In Richard Matheson's Hell House, the ultra-haunted Belasco House is described as "the Mount Everest of Haunted Houses" and boy howdy, does it ever live up to that moniker. Matheson's horrifying shock-fest throws four unwitting paranormal investigators into the veritable mouth of Hell, subjecting them to all manner of psychological and physical torment in this most steroidal of ghost stories. Consult your spirit guide and join Jack and Kate on the astral plane for an in-depth discussion of the novel and its place within the supernatural horror canon.
Is it a good idea to bring a cat into a haunted house? How can you, too, become one of history's greatest monsters? What on earth does the Christmas season have to do with what's going on? All this and more will be explored in this episode of Bad Books for Bad People.
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Episode 64: American Gothic - Robert Bloch Takes On HH Holmes
Episode 63: Pharos the Egyptian - Mummies, Himbos, and Gratuitous Violins
Episode 62: Best of 2022
Episode 61: Three Act Tragedy - Murder, Cozy Grandma Style
Episode 60: Ghost Story - Nothing to Sneeze At
Episode 59: Between Two Fires - Medieval Times Were Bad, Actually
Episode 58: Wolfen - Werewolf? They're wolf!
Episode 57: Flash for Freedom! - A lovable rogue?
Valley of Plenty 7: The Lady in the Lake
Episode 56: Manhunt - Having a Ball(s) After the Apocalypse
Episode 55: The Keep - Creep versus Creeps in WWII
Episode 54: On Stranger Tides - Let's Get Piratical
Valley of Plenty 6: The Tower of the Swallow
Episode 53: The India Fan - Victorian Romance with all the Fixins
Valley of Plenty 5: The One with Vampires
Episode 52: Best of 2021
Valley of Plenty 4: Legal Advice for Witchers
Episode 51: Requiem Infernal - Weird Fiction, Warhammer 40K Style
Episode 50: The Carpathian Castle - Dracula before Dracula...?
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