The Horror Agenda

Carlos M. Camacho and Victor M. Garcia Jr.
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The Horror Agenda is a podcast from Carlos M. Camacho and Victor M. Garcia Jr. where we discuss OUR horror agenda. We dive into horror movies, horror short films and other horror properties from our perspectives as a recovering PhD and two aspiring filmmakers who have loved horror our whole lives. Tune in and BEWARE spoilers ahead. 

  1. 1D AGO

    The Black Hole (2008)

    Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the short film the Black Hole cowritten and codirected by Philip Sanson and Olly Williams.  You can watch the short here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here. Victor did not have a recommendation this week. Carlos recommends the book Scream with Me: Horror and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980) by Eleanor Johnson. A great read about horror films and how they reflect where feminism and women's rights were in the period studied.  Carlos also recommends Dimension 20: Gladlands the latest campaign from Dimension 20 on Dropout TV. In the apocalypse, what if people were kind, and it goes from there.  Beware Spoilers. You can follow The Horror Agenda on Instagram @TheHorrorAgenda. Our personal links and more are on our Linktr.ee and you can email us at TheHorrorAgendaPod [at] GMAIL [dot] com. Intro Music: "Satanic Panic" by Weary Pines License code: MGAQUP5RVMIGHPDB Outro Music: "Threatened" by Alex Besss License code: YXKZGTB3AXZACFBU We do not permit the use of our content for AI training/scraping.

    1h 6m

  2. FEB 11

    Queens of the Dead (2025)

    Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we don our club clothes and head out for a good time as we cover Queens of the Dead (2025). This film is written by Erin Judge and Tina Romero and directed by Tina Romero. In this episode we reference several interviews Tina Romero did. Tina Romero spoke with Los Angeles Times en Espanol here, Tina Romero talks with FlickDirect's Allison Rose at Popcorn Fright 2025 here, this Axios Pittsburg piece by Chrissy Suttles, and this Out.com piece by Gil Macias. This week Victor recommends Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) directed by Mike P Nelson, a remake of the slasher where a man gets vengeance in a Santa suit after seeing his parents killed by someone in a Santa suit as a kid. He also recommends the Black Phone 2 directed by Scott Derrickson. This sequel follows Finn now 17 and his sister who has visions of boys being stalked at a camp, and dreaming of calls on the black phone.  Carlos recommends Milk & Serial (2024) an indie horror film from writer director Curry Barker about a prank gone wrong.  He also recommends Sorry, Baby (2025) from writer director Eva Victor who finds herself living alone after a tragic event while everyone pretends nothing happened. Beware Spoilers. You can follow The Horror Agenda on Instagram @TheHorrorAgenda. Our personal links and more are on our Linktr.ee and you can email us at TheHorrorAgendaPod [at] GMAIL [dot] com. Intro Music: "Satanic Panic" by Weary Pines License code: MGAQUP5RVMIGHPDB Outro Music: "Threatened" by Alex Besss License code: YXKZGTB3AXZACFBU We do not permit the use of our content for AI training/scraping.

    2h 3m

  3. FEB 4

    Night Crawl (2019)

    Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2019 short film Night Crawl written and directed by Gregory Shultz.  You can watch the short here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here. We reference this interview from Cranked Up with director Gregory Shultz in the episode several times. This week Carlos recommends the latest video essay from Maggie Mae Fish on true crime and policing "Why aren't more True Crime creators anti-cop?" He also recommends Princess Weekes' video essays generally but specifically the one on the new Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein called "Why Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein Actually Understands the Novel" He also recommends the TV show Derry Girls (2018-2022) a comedy about a group of friends in the 90s in Northern Ireland during 'the Troubles'.  Victor recommends the comedy Stealing Harvard (2002) about an uncle who after promising to pay for his niece's college education. Years later having saved for a new home with his partner, his niece gets accepted to college at Harvard and resorts to crime to pay and keep his promise.  Know your rights against ICE here. Beware Spoilers. You can follow The Horror Agenda on Instagram @TheHorrorAgenda. Our personal links and more are on our Linktr.ee and you can email us at TheHorrorAgendaPod [at] GMAIL [dot] com. Intro Music: "Satanic Panic" by Weary Pines License code: MGAQUP5RVMIGHPDB Outro Music: "Threatened" by Alex Besss License code: YXKZGTB3AXZACFBU We do not permit the use of our content for AI training/scraping.

    1h 8m

  4. JAN 28

    The Final Girls (2015)

    Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2015 meta horror comedy The Final Girls. It is directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson and written by M.A. Fortin & Joshua John Miller.  We reference this Collider piece (2023) by Perri Nemiroff several times in this episode. We also reference this the Moveable Fest piece (2015) by Stephen Saito. We also reference this SlashFilm piece (2015) by Russ Fischer. This week Victor recommends the Glades (2010-2013) about a cop who moves to Florida after being kicked off the force and working for state police.  Carlos recommends Survival of the Thickest (2023- ) starring and created by Michelle Buteau who rebuilds herself and her life after a breakup.  He also recommends Lady Vengeance, the third of the unofficial vengeance trilogy by Park Chan Wook, a film about a woman who is in jail for a crime she didn't commit and pushes for revenge when she gets out.  Beware Spoilers. You can follow The Horror Agenda on Instagram @TheHorrorAgenda. Our personal links and more are on our Linktr.ee and you can email us at TheHorrorAgendaPod [at] GMAIL [dot] com. Intro Music: "Satanic Panic" by Weary Pines License code: MGAQUP5RVMIGHPDB Outro Music: "Threatened" by Alex Besss License code: YXKZGTB3AXZACFBU We do not permit the use of our content for AI training/scraping.

    2h 12m

  5. JAN 21

    Milk Teeth (2020)

    Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda. This week we're covering the 2020 short film Milk Teeth, written by Nick Lopez and directed by Felipe Vargas. You can watch the short here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.     We discuss the Short of the Week review by Chelsea Lupkin here.  This week Victor recommends Beast Games (2024 - ) a gameshow hosted where people compete through various trials to win a large sum of money.  Carlos recommends North of North (2025 - ) a workplace comedy about an Indigenous woman in a small artic town trying to begin a new life for herself.  Beware Spoilers. You can follow The Horror Agenda on Instagram @TheHorrorAgenda. Our personal links and more are on our Linktr.ee and you can email us at TheHorrorAgendaPod [at] GMAIL [dot] com. Intro Music: "Satanic Panic" by Weary Pines License code: MGAQUP5RVMIGHPDB Outro Music: "Threatened" by Alex Besss License code: YXKZGTB3AXZACFBU We do not permit the use of our content for AI training/scraping.

    1h 9m

  6. JAN 14

    The People Under the Stairs (1991)

    Happy New Year and welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we head back to the 90s with our very first guest. That's right we have Kelly Camacho on the show, sister of one of our co-hosts. Kelly is a cosplayer, comic book nerd, union organizer, and aspiring horror writer.  CW for this week's episode includes discussion of assault, incest, and child abuse.  This week we cover the under-seen Wes Craven film from 1991, The People Under the Stairs. To see other films, listeners have requested or that we want to cover, you can see our list on Letterboxd. In this episode we reference this piece from Jake Dee (2021) in Joblo.  The film features a bathtub scene that is very visceral and we discuss this video where Wendy Robie discusses the scene's filming. In this episode we allude to this Special Effects featurette from the Blu-Ray release of the film.  Kelly recommends Primate (2026) a film still in theaters at the time of recording. The film, directed by Johannes Roberts is about a pet chimpanzee who gets bit he goes from lovable to lethal. Victor recommends My Name is Earl (2005-2009) a show, created by Greg Garcia, about a guy, Earl, who wins the lotto and wants to make good with all the people he has wronged and fix his karma.  Carlos recommends Vampire Survivors (2022) a rouge-like bullet hell video game available on several platforms and lots of DLC.  He also recommends Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees (2025) by Patrick Horvath, a comic about a world of anthropomorphized animals where things seem beautiful but there's a serial killer lurking.  Beware Spoilers. You can follow The Horror Agenda on Instagram @TheHorrorAgenda. Our personal links and more are on our Linktr.ee and you can email us at TheHorrorAgendaPod [at] GMAIL [dot] com. Intro Music: "Satanic Panic" by Weary Pines License code: MGAQUP5RVMIGHPDB Outro Music: "Threatened" by Alex Besss License code: YXKZGTB3AXZACFBU We do not permit the use of our content for AI training/scraping.

