Ep. 155: The boundaries of horror

Jack of All Graves

After Corrigan takes us back to a horrific civilian tragedy in WWII England, we deep dive into our spooky season watches, and then get into a question brought to us from a listener: What exactly IS a horror movie, and how do we tell it apart from similar but different genres?

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster
[36:00] Marko paints a vivid welcome picture, the unseasonably warm weathers causes him to create his own rendition of a Mama’s and the Papa’s classic
[43:30] An update on the Taylor Schabusiness story, plus upcoming watch-along, book club, and JoAG guests!
[58:20] What we watched! (Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, Burial Ground, House II: The Second Story, The Nun II, Critters, The Card Counter, Disturbing Behavior, Dead Silence, Idle Hands, A Haunting in Venice, Historia de Lo Oculto, Magic, Ghostwatch, Sunset Blvd, Scamanda)
[142:00] What separates a horror movie from adjacent genres like sci-fi, adventure, and action?

Stuff we referenced:

• The Blitz | World War II, History, & Facts | Britannica
• Bethnal Green Tube Disaster: ‘I tried to black it out’ – BBC News
• Bethnal Green Tube disaster: 75 years on, and 173 victims of wartime tragedy finally have the memorial they deserve | The Independent | The Independent
• Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Inquiry Report – The National Archives
• Bethnal Green Tube Disaster – Historic UK
• BBC – WW2 People’s War – The Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Disaster
• What is Horror? Definition and Examples in Film