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by Alyson Horrocks & Jenn Carrasco
Welcome to Frightgeist, where horror meets the zeitgeist. Hosts Alyson Horrocks and Jenn Carrasco sink their teeth into classic and contemporary horror films, uncovering the real-world fears and cultural anxieties that gave them life. Each episode explores cinematic nightmares to reveal the politics, history, and social unease lurking beneath the blood and screams.
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- 2 weeks ago1h 22m
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
This week we celebrate Halloween with Michael Dougherty's Trick 'r Treat. From deadly traditions and mischievous monsters, we explore the tricks, treats, and zeitgeist behind this modern Halloween cult classic.
- 4 weeks ago1h 34m
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Alyson and Jennifer dive into 'Promising Young Woman', exploring it's candy-colored revenge story and the culture of complicity, victim blaming, and "nice guy" mythology beneath it. Along the way, we find a film that still feels so uncomfortably timely.
- Oct 1, 20261h 37m
Oddity (2024)
A brutal murder, a blind psychic, a cursed wooden man, and secrets that need to come to light. This week we're discussing Damian McCarthy's 'Oddity', and explore the cultural anxieties lurkings beneath the scares.
- Sep 16, 20261h 17m
Tales From the Crypt: Death of Some Salesmen (1993) & Tribute to Tim Curry
In this episode, we're covering Tales from the Crypt's "Death of Some Salesmen" (1993), all about a con man selling plots in a cemetery that doesn't exist and knocks on the wrong farmhouse door. Tim Curry plays three roles in this episode of Tales from the Crypt: Ma, Pa, and Winona Brackett. We also pay tribut to the late-great, Tim Curry.
- Aug 31, 20261h 36m
The People Under The Stairs (1991)
Wes Craven's 1991 house of horrors about landlords, gold, and the people underneath. We break in for the Reagan-era satire, the calendar coincidence that makes it feel more like a documentary, a leather-clad landlord with a shotgun, and more. Contains discussion of child abuse, racist violence, and the 1992 Los Angeles uprising.
- Aug 12, 20261h 22m
Madres (2021)
Madres (2021), Blumhouse's most under-seen social horror entry. A pregnant journalist, a farm town where none of the women have living children, and the real case buried underneath it.
- Jul 22, 20261h 7m
Lake Mungo (2008)
A grieving family, a drowned girl, and a documentary that keeps giving you evidence you can't trust. We explore why Lake Mungo (2008) is one of horror's quietest gut-punches, and why it hits even harder in the age of the digital afterlife.
- Jul 2, 20261h 14m
Fear Street 2: 1978 (2021)
Camp Nightwing, 1978: a possessed counselor, an axe, and a town everyone agrees is just cursed. This week we head into the woods with Fear Street: 1978, and dig up what that "curse" is really covering for.
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Welcome to Frightgeist, where horror meets the zeitgeist. Hosts Alyson Horrocks and Jenn Carrasco sink their teeth into classic and contemporary horror films, uncovering the real-world fears and cultural anxieties that gave them life. Each episode explores cinematic nightmares to reveal the politics, history, and social unease lurking beneath the blood and screams.
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