Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua chokes on his adrenochrome. Joe saw HOUSE OF GUCCI and has some thoughts. We continue our Maddy Morphosis chat and the changing world of Queerness. This week we continue our holiday season with more Jewish horror in THE GOLEM (2018). This spin on the classic Jewish folk tale has Kabbalistic magic, a golem in the form of a child, and leaves us discussing feminism in 1673. Recommended Reading/Viewing: Official Theatrical Trailer THE GOLEM (2019) The Golem of P...
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We are feeling refreshed after our November break (though a bit rusty...) and ready to dive into the Ghoultide! Joshua talks about the Melissa Etheridge Cruise. Joe went to Las Vegas. We start the conversation about Rupaul's Drag Race season 14 and the internet drama surrounding a cisgender male, heterosexual cast member. This year's holiday horror episodes are dedicated to Jewish horror! We are starting with THE GOLEM (1920)! Joe just loves a film he has to read! ...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua is dealing with the After Halloween Blues. Every year brings the funk, but the bright side is we're one week closer to NEXT Halloween! Showtime's DEXTER reboot is out and it's good to see America's favorite serial killer again! Joe has been watching DANCING WITH THE STARS, HOME ECONOMICS, and he breaks down the reboot of THE WONDER YEARS. Are you watching? This week, we're chatting about HALLOWEEN KILLS. We discuss the film and possible critiques of the Trum...
Nov 08, 2021•56 min
HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Fright School! We're celebrating our Five Year Anniversary! We catch up on American Horror Story: Double Feature. Listen to us go down a rabbit hole of alien conspiracy theory. We watched PUMPKINHEAD! Joe is most disturbed that the creature doesn't look anything like a pumpkin. We discuss themes of grief, vengeance, transformative and restorative justice. Fright School: overthinking horror since 2016! Here's to another 5 years! Eerie Earfuls Vol. I: Haunted Sounds of Hallowe...
Oct 31, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Welcome back to Fright School! It's Halloween Week 2021! Joshua is feeling way more in touch with Spooky Season after a venture to Knott's Scary Farm. Joe took in CHUCKY on SyFy. Joshua tells a story about THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND. This week we are kind of wrapping up our Folk Horror series with the Director's Cut of MIDSOMMAR! We're revisiting this lovely Swedish commune to reevaluate our initial review and talk about the film in context with THE WICKER MAN and other Folk Horror films. Skål!...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Welcome back to Fright School! It has been a busy week for Joshua! The 25th Anniversary screening of SCREAM was almost marred by a VERY amorous couple. SyFy debuted its new CHUCKY series. Halloween Kills slashed its way onto Peacock and into theaters. Joe did some things, too. With just a few weeks left in October and our Folk Horror exploration, we wacthed APOSTLE on Netflix! Clearly inspired by THE WICKER MAN, this story is all about a Doubting Thomas looking for his kidnapped sister on Cult I...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We're still celebrating Spooky Season and starting to watch our favorite Halloween movies and shows! Joe has been watching SQUID GAMES. Joshua checked out THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2. We chat about foreign films and what might get lost in translation. Maybe we're all way smarter and cooler than Hollywood gives us credit for? This week we are continuing our Folk Horror explorations with the original THE WICKER MAN! This is another film that is considered part of the "Unholy...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Welcome back to Fright School! Happy Spooky Season, Dear Listener! We're so excited for all the Halloween content coming in. Joe has been catching up on DANCING WITH THE STARS and Joshua is feeling a little called out by ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING. We are kicking off our Halloween 2021 series! This year we are dedicating October to Folk Horror! Finding its inspiration in folklore, Folk Horror embraces themes of isolation, rural landscapes, religious zealotry, the power of nature, and the very ...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Welcome back to Fright School! This week we are celebrating a week of surprises from Elvira, Mistress of the Dark! She released her long awaited autobiography YOURS CRUELLY, ELVIRA and it has been quite a read. We chat about the woman behind Elvira, Cassandra Peterson and the big reveal in her book that she has been in a relationship with another woman for almost 20 years! Welcome to the family, ghoul! Joshua stayed up way past his bedtime to join in on the Twitter watch party (@frightschool if ...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Welcome to another episode of Fright School! This week we catch up on exercise, the IATSE story, and American Horror Story: Red Tide. We debate taking the black pill. Today we went to the movies AT HOME with James Wan's latest offering MALIGNANT. We know something terrible is going to happen the second Madison shows up pregnant. We discuss the film's Giallo like vibes, melting setpieces, the bizarre twist we saw coming, and the action sequences. Tell us, Dear Listener, what kind of lollipop is y...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Welcome to another Fright School Field Trip! This week we are checking out Nia DaCosta's CANDYMAN! Recommended Reading/Viewing: Official Theatrical Trailer CANDYMAN (2021) “Be My Victim”: Nia DaCosta’s ‘Candyman’ and The Insidious History of Racism In the United States Candyman Wrings Terror Out of the Horror of Gentrification by LEONARD PIERCE Extra Credit: Check out THE LIST WE MISSED "Have you seen this movie? Nope, but we'll put it on the list!" Besties AJ & Jacki will finally get to "th...
