The Horror Pod Class

Class is back in session and this time we are going to try to talk smart about a dumb movie!  Truth or Dare made a whole bunch of money, but it wasn't exactly a deep film.  It did use a very interesting motif in horror called "the liminal space" and today we are going to discuss how that space works and why it made Truth or Dare an engaging movie.

Welcome back class, it has been a long summer and the crops have not been particularly bountiful.  What are we to do?  Burn a big ass wicker man of course!  Specifically we are going to be talking about the 1973 Folk Horror classic The Wicker Man.  Not to be confused with the absolutley horrible Nick Cage remake.  First we talk about our favorite new movies and books, then we get into Folk Horror.  What is it?  Why does it only seem to work in the old country?  Why did the Nick Cage movie suck so ba

Tyler, Nick, and Mike talk about their favorite zombies in pop culture.

Its a live show from Kansas City, Missouri. The boys talk all things Hereditary.

Today's class looks at the horror classic from a marketing perspective.

The Invitation is a movie that takes a very different take on cults, so lets unpack this film a bit and dive into some academic literature on the subject.  Cults are a mainstay of the horror genre, but here we see way more nuance.

Tyler and Mike discuss the concepts of the Hyperreal, The Parallax and denegation in the Australian horror movie Lake Mungo.

Today we dive into the classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre to discuss why it has been so influential and what it can tell us about capitalism and class conflict. Plus we talk about food-ways analysis, which is super interesting.

Get ready for a deep dive episode into the imagery and themes used by Cloverfield (2008) and how they evoke and comment on imagery from 9/11 and terrorism more generally.

Zombieland is a super fun movie, but does it have something more to say about the way we see our society?  Today on the Horror Pod Class we are going to take a look at Zombieland and some other post-apocalyptic movies and books to see what they have to say about wish to just "burn it all down."