Fright School

Thiiiinnneeerrr... This week we're joined in the Wes Craven Memorial Library aka Fright School Studios aka that weird room in Joshua's house by our very special guest Adriane! We discuss fatphobia, various lawyerings, and Roma curses that only slightly i nconvenience life. Brushes your cheek Your socks will always be slightly wet... Your Wi-Fi will always have a weak connection... The white man from town will eat all of your Cool Ranch Doritos... Mentioned in this episode: -The X-Files -The Love Witch -We Hate Movies Podcast -Caleb Luna @chairbreaker on IG -Sonalee Rashatwar @thefatsextherapist on IG Recommended Reading: [Original theatrical trailer THINNER (1996)] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p97ds4ZR7zM) The Weight of Images Affect, Body Image and Fat in the Media by Katariina Kyrölä FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree 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

We're being consumed by John Carpenter's The Thing (1982)! We discuss the upcoming Child's Play and Pet Sematary remakes, spilling imaginary tea with Lupita Nyong'o, and the state of our social media pages thanks to our latest student (ie unpaid) intern Brian! Joe gets very personal with Gus Kenworthy. Joshua goes on a rant about adaptations. We try to figure out if The Thing is about homoeroticism, the "devouring woman," or Cold War trust issues. This episode is a sequel/reimaginaning/remake/reboot? of Fright School episode 3 GAYLIENS Recommended reading for this episode: Underneath the Skin: John Carpenter’s “The Thing” and You written by Matthew Pridham WE'RE GOING TO MONSTER MANIA!! -Child's Play (2019) Trailer -Infection at Outpost 31 The Thing game -The Thing Art Book -Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films -Get the book too! Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present -Jordan Peel's US trailer (the SUPER BOWL cut! Look at us, so Masc4Masc) -Queen of Katwe

This week the boys ponder the politics of insects, their own aging bodies, and the hubris of Jeff Goldblum. Joshua and Joe have very different reactions to David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986). Is it a tragic love story or just a really gross film? We're here for the body-ody-ody horror. Mentioned this episode: -Michael Varatti -Sam Wineman -Loot Fright -MENDING MONLOGUES DIRECTED BY JOE! WE'RE GOING TO MONSTER MANIA!That's right, Dear Listener! We're exhibiting at MM with our friends Horror Movie Night and Jersey Ghouls 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.

KON'NICHIWA! Joshua and Joe do a foreign exchange with Japan, and discuss the 1998 original RINGU. Joe revisits his first time, and Joshua talks Asian influences. Mentioned in this episode Channel Zero on Shudder Happy Death Day 2U (2019) Escape Room (2019) Suspiria/RPDR All Stars Meme A Night of Queer Horror at UC San Diego Ring by Koji Suzuki We're DEFINITELY doing Memoirs of a Geisha. WE'RE GOING TO MONSTER MANIA!That's right, Dear Listener! We're exhibiting at MM with our friends Horror Movie Night and Jersey Ghouls 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.

It's a new year and a new Fright School episode! Joe and Joshua are joined in the studio with Ashley to #manifest #goodvibesonly, and discuss the latest installment of Blumhouse's Into the Dark series, New Year New You (2018). The panel discusses social media, curating your digital life, and pop psycho babble. Mentioned in the episode: A Brief Introduction to FOSTA SESTA Monster Mania Con 42 We're taking Fright School on the road! WE'RE GOING TO MONSTER MANIA!That's right, Dear Listener! We're exhibiting at MM with our friends Horror Movie Night and Jersey Ghouls 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.

Joshua and Joe put on their blindfolds and head down the river to discuss the latest Netlfix hit, Bird Box (2018). The boys discuss cis-gendered male privilege and the instinct to protect life. Joshua permanently typecasts BD Wong and Joe is misled by lesbianism. Joe pitches the film "Punchable Faces" with those actors you know from something. Mentioned in this episode: Velour: The Drag Magazine Loteria D'Eon Las Culturistas My Favorite Murder 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.

