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Slashers come in many forms. Guys in masks, guys with knife fingers, and, no.. those are pretty much the two main ones. However, one franchise found a way to make death itself the slasher: Final Destination. Juan Cadavid joins host, Dany Roth, to talk about how scary getting killed on the toilet is and, more importantly, how they would tell a Final Destination story in their home town of New York City.
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Gaslighting as found footage horror. That may not sound like a slam dunk, but the Creep movies are proof that you can, well, creep people out very well even if all you’ve got is a camera, a weird werewolf mask, and an awkward, naked man in a tub. Erin LoCascio and Joe Bandelli join host, Dany Roth, to argue over which creep creeps best, what makes gaslighting such a good topic for horror, and whether or not it’s better to just let a killer finish you off than prolong the annoying inevitable any more than you have to.
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If there is one horror movie which defined the ‘90s, it is Scream. Wes Craven’s frightening adventure into the metatext of slasher movies is so iconic that it spawned three sequels and multiple attempts at a TV series. Erin LoCascio and Joe Bandelli join host, Dany Roth, to talk about what holds up, what does not hold up, and where the Scream franchise could go next.
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Werewolves are one of the most beloved monsters in horror but also one of, if not the, hardest to bring to reality. But it's generally agreed that John Landis and Rick Baker did it best with An American Werewolf in London. Comic writers, Vita Ayala and Danny Lore, join host, Dany Roth, to talk about the invisible otherness of being a werewolf and how they would adapt the werewolf classic to today.
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Nicole Kidman became an absolute legend at the start of the 21st century with her starring role in Moulin Rouge. She would win an Oscar the following year for her role in The Hours. But in between those two films, she featured as a terrifyingly sad mother trapped in a dark house with her two sick children in the reverse ghost story, The Others. Dan Olson and Crystal Donovan join host, Dany Roth, to talk about why this is the movie to pair with The Sixth Sense and what makes the history of the Channel Islands so important to The Others.
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Richard Matheson is one of the best writers during the Golden Age of genre fiction. He wrote I am Legend, A Stir of Echoes, and, of course, Hell House-- which was eventually adapted by Matheson into the film, The Legend of Hell House. Co-owner and creative director for Scarehouse, a Halloween attraction in Pittsburgh, Scott Simmons, joins host, Dany Roth, to talk about physical mediums, spiritual mediums, Roddy McDowell, and, of course, evil villains with teeny tiny legs.
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In 1982, Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg perfected the scary-yet-family-friendly haunted house story. Mostly. That movie is Poltergeist and it didn't find a true 21st century equivalent until James Wan directed another movie featuring a haunted child: Insidious. Hosts of the Question Box podcast, Brent Black and Kate Sloan join host, Dany Roth, to ask all the questions you didn't know a red-faced demon and a creepy old lady ghost needed to answer.
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If 28 Days Later gave the zombie genre new life, then Shaun of the Dead did the same for our ability to both respect and laugh at the zombie apocalypse. Allison Pregler, Phelan Porteous, Mathew Buck join host, Dany Roth, to talk about the invention of the romantic zombie comedy (or rom zom com for short).
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The end of the world comes in many forms: aliens, zombies, and, in this case, a bit of both. As a comet tavels across the Arth's atmosphere, all but a tiny few members of its civilization are reduced to dust. The rest either become zombies or hit the all. Elisa Hansen and Antonella Inserra join host, Dany Roth, to talk about the basic cable classic, Night of the Comet, and why we all kinda want to be a cheerleader with an uzi.
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If you saw some kind of gooey, white glop churning out of the ground as you stood in the snow, would you eat it? B-movie all-star, Larry Cohen, thinks you would! And, why not? That marshmallow fluff of unknown origin is delicious! Or, it's just controlling your mind so you think it's delicious. The hosts of WTFIWWY, Nash Bozard and Tara Deenihan, join host, Dany Roth, to talk about The Stuff, why the ads are better than the movie, but why the movie is still kinda great despite how improvised it sometimes feels.
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How do you follow-up the film that redefined zombies for the 21st century? How does a civilization already years into a war on terror without end react to zombies? Bob Chipman and Todd Nathanson join, host, Dany Roth, to talk about how 28 Weeks Later is about consequences and how we tr to justify war crimes when we're afraid of our own shadows.
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How do you reinvent the zombie archetype without losing something essential to what makes zombies so scary? Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's idea was to take the shambling dead and make them run at top speed instead. Bob Chipman and Todd Nathanson join host, Dany Roth, to talk about 28 Days Later, its post-9/11 zombie apocalypse, and why the military is always so darn evil in horror movies.
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Technology and our increased ability to seamlessly interface with it have been a pasttime that engenders both curiosity and terror in the hearts of humanity. Star Trek: The Next Generation gave us The Borg, an alien, cybernetic race that touches on not only our fascination and fear of technology, but also the anxiety of social and cultural homogenization. Co-hosts of the Star Trek podcast, The Greatest Generation, Benjamin R. Harrison and Adam Pranica, join our host, Dany Roth, to fully assimilate the Borg. Resistence is futile.
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Alien life is as likely to come from within as it is to come from without. A cencerous cell is unlike us, and, yet, can grow inside us destroying all that we are. Annihilation is a movie about humanity's instinct, both in the physical and the metapyhsical, towards self destruction. Dan Olson and Crystal Donovan join host, Dany Roth, to talk about the complex and personal messages behind Alex Garland's instinct classic, Annihilation. CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains conversations about depression and suicidal ideation.
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Weird flowers, evil Leonard Nimoy, and the most iconic rude pointing in the history of cinema combine to form one of the best remakes of all time: Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Elisa Hansen and Antonella Inserra join host, Dany Roth, as they go full pod person.
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What happens when you pair a pre-Matrix Laurence Fisburne with a post-Jurassic-Park Sam Neill and you hurl them into the depths of uknown space on a ship that's been to literal hell? Allison Pregler, Phelan Porteous, and Mathew Buck join host, Dany Roth, to talk about Event Horizon.
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Host, Dany Roth, finishes 30 days of talking about cartoons with co-host of the Apocalist Book Club, Raven Jakubowski, talking about Futurama. They talk about the show's history, how it compares with the Simpsons, what it inspired in future animation, and how the show fits into their real life, actual marriage.
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Host Dany Roth is joined by Paste Movies writer, Kyle Turner, to talk about Disney's Fantasia and its sequel, Fantasia 2000.
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Host, Dany Roth, is joined by YouTube creator, May Leitz, to talk about that popular body horror for kids, Invader Zim.
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Host, Dany Roth, is joined by creator for the upcoming Sword and Scandal podcast, Chico Leo, to talk about Alex Toth, Herculoids, and the evolution of sci-fi storytelling in animation.
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