Welcome back to Fright School! Joe went to Vegas to support Jimmykins' bowling addiction! Joshua remains unconvinced Jimmy is not a serial killer ala DEXTER. Who LOVES to bowl?!?! Make it make sense! On the subject of activities for nerds- Joshua spent the weekend reading with friends. Trixie and Katya of DRAG RACE fame made their way to San Diego! Joe continues his Catholic colonization of the program with THIRST a film that was about as long as the Inquisition and, at least according to Joe, not even HALF as fun! We chat about the intersections of Catholicism, cannibalism, and vampirism. Mmmm... ism.
Recommended Reading/Viewing:
Original Theatrical trailer THIRST (2009)
A Brief History of the Catholic Church in Korea
Park Chan-wook ‘s Thirst: The Humanity of the Inhumane (Review) by Yehuda Siegel
Park Chan-wook Thirst: body, guilt and exsanguination by Kyu Hyun-Kim
The Profanation of the Priest: Park Chan-wook’s Thirst by Steve Choe
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Fright School Recommended Texts:
Creepy Bitches: Essays On Horror From Women In Horror by Alyse Wax, Rebekah McKendry, PhD. and more!
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman
The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry Benshoff
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal
Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips
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Welcome back to Fright School! We catch up on the week! Joe continues his Fright School Takeover with STIGMATA. We learn all about the Jesuits, missing books of the Bible, and the origin of the Doubting Thomas. We gag on the late 90s realness.
Recommended Reading/Viewing:
Original Theatrical trailer STIGMATA (1999)
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WE KNOW PODCASTING! There would be no Fright School without the incomparable assistance of one Matt Kelly. Now you can benefit from his and co-founder of WE KNOW PODCASTING Chris Fafalios' 25+ years of combined experience to take your show to the next level. They want to share their experience with you, giving you a leg up on the competition. In a world of run-of-the-mill podcasts, you can stand out from the crowd with a professional and engaging show!
Fright School Recommended Texts:
Creepy Bitches: Essays On Horror From Women In Horror by Alyse Wax, Rebekah McKendry, PhD. and more!
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman
The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry Benshoff
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal
Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips
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Welcome back to Fright School! Whuuut?! Why is Joe talking first?!?! More on that in a second....First we catch up on the week! Happy 200th Episode!!! Joshua saw MORBIUS and it was not an April Fool's Day prank after all! Joe has been hanging out with people again. We played Pinochle while serenading our beaus with selections from MOULIN ROUGE and almost the entirety of EVITA. Who needs a cast of 30 when you have us?! We're flipping the script for the next four weeks as Joe presents his first capstone project for Fright School! He's giving Joshua a cataclysmic lesson in Catholic catechism. What horrors await inside The Dark Box? What will we find lurking in the sacristy? What monstrous things will we uncover beneath the habits and vestments? Well, besides the nuns and priests, of course! We're kicking it off with Ken Russell's THE DEVILS! Joe teaches us about the hierarchies of the Roman Catholic Church, gives a little history lesson, and we discuss the sexually liberated woman and what hell she unleashes.
Recommended Reading/Viewing:
Original Theatrical trailer THE DEVILS (1971)
Why X-rated masterpiece The Devils is still being censored by Adam Scovell
Mara Marietta Culture Blog Vanessa Redgrave: The Devils
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WE KNOW PODCASTING! There would be no Fright School without the incomparable assistance of one Matt Kelly. Now you can benefit from his and co-founder of WE KNOW PODCASTING Chris Fafalios' 25+ years of combined experience to take your show to the next level. They want to share their experience with you, giving you a leg up on the competition. In a world of run-of-the-mill podcasts, you can stand out from the crowd with a professional and engaging show!
Fright School Recommended Texts:
Creepy Bitches: Essays On Horror From Women In Horror by Alyse Wax, Rebekah McKendry, PhD. and more!
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman
The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry Benshoff
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal
Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips
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Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua is having some kind of existential crisis. We're grateful for movies we've lost and found. Joshua and Joe talk graduation ceremonies. This week is the finale of our musicians in horror series, at least for now. We watched THE STRINGS! This odd little film had us discussing the nature of creativity, string theory, and loneliness and isolation. We're still not sure what it was about exactly...
