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Welcome to another Fright School Field Trip! This week we are checking out Nia DaCosta's CANDYMAN! Recommended Reading/Viewing: Official Theatrical Trailer CANDYMAN (2021) “Be My Victim”: Nia DaCosta’s ‘Candyman’ and The Insidious History of Racism In the United States Candyman Wrings Terror Out of the Horror of Gentrification by LEONARD PIERCE Extra Credit: Check out THE LIST WE MISSED "Have you seen this movie? Nope, but we'll put it on the list!" Besties AJ & Jacki will finally get to "the list" and watch all of the movies that they told people they would watch. We can't wait for the RENEGADE FILM FESTIVAL! Follow all of their social media for updates! We hope to see you there! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree EXTRA CREDIT: WE HAVE ALL NEW TEES AND MERCH AVAILABLE! 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 experie

Welcome back to Fright School! This week Joshua is in Ohio with his baby brother Cody! Thankfully, Joshua can cook so he was allowed to stay. Satan knows he's annoying as fuck. Joe binged THE WHITE LOTUS and we discuss the gays in residence. We discuss FAST AND FURIOUS in SPACE! Joshua did a rewatch of AHS FREAK SHOW and binged the deliciously weird BRAND NEW CHERRY FLAVOR. This week we discuss Cody's pick 28 WEEKS LATER. We chat about the very topical issue of dealing with a pandemic that won't go away, American interventionism, the ALIEN/ALIENS relationship between 28 DAYS and 28 WEEKS LATER, and references to THE SHINING. Recommended Reading/Viewing: Official Theatrical Trailer 28 WEEKS LATER (2007) Plague View: 28 Weeks Later by Jack Campion 28 WEEKS LATER IS ABOUT HOW WE LIVE WITH WAR CRIMES by Dany Roth Check out THE LIST WE MISSED "Have you seen this movie? Nope, but we'll put it on the list!" Besties AJ & Jacki will finally get to "the list" and watch all of the movies that they told people th

Welcome back to Fright School! We're back with part two of our chat with the Jersey Ghouls, Jacki and Marissa! This time we're diving into Netflix's FEAR STREET trilogy. We have lots of thoughts. We chat about the Queer relationship at the core of the series, teenage drama, comparing the books and the films, and other YA horror. Recommended Reading/Viewing: We LOVE the Jersey Ghouls and so should YOU! They interviewed JASON GOES TO HELL director Adam Marcus in their latest episode. Listen HERE Check out THE LIST WE MISSED "Have you seen this movie? Nope, but we'll put it on the list!" Besties AJ & Jacki will finally get to "the list" and watch all of the movies that they told people they would watch. We can't wait for the RENEGADE FILM FESTIVAL! Follow all of their social media for updates! We hope to see you there! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree EXTRA CREDIT: WE HAVE ALL NEW TEES AND MERCH AVAILABLE! WE KNOW PODCASTING! There would be no Fright School without the incomparable assis

Welcome back to Fright School! This week we are joined by the Jersey Ghouls, Marissa and Jacki! We hear all about Jacki's latest podcast adventure THE LIST WE MISSED! Marissa breaks down what it's like working through film submissions as producer of the RENEGADE FILM FESTIVAL! We are excited to attend the festival! We take a deep dive in part one of our conversation with the work of RL Stine and his Fear Street Series. The FEAR STREET series on Netflix is screwing up Jacki's five year plan as an avid collector of the books. We chat about why we love (or hate!) Fear Street. We discuss the double edged sword of writing diverse characters and getting it "right." Recommended Reading/Viewing: We LOVE the Jersey Ghouls and so should YOU! They interviewed JASON GOES TO HELL director Adam Marcus in their latest episode. Listen HERE Check out THE LIST WE MISSED "Have you seen this movie? Nope, but we'll put it on the list!" Besties AJ & Jacki will finally get to "the list" and watch all of the movies that they tol

Welcome back to Fright School! We start this week's episode by shairng our mutual love of YOLA! Her latest record, STAND FOR MYSELF, is out NOW! Joshua joined another FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP live event. We discuss the boogeyman becoming a man with an AR-15. SPOILER ALERT for this week's episode! We checked out Ilana Glazer's latest project FALSE POSITIVE on HULU! A24 is synonymous with weird and cerebral and this film delivers (cough-cough) on both counts. We discuss comedian led horror, internalizing biological imperatives, the horrors of pregnancy, the real life Dr. Hindle, and mommy brain. Is it just gaslighting for pregnant people? Recommended Reading/Viewing: Original trailer FALSE POSITIVE (2021) Ilana Glazer gives birth to a nightmare in the pregnancy horror movie False Positive ByKatie Rife Joe clack-clack-clack-clacked his way onto THWORP! A Podcast for Big Fans! We popped up on EVERY MONTH MADNESS to discuss Queer Coded Cartoon characters! Episode 2 is HERE! Episode 1 HERE! FOLLOW US! Fac

