Suburban Horror with Emily C. Hughes

What nightmares are hiding behind manicured lawns and white picket fences? Stoker-Award Winning author and Queen Weenie herself, Emily C. Hughes is here to help me talk about what makes suburban horror so scary. I rant about The Stepford Wives and more.

Movies/Shows Mentioned:

• Blue Velvet
• Stepford Wives
• The Burbs
• I Saw the TV Glow
• Safe
• Donnie Darko
• Edward Scissorhands
• Virgin Suicides
• “Arcadia” – X- Files episode
• It’s Always Sunny – suburban horror episode
• It Follows
• Carrie
• Get Out
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Buffy
• Twin Peaks
• Stranger Things
• Addams Family

Books Mentioned:

• The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste
• The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste
• Real World by Natsuo Kirino
• Linghun by Ai Jiang
• The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy
• We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado
• Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
• A Better World by Sarah Langan
• The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
• Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
• Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
• Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
• My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
• How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
• Model Home by Rivers Solomon
• The September House by Carissa Orlando
• The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

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