World of Horror with Mom & Mac

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! This week I had the pleasure of speaking to filmmaker and Animal Attacks film fan, Stefan MacDonald-Labelle. We spoke about his film, HEAD LIKE A HOLE and the incomprehensible DEEP BLOOD, which is 3/4 teen drama and 1/4 anti-shark propaganda. Neither of us had seen it and now we are both forever changed. We also discuss Stefan's adventures on the Indie Film Festival Ci...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! This week our focus was "Big Ol' Monsters". We watched GODZILLA (1954) and one of Mac's childhood faves, CLOVERFIELD. We also talked about: Fireworks, Popping out of the news, social anxiety (obvs), old people at the Y, Mom's memories of 9/11, and Mac's memories of being a flower girl. Do these films hold up? Half of them do! We love you, WoHo&...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! This week we looked at two buckwild films about phantoms: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) and PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE! We also discussed: The current heatwave, our ambivalence about Allison Williams, "Couple to Throuple", uncool names for villains, cursive as a lost art, ALW, checking for ghosts before you buy a property, complaining to management, and losing weig...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! This week we looked at two vampire films--one more than 100 years old! We also talked about: Mac taking ballet classes, default pronouns for trans people, Mac's birthday and the grief monster, the no-call list for Father's Day, discreetly asking if one's parents are still alive and the off-label use of teaspoons. Next time we look at more classical horror wit...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos!! And hello to all our new WoHos! Welcome! This week we looked at two horror films that take place in retirement homes: NEXT OF KIN (1982) & THE RULE OF JENNY PEN. The first is a moody giallo-esque vibe of a film and the second is an exploration of tyrnany and how difficult it may be to fight.  We had a lovely chat and we'd love to hear what you thought of these fil...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos!! This is one chatty episode! We looked at READY OR NOT & THE PLATFORM this week--two horror films about class warfare. We also talked: Lack of spatial awareness, Mom's friendly town, "Kids today", rich people we've known, befuddlement over billionaires, and sobriety, among other things. Next time on the main show Mac & I will talk "Horror in...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! Welp. This week we looked at two films, all right. Mom hated THE PERFECTION and there was no love lost between Mac & STOPMOTION. CW for mention/suggestion of child rape in THE PERFECTION and childhood trauma in STOPMOTION. Both films are about mental illness and both fail spectacularly in its depiction. THE PERFECTION could have been a joyous, campy romp, but it is too...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! Mac and I are back to talk all things "Forest Horror" with two Englsih horror films: EDEN LAKE from 2008 and THE RITUAL from 2017. The Internet describes EDEN LAKE as "A young couple on a romantic weekend break at a remote lakehouse, are terrorised by a group of vicious delinquents". The Internet describes THE RITUAL as "Reuniting after the tragic d...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! Please enjoy this episode from July 30, 2021! The format is a little different, but it is still us! Many of you may have already listened to this one--it is our most downloaded episode and one of my favorite conversations from the show. We look forward to sharing some of our favorite shows from the past almost 5 years over the next few weeks. We will begin releasing new sho...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! This time I am joined by Stefan MacDonald-Labelle, my friend and filmmaker, to discuss Parker Finn's SMILE 2.  This film really scared me! Stefan had fun! We'd recommend it! In this ramble, we also discuss: The overuse of inverted shots, how films need to retire mirror gags, ADD coping strategies, and how many ways you can be messed up in the head, among other top...

Send us Fan Mail Q-Balls! WoHos! This week we discuss HERETIC, which is half a good movie, anyway. From IMDb: Two young religious women are drawn into a game of cat-and-mouse in the house of a strange man. ...but what a CHARMING man! We loved the first part, but the second part enraged Quinn and turned Christina right off. We're not sure what we will cover next, but it will be fun whatever it...

Send us Fan Mail Q-Balls! Quinn and I discuss last year's THE FIRST OMEN, a wonderful prequel to THE OMEN (1976). It's full of great performances, effects, homages and scares and we hope you'll check it out! Next up for us: HERETIC and next up on the main show (in April), we will be resuming our K-Horror and J-Horror special series. Be healthy, warm, dry, and angry We love you WoHos...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! Mom's pick for K-Horror this time is EXHUMA, the wildly successful film from last year. From IMDb: The process of excavating an ominous grave unleashes dreadful consequences buried underneath. Mom & Mac Chat: Rounding down, rounding up, how pets measure the importance of things, Mac's noisy body, finding the activities that feel good, having things explained i...

