We're continuing our series in Natural Horror with Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 ornithological opus THE BIRDS! The gents catch up on holiday plans. Joshua has put up the Scary Cryptmas tree and can't stop fiddling with it. Joe wants money for the holidays so he can just buy his own shit (insert Pinecast tip jar reminder here...) Holiday film planning with STAR WARS: RISE OF SKYWALKER and CATS! Joshua gets a bunch of new horror documentaries including MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIENS and IN SEARCH OF DAR...
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 4 min
And we're back! Joshua talks about the death of his mother and all of the incredible support he has received. Thank you to our listeners for hanging in while we took some time off. The boys get caught up on movies and television. Joe has been seeing a lot of horror without Joshua lately. Later, we kick off a new series of episodes all about natural horror or WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK! The boys are again joined by the hilarious and talented Jaclyn Chessen to chat about JAWS! Fright School Recommended T...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 40 min
We celebrate the anniversary of Fright School with Trick R’ Treat! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 31, 2019•52 min
The boys are back in the Wes Craven Memorial Library to discuss Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween (2007)! Joe recounts his vacation, and Joshua describes his melancholia in his absence. We learn about Joshua's touching moment of brotherly bonding, and Joe describes his crush on Sheri Moon Zombie. Don't forget if you're in San Diego or will be in San Diego check out CARRIE THE MUSICAL! Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse's CARRIE THE MUSICAL September 27th-Nov 3rd Fright School Recommen...
Oct 28, 2019•57 min
We're taking it back to junior high with a compare and contrast paper episode! We welcome to the studio Alien franchise super fan Daniel! The three of us break down our trip to the 40th Anniversary screening of ALIEN. Daniel helps us keep our facts straight, well as straight as they'll go anyways... When choosing sides, Joe lands firmly on the ALIENS side leaving Joshua outnumbered. We chat about the Vietnam War, motherhood, AIDS, male pregnancy, and Joshua gets a bit emotional at the thought of...
Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 38 min
We're going old school on today's episode with FRANKENSTEIN (1931)! It's a classic about a man and the monster who created him. Along the way, hear our thoughts on the new Addams Family movie, Little Shop of Horrors in Pasadena, and our upcoming screening of BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER (1981) We get into some strange territory with artificial wombs and the queerness of Frankenstein's Monster. FRIGHT SCHOOL 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 2020 CLICKABLE CALENDAR Recommended Reading: The Strange and Twis...
Oct 14, 2019•1 hr 21 min
Welcome back to class! We're joined in the Wes Craven Memorial Library by special guest lecturer and SHOCK ATTACK (2015) director Jaclyn Chessen! We get caught up with werewolf movies and stories, Dancing With The Stars, Drag Race UK, and The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula. Jaclyn opens up about “horrorigins” and her career in horror. Joe worries about arachnids in his nooks and crannies. Joshua gets very Grumpy Old Man on the movie going experience. The group gets serious with a discussion on cancel ...
Oct 07, 2019•1 hr 30 min
We are so very excited to be joined by Michael Varrati on this episode! We chat about his upbringing, his career in horror, and his views on the state of Queer Horror today! Don't forget if you're in San Diego or will be in San Diego check out CARRIE THE MUSICAL! Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse's CARRIE THE MUSICAL September 27th-Nov 3rd Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern...
Oct 01, 2019•1 hr 12 min
Welcome to a very special episode of Fright School! We had the pleasure of screening CARRIE (1976) at OnStage Playhouse with the cast and crew of CARRIE THE MUSICAL! We're joined on mic by Wendy Waddell who is portraying Margaret White and Lauren Ashley who plays Sue Snell! Mary Grace's Carrie was locked in her closet to pray for the sin of loosing the raven upon the world... FRIGHT SCHOOL PROM at opening night of CARRIE THE MUSICAL! September 27th Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse'...
