GIALLO: Dario Argento, Deep Red, Mario Bava & Blood and Black Lace
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 Dec 202036min
CHRISTMAS HORROR: A Christmas Horror Story, Christmas Evil & Creepshow
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 Dec 202044min
TRUE CRIME: Family Annihilators & the Christmas Eve Wholaver Murders
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 Dec 202037min
SHRINK CHAT: The Frozen Ground, The Undoing, Prom Night & Santa Jaws
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 Dec 202042min
TRUE CRIME: The Black Dahlia, Elizabeth Short & George Hodel
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 Dec 202034min
SHRINK CHAT: Cari Farver, Frozen, The Exorcist & Anything for Jackson
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 Dec 202039min
WINTER HORROR: Dead Snow, Cold Prey, Pontypool, ATM & Jack Frost
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 Dec 202048min
SHRINK CHAT: Mindhunter, Green Room, Blue Ruin & Jack in the Box
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 Dec 202028min
