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Welcome back to Fright School! This week we got out of the house and went to a drive-in movie! Look at us, we are so 1958! We spend the first half of the episode vacillating between shaming and envying folks just going about their lives like we're not in a global pandemic crisis. Please don't make us sing the "Told You So" song because it comes with a dance and NOBODY wants to see that. We also get distracted by Madonna's birthday. Finally, we discuss THE RENTAL and a modern cultural anxiety: being trapped with your boring friends and realizing you're the most boring of all. But never fear! You are still young and hip and FIEEEEERCE YASSS MAMA! You got some molly that slaps! It's on fleek and we are all soooo gonna die. Hold up, that was supposed to be a metaphor. Gather up your surveillance culture paranoia and let's check into THE RENTAL... FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Recommended Reading: Official Trailer THE RENTAL (2020) WE'RE GOING LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! JOIN US FOR DEMON KNIGHT WIT

Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua shares some truths living with stress during this bizarre time. Joe has been in search of entertainment that brings those Summertime good feelings. Joshua is re-watching STRANGER THINGS and Joe sells him on THE 10TH KINGDOM. We're excited for NETFLIX' fall lineup including RATCHED, an origin series for the One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest villainess, and REBECCA, a new adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel. Also ANTEBELLUM is coming to on-demand in September! We SPOIL the shit out of SHUDDER's HOST. Zoom seance's only sound like a great idea, but technology can be a real devil! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Recommended Reading: Official Trailer HOST (2020) on SHUDDER FROM PRANK VIDEO TO FEATURE FILM IN THREE MONTHS: THE STORY OF ROB SAVAGE'S 'HOST' by Rob Munday ‘Host’ Review: A Zoom Séance Channels Spirits and Melancholy EXTRA CREDIT: Rewatch Isabella Price of NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS PODCAST interview RACHEL TRUE (ROCHELLE) from THE CRAFT! Starts at

Season's Grievings, Fright School! We're celebrating Scary Cryptmas in JULY! We welcome the Jersey Ghouls to the show to chat about ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE! First the group chats about their states' quarantine measures. Joshua and Joe come for Arizona like they're Spirit Airlines and this is FINAL DESTINATION. Marissa has a real THE SHINING situation brewing. All Disney and No Horror makes Marissa... you know the rest. Jacki is getting caught up on television that was all the rage 20 years ago with CHARMED. Of course, this excites Joe to no end and we are now dangerously close to becoming a CHARMED recap podcast. Joe catches us up on the state of his Special Man Friend's Queer education. We get into the spirit of Cryptmas with the "British Christmas Zombie Musical" ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE. It's a ballsy movie with a lot of heart (a bloody, pulpy mess of one, but still it's a heart!) and it's a fun ride. It gave us SHAUN OF THE DEAD meets ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING meets HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL meets ROCKY HORROR me

Welcome back to Fright Schooooool! We are wrapping up our PRIDE 2020 Celebrations with DEATH BECOMES HER! We welcome back to the studio Adriane and her Puglic Defender Minnie! SO much has been going on. Check the show notes for all of our latest guest appearances! Joshua definitely would attend the opening of an envelope if it means he can leave the house, but he'll be gargling Duncan Hines Creamy Dark Chocolate Fudge Frosting in the mean time. Joe is overdosing on LORD OF THE RINGS and Adriane is getting her adventure on with INDIANA JONES AND THE DISSOLVING NAZIS, whichever movie that happens in. The group tries very hard to have fun with DEATH BECOMES HER, but can't help a deep dive into the media's exploitation of all of our insecurities, warped standards of beauty, and Queer love of the Complex Toxic but Fabulous Diva. A Queen once asked "Who wants to live forever?" These queens have a whole lotta questions for what EXACTLY it entails. "NOW a warning" is just not the tea, honeys.... Recommended Reading:

Welcome to another round of Fright School! Are you following us? We follow back, if you get my drift. wiggles eyebrows awkwardly We do a quick catch up with Joshua falling down a PARKS AND REC rabbit hole and Joe finishes up SPACE FORCE. We welcome Young David back to the show right as he is in the middle of a BluRay Buying Bonanza. How many will he buy before the end of the show? Seven. The answer is seven. Joshua feels better about his own impulse buying. David also recommends THE VAST OF NIGHT. We discuss IT FOLLOWS! This film is LAYERED to say the least. We talk about childhood innocence lost, primal sex anxieties, sexually transmitted infections, sexual assault narratives, sex, sex, and more sex and also what the hell time period is this movie set in?! Recommended Reading: Original theatrical trailer IT FOLLOWS) (2014) ‘It Follows’ is Not About STDs. It’s About Life As a Sexual Assault Survivor. by Brendan Morrow It’s Not Done Why did I watch It Follows twice? What was I seeking in the feeling of fe

Welcome back to Fright School! With this ongoing isolation we'd be happy to float down in the sewers with Pennywise just to get out of the house! Joe has been watching SPACE FORCE. Joshua is revisiting the early 2000s on SHOWTIME with DEXTER and WEEDS. The boys get caught up on RuPaul's Drag Race ALL STARS and all the conflama drama mamas of the season. We revisit Derry, Maine with IT CHAPTER TWO (2019). Buckle up because Joshua came to LECTURE. Poor Joe. We're talking about Queerness and Homophobia in IT and the works of Stephen King, the problematics of erasure, the Mob of the Marginalized, and childhood horrors. SO FUN! Recommended Reading: Original theatrical trailer IT CHAPTER 2) (2019) Check out our first IT episode: Summer Camp Field Trip - IT (2017) It Chapter Two Reckons with Stephen King’s Troubling Legacy of LGBTQ+ Representation by Louis Peitzman It: Chapter Two’s Gay-Bashing Scene Exploits a Real-Life Killing for a Cheap Shock by Jeffrey Bloomer It Chapter Two: why its depiction of homopho

Happy Pride! Welcome back to Fright School, your favorite Queer Horror podcast. Right? RIGHT?! Just tell us you love us and everything will be okay. We kid! We're still going to kill you for the insurance money because it's what we do. We get caught up as usual. Joe discusses the joys of FUNemployment. Joshua wants to assault Ben Platt which Joe thinks is, like, totally uncool, dude. Have you heard him sing? Voice of an angel, that one. We celebrate Pride month with a couple of gal pals in yet another cabin-like place in the woods. At least there is indoor plumbing and a plethora of weapons hanging about. Recommended Reading: Red Band theatrical trailer WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE) (1980) What Keeps You Alive shows the importance of art in horror films By Tasha Robinson ‘What Keeps You Alive’ Review: Trust No Bitch (or Die) BY HALEIGH FOUTCH EXTRA CREDIT: NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS with Isabella Price Justice in June (and every other month) resources for understanding and committing to anti-racist work Tananarive

Bentornati a Fright School! This week we're going abroad to welcome our friend Justine Hince to the program! She is an artist and teacher in Arezzo, Italy so beware of lots of unnecessary Italian and hand gestures ahead... Recommended Reading: Original theatrical trailer INFERNO) (1980) Code Blue: Color Theory in Dario Argento's Inferno by Stewart Jester For the love of smoke and mirrorsl DARIO ARGENTO: A DIP INTO THE INFERNO by Steve Erickson EXTRA CREDIT: Justice in June (and every other month) resources for understanding and committing to anti-racist work Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes' "The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and Black Horror Aesthetic" online class The enlightening doc Horror Noire lays out black history through black horror films By Noah Berlatsk The Complicated History of Blackness in Horror Films Check us out on the Horror Movie Night Podcast Live episode! Check out GEEKSCAPE'S latest show MFK ULTIMATE! with Joe and Delia! SOCIALLY DISTANT TRIVIA WITH JOE! We were so happ

Welcome back to Fright School! This week Joshua and Joe get serious about the state of the world over the last few weeks. We discuss the complicated history of Blackness in horror through the fantastic documentary HORROR NOIRE which is absolutely REQUIRED viewing for everyone, especially fans of horror. There is so much history and analysis packed into the documentary's short time span. Black Lives Matter and more than ever we need to commit to this truth and the work of anti-racism. Recommended Reading: Original trailer HORROR NOIRE) (2019) HORROR NOIRE is available fro FREE on SHUDDER! No subscription needed GET THE BOOK: Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Justice in June (and every other month) resources for understanding and committing to anti-racist work Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes' "The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and Black Horror Aesthetic" online class The enlightening doc Horror Noire lays out black history through black horror films By Noah Berlatsk

Welcome back to Fright School! We are so happy to welcome actress, writer, producer, and friend Jennie Olsen Six to the show! We are still physically distancing in the remote learning center. Joshua has been catching up on THE EXORCIST tv series and reading LOVECRAFT COUNTRY ahead of the HBO television adaptation coming this fall. We take a rocky little trip down Joe's stream of consciousness that involves MONK and HOLLYWOOD. Jennie has been getting her Neil Gaiman on with AMERICAN GODS and GOOD OMENS. We hear about Jennie's past life as a blonde zombie hooker. After the break, we load up the jalopy and head to yet another cabin in the woods in search of THE EVIL DEAD. We discuss dendrophilia, Ash's masculinity, practical effects, and try to establish the difference between the film's female roles. Can we summon Bechdel up in here? Recommended Reading: Original theartical trailer THE EVIL DEAD (1981) Sam Raimi's WITHIN THE WOODS a"prototype" for The Evil Dead Deep Focus Review: The Evil Dead Review by Br

Welcome back to Fright School: Isolation. It's been a year in the making, but we are finally joined by web programmer, activist, and dear friend of the show Zakiya! We catch up on all thingz Dragz now that Joe has watched it AWWWWLL. Henny. GOOORL. Yaaaass. Joshua and Zakiya share in their mutual love for MRS. AMERICA. The Samsquanch has been watching HOARDERS all morning and eyeing the Wes Craven Memorial Library suspiciously... After the break, we hike out to THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012) much to Joshua's chagrin. He's going to get fresh air all over him! We discuss the metaphor of horror film-making, guilty pleasure viewing, race and Joss Whedon, and whether or not this whole thing is about American pride... or hubris. Recommended Reading: Official Trailer THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012) The Cabin in the Woods Explained — It’s a Giant Metaphor by Russ Nickel 34 Things We Learned From The Cabin in the Woods Commentary EXTRA CREDIT: Check us out on the Horror Movie Night Podcast Live episode! Follow the

Welcome back to Fright School! Join us in the John Lafia Memorial Remote Learning Annex. Joshua is just giving up in quarantine and letting the students (Joe) pick all of the movies. We catch up on this week's entertainment. Joshua brings up Lovecraft Country and we chat a little about H.P. Lovecraft's preoccupation with White Supremacy. So fun. Joe talks about unapologetic Blackness in Ugly Betty and #blackaf. After a quick break, we chat the horrors of children regardless of Zombie status. Joshua recounts misadventures in babysitting his sister's children. Joe might want to have some children. Does anyone know if Patti Lupone is available for surrogacy or is it too late? We try to establish when teachers become actual people Recommended Reading: Official Trailer COOTIES (2014) It’s teachers versus zombie students in the horror comedy Cooties by Nathan Rabin Why are there so many creepy kids, dolls, and clowns in horror movies? By Alison Nastasi EXTRA CREDIT: Check us out on the Horror Movie Night Podc

Welcome back to Fright School! This week we're logging in to the Amelia Earhart Memorial Remote Learning Facility. We're QUEERantining with the fabulous Ashley this week. We get caught up on what's happening: NOTHING. Everything is cancelled. 2020 so shady, ya'll. Joe is watching MONK. Ashley checked out MOM: Mother Of Monsters and recommends it for your isolation viewing. Joshua watched brand new feminist vampire flick BIT and really enjoyed it's biting social commentary. We're so punny. Later, we chat about REC and QUARANTINE and the cognitive dissonance of trust. COVID-19 has got nothing on the Catholic Church. Recommended Reading: Official Trailer QUARANTINE (2008) Official Trailer [REC] In 2007, Spanish Horror Film [REC] Set the Bar for Found Footage Filmmaking BY RANDALL COLBURN The Unlikely Story Behind the Year’s Best Intersectional Feminist Vampire Movie By Jordan Crucchiola EXTRA CREDIT: Check us out on the Horror Movie Night Podcast Live episode! Follow the Horror Movie Night podcast if yo

Welcome back to Fright School! This week we're taking up cyberspace in the Howard Hughes Physical Distancing Lounge in the OCD Remote Learning Center. In honor of this week's family focused films, it's just Joe and Joshua. We give some Corona Virus Fashion tips. Joshua is re-watching THE FALL with Gillian Anderson on NETFLIX. Joe has finished Reba and moved on to some other TGIF type happy show to distract from the terror outside. The boys discuss MRS AMERICA on HULU and get a little sidetracked on Second Wave Feminism and the image buffing we seem to like to give conservative figures even when they were factually awful. We kinda talk about ZOMBIELAND and ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP. Recommended Reading: Official Trailer ZOMBIELAND (2009) Official Trailer ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP (20190 Trixie Mattel JESSE JESSE video EXTRA CREDIT: Check out FRIGHT SCHOOL on Instagram for silly pics we took during this recording FANGORIA is giving away 2 month FREE digital trials! Video: Our hilarious HORROR HOUND HAPPY HOUR

Welcome back to Fright School! We are in the Greta Garbo Physical Distancing Remote Learning Center and joining us today is Inspirational Eve, a fellow Halloween Queen and horror hound who helped Joe get his First Time in Drags merit badge! We catch up on RuPaul's Drag Race. Eve tells us about her love of Hammer films, her Quarantine Confession Project and explains what a Psychodrama Therapist does. Joshua is rewatching True Blood for no good reason. Joe regales us with an intimate tale from his gayhood. Joe and Eve share the story of their early days, Summerween, and epic Halloween parties. The group grasps for each other's (double gloved) hands in THE MIST and discusses faith vs disbelief, duty vs fear, giant bugs vs our faceholes. We ask the all important questions: did Coronavirus come from THE MIST and how did the government do it? Recommended Reading: Official Trailer THE MIST(2007) Why ‘The Mist’ Is Still One of The Ballsiest, Most Relevant Movies of the 21st Century BY HALEIGH FOUTCH EXTRA CR

Ack! Ack! We're logging on for another week of Fright School on the Social Distancing Network! We welcome Young David back to the show! It's been so long he's going to be Old David before we know it! Hey, hey! Joe has been catching up on REBA. She's a survivor ya'll. Joshua has been taking advantage of Shudder's FRIDAY THE 13TH film series release. Young David talks tattoos. Make sure you are following us on Instagram to see some pics! We're trying to stay on the lighter side of things with MARS ATTACKS! We talk about the audacity of humanity, invasion anxiety, the 90s, and wonder about good and bad acting. We're judging this week's Under_Score Productions script writing contest! The theme for the week of 30 March to 10 April 2020 is HORROR. To all the creatives trapped in their homes, please submit your horror film scripts to the second week of the Under_Score Productions script writing contest. Due to the two week time frame for this competition, the prize will be $100 instead of $50. Sumbit to: under

We're logging on to the Fright School Social Distancing Network for this week's online class! We welcome the delightful Delia to the show! Delia is a fantastic playwright and Joe's co-host for MFK Ultimate! We get caught up on everyone's self-isolation entertainment. After the break we discuss both the 1958 and 1988 versions of THE BLOB! We talk communism, conspiracy, the Cold War, craving and The Blob in the age of Corona. Recommended Reading: Why The Blob (1988) Is One of the Best Horror Remakes Ever By Ryan Lambie Remake/Remodel: The Blob (1958) vs. The Blob (1988) by Josh Goller EXTRA CREDIT: Video: Our hilarious HORROR HOUND HAPPY HOUR with the Jersey Ghouls and Mise En Scream! Check out Joe's latest show MFK ULTIMATE! with Delia Knight! 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

We're packing up our bags and heading out for THE HUNT! We kid! We're staying locked indoors where it's safe... for now. We welcome back the ever informative and fabulous TJ! First we hear what everyone has been watching from their different self-queerantines. Then we chat about the latest episode of RuPauls Drag Race. LESLIE JONES is all of our spirit guides through these dark times. After a quick break, we return to break down THE HUNT (2019/2020). This sure to be future cult classic is to Hostel what Shaun of the Dead is to 28 Days Later. Biting social satire about political divisiveness, media manipulation, fake news, and neo-liberalism. Eat the rich, hunties! Grab a copy of QUEERING COLONIAL NATAL by PROFESSOR TJ TALLIE Check out Joe's latest show MFK ULTIMATE! with Delia Knight! 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 Horro

Welcome to our Queer-antine! We are practicing social distancing and good hygiene after Joe had a panic attack due to La Corona! She's comin' for your lungs! We give you a few recommendations for apocalyptic viewing in these end times. Joe plugs his new show MFK Ultimate. We do a deep dive into the brand new documentary SCREAM QUEEN: MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST starring Mark Patton of Freddy's Revenge fame! The doc is an incredible look at his life, homophobia in Hollywood, and the importance of Queer horror. Check it out on Amazon Prime NOW! SCREAM QUEEN: MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST on Amazon Prime Bright Light Bright Light Official Site Check out Joe's latest show MFK ULTIMATE! with Delia Knight! 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. Phi

Welcome back! We're ripping off- we mean- paying homage to the Jersey Ghouls by looking back at our first few years! We've had such a fun time making this show and we've had so many incredible guests so we wanted to take a moment and celebrate it all! First we get caught up on the week including the RuPaul's Drag Race DRAMA (is that redundant?) involving Sherry Pie. We also play a game of "Would You Rather?" now that Joe knows a little something about horror. Thank you to all of our new listeners and followers on social media! We're excited to keep bringing you fresh, fun, queer horror content! 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 dona