The Fear of God: A Horror Movie Podcast

We have a really scary one for you today. As part of our series looking back at films released last year, we visit the dreadful and powerful film SAINT MAUD, written and directed by Rose Glass. When Maud, a hospice nurse, becomes convinced that God wants her to save her patient's soul at all costs, things grow horrific very quickly. We, reluctantly, dive into the film's incredible horrors, while e...

We continue our series examining favorite horror films of 2021 (#2021moretime) by welcoming back foreign correspondent Vera Goudie for a discussion about THE NIGHT HOUSE, starring Rebecca Hall and directed by David Bruckner. This film is an atmospheric examination of grief and depression, anchored by an outstanding central performance from Hall. The narrative intricacies, however, pose some confus...

We had the privilege to sit down with A. J. Porfirio and Evan Derrick to discuss their thrilling solo board game: FINAL GIRL. They had incredible success with the first iteration of Final Girl, a highly thematic and incredibly variable horror game where you play as a "final girl" character to defeat a killer, and now they're back with Series 2! They broke down for us the inception of the game and...

It's a brand new year and a brand new month and the inaugural episode of a brand new series here at the Fear of God. We're kicking off a rundown of some of your favorite horror films of last year with #2021moretime. We start with your selection for the very best horror film of last year, James Wan's MALIGNANT! It's an absolutely bananas film which starts off rather predictably, but then swerves ha...

The new year is upon us and that means we're in for lots of fun, frivolity, and fright in the one and only Fear of God Podcast. This brief little episode will give you the lowdown on three things: 1) What will 2022 content look like? (including #2021moretime) 2) We're now on PATREON! We'll break down the bonus content tiers and what it means for the show 3) Top Ten Horror Films of 2021 (including...

We closed out our series on #whatsavesus with a trek through Season 2 of the Apple TV+ show TED LASSO. The Richmond gang deal with darker and more complex issues this season, as the optimism and kindness are put to their limits and their downsides are exposed. Yet, there is still a tremendous amount to learn from facing the truth which "will set you free, but first it'll piss you off." Featuring s...

As we navigated the end of the year and #whatsavesus, we spent time walking through the first two seasons of the Apple TV+ series TED LASSO. Here is our full set of conversations about the first season, which became a cultural touchstone through 2020 as a film showing the power and influence that basic kindness and decency could have upon a group of people. While it could have simply been a milque...

We have another special treat for you before we dive back into our usual content next month, an interview with award-winning novelist, professor, lawyer, advocate, and friend, Natashia Deon. Her most recent novel is called THE PERISHING, where an immortal being arrives in 1930s Los Angeles with no memory of how she came to be there or what had come before. As she makes her way through the world ar...

In between our tentpole twin series of 2021 (What Scares Us & What Saves Us), we took a summer break to have a month long Fear of God PARTY! We invited guests, we reminisced about the 1980s, we played trivia games and we covered every episode of STRANGER THINGS SEASON 3. Collected here is the full party experience. We share fond memories of the mall; we hold a nail-biting game of 1980s / Stran...

Around May and June of 2021, we took a listener's advice to go wandering the Continent on a journey through Season 1 of Netflix's original series THE WITCHER. It was an often perplexing travel through character names, magical abilities, and the infamous law of surprise but the discussions were lively, thoughtful, and a ridiculous amount of fun. So here for your listening pleasure -- as we wait to...

Throughout 2021, The Fear of God, alongside our listeners, brought into the light the twin questions that have become tentpole philosophical tenants on our show: "What Scares Us?" and "What Saves Us?". We used listener submitted films and media to guide the year-long dialogue, dredging the depths of fearfulness and ascending the heights of vulnerability to find solace in each other and in artistry...

We close out this year -- and our series of #whatsavesus -- with Reed's official selection: Frank Capra's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. This film has seen a remarkable cultural rollercoaster, ranging from some considering it one of the most inspirational films of all time to others who regard it as, in Mr. Potter's words, "Sentimental hogwash." But in our exploration of this film's simple yet profound qu...

In our penultimate episode of 2021 -- and of our series #whatsavesus -- we venture to the outskirts of a not-too-distant future for the concluding chapter of an epic sci-fi/fantasy trilogy: WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES. While this franchise has its cinematic roots extending all the way back to the 1960s, this modern trilogy of prequels tells a richly drawn and emotionally complex story that dare...

