Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover our very first comic, the limited series Basketful of Heads . Basketful of Heads is written by creator Joe Hill, Illustrated by Leomacs, Colored by Dave Stewart, Lettered by Devon Bennett and Edited by Mark Doyle & Amedeo Turturro. We briefly discuss the news that Basketful of Heads is being made into a movie with Natasha Lyonne as shared here . This week Victor recommends Digimon season 4 (2002). Synopsis from Just Watch: "Digimon Frontier in...
Jul 09, 2025•46 min•Season 3Ep. 24
Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover the short film Ayuda (2018) written by Robert Cori, Patrick Mason, and Raul Serpas and directed by Patrick Mason . You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . In the episode we reference, a Director's Notes piece about Ayuda . Shout out Laci Mosley and the despo-meter, she covers on several episodes of her podcast Scam Goddess . This week Victor recommends No Hard Feelings (2023) a comed...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 23
Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we step away from horror in certain senses and cover the 2018 animated short film Best Friend. The film comes from GOBELINS school in Paris, France, directed by David Feliu, Juliana Lucca (as Juliana de Lucca), Varun Nair, Nicholas Olivieri, Yi Shen. We get into the world building, VR and what the future holds. You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . We briefly reference two 'making of' shorts o...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 22
Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week on our 100th episode, we cover the 1988 film Child's Play and some of the broader beats of the franchise. We get into how Vodou is maligned broadly in Hollywood and this film specifically, we talk fear of dolls, Chucky over the years, and more. Victor alludes to a CZ's World discussion of Damballa, part of his History of Horror series , as it relates to the Child's Play franchise. Carlos discusses Vodou and recommends a couple texts including the classic T...
Jun 18, 2025•2 hr 45 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we head to high school with the Giddens Ko written and directed film Mon Mon Mon Monsters (2017). We briefly reference an 2017 interview from Eastern Kicks by Andrew Daley. This week Carlos recommends the book The Magic Border: Poetry and Fragments from My Soft Machine (2023) by Arlo Parks . Beware Spoilers. You can follow The Horror Agenda on Instagram @TheHorrorAgenda. Our personal links and more are on our Linktr.ee and you can email us at TheHorro...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the short film 7 Minutes in Hell. A 2022 short written and directed by Justin Reager and Shane Spiegel . You can watch the short on YouTube here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . We also reference this interview on Facebook. This week Victor recommends the Paper Brigade (1996), a film about a boy who moves to a small town, and does not like it until he finds a group of friends. Carlos recommends Hacks (2021 -...
Jun 04, 2025•58 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2019 short film Smiling Woman, written and directed by Alex Magaña . You can watch the short and others from Alex Magaña on YouTube here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . This week Victor recommends Golden Boy (1995-1996) an anime show about a college drop out who does lots of freelance work. Carlos recommends another Dropout show, Very Important People , an improv talk show, where people are made up...
May 28, 2025•59 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we dive into couple's therapy with the 2019 short film Couple's Therapy. The film is directed by Tim Hendrix and written by Mae Catt. You can watch it here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . Carlos and Victor recommend Mayhem (2017), a film about a virus that makes people lose their inhibitions. Victor recommends Castle (2009-2016) a TV show about a writer who works with a cop and together they solve cases. Carlos...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 17
This week on The Horror Agenda, we cover a throwback that helped shape the genre including last week's episode on In a Violent Nature. We cover Friday the 13th (1980) written by Victor Miller and directed by Sean S. Cunningham. This week Victor recommends My Baby's Daddy (2004) a comedy film about men forced to grow up when they become dads. Carlos recommends Sinners (2025) because he's still thinking about it a lot. He also recommends Heart Eyes (2025) which is now streaming on Netflix. Beware ...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2024 feature film, In a Violent Nature . The film, written and directed by Chris Nash has a unique way of telling a somewhat familiar slasher story. It's beautiful, with a great sound design and we have a blast discussing it. We reference this Polygon piece by Austen Goslin written about how innovative it is. This week Carlos recommends the film Sinners (2025) by Ryan Coogler. We recorded this the day after Carlos saw it and it is fully w...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda! Today we cover the 2022 short film Prom Car '91 written and directed by Brian F. Otting . We have a blast talking this prom night ride that features the death of a prom queen. You can watch the film on the Alter Youtube channel here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . This week Victor recommends Digimon Adventures season 3 which takes a turn from the first two seasons and the characters have to save the real world from the d...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2020 short film Wet Willy. The film is written by D.M. Harring and directed by Nic Stanich . You can watch the film on the Alter Youtube channel here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . This week Victor recommends the Lego store. He recommends, in particular, the May the 4th weekend of events. Carlos recommends DropoutTV this week. Especially Dirty Laundry , Game Changer and Make Some Noise though ther...
