Welcome to the Silent Hill Appreciation Day Special!

Joe Lipsett from Horror Queers (and BoH Alum - S2E1) was kind enough to reach out to me about being featured during their October Watch Calendar. We were tasked with picking a date, and a theme. I, of course, went against the grain and chose a game franchise.

Silent Hill has been an integral part of my development as an artist and horror scholar. This episode serves as a love letter to the franchise. I will explain why it means so much to me, as well as provide you all with a list of films to check out today in honor of the sleepy, foggy nightmare that is SILENT HILL.

Notes:

- Masahiro Ito (visual designer for Silent Hill)

- Akira Yamaoka (audio design for Silent Hill)

- “The Road to Paradise: Silent Hill 3 and my Gender Fluidity” for Gayly Helpful 2021

- Joe Lipsett

- #HQSpookySeason

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Welcome to the Shockaholic Podcast! Here you can find the thoughts and views of Beauty of Horror host, Chandler Bullock regarding current trends and talking points in the world of horror.

Today's episode features what horror films are coming to streaming in September and both a spoiler-free & spoiler review for Netflix's found footage juggernaut, Incantation (2022)!

What are you looking forward to on the streaming front? Let Chandler know:

Twitter - @_shockaholic

Email - [email protected]

Music Produced by Chris Noxx

Cover Art designed by Si Heard (Sinage Design)

Edited by Aviva Dassen

 

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Welcome to the first edition of the Shockaholic Podcast! Here you can find the thoughts and views of Beauty of Horror host, Chandler Bullock regarding current trends and talking points in the world of horror.

Today's episode features an update on The Beauty of Horror, discussion regarding the discourse surrounding the new Hellraiser film coming out on Hulu this October, and both a spoiler-free & spoiler review for Jordan Peele's latest hit horror film, Nope!

Links

• Blerdy Massacre
• Fishnets & Philosophy
• Jarvis Johnson - Fn Meka Video 1
• Jarvis Johnson - Fn Meka Video 2

Movies mentioned

• Hellraiser (1987) & (2022)
• Nope (2022)
• The Ritual (2017)
• The Night House (2020)
• Ghostbusters (1980)
• Ghostbusters (2016)
• Candyman (2021)
• Jaws (1975)

Music Produced by Chris Noxx

Cover Art designed by Si Heard (Sinage Design)

Edited by Aviva Dassen

 

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On this truly special episode of The Beauty of Horror, Chandler has assembled a panel featuring BoH alum & writer, Dani Bethea, co-host of the Bloody Blunts Cinema Club podcast, DeVaughn Taylor, and the co-host of The Descent Podcast & Assistant Editor for SpreadTheBeauty.org, John Patterson to discuss the topic of:

Queerness and Disgust in Horror.

This panel capped off a half-day fundraising event on Clubhouse for Gayly Helpful 2022. This was a co-production presented by The Beauty of Horror and Gayly Dreadful. Gayly Helpful is an annual event on GaylyDreadful.com featuring articles and essays by Queer voices in horror. Throughout the month of June, the site collects donations to fund the Transgender Law Center.

This panel is part of this fundraising initiative. Please support Gayly Helpful and The Transgender Law Center with donations and/or by spreading the word.

Donation link: https://donate.tiltify.com/+gayly-helpful/gayly-helpful-2022

 

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Links:

Dani

Twitter: @TheDaniBethea

DeVaughn

Twitter: @_daddydisco

John

Twitter: @AstroSlop

 

Chandler | Shockaholic

Twitter: @_Shockaholic

Instagram: @_shockaholic

Facebook: Shockaholic

 

Beauty of Horror

Twitter: @BeautyHorrorPod

Instagram: @beautyhorrorsite

Facebook: The Beauty of Horror

 

Beauty of Horror Contact

Website: The Beauty of Horror

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Sponsors

Logic Locks: https://www.logiclocks.com/ 

Anatomy of a Scream: https://www.anatomyofascream.com/ 

 

 

Music by Karl Casey (White Bat Audio)

Cover Art designed by John Green (JRGDrawing)

Edited by Chandler Bullock

 

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Content warning: discussions of mass shootings, (child)  murder, rape, cannibalism, COVID-19, long COVID, death, viruses, amnesia, misogyny, racism, police violence, sexual assault, and physical assault.

