The Scary Spirits Podcast Presents: Wicked Ramblings - Horror Movie Academy with Dr. Craig Fischer

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Welcome to the fifth episode of The Scary Spirits Podcast Presents: Wicked Ramblings, an entertainment podcast that strives to answer the twisted questions currently burning a bright hole in your dark soul. On this episode our hosts are joined by Dr. Craig Fischer, and English professor from Appalachian State University who teaches a class called “Studies in Film Genre: The Horror Film”. Tune in as Dr. Craig schools our hosts all about horror movies!

Some of the topics covered and questions asked of our special guest this episode include:

What sparked your interest/obsession with horror films?
What qualifies a film as a horror film? Are there parameters that must be met?
What are your favorite types of horror films?
What do you hope your students take away from your class?
Has a student ever come up with something in a paper that surprised you (something you hadn’t considered before)?
Who do you feel influenced horror the most? (Director/actor/writer/studio/producer, past and present)
Why do you think people like to be scared?
Women, and for that matter minorities aren’t always represented in a positive light in horror films, often portrayed as victims or vindictive, do you think this is due to male interpretation/control/fantasy (directors producers) or is it a societal influence or something else?
If you were going to make a horror film, what would be your theme?
What is one film that you think everyone should see? Why?
Do you read horror books, or are you mainly interested in film?
Classic Universal monsters vs Hammer Films. Compare and contrast.

Some of the books and authors mentioned during this episode include:

Carol J. Clover, Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film (Updated Edition, Princeton University Press, 2015)
Junji Ito, Uzumaki (3-in-1 deluxe edition, Viz, 2013)
Kier-la Janisse, House of Psychotic Women, Expanded Edition: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films (FAB Press, 2022)
Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor, 2016)
Josh Simmons, House (Fantagraphics, 2007)
Robin Wood, Robin Wood on the Horror Film: Collected Essays and Reviews (Wayne State University Press, 2018)

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