Horror Pod Class

We are excited to announce the finalists for our April Flash Fiction Contest.  April's topic was "The Global Weirding", and we were all truly impressed with the quality of work submitted.  If you did not make the finals this month feel free to submit next month as we will announce the flash fiction topic on May 1st for the May Flash on the Horizon contest.

Welcome back to The Horror Pod Class, this time with more guardian angels. Today we are talking to one of our favorite horror and weird fiction authors, Nadia Bulkin! We discuss a really great movie that she turned us on to on Netflix called A Dark Song. Specifically, we discuss the concept of the Sublime and how it interacts with horror fiction.

Welcome back to The Horror Pod Class, this time with more science. Maybe not real science, but more how we fear and distrust scientists and science in general. Don't think that's true? Well just look at the kind of movies we keep making, Splice being the poster child. Also, Mike totally gets a car in a movie wrong.

PART 2 BECAUSE THE INTERNET IS HARD   Tyler is back and he has hijacked the show notes. Short and Sweet here we go What have we been watching/drinking/reading I saw US. Some good information about it. https://shadowandact.com/the-ending-of-us-explained-review The Best Science Fiction of the Year Neil Clark Getting Ready for Zombie 101 Dark Corners of the Web 3rd bear http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/vandermeer_04_07/ Also Listen on StarShipSofa Podcast " Essential Question: What does Tragedy Girls have to say about SM….PS its on Hulu 1. The Movie Reviews https://www.signalhorizon.com/single-post/2018/02/11/Movie-Review-Tragedy-Girls-Is-the-Horror-Satire-We-Want-and-Need http://collider.com/tragedy-girls-review/ https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/19/16449404/tragedy-girls-horror-comedy-review-slasher-satire 2. The Theory https://childmind.org/article/how-using-social-media-affects-teenagers/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2018/03/19/5-ways-social-media-can-be-good-for-teens/?utm_term=.2f9cc0

Welcome back class! This week we take a look at the movie Tragedy Girls and how it takes a critical look at social media. Which we all love to hate but still use anyway.

Hey Class.  Its Tyler doing the show notes today.  So they will be short and crappy probably.  We both took trips so its great to get back to class.     What we are Watching and Reading   Tyler: Camp Ghoul Mountain Part 4 by Jonathan Raab    Mike:  Synth edited by CM Muller and Lego Movie 2   Dark Corners of the Web   Nightmare Magazine Podcast   Pitcher Plant   Steps for.....   Essential Question:  What immigration questions come from a close viewing of It Came at Night   Act 1 About the Movie   It Came at Night won some awards   Act 2  About the Theory   Atlantic article from David From:  Border Security and Fascists.     Act 3 What the Movie has to say about the Theory   Great Interview with the lead actor from Inverse. The Horror Homeroom and It Comes At Night Slate's discussion from the Director about Immigration

Tyler and Orrin are at the Outer Dark Symposium of the Greater Weird Mike is touring Columbia Enjoy one of our favorite topics from Season 1 as we revisit The Weird.  ____________________________________________________ Hey Class!  On this episode of Horror Podclass we talk about the upcoming movie Annihilation and one of our favorite genres, The New Weird.  We discuss weird fiction, what it is, what it isn't, how it works, and where you can find more of it! Here are some useful links to some things we discuss in the show: Annihilation News and Trailer Worry Fans of the Book at our website, SignalHorizon.com.  You can see the trailer for the upcoming movie and read a little bit about the problems adapting the book into a film. You can also read for yourself what H.P. Lovecraft wrote about the genre, why it works, and how to write it. Don't forget to head on over to Audible.com and start your free trial!  We recommend that you get a copy of Area X by Jeff VanderMeer, which contains the entire trilogy that sta

Welcome back to another exciting lesson in classroom management with The Horror Pod Class. Not really. We just talk about horror here. Anyhow, this week we are talking all about secret societies, why we love to talk about them, what they are up to, and why audiences seemed so lukewarm about the movie Kill List. Also, IMDB tags can help you find movies with similar themes. Like public nudity. Before we get there, we talk about some of the great works of horror fiction we are currently reading and watching.

