Fright School

This week we're reviewing the world premiere romcom horror play PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER now showing at The La Jolla Playhouse through June 30th! PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER TICKETS 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.

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Joshua and Joe summon the appropriated powers of VooDoo to inject their brand of analysis in the original CHILD'S PLAY (1988). The boys kick things off with a semi-spoiler free Game of Thrones recap. Joshua has impeccable taste in furniture, and we find out why Joe has been avoiding this film for years. As mentioned in this episode: Los Espookys on HBO Chris Rock to make Saw spinoff WE'RE GOING TO MIDSUMMER SCREAM! Use code FRIGHTSCHOOL for 20% off tickets! 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 joined again by Brennan Klein to discuss From Beyond (1986)! WE'RE GOING TO MIDSUMMER SCREAM! Use code FRIGHTSCHOOL for 20% off tickets! Work Cited: Through the eyes of madness: A critical analysis of “From Beyond” (1986) 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 so excited to be joined in the studio by Brennan Klein from the podcasts Attack of the Queerwolf and Scream 101 WE'RE GOING TO MIDSUMMER SCREAM! Use code FRIGHTSCHOOL for 20% off tickets! Mentioned in this episode: Brennan Klein on Twitter Fosse/Verdon Bonding Tales of the City Madonna Dead To Me Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Dancing Crazy by Miranda Cosgrove "Your Indispensable Primer on LA LLORONA" from Brennan Went to Film School 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 from Spring Break to discuss the French horror classique HIGH TENSION (2003)! We celebrate Lesbian Visibility Day! Joshua talks about the Melissa Etheridge Cruise. Joe promotes his other show, Art Time of the Month. We catch up on RuPaul's Drag Race and Game of Thrones. Won't you hop into our rusty old van for a joyride of terror through the French countryside? WE'RE GOING TO MIDSUMMER SCREAM! Use code FRIGHTSCHOOL for 20% off tickets! Mentioned in this episode: -In The Valley Below's new record/film The Pink Chateau -Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Diversionary Theatre -Sarah Potenza -Art Time of the Month with Joe and Wendy! 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.

Fright School takes a field trip to see the latest film from the mind of Jordan Peele, Us (2019). Recent guests TJ and Mike join us in the studio too. 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.

A special Extra Credit episode of Fright School! Featuring all the cool people we met and gave money to at Monster Mania 42. Listen and check them out! LET THE PLUG-A-PALOOZA BEGIN Jersey Ghouls Horror Movie Night The Blood Buddies and Issue #1 of their zine Knee High Horror Etsy store and KHH Instagram Survivial of the Film Freaks campaign site and trailer on YouTube SLASHER app Ben Russel, Artist & Illustrator Arcane Bunny Society and the lip balm that Joshua ruined Studiohouse Designs 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, Joshua and Joe look into a mirror and summon forth a conversation about Candyman (1992). Our hosts welcome Dr. TJ Tallie to the Wes Craven Memorial Library. He is a professor of African History, and is seen but not heard. The boys go deep into the politics of gay hook-up apps. Joe exoticizes White men. TJ makes his students watch Mean Girls for college credit. Joshua gushes over how romantic the Candyman is. "If Candyman can ask for consent, and his insides are 97% bees, then so can you!" Mentioned in the episode: Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019) "Race and Historical Memory in Candyman (1992)" by Elizabeth Erwin "Before 'Get Out', there was 'Candyman'" by Manuela Lazic The Forbidden by Clive Barker 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 M

We had a blast at Monster Mania Con in New Jersey! We ate ABEETZ and drank some wooder! The boys get an education in North/South Jersey and Philly slang from special guest Jacki of the Jersey Ghouls podcast. Joe drops the soap! Joshua may have drained some energy from Jersey Ghoul Marissa's daughter in a desperate act of self preservation! The three of us talk about the really gay Freddy movie. Check out the Jersey Ghouls if you haven't already! They're celebrating their 100th EPISODE! 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.pinec

LATE NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE PODCASTING LIVE FROM MONSTER MANIA! Joe and Joshua stay up WAY past their bedtimes to commune with fellow Transylvanians at a shadow cast performance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). As is with any overnight class trip, sometimes you need to do sneak out and do fun something fun. We're light on the analysis this week, but heavy on the delirious banter. 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.

Fright School returns to Japan with Takashi Miike's AUDITION (1999). Joshua and Joe are joined in the studio with guest lecturer Mike. The boys go DEEPER DEEPER into color symbolism, and attempt to answer if the film is a feminist text. Mike talks about his son, and "horror as heirloom". Mentioned in this episode: Twilight Zone trailer Jennifer Carpenter in The Enemy Within Rue Morgue Lovecraft Country 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.

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.