No Bodies

Episode 29: Horror Mixtapes - Volume Two

This episode was recorded on June 6, 2024 and posted on June 29, 2024.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 29
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Welcome to Season 2 of No Bodies!
• Today's Topic: Celebrating Season 2 + Exchanging Mixtapes!

Reflections on Season One

• Our favorite episodes and memories from Season One

The Mixtape Exchange

• The recipe for an ideal mixtape
• Methods for selecting our films

Mixtape Reviews

Suzie's Picks for Lonely

• Sole Survivor (1984)
• Cemetery Man (1994)
• The Cell (2000)
• The Skin I Live In (2011)
• Caveat (2020)

Lonely's Picks for Suzie

• Cat People (1942)
• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• Carnival of Souls (1962)
• Cape Fear (1962)
• The Amusement Park (1975)

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Episode 28: Haunted Houses Part Two

This episode was recorded on April 13, 2024 and posted on June 15, 2024.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 28
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Introductions to our guests Rob & Suz of Spooky AF
• Today's Topic: Haunted Houses

Film Discussion

• Gothic
  • The Orphanage (2007)
  • The Woman in Black (2012)
  • The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
• The Demonic
  • Amityville Horror (1979)
  • The Conjuring (2013)
• Contemporary Haunted House Films
  • Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
  • Paranormal Activity (2007)
  • Sinister (2007)
  • His House (2020)

Worst & Best Representations of Haunted House Films

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• The Gallows (2015) - Suzie
• Housebound (2014) - Lonely
• Haunting in Connecticut (2009) - Suz
• Hereditary (2018) - Rob

Best

• His House (2020) - Lonely
• Hell House LLC (2015) & Terrified (2017) - Suzie
• The Haunting of Hill House (2018) - Rob
• The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) - Suz

Suzie's Deep Cuts

Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.

• Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
• The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012)
• I Remember You (2017)
• The Witch in the Window (2018)
• A Ghost Waits (2020)
• Caveat (2020)
• They Live in the Grey (2022)

Closing Thoughts

• What is a topic or theme you think hasn't been used or used enough in the haunted house subgenre that you want to see more of?

Thank you to our guests!

• Follow Rob & Suz's show Spooky AF, whenever you get your podcasts.
• Rob & Suz on Instagram at @thespookyafpod.

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.
• Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources

McDaniel, M. C. (1982). There's no place like home: The Haunted House as literary motif [Masters Thesis, Eastern Illinois University]. https://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3992&context=theses

Michlin, M. (2012). The Haunted House in contemporary filmic and literary Gothic narratives of trauma. Transatlantica, 1. https://doi.org/10.4000/transatlantica.5933

Mills, M. (2023, October 25). The 20 best haunted house movies, ranked. The A.V. Club. https://www.avclub.com/20-best-haunted-house-movies-ranked-1850661917

Things that go bump in the literature: An environmental appraisal of "Haunted Houses." (2020). Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01328

Episode 27: Haunted Houses Part One

This episode was recorded on April 13, 2024 and posted on June 1, 2024.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 27
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Introductions to our guests Rob & Suz of Spooky AF
• Today's Topic: Haunted Houses

Defining the Haunted House Subgenre

• What defines a haunted house film?
• Are ghosts and hauntings real?
• What makes a house "haunted?"

This Week's Coroner's Report

• Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever had a paranormal experience?

Film Discussion

• Haunted House Classics
  • House on Haunted Hill (1959)
  • The Old Dark House (1932)
• The Golden Age of Haunted House Films
  • The Changeling (1980)
  • Burnt Offerings (1973)
  • Poltergeist (1982)
  • Beetlejuice (1988)

Thank you to our guests!

• Follow Rob & Suz's show Spooky AF, whenever you get your podcasts.
• Rob & Suz on Instagram at @thespookyafpod.