Recommended Reading/Viewing:
Original Theatrical trailer THE STRINGS (2020)
Nightmarish Conjurings THE STRINGS review by Dolores Quintana
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WE KNOW PODCASTING! There would be no Fright School without the incomparable assistance of one Matt Kelly. Now you can benefit from his and co-founder of WE KNOW PODCASTING Chris Fafalios' 25+ years of combined experience to take your show to the next level. They want to share their experience with you, giving you a leg up on the competition. In a world of run-of-the-mill podcasts, you can stand out from the crowd with a professional and engaging show!
Fright School Recommended Texts:
Creepy Bitches: Essays On Horror From Women In Horror by Alyse Wax, Rebekah McKendry, PhD. and more!
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman
The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry Benshoff
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal
Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips
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Welcome back to Fright School! We're commemorating the 2 year anniversary of the pandemic by honoring all the events we lost. We reiterate that capitalism sucks. We're discussing ROCK N ROLL NIGHTMARE. We should've taken it as a bad omen when Amazon stopped about ten minutes in to tell us that "something went wrong." Yeah, we know... we're watching the movie, too, Alexa. Maybe it's time to end Fright School and go get sensible jobs, like coke dealing? Joe pledges to always read the syllabus from now on.
Recommended Reading/Viewing:
Original Theatrical trailer Rock N Roll Nightmare (1987)
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WE KNOW PODCASTING! There would be no Fright School without the incomparable assistance of one Matt Kelly. Now you can benefit from his and co-founder of WE KNOW PODCASTING Chris Fafalios' 25+ years of combined experience to take your show to the next level. They want to share their experience with you, giving you a leg up on the competition. In a world of run-of-the-mill podcasts, you can stand out from the crowd with a professional and engaging show!
Fright School Recommended Texts:
Creepy Bitches: Essays On Horror From Women In Horror by Alyse Wax, Rebekah McKendry, PhD. and more!
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman
The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry Benshoff
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal
Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips
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Welcome back to Fright School! We're catching up on our sleep after the Renegade Film Festival. Joshua is trying to be a lighter packer. Joe goes in on Disney. This week we watched the wonderfully bizarre PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE. We discuss the music industry, horror influences on the film, Queer Beef, and share our weird asks.
Recommended Reading/Viewing:
Original Theatrical trailer PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974)
The double vision of Phantom Of The Paradise by Noel Murray
Performing Sexuality by David Buckingham
Why Phantom of the Paradise Became My Queer Quarantine Comfort by Tori WIlliam
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WE KNOW PODCASTING! There would be no Fright School without the incomparable assistance of one Matt Kelly. Now you can benefit from his and co-founder of WE KNOW PODCASTING Chris Fafalios' 25+ years of combined experience to take your show to the next level. They want to share their experience with you, giving you a leg up on the competition. In a world of run-of-the-mill podcasts, you can stand out from the crowd with a professional and engaging show!
Fright School Recommended Texts:
Creepy Bitches: Essays On Horror From Women In Horror by Alyse Wax, Rebekah McKendry, PhD. and more!
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman
The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry Benshoff
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal
Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips
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Welcome back to Fright School! We spent the weekend at the RENEGADE FILM FESTIVAL! It was such a fantastic time filled with great conversations, horror films, and tons of pizza. We were delighted to moderate a Q&A with FREAKY screenwriter Michael Kennedy and are so happy we were able to record it and share it with you, Dear Listener! We chat about finding ourselves in horror, his adorable dog Scooby Strode, take some audience questions, and find out what the future holds for Michael! FREAKY is now streaming on HBOMax!
Recommended Reading/Viewing:
Original Theatrical trailer FREAKY (2020)
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WE KNOW PODCASTING! There would be no Fright School without the incomparable assistance of one Matt Kelly. Now you can benefit from his and co-founder of WE KNOW PODCASTING Chris Fafalios' 25+ years of combined experience to take your show to the next level. They want to share their experience with you, giving you a leg up on the competition. In a world of run-of-the-mill podcasts, you can stand out from the crowd with a professional and engaging show!
Fright School Recommended Texts:
Creepy Bitches: Essays On Horror From Women In Horror by Alyse Wax, Rebekah McKendry, PhD. and more!
