Horror Vanguard

WARNING! THIS EPISODE IS CURSED. TURN BACK NOW. It took us 19 recordings to put this episode together. It destroyed some of our audio equipment. It nearly broke your ghosts, I mean hosts... However, we persevered and now you can listen to our battle with arguably Wes Craven's most troubled film: Cursed! You can get access to the full review on our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Follo...

We can't believe that we didn't get to this one sooner. Director Jane Schoenbrun absolutely kills it with a deeply jarring, but also deeply honest, exploration of the horrors lurking in contemporary online isolation. We're taking a little trip together as we discuss: We're All Going to the World's Fair! Follow us on social media for your VERY OWN TICKET TO THE WORLD'S FAIR!!!!!!: twitter.com/Horro...

It's time for another HV listener suggestion! We're talking about Na Hong-jin's The Wailing! Follow us on social media for DIY exorcism tips (REAL!): twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can support the show for less than the cost of not listening to the ghost that is giving you vital life advice at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

They keep making Resident Evil movies and we keep reviewing them! The cycle of birth and death continues with Netflix's second attempt at entering the Resident Evil franchise. We say goodbye to weapons-grade political commentary and hello to lines of dialogue written in a viral marketing laboratory. Did you ever think you'd be wishing Paul W. S. Anderson would have kept the franchise going for two...

What if Gilligan’s Island, but the consequences of post-war geopolitics? We're talking Shock Waves, the political topology of the sea, and all the horrors under the sun. So, sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this tropic port aboard this tiny consequence of governments absorbing Nazi leaders post-WWII. Want a ticket to the full discourse cruise? Head...

It's your weekly horror movie criticism podcast and your ghouls are, natürlich, talking about systemic social problems and infrastructural collapse in major American cities! It Follows explores the most haunting theme of all: an open-ended metaphor! Follow us on social media for this summer's hottest swimming pool decorating ideas!: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You...

Our Doctor Strange episode went over so well we decided to do Iron Man! Well, not that Ironman. We're talking all that it means to be human and machine alike in today's episode on Tetsuo: The Iron Man! Follow us on social media for tips on how to remove rust: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can support the show for less than the cost of turning the whole fucking wo...

We're back to tackling listener requests and your home for spooky film analysis is jumping into a film that is so far from horror it emerges on the other side a bone-chilling piece of cosmic horror. Let's discuss the shredding nightmares that take uneasy slumber in: Where the Green Ants Dream! Follow us on social media for the best information for lay myrmecology: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.in...

It finally happened. We reviewed an MCU movie... and it was fine? I guess? Follow us on social media for THE LATEST IN DISNEY VACATION PROMO STAR WARS MCU MARVEL KEYWORD DISNEY NEWS: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can support the show for less than the cost of the death of the public domain at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

For this month's bonus episode, we're going to watch THE DEADLIEST MOVIE EVER MADE! You can get the full episode by subscribing on our Patreon page! Follow us on social media for hastily crafted framing narratives: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can support the show for less than the cost of running a junk yard/satanic cult/petting zoo at www.patreon.com/horrorvan...

With all this talk of Sam Raimi and new horror movies, we hopped into the Wayback Machine and watched Scott Spiegel's 1989 slasher flick Intruder! Follow us on social media for the spookiest trends in running an independent grocery store beset by minimum two killers: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can support the show for less than the cost of selling your control...

Twice a year, your ghosts, I mean hosts, pick something special for a spooky movie birthday celebration. This year, Jon has chosen Ken Russell's The Devils! Follow us on social media for the latest in 1600s French politics: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can support the show for less than the cost of tearing down and/or building up the walls of Loudun at www.patre...

Hark! A bell tolls! We return from the arcane depths of live show month. We're back in the crypt with LaborKyle talking about a movie so horrific it was banned everywhere. Listen in wrapt terror as we talk about The Boss Baby for nearly double the running time of The Boss Baby. Here's where you can get an honorary PhD in LaborKyle Thought: www.patreon.com/laborkyle twitter.com/laborkyle www.youtub...

We report in LIVE from one of Earth's many hellmouths, the University of Chicago! We talk about a pinnacle of Chicago local horror cinema... The Relic! Who likes and or dislikes museums!? UChicago Graduate Students Union Hardship Fund: https://donorbox.org/uchicago-gsu-hardship-fund Follow us on social media for the best in horror cinema mediated through a museum studies life experience credit: tw...

This is the third talk from our live show at the University of Chicago! Follow us on social media: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can get the full episode on our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

The second talk of our live show was a dive into some of the theory that informs how we approach Gothic Marxism and incorporate these frameworks into our media criticism. Follow us on social media: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can get the full episode on our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

The first talk from our live show was on our work as public intellectuals and how you can translate your academic work to public audiences! Follow us on social media for some solid public scholarship: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can get the full episode on our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

Let's plug in and upload some film criticism! Follow us on social media for the advice local homeowners NEED to get the right curtains and drapes for their interior design project: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can support the show for less than the cost of the aforementioned curtains and drapes at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

Take me down to the Raccoon City where the grass is green and the pacing is grisly. Oh, won't you please take me home? Resident Evil is back and so is our Resident Evil Retrospective! Follow us on social media for the greasiest burger recipes humanly possible: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can support the show for less than the cost of the architectural design fi...

In today's episode, we review Ben Wheatley's In The Earth and learn to communicate with fungi! Follow us on social media for top tips for communicating with fungi: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can support the show for less than the cost of a Eurotrack noise fungal communication synth setup at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

We may be locked in a cursed trunk in the basement of the HV crypt, but we can still talk about folk horror, the gap between the self and the other, and just how much we enjoyed what this horror movie does with the genre! Follow us on Twitter for the latest recipes using acorns and worms: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard https://www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can support the show for less than th...

Our first LIVE SHOW is right around the corner! We'll see you ghouls there! https://ccct.uchicago.edu/events/horror-vanguard-live/ The live show is getting recorded so even if you can't be there in person, you'll still get to enjoy all the spooky sensations!

Wherein we finally get to talk about Titane and just how good Julia Ducournau is as a filmmaker. Follow us on Twitter for the latest deals in autobody repair: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard You can find all of our full-length bonus episodes on our Patreon page! You can support the show for less than the cost of A BRAND NEW CAR!!!: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

We talk about the new documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, folk horror, and chat about how formalist choice impact the themes of a documentary. Follow us on Twitter for the latest in wicker man trends: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard You can support the show for less than the cost of a haunted woodland full of witch cults and academic discussions: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

We're talking Prano Bailey-Bond's Censor and the politics of memory and video nasties! (Also, we teach you how to time travel [from home!]) Follow us on Twitter for the latest coverage of Frederick North's films: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard You can support the show for less than the cost of a magic remote that can control reality: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard