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#187: Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

We all know the story of Frankenstein, but listen in to hear what happens after a high school party in the 80’s leads to a bad trip that makes you wish you BYOB’d (Built Your Own Boyfriend) in 2024’s Lisa Frankenstein.***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual assaultFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Lisa Frankenstein Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Frankenstein https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Corn_(1984_film) Lisa Frankenstin (2024) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21188080/ Watts, Rhonda. “Life, Death, and ‘Lisa Frankenstein’: How the Horror-Comedy Film Pays Homage to Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein.’” k-saa.org. https://www.k-saa.org/blog/lisa-frankenstein 

#186: Quarantine (2008)

Angela is hoping for some excitement for her nighttime news segment, but the night goes viral in all the wrong ways.  Catch the craze as we cover 2008’s Quarantine. ***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of contagious illnessFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Quarantine Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine_(2008_film)Sometimes They Come Back – ‘REC’ (2007) vs ‘Quarantine’ (2008) by Kim Morrison: https://littleredhorror.wordpress.com/2021/05/23/sometimes-they-come-back-rec-2007-vs-quarantine-2008/

#185: Oddity (2024)

A stranger knocks at your isolated home in the dead of night, but what if letting him in is actually a good idea?  Find this thought experiment and other precious artifacts in our unpacking of 2024’s Oddity.***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual violence, cancerFollow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Oddity Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddity_(film)Oddity IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26470109/trivia/'Oddity's Damian McCarthy reveals the origins of his Wooden Man by Kristy Puchko: https://mashable.com/article/oddity-wooden-man-damian-mccarthy

#184: Children of the Corn (1984)

What will make you murder your family and join a farming commune that worships an agricultural god?  IT’S CORN!!! (in 1984’s Children of the Corn).***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of cults, harm against a child Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: ​Chambers, Jamie. "Troubling Folk Horror: Exoticism, Metonymy, and Solipsism in the "Unholy Trinity" and Beyond." JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, vol. 61 no. 2, 2022, p. 9-34. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/cj.2022.0014. Accessed December 2022.​“Children of the Corn (1984) KILL COUNT.” Youtube.com. Uploaded by Dead Meat, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwHr31znIXg ​Children of the Corn (1984 film) Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Corn_(1984_film) ​Children of the Corn IMDb: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0087050/ Thurgill, James. “A Fear of the Folk: On Topophobia and the Horror of Rural Landscapes.” Revenant: Critical and Creative Studies of the Supernatural, no. 5, March 2020, pp. 33–56. Revenant Journal, The University of Tokyo, [online].

#183: Cujo (1983)

In honor of National Dog Day, we’re back in Maine to visit a man’s best friend…but a mother’s worst nightmare in Cujo (1983).***CONTENT WARNING: harm against a child, harm against an animal, sexual harassment, domestic abuse  Follow us on Instagram at @thewhorrorspodcastEmail us at thewhorrorspodcast@gmail.comArtwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProdStandard Music License Sources: Cujo (film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cujo_(film) Cujo IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085382/ Eggan, Michele. “Noteworthy Heroines of Horror: Donna from Cujo.” Wickedhorror.com. https://www.wickedhorror.com/features/noteworthy-heroines-of-horror-donna-from-cujo/ Kirchner, Donnie. “Nope, Nothing Wrong Here: A Look At Stephen King’s Cujo.” Horrorobsessive.com. https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/02/25/nope-nothing-wrong-here-a-look-at-stephen-kings-cujo/