Our work with the history of horror in the 1930's moves forward with the seminal horror-comedy "The Old Dark House," directed by the legendary James Whale. Topics of discussion involve taboos and psychological issues, post-WW1 allegories, and the seriousness of poor mental health treatments.

The Mistress of the Menagerie and her loyal Minion begin their long term "Horror History" run with the 1930s and "Dracula," the Tod Browning led film starring Bela Lugosi. Topics include Lugosi himself, comparisons between Bram Stoker's original novel, and the correlation between Vampires and sexual assault in fiction. 

This week, The Mistress and the minion have a very special guest in the form of filmmaker Michelle Nessk! Together, they all talk about the strange "The Mothman Prophecies" to close out Cryptid Month. Topics include psychic premonitions, skepticism, 9/11 allegories, and more!

Month of the Cryptids continues as the Mistress unpacks the Jersey Devil film "The Barrens." Alongside her little minion Nathaniel, she discusses Stephen Moyer, paranoia, rabies and the legend of the Jersey Devil!

The Mistress of the Menagerie continues "Night of the Cryptids" with 2006's "Abominable!" Allegedly about the Abominable Snowman, your hosts contend it's more about Bigfoot, discuss the similarities to Hitchcock's "Rear Window," and Sarah Sinn tells some stories passed down from her Grandmother about Sasquatch!

The Mistress turns her eye to March with Attack of the Cryptids! To start things off, The Mistress and her Minion of Evil discuss the underrated Dark Was The Night! Topics include the psychology of grief and aversion, the excellent and surprising performance of Kevin Durand, and the Wendgio.

The Month of Love featuring Werewolves comes to a close with The Mistress and her Minion discussing The Howling with Matt from the celebrated Killer Horror Critic Podcast! Topics include sexual repression, mental health, gender politics, sequels and a possible connection between The Howling and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

Continuing the Month of Love Werewolf theme, the Mistress and her Minion discuss the action-horror hybrid Dog Soldiers (which happens to be one of Sarah Sinn's favorite Werewolf flicks). Topics include Alpha Male tropes, Pack Mentality, and exceptional Werewolf design!

The Month of Love continues with another Werewolf installment of the Menagerie! This week, The Mistress of the Menagerie discusses Neil Jordan's 1984 film "Company of Wolves!" Together with her Minion, the show unpacks the figurative language of the film, Angela Lansbury, and gender roles in society! 

February is the month of love...so why not Werewolves? To start the Werewolf month, The Mistress of the Menagerie and her loyal minion take on the British Werewolf movie "Howl!" Topics include the treatment of the elderly, character archetypes and classism!