World of Horror with Mom & Mac

Send us Fan Mail WoHos!! This week we are covering Mac's picks for Animal Attack movies: TREMORS from the US  & BOAR from Australia. They couldn't have been paired better as they both deal with small communities out in the sticks coming together to fight nasty beasties. In Mom & Mac chat, we recount a funny story when Mac asked me if he could use the "C" word. When he w...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! This week we talked practical effects, sausage parties, paranoia, isolation, childhood sleepovers, bro-ing out and how damn good looking Kurt Russell is in this movie. We had Martin and Boaz on from the wonderful Film vs. Film podcast in the second part of our Crossover Extravaganza 2022. For the first part, go check out their episode on Vampire Films from April 8, 2022. It...

Send us Fan Mail WoHo's! SUMMARY What do you call this genre of horror? Supernatural teens? Puberty pandemonium?  Menarche Mayhem (at least in one case)? Parent's (REALLY) Just Don't Understand? We learn this week that (A) you sure 'nuff can't keep 'em down on the farm and (B) when that "old time" religion is cast aside in favor of the oldest of religions, t...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! Mac came to town to have lunch and so we had to record a bonus mini on FRESH, the best advertisement for veganism I have seen lately! Spoilers abound, so if you haven't seen FRESH yet, I'd encourage you to do so. We'll be here when you get back. We explore the pretty much successful feminist themes and bemoan some of the less successful intersectional feminis...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! This week we got real killy with it as we looked at Battle Royale-type films with BATTLE ROYALE (2000) from Japan & THE BELKO EXPERIMENT (2017) from the USA. Mac did his best to explain BATTLE ROYALE to me and we have feelings about THE BELKO EXPERIEMENT. Questions abound: Why does the lead have such robust plot armor? (TM--Mac) Why wasn't the cleaning crew local??...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! This week we have a "mega-mini" to discuss Carl Theodor Dreyer's classic experimental/avant-garde Vampire film, VAMPYR. We hope you will listen and enjoy! Devin's Twitch show "Cronenberg or Cats" is at 8pm EST Saturdays on twitch.tv/ohheyitsdevin Gerry Entriken: WoHo Outro Theme Support the show Opening Theme "Bucket" by Gerry Entrike...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! Mom's  genre pick this week is Haunted Houses and we looked at THE HOUSE AT THE END OF TIME (2013) from Venezuela 🇻🇪 and BEETLEJUICE (1988) from US. The portrayal of the husbands in both movies was not great, but we enjoyed them both, anyway. Biggest takeaway: Catherine O' Hara is our once and future queen!  Next week look for another foundational mini and one our...

Send us Fan Mail WoHo's! This mini mini is about Mario Bava's final film, SHOCK, from 1977. I really enjoyed it and hope you'll check it out and let me know what you think! *Oops! In discussing the famous "boy into a man" famous shot, I said "Bruno". The boy actually turns into Carlo.  Gerry Entriken: WoHo Outro Theme Support the show Opening Theme "Bucket&q...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos!! Mac helped me kick off this mini project where I'm dipping my toes into the frigid and weird waters of classic international horror.  This time it's David Cronenberg's RABID from 1977.  I celebrate the guy's entire catalogue, but Mac wasn't super keen on this one. We both conclude, though, that this is "a mess" [TM].  Next up, I am lookin...

Send us Fan Mail WoHo's! Mac's genre pick this week was zombies and we watched two zombie comedies: ONE CUT OF THE DEAD from Japan & SHAUN OF THE DEAD from the UK. Zombies in both films function as a wake up call to our main characters and both films are examples of labors of love. Check them out or check them out again! We were having so much fun discussing SHAUN OF THE DEAD that we...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! This is the culmination of our Slasher shows. Our discussion of DREAMHOME is in part 4A. Our discussion of the first four episodes of SLASHER S4 is on episode 3! We discusss all the insanity and revelations in the back half of season 4 of the Canadian Anthology show SLASHER.  We got incest, we got a be-beheading, nods to Game of Thrones, FATAL ATTRACTION and THE ORPHAN and...

Send us Fan Mail Hey WoHos! This week we looked at DREAMHOME from Hong Kong and discovered that zip ties serve a variety of purposes! This movie takes the housing crisis in Hong Kong in 2007 as the backdrop for a psychotically-driven woman whose only ambition is to own an apartment with a harbor view. The kills are creative, to say the very least, but the third kill does involve a pregnant woman s...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! We got real stabby with it this week with LAKE BODOM and SLASHER S4 eps 1-4. LAKE BODOM/BODOM is a Finnish 2016 flick that has been on Mom's list for quite awhile. Mac pointed out some real flaws in it, though, and we brainstorm some ways to improve it. Our consulting fee is very reasonable and we are very available, any filmmakers out there who want to remake it! If M...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! This week we got together with our sweet friend, Quinn, to talk about what movies (and a TV show and a bootleg of a musical) we enjoyed watching in 2021. We also discuss some that we thought were pure trash. Notes: We covered LAST ONES OUT way back in Season 1, ep  8. We covered SUSPIRIA, 2018 in Season 3, episode 5.  I never did remember the second movie I had thought of f...

