Welcome to another episode of Fright School! Joe catches up on his faux-tige television with THE AMERICANS. Joshua talks about trying to make his way through the GILMORE GIRLS. These people need therapy! We're excited about the trailer for SPIRAL, a new film in the SAW Cinematic Universe, being released. Joshua celebrated with a SAW marathon. We're kicking off a new series looking at fairy tales and horror films. The next few weeks we'll be talking about horror films inspired by the story of Lit...
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Welcome to our final Fright School Special Topics: Stephen King episode! We start off by saying goodbye to PLAY MISTY FOR ME, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, and ARCHER star Jessica Walter. Her acerbic characters have filled the quotable quotes sections of a generation or two of Queer brains and we raise a martini glass (or five...) in her honor. May she rest in peace. Next we chat Drag Race because it was a train wreck this week. Joshua and Joe struggle with vicarious embarrassment for this week's sashay...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Welcome back to another Fright School Special Topics: Stephen King! This week we welcome back Zakiya to discuss Stephen King's CELL! Joe gives us the rundown on Zack Snyder's JUSTICE LEAGUE cut on HBOMax. Zakiya gives us some tips for getting caught up on the MCU for WANDAVISION. Joshua tries not to fall asleep just talking about the AVENGERS movies. The group discusses CELL, Stephen King's vision of the inevitable cellular zombie apocalypse. Are we already living it? We chat about technophobia,...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 23 min
Welcome back to another Fright School Special Topics: Stephen King aka 2 Queens talking King! This week we are joined by the hilarious Joe Costal! Unfortunately, due to some technical errors, the majority of the first part of our conversation was lost. We count ourselves lucky that it's a full year into the pandemic and this is the first time we've had a technical failure of this kind. You'll have to hear our thoughts on NOMADLAND another time... We met Joe Costal during the recording of the JER...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr
Welcome back to Fright School Special Topics: Stephen King aka 2 Queens talking King! First we're catching up on CLARICE, CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA, and RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE! We share our Snatch Game picks for when we're inevitably on the show. It will soon be illegal to be gay and NOT have been on Drag Race. We're continuing or Stephen King month in conjunction with the JERSEY GHOULS' MARCH MADNESS series! We loved visiting them and hashing out what we thought is the best Stephen King adapta...
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We kick off the episode with impressions of Gloria Swanson and James Mason. Let us know if we should do a whole episode like that! Joshua watched SUNSET BOULEVARD, hence the Miss Swanson attempt. Arrrrr! Joe offers to buy him a lamé turban. We are excited to be past the 150 mark on episodes! Thank you, Dear Listener! Joshua recounts his Melissa Etheridge experience from last week. Joe talks up BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR. We remain thoroughly bewildered by CH...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Welcome to another episode of Fright School! This week we wrap up our Black Horror History Month deep dive (Fright School: Black Studies?) by welcoming back Zakiya and T.J.! We get right down to business by reviewing our notes on BLACULA, on of T.J.'s favorite horror films. We chat about what is Black Horror and the intersections of the Black and Queer experience of police violence. In our second half we do try to detangle some BAD HAIR a HULU original (not part of INTO THE DARK as Joshua WRONGL...
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 43 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We're catching up on another week in the pandemic! Joe did trivia for Guam! Joshua and Joe checked out CLARICE and chat about the state of the SILENCE OF THE LAMBS property. Joshua also had a chance to see POSSESSOR. VOTE now for the FANGORIA CHAINSAW AWARDS 2021! We wonder about the veracity of Tim Burton's WEDNESDAY series. This week we discuss Kasi Lemmons' EVE'S BAYOU! We're continuing our celebration of Black History Month (and also Women in Horror month!) wit...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 25 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We dedicate the first part of the episode to Joe and his recent appearance on THE WEAKEST LINK! We are continuing our celebration of Black Horror History Month! HORROR NOIRE (on SHUDDER!) is our guide to some of the essential and influential films that have shaped Black Horror. Today we're discussing GANJA & HESS a film that was almost lost to the ages if not for The Museum of Modern Art. We chat about Catholicism's preoccupation with blood drinking and canniba...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 23 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We share our favorite rainy day songs after we sound checked with some Carpenters' tunes. We chat season 13 of RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE now that Joe is caught up. We choose our top Queens we want to see go all the way. We are very excited about PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN. We are celebrating Black Horror History Month! With HORROR NOIRE (on SHUDDER!) as our guide, we are viewing some of the essential and influential films that have shaped Black Horror. We're kicking things off...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 25 min
