Fright School

Welcome back! We took a little field trip to see THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020) and we’re welcoming Marcella Maggio in to the Library to discuss the film. First, we get caught up on Nia DaCosta’s exciting CANDYMAN reboot! We also discuss THE SHINING, DOCTOR SLEEP and generational trauma. Joshua and Joe have both been meditating on their younger years. Marcella gives us the rundown on her important work mentoring youth and helping adults become trusted allies. Later we talk about gaslighting, healthy relationships, and the brilliance of Elisabeth Moss in THE INVISIBLE MAN. CANDYMAN 2020 Trailer DOCTOR SLEEP trailer Marcella Maggio It’s My Life Take the ACE test FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub

Welcome back! We're continuing our Tainted Love series with FATAL ATTRACTION (1987)! Recommended reading: Mind Over Pop Culture article on Fatal Attraction 11 Surprising Facts about Fatal Attraction by GARIN PIRNIA FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

We're running a little late, but welcome back to Fright School! The boys get caught up as usual. Joshua is watching and reading Locke and Key. Joe is anticipating Oscar winners and losers. We continue our Tainted Love series with Alfred Hitchcock's REBECCA (1940)! Queer coding and an interesting ghost story perspective are dragged out of the quagmire of this film. We give a little advice on love. Take it at your own risk... Recommended reading: Queering Classic Hollywood: Why We Love Mrs. Danvers FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Welcome back to Fright School! We are kicking off a month of tales of tainted love! The boys catch up on a few things and discuss the state of love in their life. Later, we welcome Erlingur Thoroddsen back to the Wes Craven Book Mobile to discuss his film RIFT (ROKKUR) (2017). Erlingur dishes up a plethora of behind the scenes stories and his personal connections to the film's various locations. We discuss RIFT's Hitchcockian (did we just make up a word?) influence, creation and its relation to repression, and the incredible soundtrack that runs throughout the film. Is it just us or are all those dripping faucets kinda... sexy? Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagra

This week we welcome another fantastic guest lecturer: horror director and writer Erlingur Thoroddsen! The fellas have spent their week re-watching SCANDAL, NURSE JACKIE, and THE KILLING. We're excited for new CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA! Joshua continues bumping the francophile frights while forgetting the title MIDNIGHT SUN. We deep dive into Erlingur's childhood in Iceland and his horror inspirations. He gives us some behind the scenes tales of the making of his films including CHILD EATER and his most recent writing project MIDNIGHT KISS. Stay up to date with Erlingur: @lingur on most social media networks! Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support F

We’re celebrating 100 episodes and 100 years of THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Welcome to Fright School... for real! Joshua spent the morning watching VAMPIRA AND ME and getting a lesson in Maila Nurmi's original goth horror hostess. The gents sum up their thoughts on "when animals attack" films in this first series on Natural Horror. Later, Michael Varrati, screenwriter, host of DEAD FOR FILTH, and all around awesome person, joins us for a discussion of one of his favorite films FRIGHT NIGHT! Mentioned In This Episode: VAMPIRA AND ME THE VAMPIRA DIARIES DEATHCEMBER DEAD FOR FILTH Michael Varatti on Twitter FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

We're back to our regularly scheduled program again (kinda...)! The holidays are over and we're so sad we thought we'd spend some time with a happy puppy called CUJO (1983)! We get caught up on current happenings. Joe is excited for his favorite season: AWARDS! Joshua went to a dumpling party as the drunk aunt and was thoroughly shook by the canine members of the household. We swap stories about childhood experiences with dogs, some more traumatic than others. Finally, we discuss CUJO, adapted from another classic Stephen King novel. We break down the intangibility of trust, the concept of Urbanoia, and classicism among women in horror. HELP US CHOOSE A FILM FOR OUR 100TH EPISODE! SEND US YOUR SUGGESTIONS ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM! LINKS BELOW Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fear

HAPPY NEW QUEER! We’re sharing our top picks for 2019 and then ringing in the new year with MIDNIGHT KISS, the latest offering from Hulu’s INTO THE DARK series. FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree Recommended Reading: [Original trailer MIDNIGHT KISS] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW_PU6i-itg) ‘Into the Dark’ Delivers the Wonderfully Gay Horror Story We Need With “Midnight Kiss” by Matt Donato EXTRA CREDIT: FRIGHT SCHOOL 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 2020 CLICKABLE CALENDAR WE HAVE ALL NEW TEES AND MERCH AVAILABLE! Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pine

Scary Cryptmas, Fright Schoolers! Joshua launches a passionate defense of CATS. The boys discuss the toxicity of family and then celebrate the ghoultide with KRAMPUS (2015)! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Things are getting real on today! The boys get caught up on the week and then confront their shared fear with 1990's ARACHNOPHOBIA! Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

