The Horror Agenda

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we are re-releasing our Diabla episode with a new intro. Rape and sexual assault are in the news and part of mainstream dialogue and so this week so we're relreleasing one of our eps that discuss sexual assault. It's important as men that we understand consent, are not bystanders, and we call out the misogyny in our group chats, friend groups,...

Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we have a special guest cohost joining us on the show. Caitlin Durante from the Bechdel Cast joins Carlos to discuss the Omen (1976) directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer.  Thanks to Caitlin for joining us, they are a comedian, teacher and podcaster. For more from them and their work check out their website and social media .  The Omen is c...

Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we will be covering the 2021 short film Sleep Talker. Written by Sarah Emery and Carl Firth and directed by Carl Firth.  You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . We also want to wish Victor well as he steps away from the show for a few months.  This week Carlos recommends Ready or Not 2: Here I Com...

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2025 short film Demon Twink , written and directed by Steven George .  You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . We reference this intro to the Kickstarter fundraiser for the film. We also recommend this interview with the writer/director.  This week Victor recommends Forgiveness G...

Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover the 1992 horror film Mikey directed by Dennis Dimster. Victor recommends the Locked Door (2021) by Freida McFadden is a psychological thriller about a surgeon who finds out a patient is killed in the same way her father, a serial killer, killed people.  Carlos recommends Desert Hearts (1985) directed by Donna Deitch about an uptight professor get...

Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we have some meta fun with Night of the Slasher (2015) written and directed by Shant Hamassian .  You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . We also reference this interview from SXSW 2016 here . This week Carlos recommends Strange Way of Life (2023) about two friends who reunite after 25 years and r...

I know what you did last summer. Which coincidentally is also the title of the film we're covering. That's right, this week on the Horror Agenda we are covering 1997's I Know What You Did Last Summer directed by Jim Gillespie and written by Kevin Williamson based on the novel by Lois Duncan.  We reference this piece where Jennifer Love Hewitt explains that scene.  This week Carlos r...

What's Your Favorite Scary Movie? This week on the Horror Agenda we cover Scream (1996) which of course features Ghost Face impressions and some of his one liners. We get into the historicity, the meta nature and allude to where the franchise is.  Scream (1996) is directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. We reference the DVD writer and director commentary often in this episode....

Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda! Today we are covering the 2006 film Stay Alive , directed by William Brent Bell and cowritten by him and Matthew Peterman.  Victor watched the Unrated version and Carlos watched the Theatrical Cut. For the differences (beyond what we discuss in the episode) check out this site .  For more on how Elizabeth Bathory has been continually maligned what we know about h...

1999 called and we answered. Welcome to the Horror Agenda as we cover the 1999 film Idle Hands directed by Rodman Flender and cowritten by Terri Hughes Burton and Ron Milbauer. We reference the possibility of a remake from the directors of Hell of a Summer. We also reference this LA Times piece about the weekend of Idle Hands' release. The film celebrated it's 20th anniversary and the ca...

Blessed Be! How do you join the Horror Agenda today? Hopefully in perfect love and perfect trust. Today we call the corners as we watch the Craft (1996). The Craft was directed by Andrew Fleming and cowritten by him and Peter Filardi .  You can read a version of the script here from the Internet Archive.  You can read Rachel True's book here that is about tarot but has essays about the Craft...

Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2014 short film Human Form written and directed by Doyeon Noh You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . We reference this AMA with the writer/director from ViddSee from 2016.  Victor recommends Entrapment (1999) directed by Jon Amiel, where an insurance investigator poses as a criminal...

Welcome to the Horror Agenda! This week we cover the definitely not a horror short "My House Walk-Through" (2016) written and directed by PiroPito (aka Nana825763).  You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . There is also a ' Making of ' video we reference. We also reference this video where PiroPito goes through the h...

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2000 (technically 2001 special edition) of Battle Royale. Written by Kenta Fukasaku based on the novel of the same name by Koushun Takami and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.  This week Carlos recommends the book Manhunt by Gretchen Felker Martin about an apocalypse where testosterone caused men to transform into monsters and trans women have to...

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2019 short film Diabla written by Alonso Diaz-Rickards and Ashley George, who also directs, based on a story by Maya Korn.  CW: Discussion of sexual assault and sexual violence.  You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . The B-Horror Boys GoFundMe went live and we added a short com...

Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2024 Jason Sheedy written and directed short film To Hell with You. Sheedy also is a cofounder of Heebie Jeebies Pictures which we have to thank for this film.   You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . This week the B-Horror Boys GoFundMe went live and we added a short commercial...

Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda! This week we cover the 2024 short film Radio Silence Presents: Full Moon Glory Hole. This film is directed by Thom Newell and cowritten by Newell and Renton Hawkey.  You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . This short film is based on a comic book by Newell and Hawkey, available here .  You can also fin...

Welcome to the Horror Agenda! This week we cover the 2019 feature film Velvet Buzzsaw , directed by Dan Gilroy. We reference this Collider interview with Dan Gilroy and lead actor Zawe Ashton here . This week Victor recommends Dolly (2025) directed by Rod Blackhurst about a woman abducted by someone in a doll mask. Coming to streaming on Shudder this month.  Carlos recommends checking out his webs...

Welcome to the Horror Agenda! Today we cover the 2023 feature film from Alice Maio Mackay , Satranic Panic. In addition to directing this film, she co-writes with Cassie Hamilton and Benjamin Pahl Robinson . In this episode we reference several interviews with Alice. We reference this 2023 piece by Silvi Vann-Wall from Screenhub, this video interview from Salem Horror Fest in 2023 with Alice and J...

Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we're covering the short film Every Part of You, written and directed by Jessy Hodges. You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . We found this through Short of the Week and reference the review by Rob Munday. We also reference this Screen Rant piece from 2023 by Jack Carter.  This week Victor r...

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda! This week we cover the 2017 short film written and directed by Robbie Barclay .  You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . This week Victor recommends Speed (1994) a film, directed by Jan de Bont, about bus with a bomb planted on it that will explode if it falls below a certain speed limit. This week Car...

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 1993 horror comedy Leprechaun written and directed by Mark Jones (RIP).  This week we reference several articles for our discussion. We reference this oral history from 2022 by Brian VanHooker. We also reference this 2021 piece by Nikk Nelson for MovieJawn, and this 2024 piece by Chris Evangelista for SlashFilm. The last piece we reference...

This week on the Horror Agenda we cover the 2016 short film Curve written and directed by Tim Egan.  You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . We found it on Short of the Week ( review here by Rob Munday) and reference it as well as an interview here with Tim Egan. This week Victor recommends Walden (2023) directed by Mick Davis a film ab...

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week page through a questionable book and get into trouble. Today we are covering the 2023 short film Toad Boy directed by Phillip J. McLaughlin and cowritten by McLaughlin and Hillary Rust. You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . This week Victor recommends the Good Place (2016-2020), a show that...

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the short film the Black Hole cowritten and codirected by Philip Sanson and Olly Williams.  You can watch the short here . You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here . Victor did not have a recommendation this week. Carlos recommends the book Scream with Me: Horror and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980) by Elean...