Sep 23, 2019•54 min
"We like to get fucked up, and do fucked up shit!" You said it Baby Firefly! For this week's episode we're taking a drive through Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters & Madmen to find the HOUSE OF A 1000 CORPSES! EVENT LINKS: FRIGHT SCHOOL LIVE! with CARRIE (1976) September 21st FRIGHT SCHOOL PROM at opening night of CARRIE THE MUSICAL! September 27th Click here to get tickets to OnStage Playhouse's CARRIE THE MUSICAL September 27th-Nov 3rd Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show...
Sep 16, 2019•1 hr 10 min
DEATH TO THE WEAK! WEALTH TO THE STRONG! We are excited to finally watch Satanic Panic (2019), directed by the fabulous Chelsea Stardust! FRIGHT SCHOOL 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 2020 CLICKABLE CALENDAR WE HAVE ALL NEW TEES AND MERCH AVAILABLE! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Sep 14, 2019•46 min
Praise be to all the gods for this film, BETWEEN THE DARKNESS (2019) starring Lew Temple and Danielle Harris! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 14, 2019•26 min
We’re back in the Wes Craven Memorial Bookmobile with Chelsea Stardust to discuss one of the great 80’s vampire movies, NEAR DARK (1987). WORK CITED: Sunlight Through Bullet Holes By TAMMY OLER FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 09, 2019•1 hr 9 min
We are so excited to welcome horror director Chelsea Stardust to Fright School! We hop in the Wes Craven Memorial Book Mobile and take a trip to LA to visit Chelsea in her awesome horror memorabilia filled home. Joshua and Chelsea find common ground in escaping Ohio. Joe reminds everyone about The Pagemaster, and everyone has the chance to eulogize their childhood video store. In the second half, we talk about motherhood, science, and serial killers in Chelsea's debut feature film ALL THAT WE DE...
Sep 02, 2019•1 hr 50 min
Welcome back! This week Joshua does an unsolicited commercial for Yankee Candle. Joe tells the tale of the time he walked through Joshua's screen door trying to avoid a giant spider. Joshua takes forever to recount his visit to Ohio for his brother's wedding. It's an Over-privileged Queer American Horror Story with a happy ending twist! The boys wrap up their werewolf section with the 90's werecat bomb (and one of Joshua's fave childhood horror movies) Stephen King's Sleepwalkers! Gather up your...
Aug 26, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Joshua and Joe are back in the WCML with Ashley, and are INSTANTLY derailed by nuns. Joe is upset that Joshua is cheating on him with another podcast. Eventually, the panel gets into the Academy Award-winning An American Werewolf in London (1981). Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. CLover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected ...
Aug 19, 2019•1 hr 10 min
We are breaking down our time at Midsummer Scream! We chat about a ton of folks that we met and panels we attended. It's a horror Plug-A-Palooza! Also we chat about Sister Act and how much Joshua and Joe love nuns for VERY different reasons... Mentioned in this episode: -Boneware Cutlery -Corwyn Matthews -Knee High Horror -Tenth Dimension Art Collective -Monster Posse -Cryptix Spook-apella Scarolers -Tales From the Crypt 30th Anniversary panel -When Brains Attack! Mental Illness and Horror panel...
Aug 12, 2019•1 hr 25 min
Welcome back to another ferociously furry episode of Fright School! Joe and Joshua catch up on the road to LA. Then the boys are joined in the studio by Jae to chat about GINGER SNAPS (2000) in our ongoing werewolf series. We discuss sexy Klingon foreheads, angsty teenage sex, sexual awakenings, sexy sexual sex... you get the point. Jae gives off Big Female Tuba Energy which is equally matched by Joe's Gay Saxophone Energy and Joshua has no idea what the hell is going on anymore. Things get very...
Jul 29, 2019•1 hr 29 min
Joshua and Joe are joined in the WCML by Jae to discuss her origins with horror. Poppy Z. Brite, The Shining, and the X-Files movie! Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. CLover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells FOLLOW US! Facebook Twit...
Jul 22, 2019•1 hr 10 min
This week on Fright School, we start a brand new unit on werewolves! Even a Joe who is pure in heart, and says his prayers by night May have a Joshua show him the original WOLF MAN (1941) when the wolfs bane blooms, and the summer moon is bright. FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree EXTRA CREDIT: FRIGHT SCHOOL 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 2020 CLICKABLE CALENDAR WE HAVE ALL NEW TEES AND MERCH AVAILABLE! Mentioned in this episode: Roxane Gay and Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom Hear To Slay Anthem H...