Send us Fan Mail WoHo's! This week we looked at the French home/mom invasion classic, INSIDE, and the 2008 American cult favorite, THE STRANGERS. We also speak pretty briefly about the sequel, as Mom only liked one scene. Please get in touch with your favorite Home Invasion flicks! What's scarier: a really specific motive or no motive at all? What is the limit of references you can make...

Send us Fan Mail *They can, actually. WoHos!  Welcome to Season 4!  This season we are going to explore various genres and sub-genres of horror and pair an international film with one from the US. Mom chose two "animals attack" films this week: THE POOL from Thailand and CRAWL from the US. Trigger warning for pet death in THE POOL. Though both strain credulity, one of them at least seeme...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! It's Part 2 of Canada week! Stefan is back to guide us through the Canadian horror landscape as we discuss Anything for Jackson! Were the ghosts absolutely necessary? Why can't actors who read Latin remember that V's are W's? Exactly how foolhardy is it to play with the Dark Arts? We don't really answer these questions, but we have a good time and w...

Send us Fan Mail  WoHos! This week we have a special guest on the podcast, filmmaker and podcaster (and now, friend of the show), Stefan MacDonald-Labelle! He is an actual Canadian man and he brought us two really great Canadian films: SIEGE & ANYTHING FOR JACKSON. We had such a great time that we had to split the shows into two pieces. This is part one wherein we discuss the Canuxploitation c...

Send us Fan Mail WoHo's! This week for the final regular episode of S3, we looked at the 2011 Canadian found footage cult classic, GRAVE ENCOUNTERS and the 2018 Korean modern variation on a theme, GONJIAM: HAUNTED ASYLUM. We also discuss favorite movies from October, Uhh Yeah Dude, Mom's zoomie cat, Rosey, and how gosh darned nice it is to record together in the same room!! Join us next...

Send us Fan Mail WoHo's!! This week we looked at the Thai horror comedy 13 BELOVED/13: GAME OF DEATH and the American remake 13 SINS. Content notes: In Mac and Mom chat we talk about making art, Mom's supportive bf and autumn in North Carolina. In the main, we make casual references to capitalism, toxic masculinity, lazy writing and offensive portrayals of intellectually disabled people,...

Send us Fan Mail Q-Balls! In honor of the season, we thought we might highlight two "not so scary" Halloween movies. Quinn's pick is ARSENIC & OLD LACE and I chose, E.T. THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL. We also were so lucky to have the chance to interview the organizer and founder of the Queer Fear Film Festival. You can contact Tiffany at: tiffany-albright.com instagram.com/tiffany.a.alb...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos!  Hubris, meet housefly.  This week Mac and I looked at the 1958 classic B movie, THE FLY, and the masterpiece that is the 1986 update, THE FLY. Other topics discussed: Mac has a triumph at work, Mom may be teaching a psychopath (but she's cool with it) and the disturbing wealth of flies in the 50's. Also very minor spoilers for THE SQUID GAME, COME TRUE, SWEETHEAR...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, there, WoHos!! This week we watched the 1997 Satoshi Kon psychological thriller, PERFECT BLUE and the 2010 Darren Aronofsky knock off, BLACK SWAN. Both films concern a young artist who has a psychological break as she is trying to navigate the professional and creative pressures she faces.  We thought PERFECT BLUE had a clearer vision than BLACK SWAN, but at least one of us wo...

Send us Fan Mail Hey, Q-Balls! Something came up for Mac this week so we are pushing the main episode one week. Quinn stepped in to do an impromptu "emergency" podcast, though. And it is weird! In 1986, Quinn was getting ready for kindergarten and Christina was getting ready to graduate high school. Less historically important, 1986 was the year that FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR and RIVER&apo...

Send us Fan Mail WoHos! For episode six, we thought we'd do a couple of Mom's picks: MEMORIES OF MURDER & ROBOCOP. In the Mom and Mac chat we get a little morbid with it and talk about Mom's Mom's passing and the premature death of  Mom'scat. RIP Diana 9/5/21 and Wolfie 9/12/21. Next week Mac and I discuss PERFECT BLUE & BLACK SWAN. We love you. DON'T go into...