Welcome back to Fright School! This week we got out of the house and went to a drive-in movie! Look at us, we are so 1958! We spend the first half of the episode vacillating between shaming and envying folks just going about their lives like we're not in a global pandemic crisis. Please don't make us sing the "Told You So" song because it comes with a dance and NOBODY wants to see that. We also get distracted by Madonna's birthday. Finally, we discuss THE RENTAL and a modern cultural anxiety: be...
Aug 17, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua shares some truths living with stress during this bizarre time. Joe has been in search of entertainment that brings those Summertime good feelings. Joshua is re-watching STRANGER THINGS and Joe sells him on THE 10TH KINGDOM. We're excited for NETFLIX' fall lineup including RATCHED, an origin series for the One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest villainess, and REBECCA, a new adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel. Also ANTEBELLUM is coming to on-demand in Septem...
Aug 10, 2020•1 hr 23 min
Season's Grievings, Fright School! We're celebrating Scary Cryptmas in JULY! We welcome the Jersey Ghouls to the show to chat about ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE! First the group chats about their states' quarantine measures. Joshua and Joe come for Arizona like they're Spirit Airlines and this is FINAL DESTINATION. Marissa has a real THE SHINING situation brewing. All Disney and No Horror makes Marissa... you know the rest. Jacki is getting caught up on television that was all the rage 20 years ago w...
Jul 27, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Welcome back to Fright Schooooool! We are wrapping up our PRIDE 2020 Celebrations with DEATH BECOMES HER! We welcome back to the studio Adriane and her Puglic Defender Minnie! SO much has been going on. Check the show notes for all of our latest guest appearances! Joshua definitely would attend the opening of an envelope if it means he can leave the house, but he'll be gargling Duncan Hines Creamy Dark Chocolate Fudge Frosting in the mean time. Joe is overdosing on LORD OF THE RINGS and Adriane ...
Jul 20, 2020•1 hr 36 min
Welcome to another round of Fright School! Are you following us? We follow back, if you get my drift. wiggles eyebrows awkwardly We do a quick catch up with Joshua falling down a PARKS AND REC rabbit hole and Joe finishes up SPACE FORCE. We welcome Young David back to the show right as he is in the middle of a BluRay Buying Bonanza. How many will he buy before the end of the show? Seven. The answer is seven. Joshua feels better about his own impulse buying. David also recommends THE VAST OF NIGH...
Jul 13, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Welcome back to Fright School! With this ongoing isolation we'd be happy to float down in the sewers with Pennywise just to get out of the house! Joe has been watching SPACE FORCE. Joshua is revisiting the early 2000s on SHOWTIME with DEXTER and WEEDS. The boys get caught up on RuPaul's Drag Race ALL STARS and all the conflama drama mamas of the season. We revisit Derry, Maine with IT CHAPTER TWO (2019). Buckle up because Joshua came to LECTURE. Poor Joe. We're talking about Queerness and Homoph...
Jul 06, 2020•1 hr 23 min
Happy Pride! Welcome back to Fright School, your favorite Queer Horror podcast. Right? RIGHT?! Just tell us you love us and everything will be okay. We kid! We're still going to kill you for the insurance money because it's what we do. We get caught up as usual. Joe discusses the joys of FUNemployment. Joshua wants to assault Ben Platt which Joe thinks is, like, totally uncool, dude. Have you heard him sing? Voice of an angel, that one. We celebrate Pride month with a couple of gal pals in yet a...
Jun 29, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Bentornati a Fright School! This week we're going abroad to welcome our friend Justine Hince to the program! She is an artist and teacher in Arezzo, Italy so beware of lots of unnecessary Italian and hand gestures ahead... Recommended Reading: Original theatrical trailer INFERNO) (1980) Code Blue: Color Theory in Dario Argento's Inferno by Stewart Jester For the love of smoke and mirrorsl DARIO ARGENTO: A DIP INTO THE INFERNO by Steve Erickson EXTRA CREDIT: Justice in June (and every other month...
Jun 22, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Welcome back to Fright School! This week Joshua and Joe get serious about the state of the world over the last few weeks. We discuss the complicated history of Blackness in horror through the fantastic documentary HORROR NOIRE which is absolutely REQUIRED viewing for everyone, especially fans of horror. There is so much history and analysis packed into the documentary's short time span. Black Lives Matter and more than ever we need to commit to this truth and the work of anti-racism. Recommended...
