Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover the latest film from Ethan Hunt (Soul Casket). This week we're covering Remnants (2025) written, directed and starring Ethan Hunt. 

You can watch the short here.  You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.     

In this episode we briefly discuss Night Whispers (2024) and the making of featurette that Ethan also released here. 

This week Victor recommends Rocko's Modern Life (1993-1996) is an animated show about the misadventures of a wallaby in the US. 

Carlos recommends the Bechdel Cast, especially the episode where he was the guest and they covered Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: the Movie which turned 30 this year. 

He also recommends Etheria Film Festival 2025 Shorts showcase which features shorts by women in horror, sci fi and fantasy. Each of the shorts was an enjoyable watch but Lola by Grace Hanna hit a special beat.

He also recommends Night Whispers by Ethan Hunt which we discussed at length and is linked above.  

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 1999 film the Mummy with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. The Mummy is directed by Stephen Sommers and written by Stephen Sommers and Lloyd Fonvielle & Kevin Jarre. 

While initially rumors, it looks like Fraser and Weisz will reunite for a 4th Mummy film. 

For more on the bisexual power this film has, check out this 2024 piece from Autostraddle by Caroline Darya Framke.

This week Carlos recommends Let the Right One In (2008) directed by Tomas Alfredson, is about a bullied boy and an unlikely friendship with a girl, unlike others he's met. 

Carlos also recommends Biosphere (2022) directed by Mel Eslyn (and co-written by her and star Mark Duplass), a film where two men, in the not so distance future must adapt and evolve for humanity to survive. 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2016 short film Tonight It's You, directed by Dominic Haxton, story by Dominic Haxton and Jacob Robbins, and written by David Davin.

You can watch the short here.  You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.    

We reference this article by Waylon Jordan from iHorror.com speaking with the director about this film. 

Mentioned in the episode is 16th Minute (of Fame) by Jamie Loftus which featured Antoine Dodson, of the 'Hide Your Kids Hide Your Wife fame.' You can listen to this episode and the podcast here. 

Victor recommends Malcolm in the Middle, a comedy family sitcom about a smart middle child Malcolm who breaks the fourth wall, and how him and his family navigate their lives. A revival coming soon. 

Carlos recommends Death Becomes Her (1992) a film about an aging actress (Meryl Streep) who when seeing her rival (Goldie Hawn) had a glow gets a special potion from a very fabulous woman. Things get wild after that. The film is now a popular Broadway musical. 

Carlos also recommends the book When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen, a book of poetry that Carlos recently started reading.

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover another Sam Evenson film, the 2022 short film The Changing Room. The story concept is by Jeff Speziale.

You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/SdS15vKWsHo?feature=shared
You can find more of Sam Evenson’s work here: https://www.youtube.com/@GrimoireHorror
You can find more on Jeff Speziale here: https://www.jeffspeziale.com/
You can watch the making of “The Mirror Box: Making of the Changing Room: https://youtu.be/THlqd9RcU_E?feature=shared

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover the 2020 vampire short Suicide by Sunlight. The film is directed by Nikyatu Jusu and written by Nikyatu Jusu and R. Shanea Williams. This is another one we found through short of the week.

You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/yRR-0IcKLd8?feature=shared
You can find it on Short of the Week here: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2020/02/27/suicide-by-sunlight/
Nikyatu Jusu had a short video given her thoughts on the short on the Sundance Institute page: https://youtu.be/L6GVo6dl5vQ?feature=shared

Pre WGA and SAG strikes, Deadline discussed the feature this short will (hopefully still) be expanded into: https://deadline.com/2022/11/nikyatu-jusu-adapting-suicide-by-sunlight-for-monkeypaw-universal-1235177511/

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2021 short film written and directed by Sam Evenson and story by Jeff Speziale. The film is based on the short story “You’re Going to Notice a Woman in Your Home, You Must Ignore Her.”

You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/hs3paMLb9Qg?feature=shared
You can find more of Sam Evenson’s work here: https://www.youtube.com/@GrimoireHorror
You can read the r/NoSleep story on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/9v5r4m/youre_going_to_notice_a_woman_in_your_home_you/
You can find more on Jeff Speziale here: https://www.jeffspeziale.com/

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Welcome to another episode of the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2014 short film written and directed by Chloe Okuno, recommended to us by a listener.