Welcome back to Fright School! We're winding up our summer school series! Joshua checked out A QUIET PLACE II. The boys get into a heavy discussion about gender after Alok Vaid-Menon's podcast appearance on MAN ENOUGH went viral. This week we dive back into the PURGE universe with THE FOREVER PURGE. Is there a socio-political issue NOT found blood splattered and vivisectioned in this "orgy of violence"? We discuss assimilation and colonization, White supremacy, American idealization, magical Natives, and the Purge as opportunity for labor class revolution(?!). The Forever Purge asks "what happens if the Purge never stops?" We're sure Jason Blum is ecstatic it doesn't look like it ever will... Recommended Reading/Viewing: Original theatrical trailer THE FOREVER PURGE (2021) ‘The Forever Purge’ Review: Is America Finally Catching Up to the ‘Purge’ Movies? By Owen Gleiberman The Forever Purge Finally Gives Up on America By Bilge Ebiri 'Are you ready to heal?': Nonbinary activist Alok Vaid-Menon deconstruc

Welcome back for another episode of Summer Fright School! This week we welcome Adam into the Wes Craven Memorial Book Mobile to discuss WRONG TURN 2003 AND 2021! First we get caught up on all things RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE ALL STARS SEASON 6. We are finding ourselves afflicted with a new illness: Chronic Drag Race Fatigue. Joshua joined in on the #SpiralWatchParty on Twitter this week to celebrate the BluRay release of the latest in the SAW franchise. We're looking forward to discussing FEAR STREET and the work of RL Stine VERY SOON! This week we take a few WRONG TURNS! We're presenting a compare/contrast discussion looking at gender, race, class, and, of course, queerness in the original WRONG TURN and the lastest... remake? reboot? reimagining? Whatever! Gather your hiking gear (and explain what that means to Joshua), we're going really far off the trail... Recommended Reading/Viewing: Original trailer WRONG TURN (2003) Original trailer WRONG TURN (2021) Wrong Turn (2003): The Representation of Gender and C

Welcome back for another episode of Vacation Fright School! We're celebrating Pride here in San Diego! Joshua starts to talk about his Pride plans, but gets sidetracked talking about Rebel's Refinery Skull lip balm. Thankfully, we have the Goth Industrial Complex to make sure Joshua never has to use any product that isn't black and goth as fuck. We catch up on the week's viewing with AMERICAN HORROR STORIES and THE MISFITS. Joshua is reading Grady Hendrix's THE FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP. Joe got a subscription to FANGORIA and we chat about the latest edition's CANDYMAN articles. MORBID ANATOMY is going to be hosting an online lecture for Thomas Harris' THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS with true crime essayist Harold Schechter. This week we get in to some tough topics with JEEPERS CREEPERS (2001). This film really encapsulates the Art of Monstrous Men conversation we have had several times on the show. We examine the Queer coding of both Darry and The Creeper, the very real monster that is director Victor Salva, and th

Welcome to another episode of Vacation Fright school! We kick off by getting a little Insider Story: Podcasting. Joshua gets really confused about Jon Lovett and Jon Lovitz. Both of our beaus celebrated birthdays this past week! Joe bought The Samsquanch a cameo from JACKIE BEAT! She was perfectly hilarious! We HIGHLY (and gayly) recommend you buy a cameo from her! Use the website link NOT THE APP! We can't wait to take Jimmykins to his first drag show at Gossip Grill starring who else? JACKIE BEAT! You'd think she sent us a check, but no! We just LOVE her and you should, too! Joshua checked out VICIOUS FUN on Shudder. Joe has been enjoying LOKI on Disney+. This week we continue our summer of vacation horror with THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE remake from 2003! We discuss the Platinum Dunes production company and how they kicked off a remake-a-palooza! Joshua recounts his love for the original THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (Listen to our first season episode HERE!. We chat about terrorism, the post 9/11 world, t