On this episode of The Beauty of Horror, Chandler talks with horror writer, journalist, and actor Dolores Quintana about the numerous disgusting horrors of THE SADNESS (2022)! 

They talk about how Dolores got started into social justice activism as a child, writing school essays about George Romero’s influence on horror, how a profound fear of something can end up drawing you into it, many different types of zombie apocalypses in film, and, of course, aesthetics.

 

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Links:

Dolores

Twitter: @doloresquintana

Instagram: @doloresmquintana

Interview with Rob Jabbaz for Fangoria

Writing: Nightmarish Conjuring, Medium, Fangoria, The Advocate, and What Now Philly

 

Chandler | Shockaholic

Twitter: @_Shockaholic

Instagram: @_shockaholic

Facebook: Shockaholic

 

Beauty of Horror

Twitter: @BeautyHorrorPod

Instagram: @beautyhorrorsite

Facebook: The Beauty of Horror

 

Beauty of Horror Contact

Website: The Beauty of Horror

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Sponsors

Logic Locks: https://www.logiclocks.com/ 

Anatomy of a Scream: https://www.anatomyofascream.com/ 

 

Mentions

Referenced Beauty of Horror episodes

• Season 2, episode 16: Brian Keiper on The Fly (1986)

Literature

• Danse Macabre, by Stephen King
• Crossed, by Garth Ennis, Alan Moore, David Lapham, Si Spurrier, Kieron Gillen, and others.

Films and TV

• Dark Star (1974)
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• Martyrs (2008)
• Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
• Dawn of the Dead (1978)
• The Girl with All The Gifts (2016)
• “Rick and Morty”: A Rickconvenient Mort (2021)
• 28 Days Later (2002)
• The Walking Dead (2010)

 

Music by Karl Casey (White Bat Audio)

Cover Art designed by John Green (JRGDrawing)

Edited by Aviva Dassen

 

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In this REWIND episode Chandler provides some behind-the-scenes context about the making of this episode from Season 1, announces the new online platform spreadthebeauty.org, and gushes about Jolene's incredible insights.

Important to note: The first season of The Beauty of Horror was initially released via the Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad feed as part of the Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad Network.

If you are looking to get into podcasting about horror, have an interesting topic, but lack the confidence or know-how about it all, Anatomy of a Scream is the place for you! This podcast would literally not exist without their guidance and help.

Please be sure to give them some traffic and to listen to the original release here.

 

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Original show notes:

On this episode of The Beauty of Horror, Chandler talks with Jolene (Marie) Richardson, fashion historian and costume designer for The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, about the breathtaking beauty of the Director’s Cut of Ari Aster’s Midsommar (2019).

They touch upon a wide array of topics including the language of costume design, the film’s various under and overtones, and, of course, aesthetics.

Links:

Jolene

Twitter: @JoMarieDesigns

To Dye For! Podcast: @DyePodcast

Chandler | Shockaholic

Twitter: @_Shockaholic

Instagram: @_shockaholic

Facebook: Shockaholic

Website: Shockaholic.org

 

Beauty of Horror

Twitter: @BeautyHorrorPod

Instagram: @beautyhorrorsite

Facebook: The Beauty of Horror

 

Beauty of Horror Contact

Website: The Beauty of Horror - spreadthebeauty.org

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Sponsors

Logic Locks: https://www.logiclocks.com/ 

Anatomy of a Scream: https://www.anatomyofascream.com/ 

 

 

Music by Karl Casey (White Bat Audio)

Cover Art designed by John Green (JRGDrawing)

Edited by Chandler Bullock

 

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Content warning: discussions of sexual assault, pregnancy, a lack of control of one’s own body, gender identity, dysphoria, objectification, abortion, and postpartum depression.

 

On this episode of The Beauty of Horror, Chandler talks with horror screenwriter and researcher Jerry J Sampson about Julia Ducournau's radical-yet-sweet TITANE (2021)!

 

They talk about Stephen King’s impact on shaping many horror lovers’ tastes, the emotional impact of the horror genre, Jerry’s terrifying motel experience that inspired her passion project “Motel”, pregnancy and Uterus Horror, oil lactation, and, of course, aesthetics.

 

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Will you take the "Titane Challenge"? Let us know by reaching out on social media or email!

 

Links:

Jerry

Twitter: @ladyscriptwrit

Instagram: @thesleepermustawaken

Book (on Amazon): The Scream and Other Dark Stories

 

Chandler | Shockaholic

Twitter: @_Shockaholic

Instagram: @_shockaholic

Facebook: Shockaholic

Website: Shockaholic.org

 

Beauty of Horror

Twitter: @BeautyHorrorPod

Instagram: @beautyhorrorpod

Facebook: The Beauty of Horror

 

Beauty of Horror Contact

Website: The Beauty of Horror

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Sponsors

Logic Locks: https://www.logiclocks.com/ 

Anatomy of a Scream: https://www.anatomyofascream.com/ 

 

Mentions

Referenced Beauty of Horror episodes

• Season 2, Episode 19: Cat Benstead on Raw (2016)

Films

• Raw (2016)
• Inside (2007)
• In My Skin (2002)
• 
  

Quote from “Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection” by Julia Kristeva.

 

Music by Karl Casey (White Bat Audio)

Cover Art designed by John Green (JRGDrawing)

Edited by Aviva Dassen

 

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Content warning: discussions of decay and decomposition, misogyny, depression, anxiety, dysmorphia, physical and sexual abuse, masturbation, and death/dying.

 

On this episode of The Beauty of Horror, Chandler talks with co-host of I Spit on Your Podcast, horror writer, and one half of The Spinsters of Horror, Kelly Grender about the sickening beauty of Éric Falardeau's THANATOMORPHOSE (2012)!

 

They talk about Kelly’s start in podcasting, the increasing appeal of extreme horror and how it challenges you, expressing female rage, sexuality, liberation through decay, decomposition as a metaphor for depression, abjection, cinéma vomitif, and, of course, aesthetics.

 

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Links:

Kelly

Twitter: @KGredner

Spinsters of Horror & I Spit on Your Podcast: @HorrorSpinsters

“Death Becomes Her: Finding Freedom in the Grotesque” in Grim no. 9: Contagion.

 

Chandler | Shockaholic

Twitter: @_Shockaholic

Instagram: @_shockaholic

Facebook: Shockaholic

Website: Shockaholic.org

 

Beauty of Horror

Twitter: @BeautyHorrorPod

Instagram: @beautyhorrorpod

Facebook: The Beauty of Horror

 

Beauty of Horror Contact

Website: The Beauty of Horror

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Sponsors

Logic Locks: https://www.logiclocks.com/ 

Anatomy of a Scream: https://www.anatomyofascream.com/ 

 

Mentions

Referenced Beauty of Horror episodes

• Season 1, episode 20: Mary Beth McAndrews on Phenomena
• Season 2, episode 13: Trace Thurman on Deadgirl (2008)
• Season 2, episode 16: Brian Keiper on The Fly

Writing

• “Horror And The Monstrous-Feminine: An Imaginary Abjection” by Barbara Creed
• “Offensive Films: Toward an Anthropology of Cinéma Vomitif” by Mikita Brottman
• “Dis/liking Disgust: The Revulsion Experience at the Movies“ by Julian Hanich

Films

• Beyond Horror: The History and Sub-Culture of Red Films (2019)
• Contracted (2013)
• The Fly (1986)

Quote from “Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection” by Julia Kristeva.