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.
• Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources

McDaniel, M. C. (1982). There's no place like home: The Haunted House as literary motif [Masters Thesis, Eastern Illinois University]. https://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3992&context=theses

Michlin, M. (2012). The Haunted House in contemporary filmic and literary Gothic narratives of trauma. Transatlantica, 1. https://doi.org/10.4000/transatlantica.5933

Mills, M. (2023, October 25). The 20 best haunted house movies, ranked. The A.V. Club. https://www.avclub.com/20-best-haunted-house-movies-ranked-1850661917

Things that go bump in the literature: An environmental appraisal of "Haunted Houses." (2020). Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01328

Episode 26: Religious Horror | Christianity & Catholicism

This episode was recorded on April 4, 2024 and posted on May 18, 2024.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 26
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Introductions to our guests Don Aneli from The Horror Countdown
• Today's Topic: Religious Horror

Discussion on Religious Horror

• Defining religious horror, Christianity & Catholicism
• How has religion informed your relationship with horror?

This Week's Coroner's Report

• What is your favorite religious horror film? How has your own faith or belief impacted your horror journey?

Film Discussion

• Religious Horror Greats
  • The Exorcist (1973)
  • The Omen (1976)
  • Prince of Darkness (1987)
  • The Church (1989)
• Catholicism, The Devil, & Possession
  • The Rite (2011)
  • Final Prayer (also called The Borderlands) (2013)
  • The Devil's Doorway (2018)
  • The Cleansing Hour (2019)
• Femme Lens
  • Stigmata (1999)
  • The House of the Devil (2009)
  • Veronica (2017)
• Extreme Religious Horror
  • Martyrs (2008)
  • The Red State (2011)
  • The Sacrament (2013)

Worst & Best Representations of Religious Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• The House of the Devil (2009) - Don & Suzie
• Menendez: The Day of the Lord (2020) - Lonely

Best

• The Omen (1976) - Don & Suzie
• Frailty (2001) - Suzie
• Legion (2010) - Suzie
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) - Suzie
• The Unholy (2021) - Lonely

Suzie's Deep Cuts

Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.

• Beyond the Door (1974)
• To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
• The Redeemer: Sons of Satan (1978)
• The Devil's Rain (1975)
• Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made (2018)
• Deliver Us (2023)
• Consecration (2023)

Closing Thoughts

• What is a topic, idea, or theme you hope gets a bigger focus in religious horror in the future?

Thank you to our guest!

• Listen to Don on The Horror Countdown wherever you get your podcasts!
• Follow Don on Instagram at @donanelli.
• Check out Lonely & Don's top 10 religious horror films on Episode 28 on The Horror Countdown.

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.
• Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources

Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. (n.d.). The Horror: Religion and the Monstrous on film. https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/responses/the-horror-religion-and-the-monstrous-on-film

Century, S. (2023, November 8). Questioning religion through horror. SYFY Official Site. https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/questioning-religion-through-horror

Daswick, T. (2024, March 26). What's behind culture's obsession with religious horror movies? - RELEVANT. RELEVANT. https://relevantmagazine.com/magazine/features/scare-tactics/

Holy Horror: A quantitative analysis of the use of religion in the yearly top grossing horror films from 2000 to 2009. (2011). [Thesis, Liberty University]. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1191&context=masters

Malone, S. (2020, April 12). THEMATIC THREAD: RELIGION IN HORROR. Morbidly Beautiful. Retrieved May 16, 2024, from https://morbidlybeautiful.com/thematic-thread-religion-in-horror/

Peres, A., & Furzan, F. (2023, September 5). The best religious horror movies of all time. MovieWeb. https://movieweb.com/best-religious-horror-movies/

Religious horror. (n.d.). TV Tropes. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ReligiousHorror

Wikipedia contributors. (2024, February 14). Religious horror. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_horror

Episode 25: Folk Horror Part Two

This episode was recorded on March 24, 2024 and posted on May 4, 2024.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 25
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Introductions to our guests Emily & Niamh of Rowan & Pine
• Today's Topic: Folk Horror

Film Discussion

• European Folklore
  • Hagazussa (2017)
  • Moloch (2022)
  • Dark Song (2017)
• East Asian Folklore
  • Impetigore (2019)
  • Teke Teke (2009)
• North American Folklore
  • Eyes of Fire (1983)
  • Antlers (2021)