Apr 23, 2025•43 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Welcome to the Horror Agenda and on today's episode we cover the 2018 short film Oscar's Bell co-written by Chris and Sam Cronin and directed by Chris Cronin. It is reviewed on Short of the Week by Ivan Kander here . On Chris Cronin's Vimeo page you can see some behind the scenes b-roll. Carlos references the Swiss Cheese method regarding COVID and you can learn more from UNMC here . For more COVID safety information check out the Peoples CDC . This week Victor recommends Jackie Chan Adventures ...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover the 2016 short film PYOTR495 written and directed by Blake Mawson. CW: anti-queer violence; discussions of anti-queer violence, homo- and transphobia and related conversations. You can watch the film on the Alter YouTube channel here . We reference this 2017 interview from HuffPo with the writer/director by Charlie David here . We also talk international law: AP 2024 piece by Litvinova "Russia’s LGBTQ+ community is living in fear following new ...
Apr 02, 2025•2 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Welcome to the Horror Agenda. We dedicate this episode to the memory of Tony Todd, horror legend who passed in 2024. You can read an obit here from NPR. This week we get into the 2000 film Final Destination with screenplay by James Wong (Director), Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick; based on a story by Reddick. The film is celebrating it's 25th anniversary and Matt Goldberg writes about the franchise's kills to celebrate (on Letterboxd here ). We reference the Bechdel Cast Matreon episode (link to...
Mar 26, 2025•2 hr 40 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Welcome to the Abaddon Hotel for this year's haunt Hell House. Yes, this week we are covering the 2015 mockumentary found footage film (and speaking to the Director's Cut (2020) as well.) The film written and directed by Stephen Cognetti . A group of young folks go to upstate NY to set up and haunted house and things go wrong. Many missing and/or dead including staff. Years later, a documentary comes out about the events that night and for months in the lead up. We reference several pieces in th...
Mar 19, 2025•2 hr 34 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we're covering the 1998 Robert Rodriguez directed The Faculty. The story is by David Wechter & Bruce Kimmel with the screenplay by Kevin Williamson. We talk conformity, high school hell, Robert Rodriguez and more. In this episode we reference videos from the Robert Rodriguez Archive here . We reference two 1998 reviews of the Faculty, one from Vanity Fair by Dennis Harvey, and one from SFGate by Allan Ulrich. We also reference this BFI piece by Mark Sa...
