Episode 4: Refrain & Be

In Episode 4, Lauren and Jared talk politics, flies, and capitalism (4:30), Lovecraft country and pickaninny problems (12:10), the most beautiful television in the world (31:19), how vampires tried - and failed - to gentrify the Bronx (36:10), a quick tangent to remember The Descent (44:51), the whelmed-ness of Bly Manor - (49:09), cringe at Netflix trying so hard to be down (1:02:43), accessibility and diversity in horror (1:10:43),  a reminder that we said covid was going to ruin everything (1:31:38), and get into one of Lauren's favorite films ever - Bill Gun's Ganja and Hess. 



Gems from E4: 

Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood (1968-2001 - 31 Seasons) 
It Follows (2015)
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 
Vampires in the Bronx (2020)
Hubie Halloween (2020)
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
The Descent (2005)
Black Christmas (2006)
The Village (2004)
Scary Movie (2000)
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Terror Train  (1980) 
Halloween (1978) 
Prom Night (1980) 
The Fog (1980) 
Trading Places (1983)
Scream 2 (1997)
Menace II Society (1993)
Jason’s Lyric (1994)
Higher Learning (1995)
Demon Knight (1995)
The Nutty Professor (1996)
Cabin in the Woods (2011) 
Us (2019)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) 
One Day at a Time (2017)
Insecure (2016)
Midsommar (2019)
Boomerang (1992)
Boyz in the Hood (1990)
Fargo (1996)
Ganja & Hess (1973)

Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film (1992) Written by Carol J. Clover. 

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