The Fear of God: A Horror Movie Podcast

No, this is not, in fact, our year-in-review for 2020. It IS, however, a return to your favorite horror films of each of the last twenty years with a countdown of your top ten from 2009 and a full discussion about Sam Raimi's absolutely bananas fright fest, DRAG ME TO HELL. Nathan and Reed land on opposite sides of the fence in determining the merit and effectiveness of this zany descent into the...

Let's be in it, then. We wrap up this first phase of our new kind of series, #inthemourning and its examination of Season 1 of HBO's THE LEFTOVERS with a conversation about remembering, truth-telling, and the long process it takes to come to a place where you can speak honestly and in awareness of yourself knowing yourself. This week's opening, in light of recent events, is a bit different and ref...

Don't let the PG-13 rating fool you. Today's film is absolutely terrifying. We round the corner for the home stretch on this phase of #inthemourning and its sub-series #remnant with our penultimate episode on one of the very, very few Persian horror films: UNDER THE SHADOW. We also take one brief detour into episodes 7 and 8 or HBO's THE LEFTOVERS Season 1 before wrestling down the nightmarish vis...

We continue with our series #inthemourning, examining loss and cataclysm, and its smaller mini-series, #remnant by having a conversation about episodes 5 & 6 of season 1 of the HBO series THE LEFTOVERS and an extended conversation about David Koepp's adaptation of Richard Matheson's STIR OF ECHOES. We welcome new friend of the show Noel T. Manning II to discuss the 1999 thriller which in its t...

If you've been following our social media feeds, you may have seen where Nathan and Reed were recently invited to an episode of Meet Me at the Movies on C19TV and WGWG.org, hosted by Noel T. Manning II . There are a lot of laughs as they recount in brief the history of the show and the community it has developed as well as selecting the horror movie characters with whom they would choose to be qua...

We continue on our trek through Season 1 of HBO's THE LEFTOVERS and films which intersect thematically with what it has to offer, specifically ghost stories and hauntings. Our next stop, after reviewing episodes 3 & 4 of THE LEFTOVERS, we invite friend of the show Bill Oberst Jr. back to have a full conversation about Peter Medak's film starring George C. Scott, THE CHANGELING. A classically s...

After a surprise prologue last week -- check out the bonus episode on Marvel's The Avengers - Infinity War -- we launch into a new, timely series covering conversations about HBO's TV series THE LEFTOVERS and focusing on films adjacent to its many themes. Our first stop is David Lowery's powerfully affecting film, A GHOST STORY, which is as sparse and patient as it is haunting and beautiful. The f...

"And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's Mightiest Heroes found themselves united against a common threat" ... and they lost. With this episode, The Fear of God covers the MCU for the first time in the most Fear of God way possible: as an examination of loss, death, grief, and sorrow. Intentionally selected at a moment of, as Richard Rohr calls it, "global initiation", this spec...

Well hi there... It's time to go back down the long, winding road that is another installment of our Quarterly Kings, where we invite our friends into an extended conversation around one of the works of Stephen King: this time his long-deferred sequel to The Shining: DOCTOR SLEEP. We take a look specifically at the masterful and haunting adaptation by Mike Flanagan -- both the theatrical and direc...

In what has to be one of our most unique films covered yet (certainly the one with the most unique name), we welcome back friend of the show Blake Collier to discuss your top ten favorite horror films of 2008 and a favorite horror film of his, director Bruce McDonald's PONTYPOOL. The Canadian horror gem turns the zombie outbreak film upside down, not only with the source of the zombie viral outbre...

Halloween is coming early to the Fear of God as we count down your TOP TEN FAVORITE HORROR FILMS OF 2007, and have an extended discussion about Michael Dougherty's TRICK 'R TREAT. We try very hard (and mostly fail) to hold in our giggles as we dive into this fun, inventive anthology film before we finally unearth some surprising observations about the cherishing of traditions and what happens to u...

Continuing our trek through 20/20/2020, we have the privilege of checking in again with the work of groundbreaking Academy Award winner Bong Joon-Ho for his 2006 film THE HOST. We are joined by friend and fellow podcaster Paula Deming (of the Death By Monsters podcast) to discuss the genre-bending and remarkably profound comedy-thriller-creature feature. We also count down your TOP TEN FAVORITE HO...