Well, the truth may be here to set us free, but first it's gonna piss us off. That's a direct line (one of the best) from TED LASSO, Season 2, which is our featured discussion this week. We welcome back guest Josh Rouse for his third round in the FoG as we discuss the joys, the tragedies, the outrage, and the wisdom of this show as it matures its narrative from a display about the strengths of kin...

It's hard to know how to set this week's episode up. Terrence Malick, a unique cinematic voice known for contemplative, sweeping stories focused more on evocative emotion than narrative structure directed A HIDDEN LIFE, based upon the true story of a conscientious objector in WWII who refused to swear allegiance to Hitler at the peril of his life and family. We are joined by special guest Andrew N...

And away we go... right into 1960s for a wallop of a #whatsavesus entry courtesy of Quentin Tarantino's ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD. Tarantino's work is distinct, and occasionally divisive, particularly when he dabbles in revisionist history like he did with Inglorious Basterds and, of course, this piece. But this exercise opens up a really special conversation about the risks and the value that...

We have a very hearty conversation this week for an absolutely incredible film on #whatsavesus. CALVARY, written and directed by John Michael McDonagh and starring Brendan Gleeson is a complex film with a very simple premise: a man who has suffered years of abuse as a child at the hands of a priest determines that he will kill the innocent local priest in retribution. The priest (Gleeson) has one...

We have something truly special for this week's installment of #whatsavesus. FoG Staffers Asia Swartzentruber and Vera Goudie are your special EXCLUSIVE hosts this week with special guest Jess Fischli for a lovely and heartfelt discussion about Roberto Benigni's critically acclaimed and controversial film La Vita e' Bella (LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL). Set in the Italian countryside, what begins as a lovely...

We're back this week with a particularly heartfelt and lovely film in our ongoing but temporary series called #whatsavesus, where we briefly intermission our usual excursions into horror to look at films beyond that genre. This week's film by Roland Joffe is called THE MISSION, starring Jeremy Irons and Robert DeNiro. It's an achingly beautiful and often melancholy exploration of the efforts of a...

Inconceivable! The Fear of God is doing an episode about Rob Reiner's THE PRINCESS BRIDE! It's true, it's true, as part of our intermission into non-horror material for #whatsavesus continues and we crack open this modern classic of romance, adventure, fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, true love... and miracles. We welcome guest John Viinalass of the podcast Two Geek Soup to help us navigate th...

It's time once again to assemble our very own ka-tet and return to the literary world of the master of horror himself, Stephen King. This QK we're covering 'SALEM'S LOT, thanks to a listener's #whatsavesus submission, focusing primarily on the original novel and the 1979 mini-series directed by Tobe Hooper. After a fun exercise in who we'd cast to populate the town in our own version, this bleak a...

We bid you welcome for a very special October episode of The Fear of God, featuring another podcast with a unique and particularly relevant premise. Rev. Peter Laws is an ordained minister, an author, a podcaster, and an ardent fan of all things spooky, macabre, scary, and strange. His most recent project is the Creepy Cove Community Church Podcast, an immersive experience where listeners are invi...

The #whatsavesus series has all been about getting personal; sharing the stories particular meaning for us in particular ways. In that spirit, our guest this week -- Jackson Harper, returning for his third trip through the FoG -- asked us to discuss BLESS THE CHILD, the 2000 film from director Chuck Russell about a literal battle between Heaven and Hell over the soul of a gifted young girl, and po...

It's our favorite time of year!!! Time to get a little creepy and spooky and maybe even all together ooky! October kicks off by continuing our ongoing series on #whatsavesus, but THIS time with entries which are still in our old friend the horror genre. We start off with a feast of pure delight, the gleefully macabre film from 1991 about our favorite weird family, THE ADDAMS FAMILY. We're joined b...

Time to be a goldfish and high-five some trees everybody because we're headed to Richmond for TED LASSO, Season 1! We're joined once again by sports enthusiast and Nathan's lifelong brother Josh Rouse for a deep dive on all the best moments, whether funny or profound of season 1, as well as a heartfelt examination of what a show like this compels from us and teaches us about the hard-earned value...