The Horror Pod Class

What does Children of the Corn tell us about our fear of kids?

Welcome back class!  This week we are talking about horror movie sequels, why we love them and why we hate them.  So many are so lackluster, yet every year we get a new crop.  Obviously, both movie studios and moviegoers keep finding a reason to make them relevant, so seriously, what gives?

Hey Class

This one is gonna be a fun one.  Strap in and get ready for Gendered Violence and The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Thanks for joining us for another episode of The Horror Pod Class! Today we are going to be talking about one of our favorite movies, David Cronenburg's eXistenZ.  Specifically, we are going to be exploring how the film uses body horror to accentuate the themes of manufactured reality and transformation.

On today's horror Pod Class we are discussing Fascist Horror, or more specifically anit-fascist horror. After discussing what new horror and horror related books and movies we are currently enjoying, we take a deep dive into the movie Pan's Labyrinth and discuss some of the subtext that American audiences may have missed.

Holiday time is just around the corner so the Horror Pod Class is starting the season a bit early with a discussion of Holiday Horror and why it endures as a genre.  After discussing what we are reading, watching, and who we are picking fights with on the internet, we talk about our favorite holiday horror movies.

Class is back in session and today we are looking at the classic horror film Rosemary's Baby.  It has quite a bit of Gothic influences, but what makes it such a great movie is how it blends those older motifs with the film style of the New Wave Cinema.  We talk all out what the New Wave is, how to spot it, and how it was better (or at least more naked) in France.

Hey Class today we are talking all about Get Out

 

What are you reading

 

Tyler:  Tyler is reading Brian Hodge West of Matamoros North of Hell, Edge of the Known Bus Line by Brian Gapinksi out of Etchings Press.  John Langan's The Wide Carnivorous Sky

Mike:  Jon Padgett's Broker of Nightmares, Charitable Chatbooks from Nightscape Press.  Ashes and Entropy by Nightscape as well.  An Anthology of Victory in Defiance by Apex  

 

Dark Corners of The Web

Post Mortem Pod Cast, Event Horizon, In the Mouth of Madness, The Thing.  

 

Bell Rings

 

Tyler Mentions White Zombie, and The Rainbow and The Serpent.  He says Get Out is a zombie movie

We mention an article in Atlantic Monthly by Lenika Smith

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The Philosophy of Horror by Noel Carroll

1. ONSET
2. DISCOVERY
3. CONFIRMATION
4. CONFRONTATION

Hippocampus by Adam Neville 

Black Bark by Brian Evenson

The Invitation

High Times Article by Tim Kohut

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of what we are watching and reading. Followed by a bigger conversation about the hit show Castle Rock.

Hey guys, we are back this week with a deep dive into Gothic Literature!  The Gothic casts a long, dark, and creepy shadow over modern horror and has spawned many sub-genres and reinterpretations.  Specifically, we are going to be discussing the "New American Gothic" and how the 1979 film The Amityville Horror breathes new life into Gothic themes.