You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/wWGer07Aa-E?si=J3JonYaY4KxH3vZk

Below are some the links we reference in the episode:
https://aframe.oscars.org/what-to-watch/post/chloe-okuno-5-films-that-influenced-my-career
https://thehorrorofbeingemily.com/blog/slut-short-film/
https://medium.com/legendary-women/a-night-of-etheria-slut-be2cfb10a40d
https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/74141/exclusive-filmmaker-chloe-okuno-talks-screamfest-premiere-slut-trailers-carpet-photos/

The Bechdel Cast covers the Witch and the history of the plantation and contextualize things more and better than us here so check it out: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-the-bechdel-cast-30089535/episode/the-witch-with-jana-schmieding-68561754/ 

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and standing in solidarity with SAF-AFTRA we are covering another indie short, 2018 short film Other Side of the Box written by Caleb J. Phillips and Nick Tag, who plays Ben, and directed by Caleb J. Phillips.

You can see it at Short of the Week here (where we found it):
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2020/05/06/other-side-of-the-box/

Website we mentioned:
https://downrightcreepy.com/short-film-other-side-of-the-box/

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and standing in solidarity with SAF-AFTRA we are covering another indie short, the Oscar qualifying 2022 short film Moshari. The first Oscar qualifying short from Bangladesh written and directed by Nuhash Humayun.

You can see it at Short of the Week here (where we found it):
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2022/10/29/moshari/

This Variety article covers Jordan Peele and Riz Ahmed stepping up to executive produce: https://variety.com/2022/film/global/jordan-peele-riz-ahmed-moshari-nuhash-humayuns-1235440579/

The interview referenced from the News and Views Podcast, from the Quint: https://youtu.be/2x5v11ENqY8

You can find more about Nuhash Humayun and his next project at Film Independent: https://www.filmindependent.org/talent/nuhash-humayun/

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and today in continuing our standing in solidarity with SAF-AFTRA we are covering our first short film. Today we cover the 2020 short film Hungry Joe written and directed by Paul Holbrook and Samuel Dawe.

You can see the short at Short of the Week here (where we found it): https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2021/01/11/hungry-joe/
You can find Paul Holbrook here: https://paulholbrook.co.uk/hungry-joe
This review brings up Tararre: https://www.backtothemovies.com/hungry-joe-short-film-review-stomach-churning-and-grotesque/
This is the Tarrare wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare

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As SAG-AFTRA is on strike and we do not want to cross the picket line, in today's episode we cover indie film Trespassers (2019)  and have a brief conversation about the strike to start the episode.

Going forward, we will cover indie films or short films until the strike is over to avoid publicizing movies released, past or present from struck companies.

For more info on the strike see here: https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/
See also: https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/podcaster-faqs

While not a huge plot point in the film, there is an abusive partner in the film and so we want to share resources if you're in an abusive relationship:
The National Domestic Violence Hotline website is listed for those in abusive situations looking for a way out, or help.  or call 1800799SAFE/18007997233 OR TTY 18007873224 OR text "Start" to 88788

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. Today we plummet into the depths and explore a world 30 years in the making. Yes, we covered Phil Tippett’s Mad God, now streaming on Shudder.

We had a lot to say and part of our conversation references:

https://filmcolossus.com/mad-god-explained
https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/mad-god-review-phil-tippett-1234659794/

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and today we’re coming at you with Uncle Sam the 1996 paranormal slasher. Did you see this one as a kid? No? Then, be prepared for a for a fourth of July you will never forget.

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week Jason returns. Today we cover the 2025 short film Sweet Revenge, part of the Jason 45th anniversary campaign. The film is written and directed by Mike P. Nelson. 

You can watch the short here.  You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.     

For more on Jason and his antics, you can check out the official Jason universe website. 

This is the Fangoria piece (2025) by Angel Melanson that we reference in this episode and that centers the film as part of the anniversary campaign and explore more from the universe. 

This week Victor recommends King of the Hill (1997-2010, 2025 - ), season 14, the revival of the show. An animated show about a family in Texas, the dad who is very into propane.

Carlos recommends the 2024 short film Night Shift directed by Karlee Boon and co-written by the director and Shade Standard. A short about a waitress in a small town attacked by an animal that pushes her confront her feelings about her town and whether she's ready to move on. 

Carlos also recommends the 2024 film Look Back screenplay by and directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama based on the manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto about two aspiring manga artists who despite their differences become friends and make lots of art together. Carlos also recommends the manga (which he had not read at the time of recording but has since finished it and enjoyed it.)

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda as we end Pride month with a cult classic. Yes, we are covering Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge. At a time, and for some, one of the worst Freddy films, that has been reclaimed by some and seen as a queer classic.

We discuss the documentary Scream Queen: My Nightmare on Elm Street which can be streamed on Tubi or without commercials on Shudder.

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The Horror Agenda returns with more Pride programming, with an episode on 2008’s Otto, Or Up With Dead People, a zombie film, unlike many other zombies films we could have covered. We dive into avant garde cinema, queer metaphors, zombies and more.

CW: suicide.

If you need assistance resources are available:
National Suicide Preventation Line 1-800-273-8255 / 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifelife.
Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860
Trevor Lifeline (for LGBTQ Youth): 1-866-488-7386

Links we discuss/cite: https://tilt.goombastomp.com/film/otto-dead-people-aids-homophobia-andcompliance-within-gay-community/

https://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/en/cinema/otto-or-up-with-dead-people/

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general/iw-profile-otto-or-up-with-dead-people-director-bruce-labruce-71431/

https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/otto-bruce-labruce

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week we’re visiting Hulu’s Into the Dark series as we celebrate Pride. We’re covering the gay slasher Midnight Kiss, a NYE story that, rather than a new beginning, is a final end. 

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 We begin Pride Month at the Horror Agenda with a trip to Hell Fest with VIP Passes. We get into keeping your phone secure, phoning your friends, and not splitting up.

We wish you all a happy and safe Pride month especially our trans and nonbinary listeners around the country and the world.

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover listener-requested horror classic Rosemary’s Baby (1968). We continue our theme of mothers in horror and discuss the 60s, Satanic Panic and more.

CW for rape and sexual assault. 

Spoiler warning.

Articles we bring up:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/roman-polanskis-alleged-sexual-assaults-what-you-need-to-know-117579/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/r3za83/satanic-panic-interviews

https://www.vox.com/culture/22358153/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-conspiracy-theories-explained

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week we continue our mother horror with the brand new film Clock. Just released on Hulu (2023) written and directed by Alexis Jacknow. Extra special spoiler warning. 

Spoiler warning.

Links mentioned in the episode: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2020/maternal-mortality-rates-2020.htm

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/14/us/childfree-women-birth-rate-decline-trnd/index.html

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week as we bounce back from Mother’s Day we cover the 2014 film Goodnight Mommy (Ich Seh, Ich Seh) and cringe as the story progresses. 

Spoiler warning.

May all you mothers and mother-like caregivers have a Mother’s Day a million times better than this mother. 

We reference and discuss a few posts and the links are listed below: https://mashable.com/article/goodnight-mommy-remake-differences-original

https://collider.com/goodnight-mommy-2014-used-evil-twins-to-explore-mental-turmoil/

https://creepycatalog.com/goodnight-mommy-explained/

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. In this episode Carlos and Victor wake up in a gross bathroom and have to find a way to escape as we discuss Saw (2004). We end our journey with James Wan, for now, and discuss the start of the Torture Porn subgenre and copaganda in media.

Spoiler warning. 

Part of our discussion covers torture porn as a subgenre and we reference these articles

https://www.vice.com/en/article/xwpddd/how-torture-porn-captured-the-violent-atmosphere-of-a-post-911-world

https://ew.com/movies/2020/01/28/history-of-torture-porn-saw-hostel-human-centipede/

For more on copaganda, you can start with this Teen Vogue article https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-copaganda-explainer 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. In this episode Carlos and Victor conjure up a good time discussing the Conjuring (2013). We journey deeper into the Wan-iverse and the start of the Conjuring Cinematic Universe.

Spoiler warning. 

Part of our discussion covers the real Warrens who were written about briefly in this 2013 Entertainment Weekly article:https://ew.com/gallery/conjuring-real-story-pictures/

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda and in this episode we delve deeper into the Wan-iverse with M3GAN (directed by Gerard Johnstone).

Spoiler warning.

In this episode we discuss a lot of technology and draw parallels to various films, shows, shorts and games.

One we encourage you all to watch is Blinky TM written and directed by Ruairi Robinson located here: https://youtu.be/P0lKDy6E918

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2022 short film Soul Casket, written and directed by Ethan Hunt. 

You can watch the short here.  You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.    

This week Victor recommends Stuck on You (2003) a comedy about conjoined twins who move to Los Angeles because one wants to be an actor.

Carlos recommends Clown in a Cornfield (2025) a fun horror about a teenager who moves to a new town where she tries to make new friends and becomes the target of the titular clown. 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. A new horror podcast from Carlos M. Camacho and Victor M. Garcia, Jr. In this premiere episode Carlos and Victor discuss Malignant. As we enter our show and the Wan-iverse.

Spoiler warning!

We also issue a content warning in the episode for IPV (intimate partner violence).

The National Domestic Violence Hotline website is listed for those in abusive situations looking for a way out, or help.  or call 1800799SAFE/18007997233 OR TTY 18007873224 OR text "Start" to 88788

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The Horror Agenda is a podcast from Carlos M. Camacho and Victor M. Garcia Jr. where we discuss OUR horror agenda. We dive into horror movies and other horror properties from our perspectives as a recovering PhD and two aspiring filmmakers who have loved horror our whole lives. Tune in and BEWARE spoilers ahead. 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda! This week we cover the 2025 film Heart Eyes, written by Phillip Murphy and Christoper Landon & Michael Kennedy and directed by Josh Ruben. We have a blast talking Valentine's Day and the twists and turns of this great recent film, and how we want more films playing with genre. 

In this episode we reference an episode of Mostly Horror featuring director Josh Ruben talking about the film. We also talk about Josh's inspiration for the film and reference his Letterboxd list. 

We jokingly reference a popular review on Letterboxd from CinemaFan007. 

We also reference the Heart Eyes episode of Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] podcast.

This week Victor recommends Sk8 the Infinity again, an anime about some skaters and a new guy who comes to town and takes up skateboarding. 

On Shudder there are Guest Curators who recommend films and Heart Eyes director Josh Ruben has one and on it is Dark Night of the Scare Crow (1981) which Carlos recommends this week having seen it for the first time on that curated list. A disabled man is falsely accused of a crime, and vigilantes kill him. After they are acquitted something hunts them one by one.

 Carlos also recommends On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. A novel that is a letter by a man written to his mother about his life, their life, family history, race, masculinity and more. It is so beautifully written.   

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2020 short film Carnivore. The short is written and directed by Ashton Herrild. 

 You can watch the short here.  You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.   

This week Victor recommends the internet sketches with Chit (Jay Renshaw) from Kiel Kennedy and Jay Renshaw.  

Carlos recommends Heart Eyes (2025) a rom-com horror slasher directed by Josh Ruben. 

Carlos also recommends One of Them Days (2025) directed by Lawrence Lamont a comedy about two roommates who have one of them days trying to get their rent money back after it's stolen. 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we're covering the 2021 short film written and directed by Matthew Lynn. 

CW: discussion of conversion therapy.

For those unaware, conversion therapy is not a real therapy. You can learn more about where this cruel practice still operates from the Trevor Project.

You can watch the short here.  You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.  

This week Victor recommends Sk8 the Infinity. An anime about some skaters and a new guy who comes to town and takes up skateboarding. Victor also recommends K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025) a film about a group of young women who use k-pop to fight demons. 

Carlos recommends Game Changer, a game show on Drop Out that is different every episode, specifically the Fool's Gold episode. So many fun things on Dropout worth checking out. Carlos also recommends On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. A book that is a letter by Ocean written to his mother, so beautifully written.  

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we finish the limited series comic Basketful of Heads. 

This episode we cover issues 2-7 (with spoilers for issue 1).  Basketful of Heads is written by creator Joe Hill, Illustrated by Leomacs, Colored by Dave Stewart, Lettered by Devon Bennett and Edited by Mark Doyle & Amedeo Turturro. 

This week Victor recommends the internet sketches with Chit from Kiel Kennedy. 

Carlos recommends the (again) the movie Sinners (2025) now streaming on HBO Max. Carlos also re-reccomends Horror Movie: a novel by Paul Tremblay.

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2022 short film Baby Fever directed by Hannah May Cumming and cowritten by Hannah May Cumming and Alex Hartwig.

You can watch the short here.  You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here. 

You can learn more about Hannah May Cumming and Monstrous Femme Films here.

We reference this interview with Hannah May Cumming by Connor Reed from the Portland Monthly.

This week Victor recommends Dragon Ball Z Daima (2024). Goku and the gang are turned to children and have to find a way to return themselves to normal as they face new challenges on this adventure.

Carlos recommends Horror Movie: a novel by Paul Tremblay again (was almost finished at time of recording and has since finished it.) It's a book about the making of a horror movie and the sole survivor's account of it all as a remake is made.

Carlos also recommends the 2024 The Clean Up Crew, a film about a crime scene clean up crew who find a case hidden in the fireplace and end up amidst government agents and crime lords. 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover our very first comic, the limited series Basketful of Heads. Basketful of Heads is written by creator Joe Hill, Illustrated by Leomacs, Colored by Dave Stewart, Lettered by Devon Bennett and Edited by Mark Doyle & Amedeo Turturro.

We briefly discuss the news that Basketful of Heads is being made into a movie with Natasha Lyonne as shared here.

This week Victor recommends Digimon season 4 (2002). Synopsis from Just Watch: "Digimon Frontier introduces a new universe in the Digimon fandom. Five kids from the Real World have been called to the Digital World to acquire the "legendary spirits" to save the Digital World from one of the three Holy Angels, Cherubimon, who has revolted against the other two"

Carlos recommends Adults (2025 - ). Adults is a comedy about 5 friends and their navigation of adulthood as Gen Z adults, employment, unemployment, NYC and more.

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover the short film Ayuda (2018) written by Robert Cori, Patrick Mason, and Raul Serpas and directed by Patrick Mason. 

You can watch the short here.  You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.   

In the episode we reference, a Director's Notes piece about Ayuda. 

Shout out Laci Mosley and the despo-meter, she covers on several episodes of her podcast Scam Goddess. 

This week Victor recommends No Hard Feelings (2023) a comedy about the woman, in dire straights, who takes a job to bring a young man out of his shell by his parents and the comedy that ensues. 

This week Carlos recommends Horror Movie: a novel by Paul Tremblay. Recommended by his sister, he went in not knowing too much. Filmmakers made a movie, and one guy is around the tell the tale as we read screenplay pages, and his recounting of things.

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda! This week we cover the new 2025 short film FruitHead from Gushers/General Mills. The film is a horror take on the iconic 90s commercials. The short is directed by Mike Diva and co-written by Mike Diva, Ian Reichenthal & Matt Sorrell. 

You can watch the short here.  You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.    

This week Victor recommends Mortal Kombat (1995) a live action film directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, about humans from Earth Realm who have to fight in Mortal Kombat to save their world. Based on the video game of the same name. 

Carlos recommends Hazbin Hotel (2024 - ) is a musical animated show from Vivienne Medrano about the daughter of Lucifer and Lilith who uses her hotel to seek redemption for the citizens of Hell so they can ascend to heaven. The second season has it's first two episodes out at the time of recording. 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we step away from horror in certain senses and cover the 2018 animated short film Best Friend. The film comes from GOBELINS school in Paris, France, directed by David Feliu, Juliana Lucca (as Juliana de Lucca), Varun Nair, Nicholas Olivieri, Yi Shen.

We get into the world building, VR and what the future holds. You can watch the short here.  You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.  

We briefly reference two 'making of' shorts on the GOBELINS' YouTube page: part one and part two. 

We also reference Prof. Casey Fiesler for her simple and down to Earth discussions of AI and the issues in and around it and the discussion of it. 

While we found the short through DUST on YouTube, it was also on Short of the Week.

This week Victor recommends the Chucky series (2021-2024) the canon follow-up to the Child's Play franchise continuing the continuity of the films (which does not include the remake from 2019).

Carlos recommends the comedy of Gianmarco Soresi and in particular, recommends his Game Changer episode Crowd Control with Josh Johnson, and Jeff Arcuri. 

Make sure you Know Your Rights whether you are undocumented (or not), or recording ICE for your targeted neighbors. 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week on our 100th episode, we cover the 1988 film Child's Play and some of the broader beats of the franchise. 

We get into how Vodou is maligned broadly in Hollywood and this film specifically, we talk fear of dolls, Chucky over the years, and more. 

Victor alludes to a CZ's World discussion of Damballa, part of his History of Horror series, as it relates to the Child's Play franchise.

Carlos discusses Vodou and recommends a couple texts including the classic Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston, Voodoo Dolls, Charms, and Spells in the Classroom: Teaching, Screening, and Deconstructing the Misrepresentation of the African Religion by Alexandra Reuber and can always recommend more to those who are interested. 

A piece speaking to Jessica Walter almost being the voice of Chucky, released after her passing. "So I had her in, and she voiced him, and she was terrific. But when I looked at it in a preview situation, it just didn’t work with the character..." Holland is quoted in the piece. 

This week Victor recommends Longlegs (2024) a film about an FBI agent trying to find and stop the elusive Longlegs killer and solve his mystery. We also briefly discuss the controversy of the film in the current environment of virulent transphobia which is addressed by Them writer Samantha Allen here for folks unaware. And another piece from Autostraddle with Drew Burnett Gregory and Stef Rubino in conversation that listeners may enjoy.

Carlos recommends Tell My Horse by Zora Neale, referenced above, for more on Vodou as a religion.

Carlos also recommends The Ugly Stepsister (2025), a retelling of the Cinderella story centered on one of the step-sisters who wanting to marry the prince does a lot of body modification to try to win him over.

Carlos also recommends Dimension 20 on Dropout TV, specifically A Starstuck Odyssey season, set in the world of the comic book series by Elaine Lee (the game master Brennan Lee Mulligan's mom) and Michael Kaluta.

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we head to high school with the Giddens Ko written and directed film Mon Mon Mon Monsters (2017). 

We briefly reference an 2017 interview from Eastern Kicks by Andrew Daley. 

This week Carlos recommends the book The Magic Border: Poetry and Fragments from My Soft Machine (2023) by Arlo Parks. 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the short film 7 Minutes in Hell. A 2022 short written and directed by Justin Reager and Shane Spiegel. 

You can watch the short on YouTube here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.  

We also reference this interview on Facebook.

This week Victor recommends the Paper Brigade (1996), a film about a boy who moves to a small town, and does not like it until he finds a group of friends. 

Carlos recommends Hacks (2021 - ) a show about the friendship between a writer and a legendary Vegas comedian (Jean Smart) and the ins and outs of their relationship. 

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2019 short film Smiling Woman, written and directed by Alex Magaña.

You can watch the short and others from Alex Magaña on YouTube here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here. 

This week Victor recommends Golden Boy (1995-1996) an anime show about a college drop out who does lots of freelance work. 

Carlos recommends another Dropout show, Very Important People, an improv talk show, where people are made up into a character and have to improve who they are and then improv an interview with host Vic Michaelis.

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we dive into couple's therapy with the 2019 short film Couple's Therapy. The film is directed by Tim Hendrix and written by Mae Catt. 

You can watch it here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.   

Carlos and Victor recommend Mayhem (2017), a film about a virus that makes people lose their inhibitions. 

Victor recommends Castle (2009-2016) a TV show about a writer who works with a cop and together they solve cases. 

Carlos recommends Dropout.TV a streaming network with several shows, specifically Total Forgiveness (2019) about two comedians who do challenges to earn money to forgive their student loans. 

He also recommends the podcast Couple's Therapy hosted by Naomi Ekperigan and Andy Beckerman, a comedy podcast where comedians give advice to listeners.

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This week on The Horror Agenda, we cover a throwback that helped shape the genre including last week's episode on In a Violent Nature. We cover Friday the 13th (1980) written by Victor Miller and directed by Sean S. Cunningham.

This week Victor recommends My Baby's Daddy (2004) a comedy film about men forced to grow up when they become dads.

Carlos recommends Sinners (2025) because he's still thinking about it a lot. He also recommends Heart Eyes (2025) which is now streaming on Netflix.

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2024 feature film, In a Violent Nature. The film, written and directed by Chris Nash has a unique way of telling a somewhat familiar slasher story. It's beautiful, with a great sound design and we have a blast discussing it. 

We reference this Polygon piece by Austen Goslin written about how innovative it is. 

This week Carlos recommends the film Sinners (2025) by Ryan Coogler. We recorded this the day after Carlos saw it and it is fully worth the hype. See it in theaters if you can. Hopefully we'll cover it when it's streaming, but don't wait to see it until then. 

Victor recommends Malcolm in the Middle (2000-2006) this week a family sitcom; a throwback on the nostalgia train, and getting a reboot soon. 

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Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda! Today we cover the 2022 short film Prom Car '91 written and directed by Brian F. Otting. We have a blast talking this prom night ride that features the death of a prom queen. 

 You can watch the film on the Alter Youtube channel here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.  

This week Victor recommends Digimon Adventures season 3 which takes a turn from the first two seasons and the characters have to save the real world from the digital world.

Carlos again recommends DropoutTV. Especially Um, Actually, Game Changer and Make Some Noise though there is so much more there for everyone to enjoy.  

Carlos also recommends the Bechdel Cast, specifically their most recent episode at the time of recording, available here. On this episode they cover the film Are You There God, It's Me Margaret? with guest Kate Helen Downey.

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2020 short film Wet Willy. The film is written by D.M. Harring and directed by Nic Stanich. 

You can watch the film on the Alter Youtube channel here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here. 

This week Victor recommends the Lego store. He recommends, in particular, the May the 4th weekend of events. 

Carlos recommends DropoutTV this week. Especially Dirty Laundry, Game Changer and Make Some Noise though there is so much more there for everyone to enjoy. 

Carlos also recommends (again) Abbott Elementary (2021 - ), the TV show from Quinta Brunson especially given the current attacks on public education in the US. It's a fun workplace comedy about several teachers in a public school in Philadelphia. 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2018 feature film VelociPastor written and directed by Brendan Steere. We had such a blast revisiting this film. 

This episode was recorded shortly after the release of the trailer for VelociPastor 2. You can watch the trailer here.

This week Victor recommends Chad Powers (2025- ) a new show about a disgraced football player changing their identity and joining a struggling team, to get back into sports. 

Carlos recommends the Pirates of Leviathan season of Dimension 20 on DropoutTV. Leviathan is a pirate themed adventure set in the world of Fantasy High (after season 2). Carlos also recommends Crowd Control on DropoutTV, a comedy show spun off from Gamechanger where comedians have to do crowd work across several rounds, where audience member shirts give the comedians hints about what to discuss or what to avoid.

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda and on today's episode we cover the 2018 short film Oscar's Bell co-written by Chris and Sam Cronin and directed by Chris Cronin. 

It is reviewed on Short of the Week by Ivan Kander here.

On Chris Cronin's Vimeo page you can see some behind the scenes b-roll.

Carlos references the Swiss Cheese method regarding COVID and you can learn more from UNMC here. For more COVID safety information check out the Peoples CDC.

This week Victor recommends Jackie Chan Adventures (2000-2005) a cartoon about animated Jackie and his niece who have to hunt for special talismans before the bad guy. 

Carlos recommends Big Boys (2022-2025) a show about a young man coming into his sexuality and coming of age with his straight bestie based on the life of Jack Rooke, whose third and final season is airing on Hulu. 

He also recommends Deli Boys (2025), a new show about two brothers who lose everything after their father dies, and discover his criminal empire. 

He also recommends the new song "Your God (God's Dick)" by Laura Jane Grace a political song calling out some of the transphobic nonsense spread by right-wingers/Christian nationalists in the US.

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover the 2016 short film PYOTR495 written and directed by Blake Mawson.

CW: anti-queer violence; discussions of anti-queer violence, homo- and transphobia and related conversations. 

You can watch the film on the Alter YouTube channel here.

We reference this 2017 interview from HuffPo with the writer/director by Charlie David here. 

