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Publisher |: Andrea Subissati and Alexandra West

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Horror,; Movies,; Reviews,; Society & Culture,; TV & Film

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Podcasting from the Horrored Halls of Academia

Tackling all things horror with a slash of analysis and research, horror journalists and occasional academics Andrea Subissati and Alexandra West are your hosts for brain plumping discussions on all things that go bump in the night.

Produced independently in Toronto, Ontario The Faculty of Horror is your best source for classic and contemporary horror film discussions that will haunt the libraries of your mind!

People |: Andrea Subissati (@necromandrea),; Alexandra West (@scarealex)
Country Of Origin |: Canada
Produced In |: Toronto, Ontario
Premiere Date |: 2012-12-31
Related Hashtags |: #facultyofhorror,; #InternationalCatDay,; #TIFF18,; #Toronto,; #TORONTO
Frequency |: Periodic
Explicit |: No

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146 Available Episodes (146 Total) / Average duration: 01:16:11

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146 Available Episodes (146 Total)Average duration: 01:16:11

Apr 29, 2024

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Coming to you live from Salem Horror Fest, Andrea and Alex prowl the darkest corners of RKO’s cult classic Cat People. From the themes of immigration and assimilation to the parallels of sex and power, we uncover how Jacques Tourneur and Val Lewton’s dark vision of 1940s America remains a prescient warning.

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Cat People. Dir. Jacques Tourneur, 1942.

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What history tells us about assimilation of immigrants. The paper published by Stanford University that explains the trends that followed immigration booms in the US in the first half of the 20th century.

On Female Rage: Does the Wallpaper Look Yellow to Anyone Else? The Harvard Crimson’s examination of a new age of feminine anger that is forever grappling with the past.

When God Was a Woman . Merlin Stone’s 1976 exploration of pre-Christian religions where women led.

The uproar over the New Yorker short story “Cat Person,” explained. Male hysteria at women writing fiction about their feelings.

sdbor.nbsstore.net/gore-geous-personal-essays-on-beauty-and-horror">Gore-Geous: Personal Essays on Beauty and Horror. Alex’s new book includes more thoughts on Cat People.

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Mar 23, 2024

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In this episode, Andrea and Alex investigate how multiple characters are perceived and perceive Michael Mann’s entry into the Hannibal Lec(k)tor cinematic universe. From cops to killers and the humanity in between, these cuts go deep.

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Manhunter. Dir. Michael Mann, 1986.

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How Thomas Harris defined a genre and created fiction’s most likeable villain. An overview of the Hannibal Lecter saga and what made it unique.

The Tabloid that Launched America’s Obsession with True Crime. Joe Pompeo’s look back at the lasting impact of the Daily News.

Eating Blake, or an Essay on Taste: The Case of Thomas Harris’s “Red Dragon”. An examination of the use of high art in a mass market paperback.

Hollywood, Home Movies, and Common Sense: Amateur Film as Aesthetic Dissemination and Social Control, 1950-1962. How technology shaped suburban America’s leisure time.

How 70 years of cop shows taught us to valorize the police by Constance Grady. A history of depictions of law enforcement, from bumbling buffoons to modern day menace.

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Mar 18, 2024

00:17:37

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Feb 29, 2024

01:38:27

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From the depths of Warner Bros archives, Ken Russell’s infamous film The Devils has been resurrected (ish) once more! Andrea and Alex take this opportunity to dive into the politics, contractions, and naughtiness present within one of the most controversial cult films ever made.

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The Devils. Dir. Ken Russell, 1971.

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Ars Erotica. Excerpt from Mario Vargas Llosa book on the influence of spectacle on the West.

Society of the Spectacle. Guy Debord’s treatise on performance and coercion.

Sex Education in the 1970s. A rundown of the controversial sex education film Growing Up.

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Jan 26, 2024

01:52:04

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It’s time to look back before we scream forward! Join Andrea and Alex for horror and non-horror faves and a game that will decide their fate for 2024.

Alex’s Horror/Horror Adjacent Faves

1. Red Rooms (dir. Pascal Plante)

2. Godzilla Minus One (dir. Takashi Yamazaki)

3. Talk to Me (dir. Danny and Michael Phillippou)

4. The Curse (TV, created by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie)

5. Poor Things (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

6. Fall of the House of Usher (TV, created by Mike Flanagan)

7. Beau is Afraid (dir. Ari Aster)

Andrea’s Horror/Horror Adjacent Faves

1. Talk to Me (dir. Danny and Michael Phillippou)2. Poor Things (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)3. Huesera: The Bone Woman (dir. Michelle Garza Cervera)4. Godzilla Minus One (dir. Takashi Yamazaki)5. The Blackening (dir. Tim Story)6. The Last of Us (TV, created by Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin)7. Red Rooms (dir. Pascal Plante)8. Fall of the House of Usher (TV, created by Mike Flanagan)

Alex’s Non-Horror Faves

Stories I Might Regret Telling You by Martha Wainwright

Monster: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer

The Cure live in June

May/December (dir. Todd Haynes)

Past Lives (dir. Celine Song)

Andrea’s Non-Horror Faves

Inscryption (PC)

Slay the Spire (PC)

Vanderpump Rules (TV)

Tetris (dir. Jon S. Baird)

If Books Could Kill podcast

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Dec 18, 2023

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Andrea and Alex delve into the murky depths of Nicolas Roeg’s classic to uncover the film’s themes of mysticism, misogyny and the ethics of mourning.

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Artwork by @thelastjohnyontheleft

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Don’t Look Now. Dir. Nicolas Roeg, 1973.

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The Year of Magical Thinking. Joan Didion’s memoir of the year following her husband’s death.