We're continuing our series in Natural Horror with Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 ornithological opus THE BIRDS! The gents catch up on holiday plans. Joshua has put up the Scary Cryptmas tree and can't stop fiddling with it. Joe wants money for the holidays so he can just buy his own shit (insert Pinecast tip jar reminder here...) Holiday film planning with STAR WARS: RISE OF SKYWALKER and CATS! Joshua gets a bunch of new horror documentaries including MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIENS and IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS. The boys try to sort out if THE BIRDS is about communism, the Cold War, or just some nagging women. It's certainly not JUST about some angry birds... WORKS CITED: What is Hitchcock’s The Birds really about? by Megan Burbage What is the Freudian interpretation of “The Birds”? by Jeff Saporito Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

And we're back! Joshua talks about the death of his mother and all of the incredible support he has received. Thank you to our listeners for hanging in while we took some time off. The boys get caught up on movies and television. Joe has been seeing a lot of horror without Joshua lately. Later, we kick off a new series of episodes all about natural horror or WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK! The boys are again joined by the hilarious and talented Jaclyn Chessen to chat about JAWS! Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcas

We celebrate the anniversary of Fright School with Trick R’ Treat! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

The boys are back in the Wes Craven Memorial Library to discuss Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween (2007)! Joe recounts his vacation, and Joshua describes his melancholia in his absence. We learn about Joshua's touching moment of brotherly bonding, and Joe describes his crush on Sheri Moon Zombie. Don't forget if you're in San Diego or will be in San Diego check out CARRIE THE MUSICAL! Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse's CARRIE THE MUSICAL September 27th-Nov 3rd Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co T

We're taking it back to junior high with a compare and contrast paper episode! We welcome to the studio Alien franchise super fan Daniel! The three of us break down our trip to the 40th Anniversary screening of ALIEN. Daniel helps us keep our facts straight, well as straight as they'll go anyways... When choosing sides, Joe lands firmly on the ALIENS side leaving Joshua outnumbered. We chat about the Vietnam War, motherhood, AIDS, male pregnancy, and Joshua gets a bit emotional at the thought of Xenomorph genocide. It gets weird is all we're really trying to say... Don't forget if you're in San Diego or will be in San Diego check out CARRIE THE MUSICAL! Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse's CARRIE THE MUSICAL September 27th-Nov 3rd Works Cited in this ep: The Strange and Twisted Life of “Frankenstein" By Jill Lepore Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clov

We're going old school on today's episode with FRANKENSTEIN (1931)! It's a classic about a man and the monster who created him. Along the way, hear our thoughts on the new Addams Family movie, Little Shop of Horrors in Pasadena, and our upcoming screening of BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER (1981) We get into some strange territory with artificial wombs and the queerness of Frankenstein's Monster. FRIGHT SCHOOL 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 2020 CLICKABLE CALENDAR Recommended Reading: The Strange and Twisted Life of “Frankenstein" By Jill Lepore The Queer and the Creepy: Homosexual Desire in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Elizabeth Goldhammer Why Frankenstein’s Monster Haunts Queer Art by Charlie Fox Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub t

Welcome back to class! We're joined in the Wes Craven Memorial Library by special guest lecturer and SHOCK ATTACK (2015) director Jaclyn Chessen! We get caught up with werewolf movies and stories, Dancing With The Stars, Drag Race UK, and The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula. Jaclyn opens up about “horrorigins” and her career in horror. Joe worries about arachnids in his nooks and crannies. Joshua gets very Grumpy Old Man on the movie going experience. The group gets serious with a discussion on cancel culture. Don't forget if you're in San Diego or will be in San Diego check out CARRIE THE MUSICAL! Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse's CARRIE THE MUSICAL September 27th-Nov 3rd Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blai

We are so very excited to be joined by Michael Varrati on this episode! We chat about his upbringing, his career in horror, and his views on the state of Queer Horror today! Don't forget if you're in San Diego or will be in San Diego check out CARRIE THE MUSICAL! Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse's CARRIE THE MUSICAL September 27th-Nov 3rd Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Welcome to a very special episode of Fright School! We had the pleasure of screening CARRIE (1976) at OnStage Playhouse with the cast and crew of CARRIE THE MUSICAL! We're joined on mic by Wendy Waddell who is portraying Margaret White and Lauren Ashley who plays Sue Snell! Mary Grace's Carrie was locked in her closet to pray for the sin of loosing the raven upon the world... FRIGHT SCHOOL PROM at opening night of CARRIE THE MUSICAL! September 27th Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse's CARRIE THE MUSICAL September 27th-Nov 3rd Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. CLover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/frigh