The Fear of God: A Horror Movie Podcast

We have something special for you today, friends. This week, we log another installment in the temporary but long-form series of non-horror material in #whatsavesus. MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI (original French title MA VIE DE COURGETTE) was a 2016 Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature and clocks in at barely longer than an hour. It tells the remarkably restrained but powerfully moving story of a boy...

Hi everyone. This week's episode covers some challenging subject matter and is worth a bit of brief investigation beforehand to decide if you'd rather watch the film first or hear our discussion before watching. The brilliant but challenging film is THE WOODSMAN, starring Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgewick, and Mos Def, and is directed by Nicole Kassell. It tells the story of a convicted child molester w...

Yo Adrian, it's time for the Fear of God! This week, we dive into another installment in our ongoing series of non-horror material titled #whatsavesus where we explore stories that inspire us or give us hope. This week we are joined by our often-referenced college professor and beloved friend Keith Cassidy for a discussion about his favorite movie of all time: the underdog love story from the imag...

O captain, my captain... it is time to seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary. Carpe DIEM! In this week's installment in our ongoing mini-series examining not-necessarily-horror entries called #whatsavesus, we stop by Welton prep school to visit Mr. Keating's class for a discussion about Peter Weir's incredible film starring Robin Williams: DEAD POETS SOCIETY. The film prompts reflection fro...

Ciao amici! Welcome to another installment in this ongoing series about the other half of our weekly explorations: #whatsavesus, where for a time we're examining films beyond the horror genre. This week's entry comes to us courtesy of our guest, Vera Goudie, and it's served with a heaping helping of warm-heartedness and trenette al pesto: Pixar studio's LUCA! This most recent film in Pixar's prest...

Heeeellllllooooooooo, cherubs! Welcome back to another installment in our series of listener-curated, not-necessarily-horror films on this half of 2021 known as #whatsavesus. This week, we're heading to Baz Luhrmann's bombastic, big-feeling musical ode to the glory of bohemian ideals: MOULIN ROUGE! Nathan and Reed have somewhat divergent takes on this film, which prompts a very honest discussion a...

3... 2... 1... Welcome back to another installment of #whatsavesus! This time, courtesy of special guest and official continuity guru Steve Beckley, we are discussing Robert Zemeckis's CONTACT. The film was an unconventional summer blockbuster about explorations of faith and science through the lens of Carl Sagan's novel about the search for extraterrestrial life and the questions that linger abou...

Hei Hei, everybody! We're kicking off a whole new chapter in the Fear of God saga with a few months following conversations about #whatscaresus specifically about #whatsavesus. So, while the frights and spooks won't quite be up front and center the next few months, we'll still be having all the usual laughter and thoughtful conversation you've come to know and (hopefully) love. First up is the sel...

It's all come to this -- all the partying, all the 80s vibe, all the rad hair, synth music, and trapper keepers have come to our final party of the month and a conversation about the whole season of STRANGER THINGS 3! We're joined by Jess Fischli and Vera Goudie for a true party vibe -- complete with an actual game night! -- and a surprisingly thoughtful conversation about what this season of Stra...

Grab your cotton candy people, fire off your flying popcorn gun, and hornswoggle that poor old farmer because we are going under the big top for our next installment in #thoseFoGgin80s, a series of podcast parties featuring classic 80s films and a run through STRANGER THINGS 3. This week, it's none other than KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE, given the FoG treatment by your usual hosts as well as sp...

Time to get totally righteous dudes and dudettes because we're back for another 80s Party featuring Santa Clara's best (oily saxophone) and worst (those $&#*@ vampires) as we invite Dave Courtney, Ian Olson, and Jackson Harper onto the show to discuss Joel Schumacher's THE LOST BOYS on this installment of #thoseFoGgin80s. After another brief stopover in Hawkins again for episodes 3 & 4 of...

Hey everyone and happy summer! We're coming to you with a very special bonus episode courtesy of novelist and screenwriter Grady Hendrix. Grady is a Bram Stoker award winning author of several bestselling novels including My Best Friend's Exorcism, We Sold Our Souls, and most recently The Southern Book Club's Guide to Vampire Slaying. His latest novel -- which becomes available on July 13th, 2021...