So on this week's episode, we have a lot of fun with your Top Ten Favorite Horror Films of 2005, before things take a pretty dramatic pivot towards the heartfelt, the heavy, and the provocatively hopeful as we discuss the challenging film by David Slade, HARD CANDY. The film itself wrestles with uncomfortable dynamics, in a way that causes us -- along with special returning guest Vera Goudie -- to...

Finally breaking ground on one of horror cinema's most well-known franchises, we continue our year-long series 20/20/2020 with your top ten favorite horror films of 2004 and a full conversation on James Wan's SAW. We are joined by frequent Quarterly King contributor Blake Collier for an exploration of the many surprising themes this inventive and trend-setting little thriller has on its mind. So b...

We trek along in our next installment of 20/20/2020 by revealing your TOP TEN FAVORITE HORROR FILMS OF 2003 and have an extended conversation about the controversial debut by horror icon Rob Zombie, HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES. While the film's quality and influence is negligible, there is no doubt whatsoever about its boldness and audacity. We dissect our feelings about it and uncover a surprising them...

In one of our most unexpectedly timely episodes yet, we cover one of your listener-voted favorite horror films of 2002, for this installment of 20/20/2020: Danny Boyle's 28 DAYS LATER. We spend a bit of time discussing our recent viewings of THE INVISIBLE MAN, then countdown your top ten favorite horror films of 2002 before diving in deep to this ambitious, subversive, and remarkably profound expl...

We continue our trek through 20/20/2020 with your Favorite Horror Films of 2001 and an extended conversation about Richard Kelly's DONNIE DARKO! We also welcome our oft-mentioned, beloved continuity guru Steven Beckley as a special guest to discuss the fascinating style of this unique film (which somehow manages to blend time-travel, horror, and a dash of John Hughes) and the ways it uncovers our...

Welcome to our very own Super Tuesday! We are kicking off our most epic year-long series yet by counting down your favorite horror films of each year of the 2000s, starting with -- you guessed it -- 2000 and having a full conversation about one of the films from your list. It's the very first installment of 20/20/2020! This inaugural episode not only reveals your top 10 favorites of 2000, but feat...

As an epilogue to our conversation about Todd Phillips' JOKER, and as a coda to our recent coverage of some of your favorite horror films of 2019, we invited film critic Robyn Bahr to a discussion about her recent Washington Post article about the ways in which that film resonated with her. You can find her article here: "As the child of someone with paranoid psychosis, ‘Joker’ resonated with me"...

It's time to play a little game... as we wind down this series looking at some of your favorite horror films of 2019, the last stop (for now) is the inventive and unique chase thriller, READY OR NOT. Featuring a fun premise and a star-making lead performance by Samara Weaving, this jaunty horror romp also has some interesting things on its mind about class disparity and the obsessive, erosive addi...

It's time to take a little break from all this dark, horrific, nightmarish stuff and take a vacation out to the Swedish countryside for a little focused relaxation with the commune celebrating their-- wait a second... I've got a bad feeling about this. This week, we're joined once again by literary correspondent Meridith Curran as we dive feet first off the cliff into a deep discussion of Ari Aste...

Fresh off its historic award for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, we discuss Bong Joon-Ho's PARASITE, the powerfully affecting and remarkably crafted story of class, social dynamics, ambition, and -- most of all -- pretending. We explore as much as we can of this complex and compelling film (and still only barely scratch the surface). The conversation itself was recorded before the groundbreaki...

We! Are! Back! Everybody!!! And we are kicking things off in a major way this week. Not only are we joined by our very special guest, Jacob Hunt, not only do we count down YOUR listener-voted top 10 horror films of 2019, and not only do we have all the latest and greatest updates on what to expect in the coming months, but we also have a hearty conversation about that controversial -- but undeniab...

In this brief welcome back to the year 2020, Reed and Nathan discuss updates and lay out what listeners can expect from The Fear of God through the year 2020, which will involve some special participation from listeners as we countdown the top ten favorite horror films from every single year since 2000. We're back everybody! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy No...

Prepare yourselves for the grooviest Complete Conversation yet. As we made our way through 9 entries of horror comedies called #funnyordie, we also covered the entire series -- 3 seasons and 30 episodes -- of the Starz Original series ASH VS EVIL DEAD. Collected here is the complete coverage, including all of the laughs, all of the gore, all of the surprising heart, and of course, all of those nas...