The Fear of God: A Horror Movie Podcast

Sprawling over 10 weeks, covering details for every single episode, we unpacked our thoughts on Mike Flanagan's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE in small segments through our series #netflixandchills and #flannelgraphflanagan. Now, here is the epic deep-dive in one mammoth four-hour conversation. Every episode. Every like, dislike, scare, and theme. Every single piece of confetti. We'll be returning in...

There's plenty to discuss "besides" horror every once in a while. Hence, The Fear of God proudly presents: The B-Sides, an occasional, periodic, bonus conversation about things not necessarily horror but most definitely discussion-worthy. In this inaugural installment, Nathan is joined by friend of the show and fellow Quarterly King regular, Ian Olsen, to discuss the STAR WARS franchise in all its...

So, it's come to this. Time has passed, the year is now behind us, and we have once again assembled the Loser's Club (albeit missing some key members) for a discussion of IT CHAPTER TWO, the conclusion of the adaptation of the epic masterwork by Stephen King. We discuss our feelings about the film as a whole, key differences from the book, and what it means to reach a place where we're willing to...

We close out our series of #differentseasons, ostensibly also saying goodbye to this year's continuing series of Stephen King material, #19, with arguably one of his most widely seen adaptations: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. 25 years ago, this clunky-titled, period-piece-prison drama entered theaters to mediocre returns and only modest recognition. But thanks to continual word-of-mouth and a successf...

We press on through our non-horror Stephen King material with this #differentseasons installment, an adaptation of the story "Low Men in Yellow Coats" from the King book, HEARTS IN ATLANTIS. Before traversing that ground, we stop through a much heavier King short story from NIGHT SHIFT -- "The Woman in the Room". The pivot between how complimentary we are to such weighty material as that short sto...

We welcome back the shenanigans of ole Ahnold himself in this installment of #differentseasons where we tackle THE RUNNING MAN from 1987. Originally a rather grim and fast-paced novel written under Stephen King's pseudonym of Richard Bachman, THE RUNNING MAN winds up being an eerily prophetic look at some pretty chilling aspects of our 2019 world. Also in this episode, we unpack our thoughts about...

Kicking off a unique series for us, we are taking our cue from Stephen King's first collection of non-horror material and launching #differentseasons, a short series closing out the year with some of King's most noteworthy non-horror pieces. We start with Rob Reiner's landmark film from the 1980s, STAND BY ME. Following a brief discussion about King's recent short essay, GUNS, along with a persona...

Vas is das?! We're heading back to Winden for a final time (for now?) as we bring #speakingintongues to a close with a final discussion of the Netflix series, DARK, Season 2. We are once again joined by our special foreign correspondent, Vera to do a deep dive on episodes 7 & 8 before having a full discussion of the themes we took away from Season 2, exploring the tricky ways we struggle to un...

With our penultimate episode of phase 2 of #speakingintongues and our ulitmate film coverage, we explore the heartbreaking and powerful film by Issa Lopez, TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID. After another lengthy exploration of the time traveling caves in Netflix's DARK season 2 (episodes 5 & 6), we journey with five savvy children, armed only with their wits and three wishes, who must survive amidst the...

#speakingintongues part 2 continues this week with a film we were extremely excited to talk about: George Sluizer's 1988 classic masterpiece, THE VANISHING. After a lengthy stopover in Winden to discuss episodes 3 & 4 of the Netflix series DARK, we dive deep on one of the most compelling and powerful films we've ever covered on the show. The Vanishing is a film that should not be missed and we...

In this special bonus epilogue to #ilovethe70s, Nathan and Reed discuss recent viewings of the 1977 classic giallo suspense thriller SUSPIRIA, directed by Dario Argento, and pit it against the 2018 remake by Luca Guadagnino. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We're back with another round of our most popular series of 2019: #speakingintongues Part 2 has arrived! We kick things off this round of foreign language films with GOODNIGHT MOMMY, a wonderfully crafted but deeply unsettling film about young twin boys who begin to suspect their mother may be an imposter. Before unpacking the haunting implications the film makes about the devastating consequences...