Sep 13, 2021•49 min
Welcome back to Fright School! This week Joshua is in Ohio with his baby brother Cody! Thankfully, Joshua can cook so he was allowed to stay. Satan knows he's annoying as fuck. Joe binged THE WHITE LOTUS and we discuss the gays in residence. We discuss FAST AND FURIOUS in SPACE! Joshua did a rewatch of AHS FREAK SHOW and binged the deliciously weird BRAND NEW CHERRY FLAVOR. This week we discuss Cody's pick 28 WEEKS LATER. We chat about the very topical issue of dealing with a pandemic that won't...
Aug 30, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We're back with part two of our chat with the Jersey Ghouls, Jacki and Marissa! This time we're diving into Netflix's FEAR STREET trilogy. We have lots of thoughts. We chat about the Queer relationship at the core of the series, teenage drama, comparing the books and the films, and other YA horror. Recommended Reading/Viewing: We LOVE the Jersey Ghouls and so should YOU! They interviewed JASON GOES TO HELL director Adam Marcus in their latest episode. Listen HERE C...
Aug 23, 2021•53 min
Welcome back to Fright School! This week we are joined by the Jersey Ghouls, Marissa and Jacki! We hear all about Jacki's latest podcast adventure THE LIST WE MISSED! Marissa breaks down what it's like working through film submissions as producer of the RENEGADE FILM FESTIVAL! We are excited to attend the festival! We take a deep dive in part one of our conversation with the work of RL Stine and his Fear Street Series. The FEAR STREET series on Netflix is screwing up Jacki's five year plan as an...
Aug 16, 2021•45 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We start this week's episode by shairng our mutual love of YOLA! Her latest record, STAND FOR MYSELF, is out NOW! Joshua joined another FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP live event. We discuss the boogeyman becoming a man with an AR-15. SPOILER ALERT for this week's episode! We checked out Ilana Glazer's latest project FALSE POSITIVE on HULU! A24 is synonymous with weird and cerebral and this film delivers (cough-cough) on both counts. We discuss comedian led horror, intern...
Aug 09, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We're winding up our summer school series! Joshua checked out A QUIET PLACE II. The boys get into a heavy discussion about gender after Alok Vaid-Menon's podcast appearance on MAN ENOUGH went viral. This week we dive back into the PURGE universe with THE FOREVER PURGE. Is there a socio-political issue NOT found blood splattered and vivisectioned in this "orgy of violence"? We discuss assimilation and colonization, White supremacy, American idealization, magical Nat...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Welcome back for another episode of Summer Fright School! This week we welcome Adam into the Wes Craven Memorial Book Mobile to discuss WRONG TURN 2003 AND 2021! First we get caught up on all things RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE ALL STARS SEASON 6. We are finding ourselves afflicted with a new illness: Chronic Drag Race Fatigue. Joshua joined in on the #SpiralWatchParty on Twitter this week to celebrate the BluRay release of the latest in the SAW franchise. We're looking forward to discussing FEAR STREET a...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 29 min
Welcome back for another episode of Vacation Fright School! We're celebrating Pride here in San Diego! Joshua starts to talk about his Pride plans, but gets sidetracked talking about Rebel's Refinery Skull lip balm. Thankfully, we have the Goth Industrial Complex to make sure Joshua never has to use any product that isn't black and goth as fuck. We catch up on the week's viewing with AMERICAN HORROR STORIES and THE MISFITS. Joshua is reading Grady Hendrix's THE FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP. Joe got ...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Welcome to another episode of Vacation Fright school! We kick off by getting a little Insider Story: Podcasting. Joshua gets really confused about Jon Lovett and Jon Lovitz. Both of our beaus celebrated birthdays this past week! Joe bought The Samsquanch a cameo from JACKIE BEAT! She was perfectly hilarious! We HIGHLY (and gayly) recommend you buy a cameo from her! Use the website link NOT THE APP! We can't wait to take Jimmykins to his first drag show at Gossip Grill starring who else? JACKIE B...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Welcome back to Vacation Fright School! It's summertime which means the beaches are open and Joshua is staying firmly indoors. We despair for Jimmykins and the state of the Great Bowling Alley closure. Joshua watched FEAR STREET Part One: 1994 now streaming on Netflix! Joe is serving up some Top Chef at his house. If you like to read, we recommend finding your local SIlent Book Club Chapter! This week on our summer horror road trip, we are finally pulling our RV up to Camp Crystal Lake with a vi...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Welcome back to FRIGHT SCHOOL! We have missed you Dear Listener! Thank you all again for the kind words of concern. In the most wise words of Guru Alanis, "Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you think everything's okay..." Hopefully, things stay okay for a while. Joe took in Bo Burnham INSIDE on NETFLIX. Joshua has been obsessing over WHY WOMEN KILL and also the show. We chat quickly about Drag Race All Stars season 106 or whatever number it is.... Pride month is coming (cough cough...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 11 min
