Terror Talk: True Crime, Serial Killers and Horror

Is giallo the horror subgenre you need to explore, or is it time to bury it?Content note: discussion of sexual assault and misogyny in 1960s and 1970s Italian films (about 8:09 to 8:41), nudity and BD...

30 Joulu 202036min

What happens when Santa stops being jolly and has to fight Krampus with chains?Content note: discussion of a fictional Christmas killing spree, a brief joke about a van used to lure children (about 28...

25 Joulu 202044min

Why do so many family murders happen at Christmas?Trigger warning: the murders of a mother and her daughters, the sexual abuse of children (about 12:00 to 14:45), a home invasion and kidnapping (about...

23 Joulu 202037min

Why do therapists need gallows humor, and should you worry when a kid draws horror?Trigger warning: brief mention of children drawing homicide and suicide (about 10:11 to 10:30), discussion of child a...

18 Joulu 202042min

Did a Hollywood doctor with an IQ of 186 kill Elizabeth Short, and did his own son, an LAPD homicide detective, solve the case?Trigger warning: a graphic description of how Elizabeth Short’s body was ...

16 Joulu 202034min

What keeps you alive when you’re stuck on a ski lift and nobody is coming back?Trigger warning: a real murder and cyberstalking case (Cari Farver, about 4:06 to 7:22), and a joking segment about merch...

11 Joulu 202039min

Why does a horror movie get scarier the moment the temperature drops?Trigger warning: a brief mention of suicide as a lie in a film’s plot (Dead of Winter, about 15:05), and a recommendation of Wind R...

9 Joulu 202048min

Why did Mindhunter stall before it ever reached BTK, and what happens when you accidentally watch three Jeremy Saulnier films in one October?Content note: neo-Nazi violence in Green Room, a brief ment...

4 Joulu 202028min