and shapes of women-made British horror, including films like Black Lake, Prevenge, Saint Maud, Censor, and more.

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In this episode, May talks with actor and aspiring filmmaker, Jazz Echevarría, about werewolves and werewolf films. Inspired by Craig Ian Mann's 2020 book, Phases of the Moon: A Cultural History of the Werewolf Film, May and Jazz try to grow an appreciation for the werewolf and their depiction in cinema since the 1940s. They discuss The Wolf Man, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, The Werewolf in Washington, An American Werewolf in London, Bad Moon, When Animals Dream, and Bloodthirsty. 

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In this episode, May sits down with Tuğçe Kutlu, PhD candidate, writer, and researcher from Ankara University. Tuğçe specializes in studying grief in horror, particularly Anglophone films, which is what she wrote her dissertation about. In this episode, Tuğçe explains her dissertation in depth, which looks at Midsommar, Hereditary, The Woman in Black, Pet Sematary, and The Babadook through the Kübler-Ross grief framework.

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In an episode from the 2021 vault, May and Clinton discuss horror-comedies as they relate to spoofs, parodies, and satires. To explain the concept, May and Clinton review Phantom of the Paradise, One Cut of the Dead, and What We Do in the Shadows (series).

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Gabi comes on the podcast again to discuss mothers in horror. Intersections range from the monstrous feminine to queer appropriation in horror in our analysis and discussion of mother!, La Llorona, and The Babadook.  

In an episode from the 2020 vault, May and Clinton go through 3 Netflix series from India, South Korea, and Colombia. We discuss the themes and metaphors present in each of these historical-horror-themed series. We look at The Green Frontier, Kingdom, and Betaal.

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In this episode, May sits down with Horrorspiria's first international guest, PhD candidate from University of Liverpool: Rhys Jones. Rhys specializes in studying the abject in horror, which has led him to many intersections of queer theory, psychoanalysis, and horror. In this episode, May and Rhys look at The Lighthouse, Raw, The Dragula Brothers, and Martyrs, to discuss queer sensibilities in horror and queerness within the genre at large. 

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Black horror is Black history. In this episode, May gives a brief rundown of that history before sitting down with Black genre filmmaker and professor, Nikyatu Jusu. They talk about Nikyatu's upcoming work on her feature film, her Sundance-nominated vampire short, Suicide By Sunlight, but most of all, Nikyatu provides a unique perspective of actively working to make Black genre films in the 21st century. Together, May and Nikyatu explore the themes found in this rich history and how each of them is influenced by the work of pioneer filmmakers and theorists. Suicide By Sunlight can be watched on YouTube.

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On this episode of Horrorspiria, Lisa comes back on the pod for an in-depth look at the film business. Also an academic at George Mason, Lisa is an independent film producer with a background ranging from anti-piracy law for major studios to microbudget productions, which is the majority of her work now. We discuss the nooks and crannies of all those complicated terms we creatives aren't super fond of while looking at various models of business within the film industry. This is a great complementary listen for anyone taking Film Business or The Film Producer, but also very valuable to any independent producers/filmmakers out here as we discuss the details of distribution, signing deals, and the tiers of production companies we meet along the way. 

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