It's a minisode for Fright School this week! We gather to discuss Joe's shookedness after seeing Overlord, and wish Joshua well before going under the knife. Things mentioned in the episode: Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery 200th Anniversary Edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, illustrated by David Plunkert 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.

It was a dark and stormy night at Fright School studios, as Joe and Joshua discuss THE WITCH (2015). Joe talks brown tree snakes, and makes a fool of himself shouting out another podcast host. Joshua talks RuPaul and Dolly Parton. Do you want to live fancy? You better WERK. 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.

It's alumni weekend at the Tanz Dance Academy, as Joshua and Joe welcome back Ashley and Johnny to discuss Dario Argento's SUSPIRIA (1977). The cover gathers to discuss their final thoughts on American Horror Story: Apocalypse. Also in this episode: - Ashley ruins mac and cheese - Johnny sings Goblin's score - Joe is the "Twink Whisperer" - Joshua tries to hold it all together 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.

Travel with us, dear listener, back to a simpler times (the late 90's), as we discus THE CRAFT (1996). Joshua wonders what the film would have been like in the hands of a woman and Joe makes a magical announcement. Now is the time. This is the hour. Ours is the magic. Ours is the power ... 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.

PRAISE SATAN! It is our displeasure to discuss the new Netflix series THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA (2018). Joshua laments the passing of another Gorefest and Joe talks about the spirits of his ancestors. Fuck me up, cousin Ambrose! 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.

Happy Halloween! We're revisiting our very first full film analysis episode, 1931's Dracula, by taking a deep dive into the 1992 adaptation of the Bram Stoker classic! 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.

Joshua and Joe journey on a boat to meet the Nameless Saint in BYZANTIUM (2012). Simply put, we stan a low-born woman fucking all these rich men's vampirism. 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.

Old Man Joshua and Spooky Aunt Joe are here for this week’s film, THE HUNGER (1983). This film has it all: Olivia Newton John hair, Bowie’s bottom, and a twist on the Vampire mythos. We also hear a bit from some new friends from the Garden State! Grab your Ankh and let’s get CUT. 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.

Joshua and Joe are transported to the suburbs outside of Stockholm in LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008) based on John Ajvide Lindqvist's haunting novel. Joshua promotes literacy by making Joe read the subtitles and using words like "cognate". Joe tries to decide if the dad's friend is gay. -John Ajvide Lindqvist -Purchase the Let The Right One In novel here 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 interrupt your regularly scheduled Fright School to bring you recap of the first four episodes of American Horror Story: Apocalypse! Joshua and Joe are joined in the outpost by Johnny to share our reactions, thoughts, confusion, and much more. There's got to be a morning after ... 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 have another special guest lecturer episode with the wonderful Ashley! We go into her horror origin story and how her sister is the one responsible. Joshua fluffs a ghost and Joe questions the nature of his reality. The class also discusses American Mary (2012) and female body politics (sort of). 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.

Gather your supplies, or get out while you can, as Joshua and Joe head into 30 Days of Night (2007)! 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.

This week we’re searching for some LOST BOYS (1987). But then, what else is new? We chat about the new season of American Horror Story, the upcoming Halloween sequel, Judy Greer’s career, and scary nuns! Joe obviously brings up the Gilmore Girls and Joshua reveals some plans for this year’s Gorefest. This episode dedicated to the late Corey Haim (Sam) and Brooke McCarter (Paul). Join our Patreon for access to exclusive content! Sign up for The Fright School Reader our NEW monthly newsletter! Check out our TEEPUBLIC offerings for all of your Fright School Supplies!! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree 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,

This week we prepare for the apocalypse in 28 Days Later (2002) with special guest, Laura! We dive in deep to discuss politics, religious upbringings, toxic masculinity, and other real-life horrifying things. Can you survive the infected? Better make sure you have a strong female lead! 28 DAYS LATER on HULU More Apocalyptic Film Recs! 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.