Horror writer and host of Brooklyn's Word for Word Reel Talks film commentary series Scott Adlerberg joins us to discuss unexpected mystery twists. What makes a twist work? How do films balance this magical act without tipping their hand? Should we ever follow a spooky child in a raincoat? We answer these questions and more!

We also discuss Scott's latest book, The Screaming Child, now available from Ghoulish Books. Order a copy now...if you dare!

Synopsis:

Scott Adlerberg’s The Screaming Child is a mystery horror novel told by a grieving woman working on a book about an explorer who was murdered in a remote wilderness region, only to get caught up in a dangerous journey after hearing the distant screams from her own vanished child somewhere in the woods.

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• An interview with Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• More of Scott's writing on crime!

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We're baaaaaack & kicking off March with a deep dive into urban legends in horror films -- What are they? Where do they come from? Do they help or hurt society ... or both?

To investigate this further, we push up our nerd glasses with the triple threat of Scarred for Life Podcast co-hosts Mary Beth McAndrews & Terry Mesnard plus horror writer & teacher (& amazing hubbie) Chris Poole to chat all things Candyman & the indie darling Butterfly Kisses.

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• "They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror" by Steve Bogira (1987) at Chicago Reader
• "Candyman, the Scariest ‘Leave Them Damn White Girls Alone’ Movie Ever, Is 25 Years Old This Week" by Lawrence Ware at The Root
• "Candyman: Why This Racially Charged Horror Movie Is Scarier Than Ever" by Evan Narcisse
• "Candyman: How Bernard Rose and Clive Barker Created the Horror Classic" by Jack Beresford at Den of Geek
• "Cabrini-Green: A History of Broken Promises" by Alejandra Cancino, Better Government Association
• "I Could Move In There: When Jane Byrne Moved into Cabrini-Green" at WTTW
• "Erik Kristopher Myers: The Lost Interview" by Benjamin Radford at the Center for Inquiry

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• Nia DaCosta - give her all the work!
• Ruthie McCoy - rest in power
• Erik Kristopher Myers' Peeping Tom legacy

Things are about to get moody and bloody as Ryan and horror author E.M. Roy chat all things related to 1976's Carrie, and 2000's Ginger Snaps! Grab that scrunchie and pull up those low-rise jeans as we explore the "hell is a Teenage Girl" trope in horror films new and old.

Also, Ryan interviews E.M. Roy about their recent scary and reality-bending book, Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies.

Synopsis:

Leo Bates knows what’s behind every corner in her hometown of Eston, Maine, where she’s lived her whole life. Some bad memories and grief for her late parents, sure, but nothing dangerous...

All of that changes when her girlfriend Tate goes missing, and the lead detective on the case blames Leo for the disappearance. Haunted by self-doubt, Leo can only watch as the town she thought she knew deteriorates around her. She is forced to confront the painful truth about her parents, this town, and her relationship if she is to survive the following onslaught of conspiracies, cryptic monstrosities, and whatever is hiding in the woods where Tate was last seen.

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• Craving a woodsy horror treat? Snag your copy of E.M. Roy's Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies from Ghoulish Books!

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Instead of ending 2023 on a very special holiday episode, we're throwing listeners a curve ball this season & diving DEEP into body horror. Joined by Shirley Jackson Award-winning author R.A. Busby, this month Cass & Ryan chat about 1981's Scanners and 2016's The Autopsy of Jane Doe.

Once we return from our ... well, holiday hijinks, you can expect even more horror chats, games, & surprises coming to you in 2024. Take care of you & yours gals, ghouls, & badass they's of the world.

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• André Øvredal's interview at Den of Geek and Dread Central
• Craving more body horror? Read Busby's latest book, Corporate Body, published by Cemetary Gates Media.

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• Head explosions!
• That fly's commitment to staying in character
• Olwen Kelly! Give her everything!

As the weather turns brisk & the night brings darkness sooner to our doorsteps, we're delving into what lurks in the best of Scottish Horror. Joined by the Ghoulfriends Podcast's Lindsay & horror researcher Lucy, Cass & Ryan chat about 2014's White Settlers & 1973's The Wicker Man.

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Hello gals, ghouls, & badass they's of the world. Tune in this time to catch me & my lovely co-host Ryan C. Bradley's very creepy Halloween special! This season, we're mixing things up a bit & playing a game called Killer Riffs!? After, we'll also have a live commentary watch of Trick R' Treat for ya'll to kick back & watch with us & make our Sammy-boy proud. Happy Halloween!

Don't forget: candy is for everyone, our faces are costumes enough, & there's no better time to jump-scare your friends & blame it on us. Now, let's play...

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• Sam! Don't forget to light a pumpkin for him!

To kick off the Halloween season, we're bringing you a lovely (& spooky) chat we had with director, writer, podcaster, producer, & Dread Central's Editor-in-Chief Mary Beth McAndrews on the powers of found footage horror. We cover the OG 1999's The Blair Witch Project & 2022's gore-filled entry into the shaky subgenre, The Outwaters.

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• Edgar Allan Poe's "gotcha" fiction that people thought was real at the time of publication: "The Balloon Hoax"
• Interview with Joshua Leonard on the 1999 film's casting & production process
• "Blair Witch and the Rise of Viral Movie Marketing," an essay by Ryan Lambie
• Mary Beth's review of The Outwaters at Dread Central

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• Rei Hance!
• Mary Brown's quest to find a woman-horse-monster-friend to brush her mane forever
• Wormholes... may they never find us!

This time, Ryan puts Cass in the interviewee spot -- digging into their upcoming horror novella debut, The Caretaker. Please be gentle with this one as it contains lots of thoughts about the horrors of grief.

Synopsis: Cara, an overworked ICU nurse, could think of one million other things to do than sort through her dead mother's house. Still, she's here -- cleaning a home she thought she abandoned long ago. Of course, it doesn't take Cara long before she stumbles upon her mother's buried secrets and becomes curiously stuck with a haunted hospice bed. Roping in her ride-or-die cousin Dylan and witchy ex-girlfriend Beth into the proceedings, Cara unwittingly drags her beloveds into a gauntlet of horrors.

Snag your copy here from Hear Us Scream Press!

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