Horror Pod Class

Orrin and Tyler talk about the classic The Tingler and a concept called Phenomenology

Check out our rundown of Fantastic Fest.  Our favorite movies and how to find them.

2016's Don't Breathe happened to strike a chord with the public, making ten times what it cost to make. To Dawn Keetley, a Professor of English at Lehigh University, it signifies a growing trend in our cultural subconsciousness. We use her essay, "Lock Her Up! Angry Men and Captive Women in Post-Recession Horror" as a jumping-off point to discuss the movie and what trends we are currently seeing at the nexus of politics, culture, and horror.

Today we are joined by a very special guest, Larry Fessenden. His latest movie, Depraved, is a modern retelling of Frankenstein and Tyler and Mike loved it so much we just had to get Larry on to discuss the movie. We have a wide-ranging discussion including Larry's early '90s cult hit Habit, what draws Larry to the classic movie monsters, which themes in Frankenstein still have cultural significance, and how your kid son rebels against you when you are a horror movie maker.

Welcome back class! Today we are diving into a 2016 movie that you may have missed, The Monster. It's out on Netflix right now and it totally got Tyler right in the feels. Mike too. It's a good flick that does a whole lot of stuff right, including its depiction of an alcoholic parent. So today we are discussing how The Monster gets that so right when other movies and TV shows (looking at you Cheers and The Shining) get it totally wrong.

Hey Class.  This week we have John Langan on to talk about the 1996 Larry Fessenden directed flick Habit.  John and Tyler talk really smart about the movie in relation to Mark Fisher and many of the concepts that he pioneered. Mike just tries to keep up!

Welcome back class, glad you could join us for another Horror Podclass where we dissect and define some of the concepts and ideas in horror. To that end, we are looking at Haunted House stories! When did they first appear? What elements do they all have? How can you tell if YOUR house in haunted? Are any of the Paranormal Activity sequels or prequels worth seeing?

Welcome back class, hope your summer was good! No rest for the wicked here, we have to keep deep-diving into horror and today it's the super unique brand of Corporate Horror brought to you by none other than Thomas Ligotti. We look at what defines corporate horror and try to apply it to a recent movie, "The Belko Experiment."

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Today we are talking about the 1980 film Cannibal Holocaust and while it has its problems and its problematic elements, it is often cited as both a horror classic and the first found footage film. Today, we are diving into the film that everyone always mentions but maybe hasn't watched start to finish. We both watched the whole movie and did some research about where a movie like this comes from and what cultural significance it might still have in our internet age.

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The beauty of small theatres is that they act as little pockets of experimentation.  They are smaller and more adaptable and willing to try lots of different things to get people in the door.  That's why last week Screenland Armour hosted a kick ass free screening of The Ranger directed by Jenn Wexler.  A small budget slasher film with a fiesty indepededent spirit was exactly what I needed to start the work week.     The Ranger at its core is a movie about a girl whose uncle dies in the woods only to be rescued by a forest ranger.  The titular ranger (Jeremy Holm) is not the good guy he seems. Years later Chelsea(Chloe Levine) now a young woman runs with a group of punk rockers.  During a raid on a night club they are hanging out in the group shoot a police officer and decide a cabin in the woods is the perfect place to run to.  Chelsea leads the group to the cabin her deceased uncle bequeathed her.  The ranger recognizing Chelsea begins to come after her and her friends.    The Ranger leans into its label as

Welcome back to the Horror Pod Class!  Today we are talking about the movie, Mother!  Not the Danzig Song. Not the Mike Pence catchphrase. No, we are talking about the super weird fever dream of a movie that captured our hearts (pun intended).  There is a lot to unpack about this movie, including the biblical imagery and the discussion about how art is perceived, but there is a really cool undercurrent of philosophical themes related to Deep Ecology and Eco-Feminism.

Watching and Reading Tyler: I am reading loving Found Footage and Horror Films: Fear and the Appearance of Reality by Alexandra Heller Nicholas. Also watched The Wandering Earth pretty awesome. M: GoT. Finished Jean Rey. Hey also Written in Darkness Mark Samuels OR: hey, wanna read some Canadian Horror? Gemma Files http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/drawn-up-from-deep-places/ Essential Question: How does Ginger Snaps handle Puberty, the Female Monster and Transfiguration. Movie Hey, BTW there were two sequels: https://www.thoughtco.com/ginger-snaps-movie-franchise-1873037 Theory https://modernmythology.net/weird-horrors-conceit-807fde7e5170 Out by Sixteen”:Queer(ed) Girls in Ginger Snaps—Tanis MacDonald in Jeuneese, Young Poe Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures 3.1 2011 I am your worst fear, I am your best fantasy: new approaches to slash fiction Brennan, Joseph Carl Linden https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/5872 Application of Theory to the Movie http://www.brattleblog.brattlefilm.o

We talk all things Ginger Snaps, Transfiguration and High School. Its a rough time for everyone.

Tyler with the show notes....Spectrum Sucks   This week we are all about The Dibbuk Box....DONT OPEN IT!   What are we watching!   Tyler:  Avengers End Game, Possum, Nick Cutter's The Troop   Mike:  Game of Thrones.  History of Westeros Podcast.  Time is a Flat Circle: Examining True Detective, Season One Melissa Milazzo with Adam and Mark Stewart   Dark Corners of the Web From The Tablet:  The Second Wife Essential Question:  Is there such a thing as  Jewish Horror...Also Mike is an Anti Semite The Movie: 1.  Not really old testament more like apocryphal religious.  2.  Some background information for the Actual Dybbuk Box 3.  Truman State University connection. Theory Judaism, The Dybbuk Box, and Possession by Yoram Bilu Too Holy To Print by J.H. Chajes on Tablet Spirit Possession in Judaism (Hardcover) Cases and Contexts from the Middle Ages to the Present (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology) Matisyahu is great The Application The Witch of Endor The Disembodied Evil of Jewish Hor

On this week's episode, we discuss the horror film American Mary and how it views body modification, in what we think is a positive light, through a horror movie.