Worst & Best Representations of Folk Horror

Worst

• Blood Born (2021) - Suzie
• A Dark Song (2016) & Hagazussa (2017) - Lonely
• Teke Teke (2009) - Niamh

Best

• The Ritual (2017) - Niamh
• Apostle (2018), The Witch (2015), Men (2022), Midsommar (2019), Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) - Lonely
• It Follows (2014), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Pet Sematary (1989), Darkness Falls (2003), The Mothman Prophecies (2002), Boogeyman (2005), Kill List (2011), The Wind (2018), The Dark & The Wicked (2020), A Field in England (2013) - Suzie

Suzie's Deep Cuts

Includes movies with under 5k ratings on IMDB.

• November (2017)
• Butterfly Kisses (2018)
• Little Otik (2000)
• The Feast (2021)
• The Droving (2020)
• The Twin (2022)
• A Wounded Fawn (2022)
• The Maus (2017)
  • (Editor's Note: Lonely mentions that The Maus is based on the fall of the Soviet Union, but this film actually focuses on the aftermath of the fall of Yugoslavia in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thank to our listener Kannan for correcting this!)

Closing Thoughts

• Is there a piece of folklore from your own culture you'd like to see in a folk horror film?

Thank you to our guest!

• Follow Emily & Niamh's show Rowan and Pine, whenever you get your podcasts.
• Emily & Niamh on Instagram at @rowanandpine.

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.
• Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources

Berndt, R. M., & Tonkinson, R. (2024, April 9). Australian Aboriginal peoples | History, Facts, &

Culture. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Australian-Aboriginal

Bernott, K. (2023, February 2). The Elder Futhark runes and their meanings —

SHIELDMAIDEN'S SANCTUM. SHIELDMAIDEN'S SANCTUM.

https://www.shieldmaidenssanctum.com/blog/2019/3/12/the-elder-futhark-runes-and-their-meanings

Celtic religion | Druidism, Mythology & Rituals. (1998, September 19). Encyclopedia Britannica.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Celtic-religion/Beliefs-practices-and-institutions

Folk Horror: An Introduction. (2021, September 16). Folk Horror Revival & Urban Wyrd Project.

https://folkhorrorrevival.com/from-the-forests-fields-furrows-and-further-an-introduction-by-andy-paciorek/

Groeneveld, E., & Doepler, E. (2024). Norse Mythology. World History Encyclopedia.

https://www.worldhistory.org/Norse_Mythology/

Hirai, N. (2024, April 2). Shinto | Beliefs, Gods, Origins, Symbols, Rituals, & Facts. Encyclopedia

Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Shinto

Javanese Religion | Encyclopedia.com. (n.d.).

https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/java

nese-religion

Johnson, R. (2024, March 17). ENCYCLOBLEEDIA of folk horror. FANGORIA.

https://www.fangoria.com/original/encyclobleedia-of-folk-horror/

Maison, J. (2022, October 29). Everything there is to know about the folk horror genre.

Videomaker.

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Mohsin, M. (2022, December 22). The legend of Teke Teke. The Business Standard.

https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/legend-teke-teke-111208

Ostberg, R. (2024, March 28). Wendigo | Description, Legend, Creature, Until Dawn, & Facts.

Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/wendigo

Scott, J. (2021, October 17). Who are the Jötnar in Norse Mythology? Life in Norway.

https://www.lifeinnorway.net/jotnar-norse-mythology-giants/

Seaver, C., & Seaver, C. (2022, November 7). Biblically accurate angels would actually be pretty

scary. History Defined -.

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Staff, W. (2021, August 23). Erasing Native American culture. Theweek.

https://theweek.com/us/1003904/erasing-native-american-culture

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (1998a, July 20). Algonquin | Native American, Great

Lakes, Woodland. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Algonquin

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (1998b, July 20). Canaanite religion | Polytheism,

Rituals, Sacrifices. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Canaanite-religion

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2024a, March 26). Kabbala | Definition, Beliefs, &

Facts. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kabbala

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2024b, March 26). Moloch | Definition & Facts.

Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Moloch-ancient-god

Turville-Petre, E., & Polomé, E. C. (2024, March 19). Germanic religion and mythology | Gods,

Norse, Map, Polytheism, & Christianity. Encyclopedia Britannica.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Germanic-religion-and-mythology

Wikipedia contributors. (2024a, February 1). The Book of Abramelin. Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Abramelin

Wikipedia contributors. (2024b, March 22). Enochian magic. Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enochian_magic

Winick, S. (2021, February 17). What was the Green Man? | FolkLife Today. The Library of

Congress. https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2021/02/what-was-the-green-man/

Episode 24: Folk Horror Part One

This episode was recorded on March 24, 2024 and posted on April 20, 2024.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 24
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Introductions to our guests Emily & Niamh of Rowan & Pine
• Today's Topic: Folk Horror

Defining Folk Horror

• What is folk horror?
• The Unholy Trinity of Folk Horror
• Experiences with Folklore & Urban Legends

This Week's Coroner's Report

• How do you define folk horror? What is the scariest piece of folklore you've ever been told?

Film Discussion

• Folk Horror Greats
  • The Wickerman (1973)
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
• European Folklore
  • The Ritual (2017)
  • Apostle (2018)

Thank you to our guests!

• Follow Emily & Niamh's show Rowan and Pine, whenever you get your podcasts.
• Emily & Niamh on Instagram at @rowanandpine.

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.
• Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show.

Sources

Berndt, R. M., & Tonkinson, R. (2024, April 9). Australian Aboriginal peoples | History, Facts, &

Culture. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Australian-Aboriginal

Bernott, K. (2023, February 2). The Elder Futhark runes and their meanings —

SHIELDMAIDEN'S SANCTUM. SHIELDMAIDEN'S SANCTUM.

https://www.shieldmaidenssanctum.com/blog/2019/3/12/the-elder-futhark-runes-and-their-meanings

Celtic religion | Druidism, Mythology & Rituals. (1998, September 19). Encyclopedia Britannica.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Celtic-religion/Beliefs-practices-and-institutions

Folk Horror: An Introduction. (2021, September 16). Folk Horror Revival & Urban Wyrd Project.

https://folkhorrorrevival.com/from-the-forests-fields-furrows-and-further-an-introduction-by-andy-paciorek/

Groeneveld, E., & Doepler, E. (2024). Norse Mythology. World History Encyclopedia.

https://www.worldhistory.org/Norse_Mythology/

Hirai, N. (2024, April 2). Shinto | Beliefs, Gods, Origins, Symbols, Rituals, & Facts. Encyclopedia

Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Shinto

Javanese Religion | Encyclopedia.com. (n.d.).

https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/java

nese-religion

Johnson, R. (2024, March 17). ENCYCLOBLEEDIA of folk horror. FANGORIA.

https://www.fangoria.com/original/encyclobleedia-of-folk-horror/

Maison, J. (2022, October 29). Everything there is to know about the folk horror genre.

Videomaker.

https://www.videomaker.com/how-to/directing/film-history/everything-there-is-to-know-about-the-folk-horror-genre/

Mohsin, M. (2022, December 22). The legend of Teke Teke. The Business Standard.

https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/legend-teke-teke-111208

Ostberg, R. (2024, March 28). Wendigo | Description, Legend, Creature, Until Dawn, & Facts.

Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/wendigo

Scott, J. (2021, October 17). Who are the Jötnar in Norse Mythology? Life in Norway.

https://www.lifeinnorway.net/jotnar-norse-mythology-giants/

Seaver, C., & Seaver, C. (2022, November 7). Biblically accurate angels would actually be pretty

scary. History Defined -.

https://www.historydefined.net/biblically-accurate-angels-would-actually-be-pretty-scary/

Staff, W. (2021, August 23). Erasing Native American culture. Theweek.

https://theweek.com/us/1003904/erasing-native-american-culture

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (1998a, July 20). Algonquin | Native American, Great

Lakes, Woodland. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Algonquin

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (1998b, July 20). Canaanite religion | Polytheism,

Rituals, Sacrifices. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Canaanite-religion

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2024a, March 26). Kabbala | Definition, Beliefs, &

Facts. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kabbala

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2024b, March 26). Moloch | Definition & Facts.

Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Moloch-ancient-god

Turville-Petre, E., & Polomé, E. C. (2024, March 19). Germanic religion and mythology | Gods,

Norse, Map, Polytheism, & Christianity. Encyclopedia Britannica.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Germanic-religion-and-mythology

Wikipedia contributors. (2024a, February 1). The Book of Abramelin. Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Abramelin

Wikipedia contributors. (2024b, March 22). Enochian magic. Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enochian_magic

Winick, S. (2021, February 17). What was the Green Man? | FolkLife Today. The Library of

Congress. https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2021/02/what-was-the-green-man/

Episode 23: True Crime Part Two

This episode was recorded on February 29, 2024 and posted on April 6, 2024.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity, mentions of violent crime cases including gun violence, sexual assault and murder.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 23
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Welcome back Ted & JJ of Conspiring to Argue
• Today's Topic: True Crime

Film Discussions

• Femme Lens
  • Karla (2006)
  • Charlie Says (2018)
• Extreme Retellings
  • An American Crime (2007) & The Girl Next Door (2007)
  • The Untold Story (1993)
  • 22 July (2018)
  • Concrete (2004)

Worst & Best Representations of True Crime Adaptations

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• The Untold Story (1993) & Karla (2006) - JJ

Best

• Zodiac (2007) - JJ
• Mindhunter (2017) - JJ & Suzie
• In Cold Blood (1967) - Ted

Suzie's Deep Cuts

Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.

• Mister Organ (2022)
• Tread (2019)
• Candy (2022)

True Crime Documentary Recommendations

Lonely's List

• Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields (2022)
• House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths (2021)
• Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
• Children of God (1999)
• Sins of Our Mother (2022)
• Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)
• Child of Rage (1992)

Suzie's List

• American Nightmare (2024)
• Escaping Twin Flames (2023)
• Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)

Closing Thoughts

• Make a final case for true crime. For it or against it?

Thank you to our guests!

• Follow Ted & JJ's show Conspiring to Argue, whenever you get your podcasts.
• Ted & JJ on Instagram at @conspiringtoargue.

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.
• Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

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Sources

Donohoo, T., Melzer, J., Vaux, R., & Lynch, J. (2023, December 16). Hannibal Lecter's Real-Life Inspiration. CBR. https://www.cbr.com/hannibal-lecter-real-inspiration-alfredo-balli-trevino/#:~:text=Summary,mannerisms%2C%20and%20previous%20medical%20professions.

Lealos, S. S., & Hedash, K. (2024, February 24). The true story that inspired the Texas Chainsaw massacre. ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/texas-chainsaw-massacre-movie-true-story/

Swns. (2023, February 14). Expert reveals biological reason why we're obsessed with true crime shows. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2023/02/14/expert-reveals-biological-reason-for-true-crime-obsession/

The true crime genre is popular, but is it ethical? (2023, August 28). Journalism and Communication. https://journalism.uoregon.edu/news/true-crime-genre-ethics

true crime. (2024). https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/true-crime

Why do we love true crime? The phenomenon behind our obsession. (2023, October 16). Crimlawpractitioner. https://www.crimlawpractitioner.org/post/why-do-we-love-true-crime-the-phenomenon-behind-our-obsession

Wikipedia contributors. (2024, March 12). Lee Choon-jae. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Choon-jae

Worby, M. (2023, July 31). The Compliance movie's true story is even worse than what happened On-Screen. Looper. https://www.looper.com/1352746/compliance-true-story-worse-than-movie/

Episode 22: True Crime Part One

This episode was recorded on February 29, 2024 and posted on March 23, 2024.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity, mentions of violent crime cases including sexual assault and murder.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 22
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Introductions to our guests Ted & JJ of Conspiring to Argue
• Today's Topic: True Crime

Defining True Crime

• What is true crime?
• Discussing the obsession with & the ethics of consuming true crime

This Week's Coroner's Report

• What is your relationship with true crime? Is consuming true crime content ethical?

Film Discussion

• Iconic Horror Films Based on True Crime Cases
  • Manhunter (1986) & Silence of the Lambs (1991) based on Alfredo Balli Trevino
  • Texas Chainsaw (1974) based on Elmer Wayne Henley & Ed Gein
• Serial Killers
  • Cropsey (2009)
  • Memories of Murder (2003)
  • Zodiac (2007)
  • My Friend Dahmer (2017)
• Horrifying Incidents
  • Elephant (2003)
  • Compliance (2012)

Thank you to our guest!

• Follow Ted & JJ's show Conspiring to Argue, whenever you get your podcasts.
• Ted & JJ on Instagram at @conspiringtoargue.

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.
• Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources

Donohoo, T., Melzer, J., Vaux, R., & Lynch, J. (2023, December 16). Hannibal Lecter's Real-Life Inspiration. CBR. https://www.cbr.com/hannibal-lecter-real-inspiration-alfredo-balli-trevino/#:~:text=Summary,mannerisms%2C%20and%20previous%20medical%20professions.

Lealos, S. S., & Hedash, K. (2024, February 24). The true story that inspired the Texas Chainsaw massacre. ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/texas-chainsaw-massacre-movie-true-story/

Swns. (2023, February 14). Expert reveals biological reason why we're obsessed with true crime shows. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2023/02/14/expert-reveals-biological-reason-for-true-crime-obsession/

The true crime genre is popular, but is it ethical? (2023, August 28). Journalism and Communication. https://journalism.uoregon.edu/news/true-crime-genre-ethics

true crime. (2024). https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/true-crime

Why do we love true crime? The phenomenon behind our obsession. (2023, October 16). Crimlawpractitioner. https://www.crimlawpractitioner.org/post/why-do-we-love-true-crime-the-phenomenon-behind-our-obsession

Wikipedia contributors. (2024, March 12). Lee Choon-jae. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Choon-jae

Worby, M. (2023, July 31). The Compliance movie's true story is even worse than what happened On-Screen. Looper. https://www.looper.com/1352746/compliance-true-story-worse-than-movie/

Episode 21: Stephen King

This episode was recorded on February 8, 2024 and posted on March 9, 2024.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 21
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Introductions to our guests Tom from Reviews by Tom
• Today's Topic: Stephen King

Discussion on Stephen King's Impact

• Defining King's impact horror literature, cinema, and community

This Week's Coroner's Report

• What was your first experience with Stephen King's work? Do you have a favorite King adaptation?

Film Discussion

• The Stephen King Metaverse + the "shine"
  • The Shining (1980)
  • The Green Mile (1999)
  • Doctor Sleep (2019)
• King's Controversy - Depictions of Women in Works by King
  • Carrie (1976)
  • Misery (1990)
  • Dolores Claiborne (1995)
  • Gerald's Game (2017)
• Childhood & Fear - Use of Children as Protagonists & Antagonists
  • It (1990) + It (2017)

Worst & Best Representations of Stephen King Adaptations

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• Riding the Bullet (2004) - Tom & Suzie
• Firestarter (1984) & 1922 (2017) - Lonely

Best

• Cujo (1983) - Tom
• Pet Sematary (1989) & Salem's Lot (1979) - Lonely
• 1408 (2007) - Suzie

Suzie's Deep Cuts

Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.

• Lisey's Story (2021)

Closing Thoughts

• What piece of the Stephen King resume would you want to see made or remade in the coming years?

Thank you to our guest!

• Follow Tom on Instagram at @reviews_by_tom!

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.
• Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources

Ahlin, C. (2017, October 24). Stephen King's books are all connected to each other, and it's honestly terrifying. Bustle.

https://www.bustle.com/p/stephen-kings-books-are-all-connected-to-each-other-its-honestly-terrifying-2947873

Breznican, A. (2017, September 12). How Stephen King scared a generation of storytellers into existence. EW.com. https://ew.com/movies/2017/09/12/stephen-king-influence-filmmakers-horror-genre/

Deininger, K. (2020, July 3). Stephen King Theory: Every character that has the shine.

ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/stephen-king-universe-every-character-shine-powers/

Hoppe, C. (2019, December 22). Why Stephen King loves writing child characters. ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/stephen-king-books-child-characters-reason/#:~:text=King%20loves%20to%20write%20about,his%20creation%20of%20predatory%20antagonists.

Lombardi, E., Lombardi, E., & Lombardi, E. (2023, May 28). The influence of Stephen King on modern horror literature. A Book Geek. https://www.abookgeek.com/influence-stephen-king/#:~:text=Stephen%20King's%20writing%20style%20has,to%20follow%20in%20his%20footsteps.

Romano, A. (2018, October 10). Stephen King: A guide to his horror, his history, and his legacy. Vox.https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/8/4/16066180/stephen-king-themes-cultural-influence-explained

Stephen King Multiverse. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_(Stephen_King)

The 15 best Stephen King movie adaptations. (2023, February 6). Empire. https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-stephen-king-movies/

Walsh, A. (2019, August 8). The Women of Stephen King: the Good, the Bad, and the Best. Medium. https://medium.com/legendary-women/the-women-of-stephen-king-the-good-the-bad-and-the-best-9feab00c6604

Wikipedia contributors. (2024a, March 2). List of highest-grossing horror films. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_horror_films

Wikipedia contributors. (2024b, March 2). Stephen King. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King

Yant, C. (2021, November 19). All the King's Women: the Fats - Fantasy Magazine. Fantasy Magazine. https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/non-fiction/all-the-kings-women-the-fats/

Episode 20: Horror Comedy

This episode was recorded on January 18, 2024 and posted on February 24, 2024.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 20
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Introductions to our guests Ric from Ric's Horror Review Show
• Today's Topic: Horror Comedy

Discussion on Horror Comedy

• Defining horror comed, our experiences in comedy, and its impact

This Week's Coroner's Report

• Why does horror make us laugh? What is your favorite horror comedy?

Film Discussion

• Comedy Classics
  • Young Frankenstein (1974)
  • House (1977)
  • Basket Case (1982)
  • Return of the Living Dead (1985)
  • Child's Play (1988)
  • Dead Alive (1992)
  • Scream (1996)
  • American Psycho (2000)
• Parodies & Spoof
  • Scary Movie (2000)
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  • Zombieland (2009)
  • Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)
  • What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
• Dark Comedy & Black Comedy
  • Heathers (1988)
  • Cabin in the Woods (2011)
  • Get Out (2017)
  • Us (2019)
• Extremity & Ridiculousness
  • Tusk (2014)
  • Barbarian (2022)
  • Thanksgiving (2023)

Worst & Best Representations of Horror Comedy

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• Young Frankenstein (1974) - Ric
• Wacko (1982) - Suzie
• Satan's Little Helper (2004) - Lonely

Best

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) - Suzie
• Deadstream (2022) - Suzie
• Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) - Lonely
• What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - Ric

Suzie's Deep Cuts

Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.

• Anklebiters (2002)
• Baghead (2008)
• Digging up the Marrow (2014)
• They're Watching (2016)
• Mommy (1995)

Closing Thoughts

• What will 2024 bring for horror comedy?

Thank you to our guest!

• Listen to Ric's Horror Review Show wherever you get your podcasts!
• Follow Ric on Instagram at @ricshorror.

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.
• Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources

15 Best of Meta-Horror Films - IMDb. (2012, April 18). IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls004160391/

Edwards, B. J. (n.d.). The intersection of horror and comedy and why we love it. Sideshow Collectibles. https://www.sideshow.com/blog/intersection-of-horror-comedy

Foreman, A. (2022, October 21). The 31 Best Horror Comedy Movies of the 21st Century, from 'Zombieland' to 'Scream' to 'Freaky' to 'Fresh.' IndieWire. https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-horror-comedy-movies/

Joho, J. (2019, December 6). How the horror-comedy film genre defined the 2010s decade. Mashable. https://mashable.com/article/horror-comedy-2010s-decade

Scripts, I. (2022, September 30). The comedy horror movie: The KEYS to both laughs and scares. Industrial Scripts®. https://industrialscripts.com/comedy-horror-movie/

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