The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) - Part 1
The Haunted Spouses give the screw another turn with Mike Flanagan's THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR. They discuss the ways the series builds upon its source material as well as its use of both literal and ...
9 Jul 20221h 2min
The Shining (1977)
The Haunted Spouses check in to Stephen King's 1977 novel, The Shining. They discuss the story's place on the cusp between the old dark house and suburban horror, intersecting power structures, and, f...
16 Jun 20221h 17min
The Amityville Horror (1977)
The Haunted Spouses throw several more logs on the fire and settle in with Jay Anson's 1977 book, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR. They discuss themes of suburban horror, play a new game, and go over some of th...
6 Mar 20221h 12min
Things Heard & Seen (2021)
The Haunted Spouses set sail for Netflix's THINGS HEARD AND SEEN, discussing how the film serves as both an homage and a subversion of 70's and 80's horror. They also cover poetic justice and the ways...
5 Feb 202257min
Benighted (1927)
The Haunted Spouses take shelter in J. B. Priestley's 1927 novel, BENIGHTED. They discuss its foundational contributions to the "old dark house" genre, the idea of houses as metaphors for the human mi...
21 Jan 202257min
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
The Haunted Spouses pounce on the 1927 silent film adaptation of THE CAT AND THE CANARY, discussing its place in the "old dark house" genre, as well as how that genre gives rise to the tropes seen in ...
6 Jan 202256min
Winter Break
The Haunted Spouses take a break until the new year. See you again on January 6, 2022!
23 Des 202143s
”The Turn of the Screw” (1898)
The Haunted Spouses eerily peek through the window at Henry James's 1898 novella, THE TURN OF THE SCREW. They discuss unreliable narrators, the Satanic Panic, and James's love of punctuation. Note: A ...
12 Des 20211h 1min