Welcome to the concluding episode of Fright School's The Purge Series! We try to keep it short, but you know how we are... Joe has been catching up on the exciting shows of 2015 like THE MAGICIANS! Joshua's Netflix is filling up with Scandinavian crime procedurals and he is here for it. THE VALHALLA MURDERS is the latest to grab his attention. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS remains one of our favorite films so we are super excited for the new CBS All Access series CLARICE coming in February. We wrap u...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 31 min
This is not a test. This is your emergency broadcast system announcing the commencement of yet another episode of Fright School's The Purge Series! We start things off by chatting about BAM BOX (this is NOT a sponsored post unfortunately...). Joshua is heading back to school full time so he's cancelling all of the things that bring him joy. Joe is doing his own interior decorating. We get caught up on Drag Race. We're casting our vote for THE PURGE ELECTION YEAR! We discuss murder tourism, White...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 25 min
This is not a test. This is your emergency broadcast system announcing the commencement of another episode of Fright School! What a week it has been! We lay out the next few episodes dedicated to THE PURGE series. Drag Race: Original Recipe is back for the 100th season and we're in full support of the Drag Industrial Complex. Where's their stimulus package?! Joshua got a Nintendo Switch which he basically only plays NES games on. Super Mario Bros for the win! Sidescroller4Lyfe. Joe chases Pokémo...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 19 min
HAPPY NEW FEAR! Welcome back from Winter break! We get caught up on our respective holiday escapades and successfully avoid talking about the new strain of Coronavirus. Joshua's thoughts on Rudolph have struck a chord with some of our listeners! What other holiday classic can he piss all over? Find out when YULE school returns... at some point way in the future. We tear into the practically universally adored HAPPIEST SEASON and chat about the very tense days after the release of WONDER WOMAN 19...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Welcome to our first (and maybe last) ever episode of YULE School! This week the table gets flipped as Joe takes Joshua on a traumatic journey with RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER! The boys chat about their family traditions and plans for the holidays. Joshua is very triggered by Rudolph. We try to figure out exactly what Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer is trying to tell us about bullying and fitting in. Please consider donating as the goal is almost met! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Link...
Dec 25, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Season's Grievings, Fright School! We're here with another Holiday Horror episode! First we try to share good news and stay on a happy note, but Joe can't help infect us with Covid talk. We had a blast on Geekscape's 15 Hour Live Stream for Big Brothers Big Sisters. You can catch our live segments on Geekscape's YouTube or Facebook! Joshua is in crisis because he doesn't have an actual favorite holiday film that's not horror related. We try to unpack the overstuffed stocking that is the latest i...
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 22 min
Scary Creepmas, Fright Schoolers! 'Tis the season to be ghoulish and we are kicking off our Scary Xmas 2020 series! First, the world remains an awful place fast approaching the plot of a Stephen King novel (soon to be a CBS All Access Miniseries!) and we just want you all to stay happy and healthy. We were both wowed by the latest incarnation of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL starring Jefferson Mays as... well... everybody. It's a fantastic one man show that echoes Dickens' own performance o...
Dec 07, 2020•49 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We are discussing another Indigenous Horror film with our friend Zakiya! First we chat about everyone's Thanksgiving/Indigenous Solidarity/ Anti-Colonial dinners. We debate cranberry sauce. Joe really wants to discuss The Crown. Speaking of colonialism and horror, we unpack BLOOD QUANTUM. There is so much to.... chew on. Joshua and Zakiya give a quick history lesson to contextualize the film. We talk about blood quantum laws, Colonialism in horror, The Walking Dead...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 29 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We start off by getting instantly off track with discussing THE CROWN. It's Gillian Anderson as Maggie Thatcher! It's illegal NOT to watch it. The holidays are coming very soon, so we thought we would take a few episodes and look at some films created by the Indigenous Horror community. First up is THE SMUDGING. We start off with a brief history of the Indian Relocation Act of 1956 to give some context for the film's setting at a Native American Cultural Center hau...
Nov 16, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Welcome back to Fright School! This week we share our LIVE episode from October 30th during the HORROR MOVIE NIGHT SCARES FOR CARES CHARITY LIVESTREAM! We were joined by our Final Gurl Ashley and practicing Eclectic Wiccan and High Priestess Tamanava to discuss witchcraft in film! Joe and Joshua do a quick intro to discuss the controversy brewing (Lol...) around THE WITCHES and advocates for people with limb differences. FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree Recommended Reading: Origina...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 23 min
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We wanted to drop a special bonus episode to celebrate! We had the pleasure of chatting with SEAN KELLER co-writer of Hulu and Blumhouse's ALL THAT WE DESTROY (directed by the fabulous CHELSEA STARDUST!). He is also the composer and creator of SLASHED! The Musical. We chat with Sean about his Halloween and horror history, making movies, and writing music. He gives us the behind-the-scenes making of his latest album REVENGE OF THE KILLER SOUNDS OF HALLOWEEN out on BANDCAMP NOW! S...
