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Dissecting Horror

Dissecting Horror

By: Kelsey Zukowski & Steven Aguilera
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Examining the anatomy of fear in film, television and literature.© 2025 Steven Aguilera Art Entertainment & Performing Arts
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  • V/H/S Halloween | Spoiler-free Dissection
    Oct 23 2025

    Hello, horrorphiles. In this spoiler-free episode, we’ll review V/H/S Halloween now streaming on Shudder.

    "A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival,” according to The Internet Movie Database.

    This is Dissecting Horror: Examining the anatomy of fear in film, television and literature with Kelsey Zukowski and Steven Aguilera.

    We hope you find it in your cold, black, withered hearts to join our Society of Grotesquery and Loathing and keep our podcast suffering onward:

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dissectinghorror
    PayPal one-time donation of any amount: https://paypal.me/dissectinghorror
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dissectinghorror
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dissectinghorror
    Kelsey Zukowski: http://kelseyzukowski.com
    Steven Aguilera: https://www.stevenaguilera.com

    Photo credit: Slevin Mors

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    59 mins
  • Wednesday Season 1 & 2 Spoiler-free Review
    Sep 10 2025

    Hello, horrorphiles. In this spoiler-free episode, we’ll review Season 1 & 2 of Wednesday on Netflix starring Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzman and directed by Tim Burton.

    "The series Wednesday follows the Addams Family daughter as she attends Nevermore Academy, a school for supernatural outcasts, where she attempts to master her emerging psychic abilities. Armed with her signature deadpan wit and a morbid curiosity, Wednesday investigates the dark mysteries unfolding at the school."

    This is Dissecting Horror: Examining the anatomy of fear in film, television and literature with Kelsey Zukowski and Steven Aguilera.

    We hope you find it in your cold, black, withered hearts to join our Society of Grotesquery and Loathing and keep our podcast suffering onward:

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dissectinghorror
    PayPal one-time donation of any amount: https://paypal.me/dissectinghorror
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dissectinghorror
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dissectinghorror
    Kelsey Zukowski: http://kelseyzukowski.com
    Steven Aguilera: https://www.stevenaguilera.com

    Photo credit: Slevin Mors

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Nosferatu 2024 | 1979 | 1922 | A Controversial Comparison | Spoiler-free Review
    Mar 10 2025

    Hello, horrorphiles. In this spoiler-free episode, we’ll review Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu, starring Bill Skarsgård, Lily Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe and Nicholas Hoult.

    “A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake,” according to The Internet Movie Database.

    This is Dissecting Horror: Examining the anatomy of fear in film, television and literature with Kelsey Zukowski and Steven Aguilera.

    We hope you find it in your cold, black, withered hearts to join our Society of Grotesquery and Loathing and keep our podcast suffering onward:

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dissectinghorror
    PayPal one-time donation of any amount: https://paypal.me/dissectinghorror
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dissectinghorror
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dissectinghorror
    Kelsey Zukowski: http://kelseyzukowski.com
    Steven Aguilera: https://www.stevenaguilera.com

    Photo credit: Slevin Mors

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    56 mins
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