Quiet Little Horrors

This month we're getting classy and discussing a topic we haven't ventured into yet: silent horror film. We talk about the ones we love and the ones on our watchlists, and dig into the details of what silent horror film has to offer with The Cabin

The October theme is suburban horror, so what could we cover next but Tom Hanks's journey through the wilds of having very weird and somewhat suspicious neighbors: 1989's  The 'Burbs . Let us appreciate Joe Dante, Carrie Fisher and Dick Miller.

It's October and so we're exploring the spookiest place of all ... the suburbs. This month we cover surburban horror, starting off with the classic of the genre: Poltergeist .

For our second entry in our haunted house theme, it's time to get weird. We discuss one of the most gloriously bizarre horror movies there is: 1977's House (otherwise known as Hausu ). Ghosts, cats, and watermelons, oh my.

We get experimental and existential with the minimalist horror of Skinamarink , the best low-budget way to relive your latchkey kid childhood trauma. Since this month's episodes are tied to haunted houses, we also discuss the short internet art film My house walk-through , another very fun and chill exploration of how simple things can scare the hell out of us on film.  

Now that we've discussed the original Carrie , we decided to look at both remakes and, just for good measure, the sequel. So in this episode we're talking about Carrie from 2002, Carrie from 2013, and The Rage: Carrie 2 from 1999, and, more importantly, what it is about this story that leads us back to it again and again.

We usually play in the deeper, more obscure end of horror film, so this is probably the most well-known film we've covered so far—but there is plenty to talk about, psychologially speaking, in the original Carrie : the ultimate in slow-burn horror, buried female rage, and the explosive danger of being a teenage girl.

We join the march to give  Jennifer's Body its long overdue flowers. Demonic possession, the intense and complicated friendships between teenage girls, and how the filmmakers got done dirty by the media. Turn it up.

We could not in good conscience call ourselves a psychological horror podcast if we did not, at some point, discuss Possession , and now it's time. Infidelity, esponiage, losing one's mind in a subway, sex with eldritch horrors. There's a lot to discuss. Gird your loins.

It's summer for us at Quiet Little Horrors, so it's the perfect season to picnic, loll dreamily on the lawn, and disappear into an ancient, mysterious rock formation, never to be seen by humans again. We get metaphorical with our coming-of-age theme while discussing 1975's Picnic at Hanging Rock .

This month we're looking at some bloody coming of age tales, beginning with the 2022 Finnish film Hatching , which is half weirdly adorable creature feature and half what damage girls have do to deal with their inherited demons.

We continue our discussion of twisted sisters with this overlooked gem of 1970s psychological horror: The Mafu Cage , featuring Carol Kane and Lee Grant as a pair of codependent siblings who drag each other past the point of repair. Content warning for implied animal harm (nothing graphic) and incest.

This month we're taking on a couple of films about the relationships between twisted sisters, starting, appropriately enough, with Sisters , from Brian De Palma in 1972. We discuss women who cause trouble, women who aren't believed, and women who might not be what they seem.

And we're back! Apologies for the interruption in regular podcast programming. But we return with the second half of our discussion of modern Irish horror and a look at Kate Dolan's 2021's film You Are Not My Mother , which twists expectations of metaphorical folklore in fascinating ways.

Our first episode of March is a springboard into the quietly blossoming world of contemporary Irish horror film. We discuss the emerging genre, its deep roots in folklore, and two representative recent films: 2015's The Hallow and 2022's Mandrake .

We continue our Cronenberg discussion with one of his thorniest films, psychologically speaking: 1979's The Brood . Thesis statement: emotions are real and powerful and if you don't process them properly, murderous rage babies will result.

It's David Cronenberg season here at QLH. We kick off a pair of episodes on his extensive, intensive, and twisted body of work (see what we did there) with 1986's The Fly . We discuss the film's connections to the original, disease metaphors, and the unbearable oddness of being Jeff Goldblum.

We continue this month's parenthood theme with the 2021 horrific fairy tale Lamb , which turns out to be more than just a weirdly cute A24 marketing campaign. We discuss the dark side of wanting a child, the traditional martyrdom of mothers, and, once again, how fairy tales are actually kind of messed up.

Happy New Year! This month we're discussing films that deal with the topic of parenthood, so the first film we're taking on is, of course, David Lynch's 1977 Eraserhead . What a way to start the year. Hold on to your hair.

It's several complicated layers of found footage horror in our discussion of 2018's Butterfly Kisses . We talk some more about the genre's advantages and limitations, some more of our favorite found footage horror films, and a couple of our least favorite found footage horror films.

This month we're tackling "found footage" horror films and shaking it up right out of the gate by first discussing this year's We're All Going to the World's Fair , directed by Jane Schoenbrun. We cover the evolution of found footage, internet storytelling culture and how the kind of low-key horror in this form opens up exploration.

We wrap up our discussion of 80s horror by going deep into one of the decade's most idiosyncratic offerings: Kathryn Bigelow's solo directorial debut from 1987, Near Dark . Let's talk incredible vibes, the ongoing evolution of the vampire, and Bill f-ing Paxton.

This month is all about horror films from the 80s. We each talk about a film we find interesting from the era: Jen brings The Hunger and Jessi discusses Inferno —both of which, coincidentally, are part of the current 80s Horror collection streaming on the Criterion Channel.

Happy Halloween! This month we each brought a film that was influential in our love of horror film. Since our picks were secrets to the other one before recording, we'll keep the bit going and let you discover what films we chose to discuss for yourself.

Happy October! This month we're doing something slightly different and discussing some of our favorite horror movies that we've never talked about on the podcast before. To get warmed up, we chat about the Vincent Price classic The Tingler and what we all get out of watching scary movies in the first place.