Welcome back to Vacation Fright School! It's summertime which means the beaches are open and Joshua is staying firmly indoors. We despair for Jimmykins and the state of the Great Bowling Alley closure. Joshua watched FEAR STREET Part One: 1994 now streaming on Netflix! Joe is serving up some Top Chef at his house. If you like to read, we recommend finding your local SIlent Book Club Chapter! This week on our summer horror road trip, we are finally pulling our RV up to Camp Crystal Lake with a viewing of FRIDAY THE 13TH! It's taken us a few years to discuss this movie, but it just celebrated its 40th anniversary and we figured it was a good time to take it out (and maybe shoot it... or feed it to those mutants in THE HILLS HAVE EYES!) First, we share our thoughts on summer camps and why they're a good place for horror, besides the fact that they are filled with children! We discuss inverting PSYCHO, the excess of the 80s, and the monstrously transformative power of grief on women. We popped up on EVERY MONTH

Welcome back to FRIGHT SCHOOL! We have missed you Dear Listener! Thank you all again for the kind words of concern. In the most wise words of Guru Alanis, "Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you think everything's okay..." Hopefully, things stay okay for a while. Joe took in Bo Burnham INSIDE on NETFLIX. Joshua has been obsessing over WHY WOMEN KILL and also the show. We chat quickly about Drag Race All Stars season 106 or whatever number it is.... Pride month is coming (cough cough) to an end and Book Riot has some great suggestions for Queer Horror books including THE ROUTE OF ICE & SALT by José Luis Zárate about the doomed Demeter travelling from Transylvania to England with a very famous vampire on board! This week we kick off our summer session with THE HILLS HAVE EYES written and directed by Wes Craven! The film has its origins in fairy tales like Hansel and Gretel and the dubious myth of Sawney Bean, the patriarch of a clan of Scottish cannibals. We discuss the varying interpretations and

VIVA LAS VEGAS, Fright School! Joshua and Joe were both in Las Vegas over the last two weeks and swap stories. Joe spent time among Gay Bowlers. Joshua believes the walking dead have already taken over the casinos. We watched CRUELLA and share our thoughts on the Peaches Christ dubbed "dog murderess fashionista." This week we also checked out the new Zack Snyder zombie film ARMY OF THE DEAD on Netflix! Our main takeaway is Tig Notaro needs to replace all douchebags from here on out. We popped up on EVERY MONTH MADNESS to discuss Queer Coded Cartoon characters. Part 2 is available NOW! Listen to episode 1 HERE FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree Recommended Reading: Original trailer ARMY OF THE DEAD (2021) EXTRA CREDIT: WE HAVE ALL NEW TEES AND MERCH AVAILABLE! 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 you

Welcome to another episode of Fright School! We start off with some mangled French. Joe has been catching up on NEW television including HALSTON. We quickly get sidetracked with Audrey Tautou, Chocalat, and White Elephant gift exchanges. Just try to keep up, Dear Listener. It's quite a journey. Joshua watched HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT now on Tubi. This week we're continuing our Bride series with Tim Burton's THE CORPSE BRIDE! It's a fun musical filled with corpses and every British person ever. Joe gives the musicalness of it all a critique. We chat about poor rich people, more horrors of heteronormativity, and the very sad history of the Corpse Bride story. We're talking pogroms and genocide! It just got super dark in here all of a sudden... We popped up on EVERY MONTH MADNESS to discuss Queer Coded Cartoon characters. Part 1 is available NOW! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree Recommended Reading: Original trailer THE CORPSE BRIDE (2005) You can borrow the eBook for LILITH'S CAVE: JEWISH

Yay! It’s a FRIGHT SCHOOL FIELD TRIP! We haven’t been to a movie theatre together in over 14 months! We’re joined by SAW fanatic, frequent FS guest, and our friend Young David to chat all about the latest addition to the SAW franchise SPIRAL. Spoilers lurk in this episode! You’ve been warned, Dear Listener. FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by contributing 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 have to start with a huge dose of gratitude for all of the well wishes we received after our little scare here in the Fright School family. You all are too kind and generous. This week we're catching up on getting "back to normal," but we know damn good and well we've ALL seen this movie before. 28 WEEKS LATER, anyone? Joe watched THE VAULT. Joshua read Max Brooks' DEVOLUTION. Hymlocke has missed Joe and gets a bit messy. We continue our Horror Brides month with BRIDE OF CHUCKY (1998)! We're all over the place with this one, folks! We thought of this as a spiritual sibling to BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN and the perfect follow up to that episode. It's a fun, ridiculous romp and after the week we had it was a nice antidote! Chucky gets lucky? We'll be the judge of that... We popped up on EVERY MONTH MADNESS to discuss Queer Coded Cartoon characters. Part 1 is available NOW! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree Recommended Reading: Original trailer BRIDE OF CHUCKY (1998)