In this special Halloween bonus, Reed's son discusses his marathon of the classic Universal Monster movies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Featuring your top 20 favorite horror films of the 1970s and a full conversation about Richard Donner's The Omen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We take a break from our typical format this week to feature a very special guest conversation with friend of the show, Bill Oberst Jr. A prolific and award-winning actor whose credit include Ryan Murphy's TV series Scream Queens and Rob Zombie's recent release 3 From Hell. In addition to frequently playing devils and madmen, Bill is also one of the most generous, openhearted, and kind individuals...

We continue to countdown your favorite horror films of the 1970s in this week's installment of #ilovethe70s by revealing your favorites ranked 40 through 21 (a DOUBLE countdown) before moving into an extended discussion of Philip Kaufman's 1978 film INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. Considered one of the greatest remakes in cinema history, this film is not only a powerfully effective story of parano...

"The funeral is about to begin..." Step into the weird with us this week as we kick off another October and another decade of your favorite horror films! This year, we are covering #ilovethe70s with the iconic film by Don Coscarelli, PHANTASM. The film is strange, surreal, and a little off-putting, but we surprise ourselves with where this trip through the mortuary takes us. This conversation is o...

We've traversed the cave. We've traveled through multiple decades. And now it is time to bring the first wave of #speakingintongues out of the cave and into the light with a conversation about the first season of the Netflix original series, DARK. After conversing about what they've been watching lately (and teasing an upcoming episode), Nathan and Reed debrief episodes 9 & 10 of the first sea...

There are literally dozens of influential Japanese horror films which we might have selected for this installment of #speakingintongues, but Reed was particularly partial to a meditative anthology of ghost stories from 1964... Masaki Kobayashi's KWAIDAN. Stubbornly patient, eloquently crafted, and undeniably haunting, this relic for fans of spacious and slow-burning spectral tales may require more...

Patch up those skateboards ladies and gentlemen because we are heading straight into Bad City for a discussion of the debut film from Ana Lily Amirpour, A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT. Billed as the world's first feminist Iranian vampire western, this film is a powerfully subversive tale about lonely people surrounded by oppressive despair, and the surprising monster that preys upon them. Along...

Bonjour! Welcome to another edition of #speakingintongues. This week, we choose a lesser known gem from France called EYES WITHOUT A FACE, a remarkably accessible but haunting film about the choices which scar us, and the desperate lengths we go to in order to fix things. Joining us for this exploration is our official Foreign Correspondent, Vera Goudie to help us understand a bit more of this sub...

We launch into a daunting but exciting new series this week with #speakingintongues, a sequence of foreign language films we've been wanting to cover for quite some time. We start with a powerful film from South Korea titled, THE WAILING, which explores a nearly countless number of provocative themes within the context of a surprisingly lengthy but cohesive narrative. We also dive into the first t...

There is a house in New Orleans, they call the Fear of God... Take a round trip with us this week as we dive into the subversive and intimate speculative horror film by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead, THE ENDLESS. We wrap up our mini-series of some of our favorite horror films of 2018 with this modestly crafted, powerfully scripted examination of the struggles to find connection and purpose in...

We venture into parts unknown this week as we unpack one of the most challenging and compelling sci-fi horror thrillers of 2018: Alex Garland's ANNIHILATION. This is a film that defies easy explanations or simple interpretations. So naturally, we open up about all of the ways in which the difficulties of change and transformation are both exhilirating and terrifying. It's a bit of a free-flowing c...

Heads up FoGgers, it's time to kick off a mini-series of some of the most talked-about films of 2018 with Ari Aster's stunning debut feature, HEREDITARY. We both went into this film, having witnessed its horrors once already in the theater, with a bit of ambivalence. But the sheer power of the filmcraft at work not only elevated our mutual esteem for the film, but sparked a surprisingly profound e...