Mar 12, 2025•2 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Welcome to another episode of the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2022 short film "The Mages of Rage and the Desecration of the House of Mimicry" a horror comedy directed by Patrick Sheedy . The film is cowritten by Sheedy & Brett Brooks who both play parts in the film as well. The film is DPd by Matthew Patrick Noonan who rounds out the main cast who play a band that performs in the house of a late punk icon to disastrous consequences. You can watch the film on Jason's vimeo page here...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and today we get into discussions of grief, depression and more. We cover the 2023 short film "Are You Awake?" written and directed by Gabriel Caste . You can watch the film on YouTube here or on Gabriel's website here . There's a content warning on this episode as we discuss mental health issues and have a brief discussion of suicidality. We reference two pieces several times throughout today's episode. We reference the Short of the Week review by Robert Munday...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Season 3Ep. 6
This week on the Horror Agenda we return to the Creep Tapes, brain child of Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass . Co-written by Mark and Patrick and directed by Patrick Brice. We reference the Mostly Horror podcast a lot in this episode, especially the 2024 episode with Patrick Brice discussing the Creep Tapes...before the second season was announced which was discussed on Fangoria here . We also reference this interview with Mark Duplass by Amber T of Fangoria. This week, Victor recommends You Are C...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Welcome to the Horror Agenda and today we push ourselves into a new horror realm. Today we cover our first horror podcast. We tune into an episode of Nocturno: Tales from the Shadow. We come face to face with a legend of Mexican folklore in Heavy Lies the Crone: Tale of La Lechuza. Are you scared of facing La Lechuza? Join us and see as we cover this podcast hosted by Danny Trejo. You can listen to the podcast here . We discuss this article from All That's Interesting about La Lechuza by Austin ...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Welcome to the Horror Agenda. Today we cover the 2023 short film Ten of Swords from writer director Faye Jackson , a short about a different kind of zombie. For more from Faye Jackson and her production company Touch Piece Productions, you can go here . You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . We reference this Instagram post from Faye Jackson's Production Company here . While the film is not explicitly about tarot, we do get into a ta...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 53 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Welcome to the Horror Agenda and we cannot remember what happens once we leave this room. We are starting to see a pattern so maybe we'll figure it out. *door slams* *yelling* *banging* We're doing a podcast. We're covering the 2021 short film What Happened Downstairs? written and directed by Andrew Nisinson. You can watch the short on his website here . It was featured on Short of the Week and is available here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . This week V...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda and Happy New Year. Yes we are doing the New Year episode as January comes to an end but we are having fun and covering a wonderful short written and directed by Eros V . Yes that's right we're covering the 2024 short film Meat Puppet. You can watch Meat Puppet on YouTube here . We heard about this short from friend of the pod Sam Shelton but it was also featured on Short of the Week which you can read more about here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on...
Jan 22, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Happy Solstice and Happy Holidays to those who celebrate, remember to NOT answer the phone! Today we are covering the CLASSIC (1974) Black Christmas! Directed by Bob Clark and written by Roy Moore. Before the year ends, if you haven't already, please fill out our listener survey here: https://forms.gle/Vk7YtU1xeAq46aGBA In this episode we discuss abortion and until recently, it's legality in the US the year before this film came out and while Bob Clark is USian he made this in Canada. Canada ban...
Dec 25, 2024•2 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda! Today we cover episode two 'Elliott' of the Creep Tapes. The series from Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice builds on the world-building of the Creep movies. The Creep Tapes is a Shudder exclusive and all 6 episodes are now streaming. If you missed it, we covered episode one of the show last week. Before we get into our usual info, we're doing an end of the year listener survey. Please take a few moments to give us feedback about the show so we can improve the list...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda! Today we cover episode one 'Mike' of the Creep Tapes. The series from Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice builds on the world-building of the Creep movies. The Creep Tapes is a Shudder exclusive and 5 of the 6 episodes are streaming at time of release. Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, the co-creators spoke to Dread Central's Mary Beth McAndrews about the show in this interview that we reference. Laci Mosley, host of the podcast (and forthcoming Freeform TV show) Scam...
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Happy December from the Horror Agenda. As a new month begins we bring you a short film that is magical and mysterious and murderous. Today we are covering the 2022 short film Cookies by the Fire written and directed by Scott Vasey. You can watch the film on Screamfest's Youtube channel here . This week Carlos recommends the Creep Tapes (2024 - ), a new found footage show on Shudder from the universe of the Creep movies. A fun show that spoiler, we will be covering on the podcast soon. Carlos als...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. CW: If the title did not warn you, we discuss sex and sexuality and drop the F word a lot. Listener discretion advised. This week we cover the 2020 short film written and directed by Jason Cook. You can find more of his work here . You can watch the short film here . You can also watch it here or on our Horror Agenda YouTube playlist . We allude to an interview with Jason Cook and producer Kelly Parker and you can find it here from Jean BookNerd. This week Vict...
Nov 27, 2024•59 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we're covering the 2016 short film Gridlock, directed by Ian Hunt-Duffy and written by Darach McGarrigle with story by Ian Hunt-Duffy and Darach McGarrigle. You can watch the short on Short of the Week's YouTube channel here . You can read the Short of the Week review here . There is an IG page for the film as well. This week Victor recommends the TV show Yes, Dear (2000-2006) a sitcom about two couples and their very different personalities and vibes. Car...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 40