VIVA LAS VEGAS, Fright School! Joshua and Joe were both in Las Vegas over the last two weeks and swap stories. Joe spent time among Gay Bowlers. Joshua believes the walking dead have already taken over the casinos. We watched CRUELLA and share our thoughts on the Peaches Christ dubbed "dog murderess fashionista." This week we also checked out the new Zack Snyder zombie film ARMY OF THE DEAD on Netflix! Our main takeaway is Tig Notaro needs to replace all douchebags from here on out. We popped up...
Jun 07, 2021•59 min
Welcome to another episode of Fright School! We start off with some mangled French. Joe has been catching up on NEW television including HALSTON. We quickly get sidetracked with Audrey Tautou, Chocalat, and White Elephant gift exchanges. Just try to keep up, Dear Listener. It's quite a journey. Joshua watched HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT now on Tubi. This week we're continuing our Bride series with Tim Burton's THE CORPSE BRIDE! It's a fun musical filled with corpses and every British person ever. ...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Yay! It’s a FRIGHT SCHOOL FIELD TRIP! We haven’t been to a movie theatre together in over 14 months! We’re joined by SAW fanatic, frequent FS guest, and our friend Young David to chat all about the latest addition to the SAW franchise SPIRAL. Spoilers lurk in this episode! You’ve been warned, Dear Listener. FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinec...
May 19, 2021•1 hr
Welcome back to Fright School! We have to start with a huge dose of gratitude for all of the well wishes we received after our little scare here in the Fright School family. You all are too kind and generous. This week we're catching up on getting "back to normal," but we know damn good and well we've ALL seen this movie before. 28 WEEKS LATER, anyone? Joe watched THE VAULT. Joshua read Max Brooks' DEVOLUTION. Hymlocke has missed Joe and gets a bit messy. We continue our Horror Brides month with...
May 17, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We start off with some gratitude and appreciation for your generosity. We love doing this show and glad you keep listening! Joshua found a book of horror poetry called I AM NOT YOUR FINAL GIRL by Claire C. Holland. Joe was a guest on Guam based podcast WE GOT OUT OF BED TODAY! He promises to spill some tea about THE WEAKEST LINK, so check it out! We also catch up on the RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE finale. It's May so Bridal Season is ramping up, though how anyone is getting...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Welcome back to Fright School! So we're having technical difficulties! We've managed to get through a year of the pandemic remotely recording with almost no issues and now all of a sudden things keep happening. Unfortunately, most of our catch up conversation just disappeared somehow. Boo! However, our conversation on HUNTED, much like it's main character Eve, managed to survive the bloody mess. We are finishing up our LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD trip with this Shudder exclusive film. We talk about h...
Apr 26, 2021•49 min
Welcome back to Fright School! It has been way too long since we've checked in with our favorite Final Grrrrrl Ashley! She's joining us today to chat about PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020)! We catch up on life in the ongoing pandemic. Joshua watched 1984's DUNE for the first time. Joe has been watching FRESH OFF THE BOAT. Ashely got a new job and she and Joe share their love for FRIENDS. This week we continue our ongoing examination of Little Red Riding Hood themes in horror with PROMISING YOUNG WOM...
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Welcome back to Fright School! We are stoked to be back in the Wes Craven Memorial Library for the first time in 14 months recording this episode! Joe takes time to take in all of the stuff Joshua has accumulated in that time. We also chat about Drag Race, of course. This week we continue our exploration of the themes of Little Red Riding Hood in horror with HARD CANDY (2005)! We try to keep our pronouns straight (insert laugh here) when discussing the character of Hayley and actor Elliot Page. ...
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr 37 min
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
