The Know Fear Cast

For our last episode on fairy tales we talk about some modern retellings of fairy tales and also discuss some '80s movies that might qualify as fairy tales.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com . We also have a new subreddit at...

For our second installment on fairy tales, we discuss the horror and symbolism behind the sleeping princess trope in fairy tales.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com . We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearc...

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com . We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast .   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast . As a thank you, our $5...

For our first episode series of season 4, we begin exploring the horror behind fairy tales.   Reminder: Mel and Lisa wrote a book that will be released soon! To learn more about Monster, She Wrote , visit https://www.quirkbooks.com/book/monster-she-wrote   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearc...

We return again with a bonus mini episode from our archive, this time reaching back to our episode on Ed Wood for a mini ep about Vampira.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com . We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/...

Welcome to the first episode of season four! In this episode we look back to our first series on haunted houses, but with a focus on haunted houses from female writers. We also have an update on "The Watcher House."   Just a reminder that Mel and Lisa wrote a book! To learn more about Monster, She Wrote : The Women who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction or to preorder a copy, check out https...

To celebrate the beginning of our fourth season, we are reaching into our archives of Patreon-exclusive mini episodes to give you a taste of what our supporters hear every two weeks.

In this episode Mel, Lisa, and special guest host Shari discuss the film adaptations of Haunting of Hill House , specifically the Robert Wise version. Also, just a reminder that two of your hosts wrote a book! Check out Mel and Lisa's book Monster, She Wrote . It is available for preorder here: https://www.quirkbooks.com/book/monster-she-wrote   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa....

We wrap up our "Summer of Shirley" by discussing the last four episodes of Netflix's Haunting of Hill House. (Matt gives his apologies for the background noise on his end. It was brutally hot and he had to have a fan on).   Just a reminder that if you're interested in Mel and Lisa's book Monster, She Wrote , you can pre-order it at https://www.quirkbooks.com/book/monster-she-wrote   The Know Fear...

We continue our "Summer of Shirley" by dissecting Netflix's Haunting of Hill House episodes 4, 5, and 6.   To learn more about Mel and Lisa's book Monster, She Wrote , and the preorder it, visit https://www.quirkbooks.com/book/monster-she-wrote   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com ....

This summer we decided to kick back and do something new: we are doing a deep dive into the Netflix series "Haunting of Hill House." This episode will cover episodes 1-3 of the series. **WARNING** THERE WILL BE SPOILERS If you are interested in Mel and Lisa's book Monster, She Wrote , you can find more information and also preorder it here https://www.quirkbooks.com/book/monster-she-wrote     The...

From Faulkner's  A Rose for Emily and the movie  House of Wax  to mummies and everywhere in between, this episode is dedicated to preserved corpses.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com . We also have a new subreddit at www.red...

For this last episode in our series on "creepy kids," We talk about some things that are "adjacent" to creepy kids: toys. They discuss dolls and other objects associated with childhood. The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com . We a...

For our second episode on "creepy kids" we talk about how sometimes we can be responsible for creating the monster.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com . We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast .   If you...

We fulfill a promise we've been making since our earliest episodes, and begin a series on "creepy children." This episode focuses on pinning down what we mean by the term through supernatural and psychotic kids.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at k...

In this episode we discuss the recent trend of "sensory deprivation" movies. We look at post-apocalyptic movies such as Birdbox and  A Quiet Place and also home invasion movies like Wait Until Dark and Hush.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at knowf...

For our last episode on serial killers, we talk about what happens when serial killers are the inspiration for fictional works. We particularly focus on Ed Gein and his many different movies he's inspired, but we also discuss Jeffrey Dahmer, as well as the movies  Summer of Sam and  Zodiac.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or...

Hannibal Lecter, Dexter Morgan, Norman Bates, and Michael Myers. What do they all have in common? In part two of our series on serial killers, we examine fictional serial killers to try to determine why we sometimes root for the killer in movie/book.    The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast...

In our new multi-episode series, we discuss horror taken from real life: serial killers. We know what makes them scary, but why are we so fascinated by them?   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com . We also have a new subreddit a...

As a bonus ending to our series on cults, we play the game "is it a cult or not" and discuss Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and the film  The Wicker Man , with a slight detour for  Cabin in the Woods and other Lovecraftian cults.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contac...

For this episode on cults, we discuss several documentaries about cults, particularly Wild Wild Country and The Source Family.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com . We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast...

Was Matt abducted by a cult? In this episode, Mel and Lisa discuss cults in fictional works, particularly focusing on the work of H.P. Lovecraft and his influence on fictional cults and the move The Endless. They end by giving some recommendations of other fictional books and movies about cults.     The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfear...

We use the first episode of our series on cults to discuss and work out a definition of what a cult is. Through the discussion, we also talk about why people are fascinated by cults and what makes them scary.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at know...

For a special Christmas episode, Mel and Lisa talk about several stories told around Christmas-time: "The Ash Tree" and "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James and "A Strange Christmas Game" by Charlotte Riddell.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at knowfearcast...

For the final episode in our witch series, we talk about the transition that witches seemed to make in the '90s and into today.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com . You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com . We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcas...