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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 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 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. This week we cover the 2023 short film Trial 22 written by John Ferrer and Harry Metcalfe and directed by John Ferrer.

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

This week Victor recommends Valentine (2001) directed by Jamie Blanks is about a killer on the loose after harassing women who may have spurned him over a decade ago.

This week Carlos recommends Monster Island (2024) a film, directed by Mike Wiluan, about two soldiers, originally on opposite sides of a war, end up chained together and trapped on an island with monsters.

He also recommends Swallowed (2022) directed by Carter Smith about two best friends on their last night together, who agree to smuggle drugs across the border and bite off more than they can chew. 

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Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2023 feature film Hell of a Summer co-written and co-directed by Billy Bryk and Finn Wolfhard. We get into the laughs and the kills of this summer camp slasher film. 

We reference this article from People by Nigel Smith with the co-directors. We also reference this article from Entertainment Weekly by Lauren Huff. 

This week Victor recommends the Flip Off (2025) a show renovation competition show where rooms in a home will be flipped. Who can do it better? 

Victor also recommends Werewolves (2024), directed by Steven C. Miller, a movie where an experiment studying a werewolf pandemic goes wrong. 

Carlos recommends Were the World Mine (2008) directed by Tom Gustafson, a movie musical inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream with love potion shenanigans. 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2019 short film Bakemono written and directed by Sumire Takamatsu and Jorge Lucas.

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

We reference this piece from Fable House several times in the episode which features a conversation with Sumire and Jorge.  

This week Victor recommends Fanboys (2009), directed by Kyle Newman a film about friends who attempt to steal The Phantom Menace for their friend. 

Carlos recommends Thief of Joy the standup special by Gianmarco Soresi. He's so funny. Check it out and enjoy the ride.

Carlos also recommends Night of the Reaper (2025) by Brandon Christensen, a slasher where after a time the killer offers the police evidence showing their spree was bigger than previously thought.  

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2023 Night Shift written by Karlee Boon and Shade Standard and directed by Karlee Boon. 

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

This week Victor recommends Takeout (2025) directed by Jem Garrard is a film about 3 colleagues who think they have a serial killer on their hands. 

Carlos recommends The Comic Shop (2025 - ) again. At the time of recording they were 4 episodes out. The show, about an indie comic book store and their struggles is a fun workplace sitcom streaming on Youtube. Recommended for a second time because it keeps getting better.

Carlos also recommends Your Name (2016) an anime directed by Makoto Shinkai about a pair of teenagers who wake up in each other's bodies despite not knowing each other. This prompts them into a wonderful adventure.

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we are discussing the 2005 short film Still Life, written by Charles Johnston and directed by Jon Knautz.

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

This week Victor recommends Gachiakuta (2022 - ) written and illustrated by Kei Urana; a dark fantasy centered on Rudo, who as part of his false conviction is thrown into the trash to survive and get revenge he'll need to get a new power. It has also been made into an anime. 

This week Carlos recommends the new indie webseries the Comic Shop (2025 - ) created by (and starring) Cheyenne Ewulu; a workplace mockumentary sitcom about a group of friends who own and work in a comic book shop. As of release there are now four episodes available on YouTube. Show was made via fundraising on Kickstarter. 

Carlos also recommends the short film the Moths Will Eat Them Up (2021) written by Tanya Modini and co-directed by Modini and Luisa Martiri. A woman is going home on the train and something creepy is happening by the exit, will she be able to get off safely when her stop arrives. 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2021 short film Atrophy co-written & co-directed by Nick Hartanto and Sam Roden.

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

The film was selected by Short of the Week and is reviewed here by Chelsea Lupkin. In this piece, which we reference several times, Nick is quoted about how his mom's stroke inspired the film and how it weighed heavily on his parents and how he needed to tell this story to process his feelings. 

This week Victor recommends Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) a feature film written by Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris & Mark Bishopopen and directed by Ernest Dickerson. The film as part of the Tales from the Crypt series opens and closes with the Crypt Keeper and follows a drifter holding a key that can stop demons and people trapped by a demon collector. 

Carlos recommends Dungeons and Drag Queens, two seasons of Dimension 20 on Dropout.TV where GM Brennan Lee Mulligan plays a game of DnD with the Questing Queens: Bob the Drag Queen, Monét X Change, Jujubee and Alaska Thunderfuck. 

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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 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. 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! 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 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 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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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we're covering the 1998 Robert Rodriguez directed The Faculty. The story is by David Wechter & Bruce Kimmel with the screenplay by Kevin Williamson.

We talk conformity, high school hell, Robert Rodriguez and more.

In this episode we reference videos from the Robert Rodriguez Archive here. We reference two 1998 reviews of the Faculty, one from Vanity Fair by Dennis Harvey,  and one from SFGate by Allan Ulrich. We also reference this BFI piece by Mark Salisbury about the pod people and the ways Invasion of the Body Snatchers has happened in various forms. 

We also briefly discuss the forthcoming the Faculty remake, that as of January was happening. 

This week Victor recommends Shifting Gears on ABC, a sitcom about a newly divorced mom moving back in with her father.

Carlos recommends the book Like Brothers by Mark and Jay Duplass. A book about their lives and their film making journey as brothers. 

Carlos also recommends Flow (2024), a new animated film about a cat, who does all it can to survive a flood. 

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Welcome to another episode of the Horror Agenda. 

This week we cover the 2022 short film "The Mages of Rage and the Desecration of the House of Mimicry" a horror comedy directed by Patrick Sheedy. The film is cowritten by Sheedy & Brett Brooks who both play parts in the film as well. The film is DPd by Matthew Patrick Noonan who rounds out the main cast who play a band that performs in the house of a late punk icon to disastrous consequences. 

You can watch the film on Jason's vimeo page here.  We found it on the Alter Youtube page. It's also our Horror Agenda shorts here. 

We reference an episode of the Horror Pop After Midnight podcast where the host interviews both Patrick and Brett here.

We also reference this Geek Tyrant interview with Jason Sheedy by Joey Paur here. 

This week Victor recommends the book Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, the first book in a fantasy series about dragon riders, war, friendship and love. 

Carlos recommends Harriet the Spy, a 1996 film about a young girl named Harriet who wants to see it all and spies on her friends, family, and neighbors and gets a lesson in growing up. It stars the recently deceased, and gone too soon, Michelle Trachtenberg. There's also an episode of the Bechdel Cast on it featuring Jenna Uskowitz (with a special interview with Vanessa Lee Chester, who played Janey in the film). 

Carlos also recommends an episode of Jamie Loftus' Sixteenth Minute which features Liam Kyle Sullivan of Shoes fame. 

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and today we get into discussions of grief, depression and more. We cover the 2023 short film "Are You Awake?" written and directed by Gabriel Caste. 

You can watch the film on YouTube here or on Gabriel's website here. 

There's a content warning on this episode as we discuss mental health issues and have a brief discussion of suicidality. 

We reference two pieces several times throughout today's episode. 

We reference the Short of the Week review by Robert Munday here. We also reference this Close Up Culture interview.

This week Victor recommends an anime called Solo Leveling (2024- ) where the weakest hunter finds a new path and is able to become one of the greatest.

Carlos recommends A Real Pain (2024) is a road dramedy where two cousins reconnect after the death of their grandmother as they go on a Holocaust tour in Poland. Carlos also recommends the Book of Lost Saints by Daniel Jose Older, a book about a young Cuban-American who is haunted by a familial spirit and sends him off a a journey about love, loss and revolution. 

If you need mental health support, see below:

• Call Blackline: (800) 604-5841 —> centers Black, Indigenous, & People of Color, LGBTQ, and Black Femme Lens
• Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: (888) 407-4515 (trained peer supporters)
• StrongHearts Native Helpline: (844) 762-8483 (centering Native Americans and Alaska Natives)
• LGBT National Help Center: (888) 843-4564
• Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860, run by and for trans people
• The Koreatown Community Response: Offering Rapid Response on Friday and Saturday for folks living in or around Koreatown, Los Angeles.
  • Call (888) 260-1169
• THRIVE Lifeline: offers 24/7 text-based crisis support to anyone 18+ with specific focus on multiply marginalized communities. They do not engage in nom-consensual active rescue and prioritize the texters consent and autonomy.
  • In crisis? Text: +1.313.662.8209
  • For non-crisis related email inquiries: info@thrivelifeline.org

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This week on the Horror Agenda we return to the Creep Tapes, brain child of Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass. Co-written by Mark and Patrick and directed by Patrick Brice. 

We reference the Mostly Horror podcast a lot in this episode, especially the 2024 episode with Patrick Brice discussing the Creep Tapes...before the second season was announced which was discussed on Fangoria here. 

We also reference this interview with Mark Duplass by Amber T of Fangoria. 

This week, Victor recommends You Are Cordially Invited (2025), a comedy where two parties reserve the same place for weddings and comedy ensues. Starring Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon. 

Carlos recommends the Substance (2024) about a woman, Demi Moore, aging in Hollywood who hears about the Substance which lets her be young again, but is it worth it. 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda and today we push ourselves into a new horror realm. Today we cover our first horror podcast. We tune into an episode of Nocturno: Tales from the Shadow. We come face to face with a legend of Mexican folklore in Heavy Lies the Crone: Tale of La Lechuza. Are you scared of facing La Lechuza? Join us and see as we cover this podcast hosted by Danny Trejo. 

You can listen to the podcast here.

We discuss this article from All That's Interesting about La Lechuza by Austin Harvey.

You can find more from Danny Trejo on his Instagram.

This week Victor recommends Dandadan, an anime about a pair who bond over their belief in the occult and paranormal and set off on a wild ride. 

Carlos recommends Wicked (2024) a musical directed by John M. Chu based on the hit Broadway musical, about the untold story of the witches of Oz (and while not mentioned on mic the soundtrack from the movie, the musical and Maguire's book are also recommended). 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. Today we cover the 2023 short film Ten of Swords from writer director Faye Jackson, a short about a different kind of zombie. For more from Faye Jackson and her production company Touch Piece Productions, you can go here. 

You can watch the short here.  

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

We reference this Instagram post from Faye Jackson's Production Company here.

While the film is not explicitly about tarot, we do get into a tarot discussion about tarot. While not the official recommendation of the episode, Carlos recommends Rachel True's True Heart Tarot book and deck if you want to learn more about tarot, ten of swords and beyond. You can find more about Rachel True on her Instagram. 

We briefly discuss human trafficking and do not go in depth, we did want to share more info like this episode (part 1 of 2) of Behind the Bastards on kidnapping conspiracy theories which touches on human trafficking facts versus fictions. This op-ed from USA Today calls out a recent Hollywood film for its misrepresentation of trafficking.  

This week Victor recommends Jackpot (2024) the comedy about a woman who wins the lottery in a world where lottery winners can be hunted and have their winnings taken if you kill them. 

Carlos recommends Drive-Away Dolls (2024) an action comedy road trip movie about two young women who end up with a package they're not supposed to have and are confronted by the folks who are supposed to have it. 

Join a mutual aid org, wear a mask, and fight fascism in your neighborhood. 

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda and we cannot remember what happens once we leave this room. We are starting to see a pattern so maybe we'll figure it out.
*door slams*
*yelling*
*banging*
We're doing a podcast. We're covering the 2021 short film What Happened Downstairs? written and directed by Andrew Nisinson. You can watch the short on his website here. It was featured on Short of the Week and is available here.

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

This week Victor recommends the Resident Evil 2 remake (2019). RE2 Remake is a remake of the 1998 game that brings the graphics and controls to a more current gaming era and continues the survival horror tradition Resident Evil was formative in.

This week Carlos recommends Interior Chinatown (2024) a TV show about a regular Chinese guy who yearns to be more than a background character and the shows blends genres, and is a meta discussion of Asian representation on TV. Based on the book by Charles Yu (which at the time of upload Carlos will be reading).

Carlos also recommends two new albums this week. The first is All My Cells are Perfect Spirit (2025) by Isaac Shelton. The album is beautiful and Isaac is a wonderful lyricist.

Carlos' final recommendation for this week is DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS (2025) the new album from Bad Bunny with some more political commentary and bringing Puerto Rican classics to a new generation. 

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Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda and Happy New Year. Yes we are doing the New Year episode as January comes to an end but we are having fun and covering a wonderful short written and directed by Eros V. Yes that's right we're covering the 2024 short film Meat Puppet.

You can watch Meat Puppet on YouTube here.  We heard about this short from friend of the pod Sam Shelton but it was also featured on Short of the Week which you can read more about here.

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

In this episode we refer to this Director's Notes interview with Eros V by Rob Munday available here.

This week Carlos recommends the podcast Behind the Bastards hosted by Robert Evans, a show taking a look at the backgrounds and backstories of some of history's bastards. Recent episodes Carlos enjoyed (if that's the right word) include the series on Oprah, Diddy, 'AI Coming for Your Children', masculinity grifters...there are a lot of good episodes to enjoy.

Victor recommends Tag (2018) about a  group of friends and their years long game of tag.

Victor also wants to shout out Bernie's Hidden Treasure, a small business in NYS. If you're in the area, please check it out.  

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Happy Solstice and Happy Holidays to those who celebrate, remember to NOT answer the phone! Today we are covering the CLASSIC (1974) Black Christmas! Directed by Bob Clark and written by Roy Moore.

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In this episode we discuss abortion and until recently, it's legality in the US the year before this film came out and while Bob Clark is USian he made this in Canada. Canada banned abortion for 100 years and then it was partially legalized in 1969 before this film came out and then fully legalized in 1988. In this episode Carlos is unclear (take a shot) about the years in Canada (he was looking up Canada abortion case law while we were recording) and is adding this link for clarity on the history of Canadian abortion law.

We discuss Horror Queers and cite their episode in a lot of conversation. You can find the episode here.

This week Carlos recommends the Horror Queers Black Christmas episode. They seem like a fun pair and were very information. You can find the show here. Carlos also recommends the Queer Quadrant another film podcast and you an find it here. Carlos joins Victor in recommending a holiday film, Love Hard (2021).

Victor recommends the 1998 film I'll be Home for Christmas starring JTT, a film about a young man struggling to get home for Christmas to get a car and reconnect with his father. 

Thank you all for listening, supporting and sharing our show this year. As the last episode of 2024 we wanted to thank you for everything. Thank you, gracias, modupe and have a happy new year! 

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Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda! Today we cover episode two 'Elliott' of the Creep Tapes. The series from Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice builds on the world-building of the Creep movies. The Creep Tapes is a Shudder exclusive and all 6 episodes are now streaming. If you missed it, we covered episode one of the show last week.

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We again, name drop Laci Mosley, host of the podcast (and forthcoming Freeform TV show) Scam Goddess and her Despo-Meter.

This week Victor recommends the anime Jujutsu Kaisen, a boy who upon swallowing a curse, becomes cursed and is one of the most demanded shows according to Wikipedia.

This week Carlos recommends the sitcom Big Boys, about two slightly older college students navigating coming out, family drama, college and more. The show is semi-autobiographical and based on creator Jack Rooke's life.

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Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda! Today we cover episode one 'Mike' of the Creep Tapes. The series from Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice builds on the world-building of the Creep movies. The Creep Tapes is a Shudder exclusive and 5 of the 6 episodes are streaming at time of release.

Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, the co-creators spoke to Dread Central's Mary Beth McAndrews about the show in this interview that we reference.

Laci Mosley, host of the podcast (and forthcoming Freeform TV show) Scam Goddess often mentions the Despo-Meter and we name drop it a few times in this episode.

This week Victor recommends the Lazarus Project (2015), a film starring the star of Creep and the Creep Tapes Mark Duplass. In this film they find a way to revive the dead, and that may not be a good thing.

Carlos recommends Double Blind (2023) a film about a woman undergoing a drug trial where things go very wrong. This film was written (Darach McGarrigle) and directed (Ian Hunt-Duffy) by the team that brought us the short Gridlock. 

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Happy December from the Horror Agenda. As a new month begins we bring you a short film that is magical and mysterious and murderous. Today we are covering the 2022 short film Cookies by the Fire written and directed by Scott Vasey.

You can watch the film on Screamfest's Youtube channel here.

This week Carlos recommends the Creep Tapes (2024 - ), a new found footage show on Shudder from the universe of the Creep movies. A fun show that spoiler, we will be covering on the podcast soon.

Carlos also recommends the work of Josh Ruben, especially his appearances on Dropout TV.

Victor recommends the new show High Potential (2024 - ). She works as a cleaner and her brains get her a gig as a consultant for the cops helping to solve crimes. 

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda.

CW: If the title did not warn you, we discuss sex and sexuality and drop the F word a lot. Listener discretion advised.

This week we cover the 2020 short film written and directed by Jason Cook. You can find more of his work here. You can watch the short film here. You can also watch it here or on our Horror Agenda YouTube playlist.

We allude to an interview with Jason Cook and producer Kelly Parker and you can find it here from Jean BookNerd.

This week Victor recommends the nostalgia throwback that is the Three Stooges. For people unfamiliar, the three stooges were a comedy/vaudeville trio active from 1922-1970 engaging in slapstick and more comedy.

Carlos recommends the movie musical Chicago (2002) which came up during discussion of the film. One part in particular is the Matron Mama Morton song, "When You're Good to Mama."

Carlos also recommends new show St. Denis Medical (2024 - ), a mockumentary style show set in an Oregon hospital that is underfunded and understaffed with many faces and writers you know and love.

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Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we're covering the 2016 short film Gridlock, directed by Ian Hunt-Duffy and written by Darach McGarrigle with story by Ian Hunt-Duffy and Darach McGarrigle.

You can watch the short on Short of the Week's YouTube channel here. You can read the Short of the Week review here. There is an IG page for the film as well.

This week Victor recommends the TV show Yes, Dear (2000-2006)  a sitcom about two couples and their very different personalities and vibes.

Carlos recommends Abbott Elementary (2021- ) a workplace comedy about a public school in Philadelphia and the ups and downs in the lives of teachers, and the school as a whole.
Carlos also recommends the final season of What We Do in the Shadows (2019-2024). The show, from the universe of the film What We Do in the Shadows, is about a group of vampires in Staten Island and the human familiar Guillermo and their various shenanigans.

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2016 short film Death Metal written and directed by Chris McInroy.

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

This week, Victor recommends Truth or Dare (2018) a fun film about friends at college getting conned into a deadly game while on vacation.

As this was recorded during the week of the US Presidential election Carlos struggled to pick a recommendation and suggested finding mutual aid in your area, and working with organizations starting now to prepare for January 2025. Fight for your rights and collective liberation.

For NYC listeners you can find some mutual aid groups here. LA listeners can find more info here.
As the conversation continued he also added Fallen by Evanescence as a recommendation, an album they discussed earlier in the episode. 

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Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and today we revisit the work of Carlota Pereda. That's right, this week we're covering the 2020 short, written and directed by Carlota Pereda with cinematography by Rita Noriega, who listeners will know worked with Carlota on Cerdita and Piggy (short and feature).

This episode has a content warning. While the film does not explicitly show sexual assault, it is implied, there is harassment and our discuss veers into discussions of sexual assault and more.

You can watch the short on Alter's YouTube channel here.

For more on the #MeToo movement you can check out their website here.

If you are a survivor of sexual assault and need help you can find resources here from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center or from RAINN here.

In this episode we also address the Dominique Pelicot rape trial as part of our discussion of rape culture, the #MeToo movement and more.

This week Victor recommends...dental hygiene. Floss, brush your teeth and make an appointment to your dentist especially if you've been eating a lot of candy.

Carlos has two recommendations this week. First he recommends Promising Young Woman (2020) a tough film to watch with a story about a young woman getting revenge for her friend who was sexually assaulted...lots of discussion of assault, victim blaming, and more.
Carlos' second recommendation is the song You Are the Problem Here by First Aid Kit a song with themes relevant to the #MeToo movement, both There Will be Monsters and Promising Young Woman. 

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