The Whorrors!

What do Jordan Peele's 2019 film Us and the 2006 alternative rock single "Face Down" have in common?  They both employ a Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.  (ba dum chhhhh).

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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])

Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd - Standard Music License 

Works Referenced:

Tyler Coates, “Why Hands Across America Is So Vital to Jordan Peele's Us” (2019)

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a26883876/hands-across-america-us-movie-explained/

Leah Greenblatt, “That Bible verse in Jordan Peele's Us: What does it mean?” https://ew.com/movies/2019/03/27/us-bible-verse-explained/

Hands Across America Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Across_America

IMDB Trivia, Us: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6857112/trivia/?ref_=tt_ql_trv

Lupita Nyong’o’s interview with Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/lupita-nyongo-interview-jordan-peele-us-786635/

Us Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_(2019_film)

What do you get when you send a bunch of hot college kids to a cabin in the woods?   Feel like you've seen one like that before?  You're not the only one.

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Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd - Standard Music License 

Works Referenced:

Cabin in the Woods IMDB Trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1259521/trivia

Did you know the average adult has 32 teeth?  Well, Dawn has those...and a couple more she's yet to learn about.  The day has come for Elyse and Shay to dive in to the infamous 2007 horror-comedy with a splash of vengeance, Teeth!

**CONTENT WARNING: discussion surrounding r*pe, sexual abuse & assault, trauma

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Works Referenced:

“Pussy Bites Back: Vagina Dentata Myths From Around the World” by Sezin Koehler 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/payq79/pussy-bites-back-vagina-dentata-myths-from-around-the-world

Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study (2010) by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Wiki page for Vagina Dentata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_dentata

Long time no listen, whorrors!  We took a much needed pre-summer vacation, but to make up for it we're back with the most infamous summer camp slasher of them all: Friday the 13th.

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Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd - Standard Music License 

Works Referenced: 

Carol Clover: Men, Women, & Chainsaws

Friday the 13th (1980 Film) Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(1980_film)

History.com: https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/friday-the-13th

Class #2 is in session!  In Part Two of this two-part episode, Elyse and Shay talk about the most prominent horror movies (according to a list on the internet) from 1980-2020 and some history that may have inspired them. Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcast Email us at [email protected] Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected]) Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd Standard Music License Works Referenced:

"On the Great Infertility Scare of the 1980s" by Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner: https://lithub.com/on-the-great-infertility-scare-of-the-1980s/

"The Reagan Years" by Picture This: California Perspectives on American History:http://picturethis.museumca.org/timeline/reagan-years-1980s/womens-rights/info

“Post 9/11 horror in American Cinema” by Kevin J. Wetmore Jr: https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/post-9-11-horror-in-american-cinema/introduction

“America's Top Fears” by Chapman University: https://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/research-centers/babbie-center/survey-american-fears.aspx

What do ballerinas, a prog rock soundtrack, and a technicolor peacock all have in common?  Find out as Shay & Elyse dive into Dario Argento’s dreamy masterpiece, Suspiria!

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Sticks and stones may break your bones, but losing the map will always hurt you.  This week Shay & Elyse discuss the found footage phenomenon, The Blair Witch Project.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Whorrors!  Today’s episode features a spicy taste test, the REAL star of Guardians of the Galaxy, baby acting, and what happens when you fuck with mother nature in the Irish horror film, The Hallow.

Thanks again to Jason for the amazing sauces!  Check out @JasonDsHotSauce on Instagram

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For Some Horror Writers, Nothing is Scarier Than a Changing Planet by Naomi Booth:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/books/review/eco-horror-annihilation-jeff-vandermeer-chernobyl.html#:~:text=For%20Some%20Horror%20Writers%2C%20Nothing%20Is%20Scarier%20Than%20a%20Changing%20Planet,-Credit...&text=%E2%80%9CWhy%20does%20climate%20change%20cast,in%20The%20Guardian%20in%202016.

Time for a Whorror History Lesson!  On this Part One of a two-part episode, Elyse and Shay talk about the most prominent horror movies (according to a list from the internet) from 1950-1979 and the real-life events that inspired them.  

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Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd - Standard Music License 

Works Referenced:

Rotten Tomatoes BEST HORROR MOVIES BY YEAR SINCE 1920: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-horror-movies-by-year-since-1920/

“It Came from the 1950’s! Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties” The European Journal of American Studies (2012) https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/9872

Horror in the 1960s” by Caitlin Chappel https://www.cbr.com/from-psychologically-to-supernatural-horror-in-1960s/