Oct 31, 2020•57 min
Praise Satan! It's another episode of FRIGHT SCHOOL! We briefly catch up on the week's viewing. Joshua took in the new adaptation of THE WITCHES and Joe introduced his Special Man Friend to THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW! We wrap up our Halloween 2020 series on Satan and his followers with WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS a campy, twisty delight. Joshua schools Joe (very superficially) on the Satanic Panic phenomenon of the 80s and 90s. Again, we're reminded of the fact that humans are bad enough, we don't...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Welcome back to another physically distanced episode of Fright School! We are absolutely bedeviled to welcome back the delightful Chelsea Stardust for a deep dive into her film SATANIC PANIC! First we catch up on what everyone has been watching. Chelsea sells Joe on The Great British Bakeoff. Joshua caught Shudder's latest release, The Mortuary Collection. Joe watched Wes Craven's (RIP forever nightmare maker) Vampire In Brooklyn for the first time. Chelsea has been taking in The Haunting Of Bly...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 36 min
Welcome back to another devilish episode of Fright School! First off, huge thank you to everyone who has bought our new merch. We know you have many priorites to spend your money on and we appreciate you sending a few bucks our way! We're continuing our study of The Devil with HORNS, but first we catch up. We both watched VAMPIRE VS THE BRONX on Netflix. It gave The Goonies meets The Lost Boys vibes. Definitely recommend! Joshua checked out Hulu's BOOKS OF BLOOD. Sad Face Emoji. MEH. Joshua is a...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Episode Notes We're back with another episode of Fright School! We catch up on the week with Joe watching THE BABYSITTER: KILLER QUEEN as part of his VOLUNTARY horror viewing every night in October! Joshua has been on a rewatch of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL after viewing a Sarah Paulson wig video. Joshua is also visiting THE SUNKEN PLACE with Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes' online lecture series exploring the history of Black Horror. We compare childhood Halloween movies with Hocus Pocus and...
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 37 min
Welcome to another Fright School field trip (that we of course did virtually....)! This week we chat about Joe's drinking habits while watching Waiting to Exhale. We take tangential to a whole new level with a winding conversation about RATCHED, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, FIGHT CLUB, and GIRL, INTERRUPTED. Black History continues to be Black Horror with ANTEBELLUM. We must stress this is an initial thoughts review and as such is all over the place! ALSO we SPOIL THE SHIT out of the film wi...
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua and Joe are having a bit of a downer moment. The Covid Crisis continues. California is on fire. The Nazis seem to be making a comeback in a big way. Nia DaCosta's CANDYMAN is delayed. Times are tough. However, RATCHED is out this week. We have a trailer for Clive Barker's BOOKS OF BLOOD on HULU. Joshua is very excited about MORBID ANATOMY'S ART OF ANATOMY SYMPOSIUM coming up on September 26th. Joe has had lots of time with his special man friend lately. Hall...
Sep 14, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Welcome back to Fright School! This week we are joined by Heather Petrocelli, a researcher working on her PhD in Film Studies at the Gothic Centre in Manchester Metropolitan University. She is also the person behind QUEER FOR FEAR a massive research project and important examination of LGBTQ+ people and their relationship to horror. We are beyond excited to welcome her into our remote learning center. Everyone took a trip to the drive-in this week: Joshua and Joe saw THE NEW MUTANTS and Heather ...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 22 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We are so happy to welcome Conor to the show! He is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Higher Education and Student Affairs at Bowling Green State! That's a mouthful! We get caught up on the week and chat about his history with horror. Later, our conversation is all about how Higher Education is portrayed in the media with 1998's URBAN LEGEND. We all share our various experiences with urban legends from ghosts on Guam to Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. Wh...
Aug 31, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Welcome to our first ever FRIGHT SCHOOL LIVE! We welcome back Prof. T.J. for a raucous discussion on WAP, Lovecraftian Racism, and DEMON KNIGHT! FRIGHT SCHOOL 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 2020 CLICKABLE CALENDAR WE HAVE ALL NEW TEES AND MERCH AVAILABLE! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Recommended Reading: Official Trailer DEMON KNIGHT (1995) Black Horror Movies entry on DEMON KNIGHT CHECK OUT THE LIVE VIDEO FOR DEMON KNIGHT WITH PROFESSOR T.J! Support The Okra Project! Prof T.J.'s Book QUEERING CO...
Aug 24, 2020•1 hr 23 min