 

Music by Karl Casey (White Bat Audio)

Cover Art designed by John Green (JRGDrawing)

Edited by Aviva Dassen

 

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Welcome to Beauty of Horror REWIND!

In this episode Chandler outlines what you can expect from these REWIND episodes, and provides some behind-the-scenes context about the making of this very first episode of The Beauty of Horror.

Important to note: The first season of The Beauty of Horror was initially released via the Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad feed as part of the Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad Network.

If you are looking to get into podcasting about horror, have an interesting topic, but lack the confidence or know-how about it all, Anatomy of a Scream is the place for you! This podcast would literally not exist without their guidance and help.

Please be sure to give them some traffic and to listen to the original release here.

 

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Original show notes:

On the inaugural episode of The Beauty of Horror, host Chandler Bullock talks with the editor-in-chief of We Are Horror Zine and contributing writer for various publications such as Ghoulish Media and Ghouls Magazine, Dani Bethea.

Up for discussion: the ethereal beauty of Guillermo del Toro’s essential double feature, The Devil’s Backbone (2001) and Pan’s Labyrinth (2006). The pair explore the magic, whimsy, and terror of childhood, as well as the power of myth in film and, of course, aesthetics.

Links:

Dani

Twitter: @TheDaniBethea

cineSPEAK: @cineSPEAK

 Dani’s Medium page

Chandler | Shockaholic

Twitter: @_Shockaholic

Instagram: @_shockaholic

Facebook: Shockaholic

Website: Shockaholic.org

 

Beauty of Horror

Twitter: @BeautyHorrorPod

Instagram: @beautyhorrorpod

Facebook: The Beauty of Horror

 

Beauty of Horror Contact

Website: The Beauty of Horror

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Sponsors

Logic Locks: https://www.logiclocks.com/ 

Anatomy of a Scream: https://www.anatomyofascream.com/ 

 

 

Music by Karl Casey (White Bat Audio)

Cover Art designed by John Green (JRGDrawing)

Edited by Chandler Bullock

 

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Content warning: discussions of sexual assault, chronic illness, cannibalism, vomiting, skin conditions, bullying, and self doubt.

 

On this episode of The Beauty of Horror, Chandler talks with the host of TGIF: A Horror Movie Podcast, and the Founder and Co-Editor of Hear Us Scream: The Voices of Horror, Cat Benstead about Julia Ducournau's skin-crawling feature debut, RAW (2016)!

 

They talk about Cat’s relatively recent start in horror (which has now led to a second edition of an anthology of horror essays), a child’s path to autonomy, independence, and finding their place in the world, sibling rivalry, peeling off skin and Elmer’s Glue, social disgust, and, of course, aesthetics.

 

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Links:

Cat

Twitter: @catstead_

Book: Hear Us Scream: The Voices of Horror (@HearUsScreamm)

Podcast: TGIF: A Horror Movie Podcast (@TGIFPodcast_)

 

Chandler | Shockaholic

Twitter: @_Shockaholic

Instagram: @_shockaholic

Facebook: Shockaholic

Website: Shockaholic.org

 

Beauty of Horror

Twitter: @BeautyHorrorPod

Instagram: @beautyhorrorpod

Facebook: The Beauty of Horror

 

Beauty of Horror Contact

Website: The Beauty of Horror

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Sponsors

Logic Locks: https://www.logiclocks.com/ 

Anatomy of a Scream: https://www.anatomyofascream.com/ 

 

Mentions

• Previous BoH episode: Brian Keiper on The Fly

Films

• Martyrs (2008)
• Color Out of Space (2019)
• The Craft (1996)
• May (2002)
• The Fly (1986)
• Girl, Interrupted (1999) 

Quote from Savoring Disgust: The Foul and the Fair by Carolyn Korsmeyer.

 

Music by Karl Casey (White Bat Audio)

Cover Art designed by John Green (JRGDrawing)

Edited by Aviva Dassen

 

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