    2h 12m

  7. 12/24/2025

    Gremlins (1984) and Wrapping 2025

    Welcome back to the Horror Agenda for the FINAL episode of the show this year. We wrap 2025 and get into Gremlins (1984) written by Chris Columbus and directed by Joe Dante.  Thank you so much for joining us this year. If you have suggestions for films to cover next year, please let us know on Instagram or via email. We reference a few pieces. We bring up the Bechdel Cast episode from 2018, a podcast discussing intersectional feminism and using that lens look at movies. We also reference the 2024 episode of What Went Wrong, a podcast with deep dives of the production side of filmmaking and how despite things going wrong, movies emerge even good movies. We also allude to a Cracked piece from 2023 by JM McNab. There is a new film in the, now trilogy, coming soon and this People piece by Tommy McArdle discusses what is known thus far.  This week for our final recommendations of the year Victor recommends Under Fire (2025), directed by Steven C. Miller, an action thriller about rival drug dealers who discover they're both under cover US agents who didn't know they were working the same case. Victor also recommends Obsidian Swing, an independent music project blending darkwave, ambient and cinematic pop.  Carlos recommends Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) directed by Rian Johnson, is the latest Benoit Blanc mystery set in the small town Catholic where a priest dies (or is murdered).  Carlos also recommends Joy Ride (2023) directed by Adele Lim, is a comedy about 4 friends who end up experiencing a wild series of events as they head to China for business and relationships get tested.  Beware Spoilers. You can follow The Horror Agenda on Instagram @TheHorrorAgenda. Our personal links and more are on our Linktr.ee and you can email us at TheHorrorAgendaPod [at] GMAIL [dot] com. Intro Music: "Satanic Panic" by Weary Pines License code: MGAQUP5RVMIGHPDB Outro Music: "Threatened" by Alex Besss License code: YXKZGTB3AXZACFBU We do not permit the use of our content for AI training/scraping.

    1h 43m

  8. 12/17/2025

    Dear Santa (2022)

    Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover the 2022 short film Dear Santa, written and directed by Chris Vanderhorst.  You can watch the short here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here.     This week Carlos recommends Black Christmas (1974), directed by Bob Clark, which we covered on the show already. He revisits it often. If you want more analysis on it, check out this video from Princess Weekes.  He also recommends Good Boy (2025), directed by Ben Leonberg, a horror from the POV of a dog navigating the haunting house his owner moves him into. Go into with as little information as possible.  Victor recommends the Dentist (1996), directed by Brian Yuzna, about a dentist who goes wild and turns his life upside down. He also recommends Last Holiday (2006), directed by Wayne Wang, is about a woman who upon receiving a critical diagnosis starts to live life as she wants, doing all the things she wanted and finding joy.  Beware Spoilers. You can follow The Horror Agenda on Instagram @TheHorrorAgenda. Our personal links and more are on our Linktr.ee and you can email us at TheHorrorAgendaPod [at] GMAIL [dot] com. Intro Music: "Satanic Panic" by Weary Pines License code: MGAQUP5RVMIGHPDB Outro Music: "Threatened" by Alex Besss License code: YXKZGTB3AXZACFBU We do not permit the use of our content for AI training/scraping.

    1h 15m
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The Horror Agenda is a podcast from Carlos M. Camacho and Victor M. Garcia Jr. where we discuss OUR horror agenda. We dive into horror movies, horror short films and other horror properties from our perspectives as a recovering PhD and two aspiring filmmakers who have loved horror our whole lives. Tune in and BEWARE spoilers ahead. 

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  • Creator
    Carlos M. Camacho and Victor M. Garcia Jr.
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    132
  • Rating
    Explicit
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