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman
The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry Benshoff
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal
Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips
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Welcome back to Fright School! This week we've invited the one and only Jimmykins to the Wes Craven Memorial Library to discuss STUDIO 666 (SPOILER ALERTS abound and CW/TW for discussions of suicide)! We're headed to the Renegade Film Festival THIS WEEK! It's finally here! James has been sashaying his way through the entire herstory of RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE. Joe schools us on Robert Johnson. Joshua insults the Foo Fighters because he's a misandrist. We dissect the happenings in STUDIO 666, wonder about Dave Grohl's horror fandom, and get deep discussing the death of Kurt Cobain. Rock on, Dear Listener!
Recommended Reading/Viewing:
Official Theatrical Trailer Studio 666 (2022)
Our buddy Matt from HORROR MOVIE NIGHT sat down with STUDIO 666 director B.J. McDonnell for a chat about the film! Check it out HERE
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RENEGADE FILM FESTIVAL:
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WE KNOW PODCASTING! There would be no Fright School without the incomparable assistance of one Matt Kelly. Now you can benefit from his and co-founder of WE KNOW PODCASTING Chris Fafalios' 25+ years of combined experience to take your show to the next level. They want to share their experience with you, giving you a leg up on the competition. In a world of run-of-the-mill podcasts, you can stand out from the crowd with a professional and engaging show!
Fright School Recommended Texts:
Creepy Bitches: Essays On Horror From Women In Horror by Alyse Wax, Rebekah McKendry, PhD. and more!
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman
The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry Benshoff
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal
Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips
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Happy Valentine's Day Fright School! We've been cooking this week! Joshua doesn't know shit about football... still. Joe is rewatching THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL in anticipation of the fourth season FINALLY coming this week. Joshua is excited about Screambox streaming FREDDY'S NIGHTMARES (check out our friend Brennan's podcast miniseries WELCOME TO PRIMETIME for a deep dive into this bizarre artifact of the late 80s)! Netflix releases the latest TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE film this week as well. Are we really making "requel" a thing? This week we are once again exacerbating our claustrophobia with MY BLOODY VALENTINE. We try to make sense of this strange Canadian tale of the consequences of workplace safety violations. We also share childhood Valentine's Day memories.
Recommended Reading/Viewing:
Official Theatrical Trailer My BLoody Valentine (1981)
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RENEGADE FILM FESTIVAL:
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Extra Credit:
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WE KNOW PODCASTING! There would be no Fright School without the incomparable assistance of one Matt Kelly. Now you can benefit from his and co-founder of WE KNOW PODCASTING Chris Fafalios' 25+ years of combined experience to take your show to the next level. They want to share their experience with you, giving you a leg up on the competition. In a world of run-of-the-mill podcasts, you can stand out from the crowd with a professional and engaging show!
Fright School Recommended Texts:
Creepy Bitches: Essays On Horror From Women In Horror by Alyse Wax, Rebekah McKendry, PhD. and more!
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman
The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry Benshoff
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal
Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips
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Welcome back to Fright School! This week Renegade Film Festival director Vanessa Ionta Wright joins us in the Wes Craven Memorial Zoom Lounge! We chat about her history with horror and all the exciting plans she has for the Fest this year! We have been looking forward to it for so long! We also go spelunking in the terrifying caves of THE DESCENT! We discuss monstrous men metaphors, bad ass women, and hot boxing it in Ohio.
RENEGADE FILM FESTIVAL:
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Recommended Reading/Viewing:
Official Theatrical Trailer The Descent (2005)
The Descent Redefined Women in Horror Movies By Hannah Bonner
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Extra Credit:
We can't wait for the RENEGADE FILM FESTIVAL! Follow all of their social media for updates! We hope to see you there!
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EXTRA CREDIT:
WE KNOW PODCASTING! There would be no Fright School without the incomparable assistance of one Matt Kelly. Now you can benefit from his and co-founder of WE KNOW PODCASTING Chris Fafalios' 25+ years of combined experience to take your show to the next level. They want to share their experience with you, giving you a leg up on the competition. In a world of run-of-the-mill podcasts, you can stand out from the crowd with a professional and engaging show!
Fright School Recommended Texts:
Creepy Bitches: Essays On Horror From Women In Horror by Alyse Wax, Rebekah McKendry, PhD. and more!
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman
The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry Benshoff
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal
Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips
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