Welcome back to Fright School! We start off with some gratitude and appreciation for your generosity. We love doing this show and glad you keep listening! Joshua found a book of horror poetry called I AM NOT YOUR FINAL GIRL by Claire C. Holland. Joe was a guest on Guam based podcast WE GOT OUT OF BED TODAY! He promises to spill some tea about THE WEAKEST LINK, so check it out! We also catch up on the RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE finale. It's May so Bridal Season is ramping up, though how anyone is getting married these days remains a mystery to us. We're dedicating the next few episodes to the brides in horror and there's no better place to start than with the OG Bride herself, THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN! There is A LOT happening in the 75 minutes of this film, so we do our best to rein it in. We talk about the racial politics possibly at play, the Queer reading of the film, the cruelty of society, and The fabulousness of the Bride herself. She's serving lewks, hissing, screaming, and stealing all the scenes in her w

Welcome back to Fright School! So we're having technical difficulties! We've managed to get through a year of the pandemic remotely recording with almost no issues and now all of a sudden things keep happening. Unfortunately, most of our catch up conversation just disappeared somehow. Boo! However, our conversation on HUNTED, much like it's main character Eve, managed to survive the bloody mess. We are finishing up our LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD trip with this Shudder exclusive film. We talk about how HUNTED flips some of the standard LRRH tropes by making the wolf a symbol of female empowerment and the woods transform from a dangerous place to one of protection and resilience. FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree Recommended Reading: Original trailer HUNTED (2020) Hunted review – Red Riding Hood reboot is a nifty, nasty trip into the woods by Leslie Felperin Hunted Prowls Familiar Ground with Real Ferocity By Andy Crump How Hunted Makes An Important Change To The Little Red Riding Hood Story BY

Welcome back to Fright School! It has been way too long since we've checked in with our favorite Final Grrrrrl Ashley! She's joining us today to chat about PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020)! We catch up on life in the ongoing pandemic. Joshua watched 1984's DUNE for the first time. Joe has been watching FRESH OFF THE BOAT. Ashely got a new job and she and Joe share their love for FRIENDS. This week we continue our ongoing examination of Little Red Riding Hood themes in horror with PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN. We discuss turning the tables on would-be predators, systemic misogyny and the roles women play in reinforcing it, #YesAllMen, and the fantastically curated soundtrack. Ashley has her own podcast! Check out SOME DUMB CHICKS! Each week, join co-hosts Victoria and Ashley in their judgement free zone as they have real and honest discussions with themselves and their guests, discuss current events and share hilarious stories... all with a hint of chaos. They're taking back the power of being called dumb millennials o

Welcome back to Fright School! We are stoked to be back in the Wes Craven Memorial Library for the first time in 14 months recording this episode! Joe takes time to take in all of the stuff Joshua has accumulated in that time. We also chat about Drag Race, of course. This week we continue our exploration of the themes of Little Red Riding Hood in horror with HARD CANDY (2005)! We try to keep our pronouns straight (insert laugh here) when discussing the character of Hayley and actor Elliot Page. We discuss how the film subverts traditional expectations of predator and prey, the post 9/11 world and revelations of torture, and how hating Goldfrapp is what truly makes Hayley the villain. Joe and Joshua take a moment to get VERY personal about their relationships with gender and masculinity. Also, anyone want to help us adapt HARD CANDY to the stage? FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree Recommended Reading: Original trailer HARD CANDY (2005) In 'Hard Candy' A Modern Little Red Riding Hood is Out t

Welcome to another episode of Fright School! Joe catches up on his faux-tige television with THE AMERICANS. Joshua talks about trying to make his way through the GILMORE GIRLS. These people need therapy! We're excited about the trailer for SPIRAL, a new film in the SAW Cinematic Universe, being released. Joshua celebrated with a SAW marathon. We're kicking off a new series looking at fairy tales and horror films. The next few weeks we'll be talking about horror films inspired by the story of Little Red Riding Hood. We're starting with the most obvious RED RIDING HOOD from 2011. We get to visit Vague Europe again, talk about the misogyny and paranoia of small villages, depictions of mental illness in fairy tales, and werewolf origin stories. FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree Recommended Reading: Original trailer RED RIDING HOOD (2011) Sur LA Lune Fairy Tales LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD Ultimate Guide To Little Red Riding Hood EXTRA CREDIT: WE HAVE ALL NEW TEES AND MERCH AVAILABLE! Fright Schoo