Jul 15, 2019•1 hr 21 min
We're so excited to have Ashley back in the Wes Craven Memorial Library to discuss Ari Aster's new film MIDSOMMAR! We're trying to answer that age old question: How much suffering is appropriate for a shitty boyfriend? Join us at Midsummer Scream August 3-4! 20% off with code FRIGHTSCHOOL! Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. CLover Horror Noire: A History of Black...
Jul 08, 2019•58 min
We're welcoming back Tiffany Tang to the Wes Craven Memorial Library to discuss the Norwegian cult classic DEAD SNOW (2009) In a Fright School first, everyone on the panel will be experiencing this movie FOR THE FIRST TIME. Mentioned in this episode: Los Espookys on HBO. Click here to watch the series premiere on YouTube. WE'RE GOING TO MIDSUMMER SCREAM! Use code FRIGHTSCHOOL for 20% off tickets! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://ti...
Jul 01, 2019•1 hr 5 min
We're sitting down with artist and horror NON-expert, Tiffany Tang. We chat about straight dating culture, Joan Didion, method acting, and her book Creepy Little Death Poems. LISTEN TO THE EPISODE TO HEAR HOW TO GET A SWEET DEAL ON PINS FROM STEPHEN McDERMOTT WE'RE GOING TO MIDSUMMER SCREAM! Use code FRIGHTSCHOOL for 20% off tickets! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://frigh...
Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 10 min
On today's episode we welcome the hilarious Wendy from ART TIME OF THE MONTH, the show Joe cheats on Fright School with! We take a deep dive into the current state of Broadway, Madonna's new record MADAME X, and life in New York. Our main event is the frightfully fun LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS! Faustian myths, class and race relations, and the dangers of owning an exotic pet all collide in this exciting session! LISTEN TO THE EPISODE TO HEAR HOW TO GET A SWEET DEAL ON PINS FROM STEPHEN McDERMOTT ART...
Jun 17, 2019•1 hr 39 min
This week we're reviewing the world premiere romcom horror play PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER now showing at The La Jolla Playhouse through June 30th! PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER TICKETS FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 17, 2019•36 min
WE'RE GOING TO MIDSUMMER SCREAM! Use code FRIGHTSCHOOL for 20% off tickets! Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 10, 2019•1 hr 12 min
WE'RE GOING TO MIDSUMMER SCREAM! Use code FRIGHTSCHOOL for 20% off tickets! Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 03, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Joshua and Joe summon the appropriated powers of VooDoo to inject their brand of analysis in the original CHILD'S PLAY (1988). The boys kick things off with a semi-spoiler free Game of Thrones recap. Joshua has impeccable taste in furniture, and we find out why Joe has been avoiding this film for years. As mentioned in this episode: Los Espookys on HBO Chris Rock to make Saw spinoff WE'RE GOING TO MIDSUMMER SCREAM! Use code FRIGHTSCHOOL for 20% off tickets! Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to t...
May 20, 2019•1 hr 12 min
We’re joined again by Brennan Klein to discuss From Beyond (1986)! WE'RE GOING TO MIDSUMMER SCREAM! Use code FRIGHTSCHOOL for 20% off tickets! Work Cited: Through the eyes of madness: A critical analysis of “From Beyond” (1986) Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 06, 2019•1 hr 25 min
We're so excited to be joined in the studio by Brennan Klein from the podcasts Attack of the Queerwolf and Scream 101 WE'RE GOING TO MIDSUMMER SCREAM! Use code FRIGHTSCHOOL for 20% off tickets! Mentioned in this episode: Brennan Klein on Twitter Fosse/Verdon Bonding Tales of the City Madonna Dead To Me Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Dancing Crazy by Miranda Cosgrove "Your Indispensable Primer on LA LLORONA" from Brennan Went to Film School Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pi...
May 06, 2019•1 hr 24 min