Mysticism as a Female Path. Mary Sharratt’s look and the intertwining history of mysticism and women.

Take Some Pills for Your Hysteria, Lady. A history of men putting women on pills.

Devil’s Advocates: Don’t Look Now by Jessica Gildersleeve – accessible thru JStor via your local library perhaps?

The Social Regulation of Grief by Martha R. Fowlkes. Some emotional attachments are socially undervalued.

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Nov 27, 2023

01:29:09

In this episode Andrea and Alex delve into some truly long-term relationships and their lasting implications. From ageless vampires to hipster gentrification, sometimes loving someone “forever and ever” isn’t as fun as it seems.

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The Hunger. Dir. Tony Scott, 1983.

Only Lovers Left Alive. Dir. Jim Jarmusch, 2013.

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Not All Fangs are Phallic. James Craig Holte’s investigation of the female vampire film.

hipsters-could-be-seen-as-modernday-colonisers-a8622731.html">Why hipsters could be seen as modern-day colonisers. The article by Melissa Tandiwe Myambo on the political and cultural effects of gentrification.

Rising costs and gentrification force locals out of Detroit’s downtown and Midtown. Detroit Metro Time’s piece on seniors being forced out of their subsidized housing due to market inflation.

Contemporary myths on boredom. An emergent field of study about when people feel out of sync with the present.

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Oct 22, 2023

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We all float down here… or we’ll lose our minds trying to make sense of Andy Muschietti’s blockbuster horror films based on Stephen King’s classic novel. In this episode, Andrea and Alex investigate the depths of Derry’s sewer system, summer holidays and sexual awakenings.

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Artwork by @thelastjohnyontheleft

REQUIRED READING

It Chapter 1 and It Chapter 2. Dir. Andy Muschietti, 2017 and 2019.

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macabre.html">Danse Macabre. Stephen King’s treatise on horror.

Why do Students Get Summers Off? A history of getting to play hooky in the summer.

The American Small Town in the Age of the US Empire. The dream and reality of the American small town.

Return of the Repressed. Robin Wood’s iconic essay about the American horror film.

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Sep 25, 2023

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What kind of person could you live with? Barbet Shroeder’s paranoid erotic thriller seeks to answer that question and more as it delves into queer fear, sexual conservatism, property rights and female intimacy.

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Artwork by @thelastjohnyontheleft

If you’re Toronto, catch Alex’s lecture on Brexit in the modern British horror film on October 17 at the Revue Cinema – get your tickets here.

REQUIRED READING

Single White Female. Dir. Barbet Schroeder, 1992.

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You Must Remember This. Katrina Longworth’s in-depth look at Hollywood, including the last two seasons on the Erotic ’80s and ’90s

The Rise and Fall of the Erotic Thriller. An overview of the complicated sub-genre.

‘Single White Female’ at Thirty: The Legacy of the Women Stalkers of the 1990s – Lesbianophobia in SWF.

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Revolting Doubles: Radical Narcissism and the Trope of the Lesbian Double by Olu Jenzen

Queersighted: The Gay Best Friend Criterion Collections video discussion of the problematic trope

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Jul 21, 2023

01:18:18

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From economic disruptors to controlling techbro exes, the unseeable has been used as a metaphor in a variety of ways. In this episode, Andrea and Alex look back at H.G. Wells’ original text, James Whale’s Universal classic and how #MeToo created a new kind of monster.

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The Invisible Man. Dir. James Whale, 1933.

The Invisible Man. Dir. Leigh Whannell, 2020.

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h.htm">The Invisible Man. H.G. Wells’ Victorian classic.

and-simulation-by-jean-baudrillard.pdf">Simulacra and Simulation. Baudrillard continues to be worried about copies.

Evolution of Horror: Sleeping with the Enemy and Fear. Alex joins friend of the pod Mike Muncer to talk about home invasion and visibility.

The Dark Universe Cast Photo. Universal Studios’ lost cinematic universe (and the article that photoshopped out one of the key players).

“The Invisible Man” and the Invisible Hand: H. G. Wells’s Critique of Capitalism. Paul A. Cantor dissects the anti-capitalist sentiment of Wells’ story.

WomenWriteAboutComics.com – Kate Tanski dissects the male gaze in Sue Storm’s long overdue solo debut.

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Apr 29 | 00:57:11

Episode 128. The Feral Feminine: Cat People (1942)

Mar 23 | 01:41:22

Episode 127. In Plain Sight: Manhunter (1986)

Mar 18 | 00:17:37

See you at SALEM HORROR FEST 2024!

Feb 29 | 01:38:27

Episode 126. Bad Habits: The Devils (1971)

Jan 26 | 01:52:04

Episode 125. Fack XI: 2023 Year in Review

Dec 18 | 01:06:09

Episode 124. Death in Venice: Don’t Look Now (1973)

Nov 27 | 01:29:09

Episode 123. Love Bites: The Hunger (1983) and Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

Oct 22 | 01:44:31

Episode 122. Homecoming: IT Chapter 1 (2017) and IT Chapter 2 (2019)

Sep 25 | 01:31:50

Episode 121. Close Quarters: Single White Female (1992)

Jul 21 | 01:18:18

Episode 120. Unseen Forces: The Invisible Man (1933 & 2020)

Class Is In Session

Sep 20, 2017 by Kill By Kill Podcast

There are many horror podcasts around, but Faculty of Horror remains one of the best because Andrea and Alexandra work unbelievably hard to expose the subtext of the genre's most interesting film subjects. True academics, the hosts are unafraid to buck commonly held beliefs, nostalgia, or on occasion, each other's interpretation of a film. FoH is a deeper dive than most, but what these academics prove is that knowledge is power - especially when that knowledge is about werewolves, serial killers, and French extreme horror.

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