We also talk international law:

• AP 2024 piece by Litvinova "Russia’s LGBTQ+ community is living in fear following new laws and court rulings, activists say"
• (2023) Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023

On Grindr killings:

• (2024) "How a murderer used Grindr to find victims" by Hodgson
• (2024) "12 College Students Charged With Hate Crimes After “Targeted” Assault of Gay Man on Grindr" by Monteil 
• (2024) "Man Accused of Using Grindr to Kidnap, Assault Two Texas Trans Women Faces Felony Charges" by Factora
• (2022) "Grindr Cannibal Sentenced to Life in Prison for Kevin Bacon Murder" by Padgett 

Recent anti-queer/anti-trans violence:  (2025) by "5 people in upstate New York charged with murder after allegedly torturing, killing Minnesota transgender man" by Sottile. RIP Sam Nordquist.

This week Victor recommends Smile 2 (2024), the Naomi Scott starring sequel where plays a pop star haunted by the Smile demon from the first film. 

He also recommends Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) based on the newly (at time of recording) released trailer.  

Carlos recommends Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower (1993), an amazing sci-fi/post-apocalyptic novel that is also available as a graphic novel adaptation (2020). 

He also recommends Half-Resurrection Blues (2015), a Bone Street Rumba novel by Daniel José Older. An urban fantasy trilogy set in a Brooklyn with half-dead, ghosts and more.

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. We dedicate this episode to the memory of Tony Todd, horror legend who passed in 2024. You can read an obit here from NPR.

This week we get into the 2000 film Final Destination with screenplay by James Wong (Director), Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick; based on a story by Reddick.

The film is celebrating it's 25th anniversary and Matt Goldberg writes about the franchise's kills to celebrate (on Letterboxd here). 

We reference the Bechdel Cast Matreon episode (link to Patreon here).

We also reference several videos by CZsWorld:

• (2024) I Found Every Secret Hidden in the Final Destination Franchise on YouTube. 
• (2020) Final Destination: The History of Death (Books, Movies & Comics) - Horror History on YouTube. 

We also reference Jeffiot's video attempting to understand death's design, "I Watched Every Final Destination to Figure Out Death's Design" (2022) on YouTube.

Victor recommends Next Level Chef, it's a competition show where talented chefs work under other chefs to see who emerges on top. You can watch here. 

Carlos recommends Ibeyi, a soul, R&B, experimental group that sings in multiple languages including songs praising the Orisha. You can learn more about them here. 

He also recommends Revenge (2018) by Coralie Fargeat about a woman who gets revenge. Fargeat went on to direct the Substance (a hint of some of what you're in for with this film). You can stream it here. 

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Welcome to the Abaddon Hotel for this year's haunt Hell House. Yes, this week we are covering the 2015 mockumentary found footage film (and speaking to the Director's Cut (2020) as well.) The film written and directed by Stephen Cognetti. 

A group of young folks go to upstate NY to set up and haunted house and things go wrong. Many missing and/or dead including staff. Years later, a documentary comes out about the events that night and for months in the lead up. 

We reference several pieces in this episode listed below:

• a ScreenRant piece by Maisey Flowers (2020) about the Director's Cut
• a Dread Central interview by Mary Beth McAndrews (2023) with writer/director Stephen Cognetti before the release of Origins
• a Bloody Disgusting piece by Meagan Navarro about the end of the franchise and the forthcoming Hell House LLC: Lineage.

This week Victor recommends Bride by Ali Hazelwood a book about an alliance between vampyres and werewolves and features a paranormal romance. 

Victor also recommends Heart Eyes (2025) the new rom com slasher from Josh Ruben about a killer who stalks and kills couples on Valentine's day. 

Things come in three this week and Victor also recommends F*** Marry Kill (2025) about a young woman who, in this thriller comedy, suspects one of her dates is trying to kill her. 

Carlos recommends the Hell House LLC franchise. We may cover another film before the release of Lineage. Be ready. 

This Carlos also recommends Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024) the latest in the Dragon Age franchise where you rise as Rook and become a hero in this RPG set in a fantasy world.

Carlos also had three recommendations this week. He recommends the Backrooms episode of Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) the podcast by Jamie Loftus. This episode looks at the phenomenon of the backrooms and how it's grown and spread. 

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