Send us Fan Mail Q-Balls! I finally got Quinn to watch LADY IN A CAGE with me and we had a nice ramble about it! From Wikipedia: Lady in a Cage is a 1964 American psychological thriller film directed by Walter Grauman, written and produced by Luther Davis, and starring Olivia de Havilland and James Caan. The film was released by Paramount Pictures. In Christina & Quinn chat, we talk about now...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! Chrissy Champagne from Residue: A True Crime Podcast makes her triumphant return to the podcast with a film that Means the World of Horror™ to her: HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II!! To be honest, the movie discussion sprouted many tangents--too many to count--but we reveled in the batshitedness that is this cult classic from 1987. Chrissy was last with us to discuss CHOPPING...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! This was an episode that took forever to record and forever and a day to get released, but it is finally here! Mac chose ONIBABA from 1964 for his first J-Horror film. for our "Fall" series (which will now be a Winter series). If you haven't had a chance to see this Kaneto Shindo classic, do yourself a favor! In Mom & Mac chat (from early November), we di...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! We recorded this a few months back and then both had some life stuff come up, but we hope it is worth the wait! This film is a classic domestic melodrama that has inspired Bong Joon-ho, among others, and is one batshit crazy ride. From IMDb: A composer and his wife are thrown into turmoil when a housemaid becomes more than they bargained for. (Composer??? That's overst...

Send us Fan Mail Well, Q-Balls and WoHos, I finally did it! I got Quinn to talk with me about HEREDITARY, a film that scared her to her very bones!! I hope you enjoy this episode. We sure had fun making it! Next up on the Quinnisode: LADY IN A CAGE! Chrissy Champagne joins Mac and me to discuss HELLO MARY LOU PROM NIGHT II on the next guest pod and on the main show, Mac and I will kick off our J-H...

Send us Fan Mail Our friend Martin Harries joined us to discuss Prano Bailey-Bond's first feature film from 2021. We had a lovely ramble, as always.  Detours include: The UK ratings system, Mac watching all the SAW kills on YouTube, how much we all love Michael Smiley, and whether or not media is ever to blame for our behavior. Martin was a lovely guest, as always! Please go check out his pod...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! When we made this pairing on paper back in December, little did not know how well these two films would gel together, but boy do they ever! Zombies! Reanimated guts! Pet deaths! Blood! We got (delightedly) grossed out by both of these films and we had a first for the podcast: One of us tapped out on one of the films without finishing it. Who was it and which film?  Next up...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos!  This week we looked at two classics of the Body Horror: Metallic subgenre: TETSUO: THE IRON MAN, a Japanese film from 1989, and TITANE, from 2021. I really enjoyed these conversations with Mac and I hope you do, too! Coming up next time on the main show are Cult Classics THE REANIMATOR from the US and BRAIN DEAD ? DEAD ALIVE from New Zealand. We also have a special Bonus s...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! John and Georgia Macey from Comfort Films Podcast came by to discuss Ti West's X Trilogy. We all nerded out talking about the three films as well as televangelists, doppelgangers, pandemics, and acting. ***A warning to those who have not seen MAXXXINE, we do spoil a lot of it, along with X and PEARL*** Typical disclaimers for language which may not be suitable for all...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! BSers! (Blind Spotters, Get it?) Stefan came by and we had a ramble about two films that were personal blind spots for us, RACE WITH THE DEVIL & JAWS 2. We also talked about car trouble, break-ins and other weird experiences that inspire movies, and the recent films, LONGLEGS & MAXXXINE (no spoilers). We enjoyed this episode and hope you did too, because there is mu...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! Here is our Grim AF Part 2 pick: WHEN EVIL LURKS from Argentina.  Mom & Mac Chat: Mac goes to see Megan Thee Stallion We hate firecrackers and fireworks Mac's harrowing journey The nicest towing man doing it Go see Meg with your friends ...And always pay for premium parking 15:14: Mac talks WHEN EVIL LURKS Coming up on the podcast: A bonus ep with Stefan MacDonald-...

Send us Fan Mail Q-Balls, Quinn is back to talk with me about a couple to things we enjoy Jesse Plemons in: GAME NIGHT, THE USS CALLISTER, and FARGO, Season 2. Quinn is in Michigan hanging out at the Senior Center now that she has found her new car. Christina has a new website you should check out and buy things from: gsoglassworks.com. She is enjoying making art and dreading going back to work. G...