Fright School

Welcome back to Fright School! We are wrapping up our PRIDE season! We welcome Ben to the show. Joe's a volunteer. We need Vanjie's List. Ben's a SCREAM! This week, we take another French turn with TITANE. We chat about objectophilia, gender affirmation, techno anxiety, and how family is often what you make of it. What a great theme to end PRIDE season on! We are taking a few weeks off for a summer break! See you in the fall! It's almost SPOOKY SEASON! Sex Drive: ‘Titane’ and the Meaning of Horror Titane Movie Explained: Ending, Themes & Identity Crisis Analysed Interview: Julia Ducournau on Building Her Own Modern Mythology with Titane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonsoir et bienvenue à Fright School! We're going French again! Joe has jury duty! We discuss the importance of showing up and trying to make the justice system a little better. This week we watched STRANGER BY THE LAKE, a cautionary tale for the Promiscuous Homosexual trope. We give a lesson in cruising culture, the French film's meditations on sex, death, and desire, and the visceral (almost boring) sex on display. Joshua discusses a theory on incel behavior and the economics of Queer sex that may benefit us all. We share some of the most dangerous things we have done while trying to find a hook up. Straight Men Who Have Sex With Other Men: In Their Own Words by Michael Shelton Dangerous Undertow in a Cruisers’ Haven by A.O Scott Stranger by the Lake review: Alain Guiraudie’s spellbinding erotic mystery by Ben Walters Silence Equals Death in “Stranger By The Lake” by Richard Brody Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We kick off by discussing what we've been watching. Joshua finally saw RENFIELD! We also get into some BEEF. Joe gets down to some Bidi Bidi Padam Dam and is feeling GLAMOROUS. This week we watched WINDOWS from 1980! Made at the same time as CRUISING, it experienced similar significant (well deserved?) backlash. It's another story of a predatory lesbian on the prowl that almost everyone involved regrets making. WINDOWS 1980 analysis by Ken Anderson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We're back on our Queer horror kick this week! First let us introduce you to Altan Tealeaf during our Dungeons and Dragons chat. This week we discuss the Queer things going on in THE OLD DARK HOUSE! We discuss Post WWI pessimism, repression depression, and why Straights rush in. This one is all about laughter and sin- what could be more PRIDE than that?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! This week we welcome to the Wes Craven Memorial Library Miss Amber St. James! This African Bearded Queen tells us all about her Drag Herstory, love of Horror, and what to expect at San Diego Pride! We took a field trip to see THE BLACKENING! We chat Spades and other games we cannot win, the short that inspired the film, and the intersections of Queerness and Blackness. Click HERE for everything Miss Amber St James! THE BLACKENING now available digitally! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome Back to Fright School! Joe attended and read names at Rainbow Graduation for the future legendary Queer children. We discuss Gender Apathy and the art of reading. Joshua recounts attending the Garbage concert and being aggressively complemented. Joe is going to Janet Jackson! Joshua is sooooo jealous. This week we are having some fun with ONCE BITTEN! It is all about a vampire lamenting the fact that there were no virgins in the 80s. We chat about Hollywood on film, Trans Panic, the wise minority figure, and Sebastien as a Queer Renfield. ‘Once Bitten’ And Sebastian, The Film’s Queer Renfield by Joshua Anderson     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! On this week's episode we are joined by the Maven of the Eventide herself, Elisa Hansen! Joshua and Elisa catch up after visiting Romania together. Elisa shares her love for the vampire and the Phantom of the Opera. Joe is delighted to not be left out of the discussion by chatting about Broadway musicals! This episode is very special because Joshua has long said Fright school would never cover INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, but here we are! Elisa brings her extensive knowledge of Anne Rice's work to the discussion and helps us bury a long shared rumor about Tom Cruise's role in changing the film. We discuss the 90s panic surrounding gay adoption, casting Cher in the film, and the tragedy of Claudia. Visit Maven of the Eventide on YouTube! Join the Fright School book club by reading Elisa's book THE COMPANY OF DEATH! GENDER CONVENTIONS: HOMOSEXUAL EROTICISM AND FAMILY LIAISONS IN ANNE RICE AND NEIL JORDAN’S INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE by Iulia-Mădălina PINTILIE Learn more about yo

Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua and Joe get serious about performative allyship. We share our memories of our first Pride celebrations. this week we are exploring an island full of Lesbian vampires in VAMPYROS LESBOS! Like last week's episode, we met another behavioral health professional attempting to treat vampirism. We wonder what Freud would think of this application of psychoanalysis? We revisit our Aryan vs Eastern European trope, discuss the myth of sexual violence as a catalyst for lesbianism, and predatory Queers. Out for Blood: Vampire Lesbian Tropes Never Grow Old by Marie V Alessandro The Haunt of Injustice: Exploring Homophobia in Vampire Literature by Clare Nee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy PRIDE month Fright School! Joshua and Joe finished The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel! We take a moment to remember Tina Turner. Joe gives a quick lesson in why San Diego Pride is in July. This month, we are dedicating our episodes to Queer vampires starting with 1936's DRACULA'S DAUGHTER! We dive into vampirism as a form of internalized homophobia, the medicalization of Queer people, and the predatory Lesbian in film. Could Cognitive Behavioral Therapy work for gay vampires? Dr. Garth is sure trying to find out! CODED QUEERNESS IN DRACULA’S DAUGHTER (1936) by Elizabeth