Jun 15, 2020•1 hr 25 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We are so happy to welcome actress, writer, producer, and friend Jennie Olsen Six to the show! We are still physically distancing in the remote learning center. Joshua has been catching up on THE EXORCIST tv series and reading LOVECRAFT COUNTRY ahead of the HBO television adaptation coming this fall. We take a rocky little trip down Joe's stream of consciousness that involves MONK and HOLLYWOOD. Jennie has been getting her Neil Gaiman on with AMERICAN GODS and GOOD...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Welcome back to Fright School: Isolation. It's been a year in the making, but we are finally joined by web programmer, activist, and dear friend of the show Zakiya! We catch up on all thingz Dragz now that Joe has watched it AWWWWLL. Henny. GOOORL. Yaaaass. Joshua and Zakiya share in their mutual love for MRS. AMERICA. The Samsquanch has been watching HOARDERS all morning and eyeing the Wes Craven Memorial Library suspiciously... After the break, we hike out to THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012) much...
May 18, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Welcome back to Fright School! Join us in the John Lafia Memorial Remote Learning Annex. Joshua is just giving up in quarantine and letting the students (Joe) pick all of the movies. We catch up on this week's entertainment. Joshua brings up Lovecraft Country and we chat a little about H.P. Lovecraft's preoccupation with White Supremacy. So fun. Joe talks about unapologetic Blackness in Ugly Betty and #blackaf. After a quick break, we chat the horrors of children regardless of Zombie status. Jos...
May 04, 2020•1 hr 18 min
Welcome back to Fright School! This week we're logging in to the Amelia Earhart Memorial Remote Learning Facility. We're QUEERantining with the fabulous Ashley this week. We get caught up on what's happening: NOTHING. Everything is cancelled. 2020 so shady, ya'll. Joe is watching MONK. Ashley checked out MOM: Mother Of Monsters and recommends it for your isolation viewing. Joshua watched brand new feminist vampire flick BIT and really enjoyed it's biting social commentary. We're so punny. Later,...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Welcome back to Fright School! This week we're taking up cyberspace in the Howard Hughes Physical Distancing Lounge in the OCD Remote Learning Center. In honor of this week's family focused films, it's just Joe and Joshua. We give some Corona Virus Fashion tips. Joshua is re-watching THE FALL with Gillian Anderson on NETFLIX. Joe has finished Reba and moved on to some other TGIF type happy show to distract from the terror outside. The boys discuss MRS AMERICA on HULU and get a little sidetracked...
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We are in the Greta Garbo Physical Distancing Remote Learning Center and joining us today is Inspirational Eve, a fellow Halloween Queen and horror hound who helped Joe get his First Time in Drags merit badge! We catch up on RuPaul's Drag Race. Eve tells us about her love of Hammer films, her Quarantine Confession Project and explains what a Psychodrama Therapist does. Joshua is rewatching True Blood for no good reason. Joe regales us with an intimate tale from his...
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr 36 min
Ack! Ack! We're logging on for another week of Fright School on the Social Distancing Network! We welcome Young David back to the show! It's been so long he's going to be Old David before we know it! Hey, hey! Joe has been catching up on REBA. She's a survivor ya'll. Joshua has been taking advantage of Shudder's FRIDAY THE 13TH film series release. Young David talks tattoos. Make sure you are following us on Instagram to see some pics! We're trying to stay on the lighter side of things with MARS...
Apr 06, 2020•1 hr 17 min
We're logging on to the Fright School Social Distancing Network for this week's online class! We welcome the delightful Delia to the show! Delia is a fantastic playwright and Joe's co-host for MFK Ultimate! We get caught up on everyone's self-isolation entertainment. After the break we discuss both the 1958 and 1988 versions of THE BLOB! We talk communism, conspiracy, the Cold War, craving and The Blob in the age of Corona. Recommended Reading: Why The Blob (1988) Is One of the Best Horror Remak...
Mar 30, 2020•1 hr 28 min
We're packing up our bags and heading out for THE HUNT! We kid! We're staying locked indoors where it's safe... for now. We welcome back the ever informative and fabulous TJ! First we hear what everyone has been watching from their different self-queerantines. Then we chat about the latest episode of RuPauls Drag Race. LESLIE JONES is all of our spirit guides through these dark times. After a quick break, we return to break down THE HUNT (2019/2020). This sure to be future cult classic is to Hos...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Welcome to our Queer-antine! We are practicing social distancing and good hygiene after Joe had a panic attack due to La Corona! She's comin' for your lungs! We give you a few recommendations for apocalyptic viewing in these end times. Joe plugs his new show MFK Ultimate. We do a deep dive into the brand new documentary SCREAM QUEEN: MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST starring Mark Patton of Freddy's Revenge fame! The doc is an incredible look at his life, homophobia in Hollywood, and the importance of Quee...
Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Welcome back! We're ripping off- we mean- paying homage to the Jersey Ghouls by looking back at our first few years! We've had such a fun time making this show and we've had so many incredible guests so we wanted to take a moment and celebrate it all! First we get caught up on the week including the RuPaul's Drag Race DRAMA (is that redundant?) involving Sherry Pie. We also play a game of "Would You Rather?" now that Joe knows a little something about horror. Thank you to all of our new listener...
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Welcome back! We took a little field trip to see THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020) and we’re welcoming Marcella Maggio in to the Library to discuss the film. First, we get caught up on Nia DaCosta’s exciting CANDYMAN reboot! We also discuss THE SHINING, DOCTOR SLEEP and generational trauma. Joshua and Joe have both been meditating on their younger years. Marcella gives us the rundown on her important work mentoring youth and helping adults become trusted allies. Later we talk about gaslighting, healthy r...
Mar 02, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Welcome back! We're continuing our Tainted Love series with FATAL ATTRACTION (1987)! Recommended reading: Mind Over Pop Culture article on Fatal Attraction 11 Surprising Facts about Fatal Attraction by GARIN PIRNIA FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram 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 Proje...
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr 6 min
We're running a little late, but welcome back to Fright School! The boys get caught up as usual. Joshua is watching and reading Locke and Key. Joe is anticipating Oscar winners and losers. We continue our Tainted Love series with Alfred Hitchcock's REBECCA (1940)! Queer coding and an interesting ghost story perspective are dragged out of the quagmire of this film. We give a little advice on love. Take it at your own risk... Recommended reading: Queering Classic Hollywood: Why We Love Mrs. Danver...
Feb 11, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We are kicking off a month of tales of tainted love! The boys catch up on a few things and discuss the state of love in their life. Later, we welcome Erlingur Thoroddsen back to the Wes Craven Book Mobile to discuss his film RIFT (ROKKUR) (2017). Erlingur dishes up a plethora of behind the scenes stories and his personal connections to the film's various locations. We discuss RIFT's Hitchcockian (did we just make up a word?) influence, creation and its relation to ...
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr 53 min
This week we welcome another fantastic guest lecturer: horror director and writer Erlingur Thoroddsen! The fellas have spent their week re-watching SCANDAL, NURSE JACKIE, and THE KILLING. We're excited for new CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA! Joshua continues bumping the francophile frights while forgetting the title MIDNIGHT SUN. We deep dive into Erlingur's childhood in Iceland and his horror inspirations. He gives us some behind the scenes tales of the making of his films including CHILD EATER...
Jan 27, 2020•1 hr 32 min
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Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Welcome to Fright School... for real! Joshua spent the morning watching VAMPIRA AND ME and getting a lesson in Maila Nurmi's original goth horror hostess. The gents sum up their thoughts on "when animals attack" films in this first series on Natural Horror. Later, Michael Varrati, screenwriter, host of DEAD FOR FILTH, and all around awesome person, joins us for a discussion of one of his favorite films FRIGHT NIGHT! Mentioned In This Episode: VAMPIRA AND ME THE VAMPIRA DIARIES DEATHCEMBER DEAD F...
Jan 13, 2020•1 hr 14 min
We're back to our regularly scheduled program again (kinda...)! The holidays are over and we're so sad we thought we'd spend some time with a happy puppy called CUJO (1983)! We get caught up on current happenings. Joe is excited for his favorite season: AWARDS! Joshua went to a dumpling party as the drunk aunt and was thoroughly shook by the canine members of the household. We swap stories about childhood experiences with dogs, some more traumatic than others. Finally, we discuss CUJO, adapted f...
Jan 06, 2020•1 hr 23 min
HAPPY NEW QUEER! We’re sharing our top picks for 2019 and then ringing in the new year with MIDNIGHT KISS, the latest offering from Hulu’s INTO THE DARK series. FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree Recommended Reading: [Original trailer MIDNIGHT KISS] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW_PU6i-itg) ‘Into the Dark’ Delivers the Wonderfully Gay Horror Story We Need With “Midnight Kiss” by Matt Donato EXTRA CREDIT: FRIGHT SCHOOL 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 2020 CLICKABLE CALENDAR WE HAVE ALL NEW T...
Jan 01, 2020•1 hr 36 min
Scary Cryptmas, Fright Schoolers! Joshua launches a passionate defense of CATS. The boys discuss the toxicity of family and then celebrate the ghoultide with KRAMPUS (2015)! 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
Dec 25, 2019•1 hr 5 min
