Episode 17: Worst Fears

Episode 17: Worst Fears

This episode was recorded on December 7, 2023 and posted on January 13, 2024.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity, mentions of suicide & sexual violence.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 17
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Introductions to our guests Will/Armored Foe of Shapes & Shadows Podcast & Billy D of Halloween Babies Podcast
• Today's Topic: Worst Fears

Discussion on Fear

• What is fear? Where does it come from?
• Phobias vs. Fear

This Week's Coroner's Report

• What is your worst fear? What films capture that fear?

Film Discussion

Will's Watchlist | Fear: Water & Loss of Control

• Open Water (2003), The Strangers (2008), The Descent (2005)

Billy D's Watchlist | Fear: Cleithrophobia - the fear of being trapped

• The Descent (2005), Buried (2010), Blind Beast (1969)

Suzie's Watchlist | Fear: Harm coming to her children

• The Hallow (2015), Jaws (1975), Silent Hill (2006)

Lonely's Watchlist | Fear: Men

• Don't Breathe (2016), Maniac (1980), Men (2022)

Rapid Fire Recommendations

Will's Recommendations

• For Billy D: Right at Your Door (2006)
• For Suzie: We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
• For Lonely: Berlin Syndrome (2017)

Billy D's Recommendations

• For Will: Butt Boy (2019)
• For Suzie: Antlers (2021), The Boy Behind the Door (2020), Howard's Mill (2021)
• For Lonely: Hounds of Love (2016)

Suzie's Recommendations

• For Billy D: Oxygen (2021), The Lodge (2019)
• For Will: Funny Games (2007)
• For Lonely: Run Sweetheart Run (2020)

Lonely's Recommendations

• For Billy D: The Snare (2017)
• For Will: The Deep House (2021)
• For Suzie: The Hollow Child (2017)

Thank you to our guests!

• Keep up with Will's art & film musings @armoredfoe on Instagram and be sure to check out his solocast Shapes & Shadows.
• Check out Billy D's solocast Halloween Babies.

Next Week's Coroner's Report

• What is the scariest thing about having children?

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• Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint
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Sources

Adolphs, R. (2013, January 21). The Biology of Fear. Current biology : CB. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3595162/

Johns Hopkins Medicine. (n.d.). Phobias. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/phobias

Office of Communications, SAMHSA, HHS. (2016). Impact of the DSM-IV to DSM-5 Changes on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519704/table/ch3.t11/

Paul Ekman Group. (2021, November 13). Fear. https://www.paulekman.com/universal-emotions/what-is-fear/