On the 9th episode of the Horror Culturalist Podcast: Tessa, Dan and Hannah watch through four short horror films that were sent into us by some of our amazing listeners. The videos range from a haunted board game, to a suspicious roadtrip and maybe a basement we all should just stay the hell out of! A special thanks to everyone who submitted a short film! Keep an eye out for future episodes like this!

Midnight Video

Instagram: @midnight_video

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/MidnightVideo

Your Date is Here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V1Oo7srGf0

Where Is It?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVpwe3vYCaA

Jax in Love:

Website: https://www.jaxinlove.com/

Twitter; @jaxinlovemovie

Instagram: @JaxInLoveMovie

Downstairs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz6ThqHqJes&t=655s

Instagram: @theleewithnoname & @samboxleitner

Twitter: @LeeBoxleitner

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/sonoftron

Twitter: @HorrorCultPod

Instagram: @horrorculturalist

Email: [email protected]

On our 8th episode: Hannah, Tessa, and special guest, Ryan, play a drinking game to Cabin in the Woods! We drink every time we discuss how "meta" everything is, every time we forget a character name (a.k.a. A LOT), and much more. We also discuss how we're all probably living in a computer simulation, the philosophical debate behind CITW, MKUltra, and the roles that society tries to force us into.

Thanks to Kendall R. Phillips, who won our Twitter contest and gave us some of our favorite drinking rules! Follow him on Twitter @DarkProjections and check out his novel, "A Place of Darkness: The Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema."

Get it HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Place-Darkness-Rhetoric-Horror-American/dp/1477315519/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1519841390&sr=8-4&keywords=early+american+cinema

Thanks to our friend Ryan for filling in for Dan! Follow Ryan on Twitter @JediMasterPound.

Music by Silver Waves (@silverwaves)

Twitter: @HorrorCultPod

Instagram: @horrorculturalist

Email: [email protected]

Sources:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGz2xdQa1ho

On our 7th episode: Hannah, Tessa, and Dan talk about the 1992 classic Candyman, urban legends, racism, privilege, and how Tony Todd is the ultimate horror daddy.

Music by Silver Waves (@silverwaves)

Twitter: @HorrorCultPod

Instagram: @horrorculturalist

Email: [email protected]

Sources:

http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/candyman-2/

http://lifeisamovie2009.blogspot.com/2009/03/candyman-is-ghost-of-americas-dark-past.html

On our 6th episode: Tessa, Dan, and Hannah talk about Oren Peli's "Paranormal Activity," the role of surveillance in a post 9/11 world, toxic masculinity, and Hannah shares a dream she had recently.

Music by Silver Waves (@silverwaves)

Twitter: @HorrorCultPod

Instagram: @horrorculturalist

Email: [email protected]

Sources:

https://www.tor.com/2017/04/13/the-peril-of-being-disbelieved-horror-and-the-intuition-of-women/

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a26619/paranormal-found-footage-horror-movies/

On our 5th episode: Hannah, Tessa, and Dan talk about the Robert Englund cult favorite, "Zombie Strippers," capitalism, boobs, suppressed sexuality, boobs, absurdism, and Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise.

Music by Silver Waves (@silverwaves)

Twitter: @HorrorCultPod

Instagram: @horrorculturalist

Email: [email protected]

On our 4th episode: Dan, Hannah, and Tessa talk about Wes Craven's "A Nightmare On Elm Street," the sexualization of youth, the sociology of Freddy Krueger himself, how parents just don't understand, and embarrassing Halloween costumes.

Music by Silver Waves (@silverwaves)

Twitter: @HorrorCultPod

Instagram: @horrorculturalist

Email: [email protected]

Sources: https://www.retrojunk.com/article/show/3173/the-sociology-of-freddy

On our 3rd episode: Dan, Hannah, & Tessa talk about Wes Craven's Scream, the fragility of masculinity & its ties to feminism, the rules, feeling a little woozy here, and tales of Deep Roy's penis from Jamie Kennedy.

Music by Silver Waves (@silverwaves)

Twitter: @HorrorCultPod

Instagram: @horrorculturalist

Email: [email protected]

On our SECOND podcast of the day, Dan, Tessa, and Hannah discuss the 2008 horror film, The Strangers, and debate changing the name of the podcast.

Music by Silver Waves (https://soundcloud.com/silverwaves)

Twitter: @HorrorCultPod

Instagram: @horrorculturalist

Email: [email protected]

On our very first episode, Dan, Tessa, and Hannah discuss Tobe Hooper's iconic 1974 film, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and deconstruct the idea of a nipple belt.

Music by Silver Waves (https://soundcloud.com/silverwaves)

Twitter: @HorrorCultPod

Instagram: @horrorculturalist

Email: [email protected]