Erwin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua joined a macabre of goths at the Cruel World Fest! Joe has been watching XO Kitty and getting very cultured with Eurovision. The boys discuss Heartstopper season 2 and anticipate The Little Mermaid. This week, Joe wraps up his takeover with SANZARU! It's a Southern Gothic tale with a Filipino twist. We chat about the horror of Texas, cultural humility, the Aswang, and gothic liminality. American Southern Gothic Meets Filipino Ghosts in SANZARU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We fully support the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike! Chat GPT is not going to do it. Joe gets serious about a typhoon coming for Guam. Joshua discusses his trip to Poland and sites of the Holocaust. Yesterday was Harvey Milk Day and World Goth Day! We're obviously going more for goth on this episode... This week Joe continues his takeover with THE DEAD LANDS! In this Maori language film we get Hamlet by way of the Predator and learn "even small things can be useful." Hmmm.. there's gotta be a joke in there somewhere. Also, Joe watched SPIKE TV?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome back to Fright School! We thought we'd celebrate Mother's Day a little early with a discussion of our favorite mothers in horror! We also share some stories about our own mothers. Awwwww. This week AAPI Heritage Month continues with UMMA. Joshua is mostly afraid by the beginning's Gilmore Girl's b.s. We chat about obligations to family, a little family systems theory, and THAT killer hanbok. Girl, she is THE moment! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We had a great spring break and are ready to dive back into the horror! We chat about the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Joshua is embarrassingly excited for THE LITTLE MERMAID! Our friend Heather Petrocelli wrote a book, QUEER FOR FEAR: Horror Film and the Queer Spectator. Grab a copy at the link below! This month it's time for another Joe takeover! Since May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, he has chosen a wide selection of films to honor that diverse experience. This week we chat about BURNING. Are you satisfyingly a little hunger or a great hunger? Listen and find out! Order Queer for Fear: Horror Film and the Queer Spectator by Heather O. Petrocelli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! Joe is having car troubles and Joshua gives another demonstration that he knows f-all about cars. This week we watched YELLOWJACKETS (yay!), KNOCK AT THE CABIN (meh), WE'RE HERE (cry face emoji), and DRAMARAMA (gay...)! We're wrapping up Women's Horror History Month with WHAT LIES BENEATH. Hey! That IS Dear Dexter's Dead Daddy! We dive very deep beneath the what to chat about new age Gothic at the dawn of the millenium, haunting women from around the world, psychoanalytic theory, and, of course, gaslighting: this month's unofficial theme. Grab your sad beige cardigans and join us for this haunting tale... Kendall R. Phillips - Projected Fears - Horror Films and American Culture (2005) Something Wraithlike This Way Comes WHAT LIES BENEATH (2000): RETURN OF THE REPRESSED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! This class will be led by substitute teachers DJ PsychoDandy and MC Diggy Biscuits… that will make more sense as the show progresses. We missed our Geekscape siblings attending CREATURE FEATURE WEEKEND. Sad face emoji… Joshua has been rewatching TRUE DETECTIVE. Joe is excited for TOP CHEF and YOU. This week, we take it all the way back to 1944 with GASLIGHT! Joshua attempts to reduce an entire semester’s worth of information on the medicalization of women to as few minutes as possible. We discuss the film in contexts of WWI and WWII, the gaslighting antics of Hitler and Trump, and the objectophilia of the Psycho Dandy. Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness The Madman in the Attic: Gaslight and the “Psycho Dandy” Gaslight and the Political Psychology of a Melodramatic Thriller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We took a field trip to see Scream VI! We had some thoughts. Light spoilers ahead... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We start off this episode with a moment of mourning for Ricou Browning, the stuntman who filmed the underwater sequences as THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON. Joshua went to see COCAINE BEAR! This week, we are breaking down with GOTHIKA. We discuss the film in the context of the films of Hitchcock and classic gothic horror, the stress of gaslighting, and media portrayals of mental illness and institutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua gives some tips for dealing with anxiety and stress. Joe got some new glasses! We're excited for the unrated version of M3GAN to hit Peacock. Joe revisits SUPERSTORE. Stephen Graham Jones just released the sequel to MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW, DON'T FEAR THE REAPER and Joshua attended the book signing. This week on the show we get really deep with ATTACK THE BLOCK. Utilizing an expansive and detailed article by Lorrie Palmer, we discuss the language of the film, how the architecture of the council buildings and postwar Britain influence the story, the othering of racism and alienation, and toxic masculinity. Buckle up, Dear Listener! This is a weird one. Attack the Block: monsters, race, and rewriting South London’s outer spaces by Lorrie Palmer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We chat about Rihanna's Superb Owl half-time NFL Apple Music concert football show thing. Joshua has deleted the Facebook app in an effort to get better sleep. Joe went to San Francisco! Check out our dear friend and Doctor of Queer Horror Heather Petrcocelli's new show THE QUEEREST YEAR. This week we sink our teeth into THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS. We discuss the Black body and experimentation narratives, Pandora and her box of terrors, sacrifice and survival, and how humans should never turn their back on nature.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices