Fright School

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Welcome back to Fright School! We thought we'd celebrate Mother's Day a little early with a discussion of our favorite mothers in horror! We also share some stories about our own mothers. Awwwww. This week AAPI Heritage Month continues with UMMA. Joshua is mostly afraid by the beginning's Gilmore Girl's b.s. We chat about obligations to family, a little family systems theory, and THAT killer hanbok. Girl, she is THE moment! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We had a great spring break and are ready to dive back into the horror! We chat about the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Joshua is embarrassingly excited for THE LITTLE MERMAID! Our friend Heather Petrocelli wrote a book, QUEER FOR FEAR: Horror Film and the Queer Spectator. Grab a copy at the link below! This month it's time for another Joe takeover! Since May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, he has chosen a wide selection of films to honor that diverse experience. This week we chat about BURNING. Are you satisfyingly a little hunger or a great hunger? Listen and find out! Order Queer for Fear: Horror Film and the Queer Spectator by Heather O. Petrocelli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! Joe is having car troubles and Joshua gives another demonstration that he knows f-all about cars. This week we watched YELLOWJACKETS (yay!), KNOCK AT THE CABIN (meh), WE'RE HERE (cry face emoji), and DRAMARAMA (gay...)! We're wrapping up Women's Horror History Month with WHAT LIES BENEATH. Hey! That IS Dear Dexter's Dead Daddy! We dive very deep beneath the what to chat about new age Gothic at the dawn of the millenium, haunting women from around the world, psychoanalytic theory, and, of course, gaslighting: this month's unofficial theme. Grab your sad beige cardigans and join us for this haunting tale... Kendall R. Phillips - Projected Fears - Horror Films and American Culture (2005) Something Wraithlike This Way Comes WHAT LIES BENEATH (2000): RETURN OF THE REPRESSED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! This class will be led by substitute teachers DJ PsychoDandy and MC Diggy Biscuits… that will make more sense as the show progresses. We missed our Geekscape siblings attending CREATURE FEATURE WEEKEND. Sad face emoji… Joshua has been rewatching TRUE DETECTIVE. Joe is excited for TOP CHEF and YOU. This week, we take it all the way back to 1944 with GASLIGHT! Joshua attempts to reduce an entire semester’s worth of information on the medicalization of women to as few minutes as possible. We discuss the film in contexts of WWI and WWII, the gaslighting antics of Hitler and Trump, and the objectophilia of the Psycho Dandy. Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness The Madman in the Attic: Gaslight and the “Psycho Dandy” Gaslight and the Political Psychology of a Melodramatic Thriller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We took a field trip to see Scream VI! We had some thoughts. Light spoilers ahead... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We start off this episode with a moment of mourning for Ricou Browning, the stuntman who filmed the underwater sequences as THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON. Joshua went to see COCAINE BEAR! This week, we are breaking down with GOTHIKA. We discuss the film in the context of the films of Hitchcock and classic gothic horror, the stress of gaslighting, and media portrayals of mental illness and institutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua gives some tips for dealing with anxiety and stress. Joe got some new glasses! We're excited for the unrated version of M3GAN to hit Peacock. Joe revisits SUPERSTORE. Stephen Graham Jones just released the sequel to MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW, DON'T FEAR THE REAPER and Joshua attended the book signing. This week on the show we get really deep with ATTACK THE BLOCK. Utilizing an expansive and detailed article by Lorrie Palmer, we discuss the language of the film, how the architecture of the council buildings and postwar Britain influence the story, the othering of racism and alienation, and toxic masculinity. Buckle up, Dear Listener! This is a weird one. Attack the Block: monsters, race, and rewriting South London’s outer spaces by Lorrie Palmer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We chat about Rihanna's Superb Owl half-time NFL Apple Music concert football show thing. Joshua has deleted the Facebook app in an effort to get better sleep. Joe went to San Francisco! Check out our dear friend and Doctor of Queer Horror Heather Petrcocelli's new show THE QUEEREST YEAR. This week we sink our teeth into THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS. We discuss the Black body and experimentation narratives, Pandora and her box of terrors, sacrifice and survival, and how humans should never turn their back on nature.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We catch up on the week with a chat about Zaddy Pascal showing up on SNL. Joshua hates on The Coldplay. Joe watched KALEIDOSCOPE and has some recommendations for how YOU should watch it! This week we are celebrating 45 years of George Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD! We wanted to kick off our Black History Month movies with something that would make Joe say "meh..." We discuss the obvious commentary on consumerism in America, the familiar role the Vietnam War plays in the horror film, and why zombie media like THE WALKING DEAD and THE LAST OF US can't get away from the legacy of Romero. When there's no more room in Hell, you can join us in the Wes Craven Memorial Library! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We are TITANIUUUUM! At least, Joshua hopes so if he's to survive grad school. This week we catch up on what we've been watching. Joe is eyeholes deep in a WALKING DEAD rewatch. Joshua has been torturing himself with another rewatch of GLOW knowing full well there will never be a 4th season. Have you met the gay community's newest, bestest, murderousest friend, M3GAN? We welcome Sam Wineman back to the show to tell us all about her! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to another episode of Fright School! Joshua saw SKINAMARINK. Joe finished reading his first novel of the year! Good job, Joe! The boys discuss THE LAST OF US, MAYFAIR WITCHES, and Madonna tickets. This week we close out this chapter of our journey down Elm Street with WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE. The film gave Wes an opportunity to realize intentions he had for the first and third films in the series and we are here for it. Did anyone else get the impression watching this that earthquakes in California would always be like that?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We're chatting New Year's Resolutions. Joe is trying to read 12 novels! Also, Joe has a new show all about The OC! It's called White People Problems and it's on Geekscape as well! Check it out wherever you get your podcasts. This week, we're continuing our jaunt down Elm Street with Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. Someone has to remind Freddy there is a difference between being a shady lady and a straight up ableist! Can we get Dorian Corey on the property? Ms. Krueger needs a lesson in reading... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Fright School! We are so happy to welcome back Sam Wineman! We spend some time catching up. Sam tells us his resolutions for the new year! Check out Sam’s AIDS LifeCycle fundraising and get a copy of his delightful new holiday album CHRISTMAS IS GAY! This week we’ve got another date with the man of our nightmares, Freddy! That’s right we’re chatting all things ANOES 3: DREAM WARRIORS! We discuss the film’s continued influence on pop culture, our personal dream powers, and Sam gets raw about his own experiences. 

Happy New Year Fright School! We enjoyed our holiday break and are excited to ring in another year filled with fear! Joe invited Joshua to his family’s Christmas luncheon. None of Joshua’s demons were harmed during the prayers! We know you were worried. This week, we kick off another Franchise January with A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010). We’re comparing and contrasting the original and the remake. We chat about sleep deprivation, defining Freddy’s crimes and how they change his nature, and some ways we might have improved the story. 

Happy Boxing Day, Fright School! We couldn’t leave 2022 without one last surprise episode! We’re wrapping up this year by looking back on some of our favorite moments. We hope the holidays have been kind and gentle to you and we look forward to another year filled with fear! 

Happy Holidays, Fright School! This week we unpack some of our Christmas traditions. Joshua talks about Middle of Beyond and Horrornaments and Joe tells a delightful story of Christmas on Guam. Joe has been reading with the results leading to today’s movie pick: CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS. Anyone else hear Bono echoing in their heads? It’s SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT meets TERMINATOR when a life size robot Santa, clearly infected with GREMLINS, goes haywire and kills the hottest guy with a mullet Joe has ever seen. We turn to Snopes to learn about the Native American hair myth discussed in the film, share our thoughts on A CHRISTMAS STORY, and discuss our belief in Santa Claus. 

Joyeux Noël Fright School! We’re being very French on today’s episode. First we catch up on the week! Joshua and Joe popped up on the GEEKSCAPE 3rd Annual Holiday Livestream Spectacular. We chat about HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, Vampira’s 100th birthday, and Tik Tok dancer Brian Esperon. This week, we are continuing our Santa themed holiday horror with 1989’s DEADLY GAMES aka 3615 CODE PèRE NOËL aka DIAL CODE SANTA CLAUS aka HIDE AND FREAK aka THE MOVIE HOME ALONE MAY HAVE RIPPED OFF. We discuss French Christmas traditions, learn about Minitel, and Joshua makes a confused French Revolution metaphor. 

Season’s Grieving Fright School! It’s the Ghoultide! We welcome Ashley back to the Wes Craven Memorial Library In PERSON! We discuss the death of Christine McVie. Joe watched CHRISTMAS WITH YOU. We took a field trip to see VIOLENT NIGHT. It was not what Joshua was expecting, but we had fun! Spoilers abound, Boils and Ghouls! David Harbour stokes our Santa Zaddy fetishes while bludgeoning bad guys with a sledgehammer. Merry f*#@?&% Christmas! Recommended Reading/Viewing: Official trailer Violent Night (2022) The 3rd Annual Geekscape Holiday Livestream Spectacular! Joshua joined GEEKSCAPE for Remembering X-Men: THhe Animated Series After 30 Years! 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

Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua clarifies that from the day after Labor Day until the day before Thanksgiving is Halloween so Mariah needs to keep her song to herself until THEN! Joe went to Baltimore because she is a werkin’ gurl! Joshua celebrated 30 years of X-Men The Animated Series over on Geekscape! We chat about the new adaptation of INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE. This week we watched BARBARIAN! It was basically an extended infomercial about how AIRBNB is ruining neighborhoods and killing any promise of affordable housing for the labor class. Also, incest mutant monsters. Recommended Reading/Viewing: Official trailer BARBARIAN (2022) How A Self-Help Book Inspired The Horror Film “Barbarian” Joshua joined GEEKSCAPE for Remembering X-Men: THhe Animated Series After 30 Years! 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 Ins