On this week’s Horror Podclass we are talking all about one of our deepest anxieties: how to feel about a movie that you thought was pretty good, but not really good at the same time.  That and our other big anxiety, money.  Specifically, the burgeoning subset of financial horror movies, Stakeland being our current target.  Also, what do horror and finances have to do with each other?

The Writer/Director Al White joins Tyler to discuss his 2018 festival darling Starfish which opens its wider release very soon.

Hey Class.  Its Tyler doing the show notes.  So get outta here. It's time to Party!!!   It's all about loser teachers!!!   Mike is excited about socialism...mostly libraries and the USPS. Pretty Pinko commie stuff if you ask me.   I am excited about Ararat.  It’s awesome. Also Books in the Freezer is great.  Here is the episode we were on. It was a ton of fun. Jonathan Janz The Dark Game.  Also Meta found footage movie Butterfly Kisses   Mike:  True Detective.  Open Curtain by Brian Evenson.     Dark Corners of the Web   Body Parts Magazine Bad Boy Kristen Roupenian. Bad Boy    Essential Question:  How do the invasion of the body snatcher movies reflect the different cultural anxieties of the time.     Screen Prism has a great body snatcher article Capgras Delusion is pretty messed up. Dudes that use logic Teaching The Invasion of the Body Snatchers Weird people who don’t exist Teachers in the era of accountability and testing.  We are the POD PEOPLE. Emotionless and robotic.  Found in: Curriculum and Te

On this week’s Horror Podclass we are doing a deep dive into the brand new Blue-Ray release of the 2018 movie Overlord.  This movie has everything: Nazis, zombies, motorcycles with sidecars, explosions, and jumping out of airplanes.  It just doesn't really have much to say about the horrors of war or the nature of evil... but hey, that's OK.  It is still a really fun movie.  Plus, Tyler gives us a sneak peek at some of the cool features on the Blue-Ray disk.

On this week’s Horror Podclass we are doing a deep dive into the 2008 zombie horror movie Pontypool, language, philosophy, and rhetoric.  Pontypool is easily one of our favorite movies, but not everyone liked it.  As evidenced by our anonymous Amazon reviewer, not everyone thought it was a zombie movie.  Whether you liked it or hated it, the movie does offer up some very interesting critiques on language and at least makes you think.

This week we are talking with writer and director Phil Gelatt about one of his favorite movies of all time, The Ninth Gate.  Phil also gives us a bit of a heads up about a new Netflix project that he worked on entitled Love, Death, and Robots.  Then we get down into the gritty rare book dealing world of The Ninth Gate, how and why it has captivated Phil's attention, and what the creepy, magical, and powerful book trope means to the genre.

On this week’s Horror Podclass we are jumping back into one of our favorite subgenres: the ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE!  Specifically, we are discussing the rather subdued movie, The Night Eats the World.  It's French.  It lacks machine guns.  Not too much gore.  But don't let that hold you back, as we have found Night Eats the World is a wonderful character study and a really complex exploration of loneliness.

On this week’s Horror Podclass we invited two friends of the podcast, the first is JR Hamatachen one of our favorite horror writers of 2018.  The other is Carson Winter, who writes about punk rock on Dying Scene and also happens to write about horror on Signal Horizon. We discuss the 2015 movie The Green Room, all things punk rock, bad reviews, and Nazis.

Welcome back to The Horror Pod Class! Today's discussion will center around the awesome Benson and Moorhead flick Resolution, with a bit of a continued discussion about their latest movie, The Endless.  Specifically, we discuss how the film uses addiction to tell a compellingly weird horror story and how they get it right when so many others don't.  Also, we make fun of some random guy who left a less than positive review on Amazon.  It's a good time.

Welcome back to The Horror Pod Class! Today's discussion will center around the brand new Netflix blockbuster, Bird Box.  Specifically, we discuss how the film uses a discussion of parenting styles to make an engaging narrative.  Also, we make fun of some random guy who left a review of The Happening on Amazon.  It's a good time.

Thanks for joining us for the second half of our favorites of 2018. Today we are talking about our favorite movies and articles we read. We are also making some bold and some not so bold predictions for 2019. Grab a seat class is about to begin.

Thanks for joining us again at The Horror Pod Class, today we are doing something a bit different for us... best of the year lists!  We are going to be walking you through some of the absolute best podcast episodes of the year and the best horror short fiction.  So let's jump in!