Cowabunga dudes and dudettes! After half a year of some heavy-lifting conversations about what scares us, it's summetime and we're having a PARTY! Welcome to a mini-series of four special 80s-themed episodes featuring special guests, classic 80s flicks, and Stranger Things season 3! We kick things off by welcoming some of our favorite FoGgers: Asia Swartzentruber and Andy Whitfield to discuss the...

2021 is still here! And thankfully so are we. As you may well know by now, we've spent the first half of the year tackling YOUR submissions for what SCARES you. And now, it's time to complete the picture, where once again we need YOUR help and participation to discover what SAVES us. Take a listen to this brief unpacking of our vision for #whatsavesus, including some hopefully helpful examples of...

This week's episode of The Fear of God is somewhat unique and requires a bit of introduction. The film in discussion -- called TRUST, from 2010, directed by David Schwimmer and starring Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, and Liana Liberato -- is about a teenage girl who becomes the victim of sexual assault after being preyed upon by an online predator. The nature of the material sparks one of our most...

Surprise Sydney... This week's episode picks up on the franchise we haven't visited since episode 60 with a discussion about Wes Craven's unexpected farewell film, SCREAM 4. Thanks to a #whatscaresus submission by special guest Jackson Harper, we have the opportunity to discuss the franchise as a whole, and to dig deeper on what makes Ghostface a unique slasher among his peers, and what it might t...

No pun intended (maybe a little) but this week's episode, things get pretty deep. We're tackling another #whatscaresus submission, this time the claustrophobic thriller by Rodrigo Cortes starring Ryan Reynolds -- BURIED. The film is about a man buried alive with only a cell phone to connect to the outside world, and the perils he faces with increasing desperation to try to find rescue. After unpac...

Drop a coin for your podcast... we're wrapping up our journey through the Continent this week with a summation conversation about season 1 of Netflix's THE WITCHER. It's been a windy, often confusing, but very fun journey getting to episodes 7 & 8 and through this conversation we explore the landing points of the first season, rank the show's scariest monsters, and talk through some of the ove...

Sweets to the sweet, FoGgers... In a hearty and deeply personal episode, we're joined by special guest Jess Fischli to talk about her #whatscaresus submission: Bernard Rose's film CANDYMAN, based on a story by Clive Barker. The film has been described as both progressive and problematic for the ways in which it both subverted stereotypes and reinforced them. We discuss the film's impact as an effe...

The highways are long and stretch out before us in the wild and treacherous wilderness as we tackle one of the most controversial films in horror history: the 1986, taboo-busting thriller starring Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and C. Thomas Howell... THE HITCHER. FoG regular Blake Collier joins us once again to submit his entry in our series of #whatscaresus to discuss this film of uniquely...

We venture beyond the boundaries of the known universe this week, into a realm of pure chaos, as we welcome continuity guru Steve Beckley back to the show for a new installment in our series #whatscaresus to discuss Paul W. S. Anderson's 1997 cult classic EVENT HORIZON. We venture through The Continent first for a brief discussion about episodes 3 & 4 of THE WITCHER before climbing aboard the...

"Dead or alive, you're coming with us..." to an unconventional conversation this week with an entry in #whatscaresus as we explore the neo-noir, sci-fi, dystopian classic of 1980s action spectacle: Paul Verhoeven's ROBOCOP. Featuring a remarkably sharp and clever script, compelling performances, and an almost gleefully excessive amount of violence, Robocop has emerged as a surprisingly insightful...

Let us go on a quest, beyond the boundaries or our wildest imaginations to combat the dreaded terror of the relentless and unforgiving Nothing. That's right night hobs and rock biters, this week as part of our ongoing series #whatscaresus we are discussing the one and only THE NEVERENDING STORY! (ahhh-ah-ahh-ah-ah-ahhh-ah-ahhh) In a conversation filled with wonder and possibilities, we are joined...

Another installment for #whatscaresus produces one of our most personal and challenging conversations yet. LAKE MUNGO, written and directed by Joel Anderson, is a fictional documentary about the disappearance of a teen girl and her family's journey through the mystery of her death, the secrets she took with her to the grave, and the spectral shadows that haunt us all along our way. It's a unique a...

Checking in this week with another installment in the listener-curated #whatscaresus series, we welcome back to the show bestselling author Matt Ruff (Lovecraft Country, 88 Names) for a discussion about the haunting film from director Brad Anderson, SESSION 9. When a small asbestos abatement team agree to complete the clearance of an abandoned mental facility (and agree to do it in a third of the...