The Fear of God: A Horror Movie Podcast

Reed Lackey & Nathan Rouse
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  • Christianity
  • Semiweekly

Faith and the Horror genre may seem to be opposites, but every week Reed and Nathan put them in dialogue together. Join us for conversations about the things that haunt us and the things that heal us, explorations at the intersection between faith and fear, where we examine what scares us, in order to find what saves us.

  1. 15h ago ·  Bonus

    Nickels Interview with Spencer King

    We have another interview episode for you this week about a wonderful independent film that recently released. NICKELS tells the story of Tom (Rob Riggle), a successful entrepreneur, who is haunted by the tragic death of his brother when he was a child. When the next door neighbor's son Mitch (Aaron Holliday) survives a similar accident, Tom begins to suspect that his brother's spirit may have returned. The film is meditative and thought-provoking, examining the challenges we often face with trying to distinguish meaning and purpose from coincidence and chance. Featuring strong character performances from a cast that includes Odessa A'zion, Eizabeth Tulloch, Rebecca Gayheart, and Tom Arnold, Nickels is a both haunting and moving exploration of grief, connection, faith, and making sense of the inexplicable. Reed had the opportunity to talk with director Spencer King about his film. We really hope you'll check it out and we hope you enjoy this conversation! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  2. 1d ago ·  Bonus

    Things Get FoGgy: A Live RPG Adventure

    As a special part of our annual virtual Halloween event -- FoGgoween -- we featured a live roleplaying experience curated and led by Things Get Dicey creator and star Paula Deming. The game is a version of Campfire Tales: Scouts Against Cthulhu, where FoGgy friends Jocee Worley, Matt Murray, Julie Ahern (and, of course, Nathan and Reed) are led into a mysterious camping excursion in the early 1900s. Things start off on the immediate wrong foot when they discover that their trusted scout leader is sick and has been replaced by a suspiciously plucky troop leader named Sam. Sam says he wants to lead the kids to a totally safe, but spooky-vibes campsite. Is he telling the truth? Or does something far more nefarious await our campers in the dark woods behind Tarry Town? Performed live for our patrons, the game features risky dice rolls, plenty of pre-teen sass, and far too much pressing-your-luck. We hope you enjoy it! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  3. 4d ago ·  Bonus

    Wild Horse Nine Interview with Ben Davis

    We have a surprise interview episode for you about a film in theaters as of this weekend. WILD HORSE NINE is the latest film from writer/director Martin McDonagh. It stars John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as CIA agents in the 1970s who visit Easter Island with secretive intentions. While there, they encounter challenging observations about memory, loneliness, legacy, and our place in nature and history. Like his previous films (such as Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Banshees of Inisherin), Wild Horse Nine is bitingly comic, powerfully written, and contrasts some heavy themes with a lush and beautiful landscape. Helping to craft that gorgeous landscape is McDonagh's frequent collaborator Ben Davis, who worked as cinematographer on most of McDonagh's work as well as a handful of films for the MCU (Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, The Eternals, etc.). Reed had the privilege to speak with Ben about his work on Wild Horse Nine and the craft of translating a story through visual language. Wild Horse Nine is in theaters now. We hope you'll check it out and we hope you enjoy our conversation! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  4. Nov 3

    Paranormal Activity: The Paranormaweepilogue

    This is it, friends and FoGgers. We've made our way through every entry in the Paranormal Activity franchise, enduring a wide array of films -- both high and low quality -- and having some remarkably rich conversations out of all of them. Now, in keeping with recent tradition, Nathan and Reed look back on the whole franchise run, identifying their most noteworthy That Ain't Right moments, ranking the films, reflections on our previous discussions, and finally christening the Normal Activity Hall of Fame. If you've come along this wild journey through Spooky Season 2026 with us, we hope you have as much fun as we had looking back on it. If you're wondering where to start, consider this a primer! This will end our formal programming for the year (though several new bonus episodes will drop in). We'll be back with regular episodes in January, so we hope you have a wonderful and safe rest of the year. And as always, we urge you to remember that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, but not the end of the conversation. In that spirit, we encourage you to be fear nothing else and be on your way rejoicing... 7:36 - Final Thoughts on the Paranormal Activity Franchise 20:45 - That Ain't Right 33:14 - Ranking All 7 Films 59:10 - The Themes We Found Along the Way 1:19:02 - The "Normal Activity" Hall of Fame 1:35:58 - The Fear of God Closing Credits for 2026 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  5. Oct 30 ·  Bonus

    Portrait of a Haunting Interview with Madison Tyler Nelson

    Just in time for Halloween weekend, we have another interview episode about an excellent recent release with rich characters, compelling themes, and a chilling suspense mystery. PORTRAIT OF A HAUNTING tells the story of Tatum, a young girl who is able to see spirits -- a trait she inherited from her mother. But she has always had a tense relationship with that gift because her mother is a notorious figure who murdered her lover and used his blood for her final painting. Tatum has found solace among her close friends -- who form the largest witch coven in Manhattan. But soon a terrifying tragedy forces Tatum to reconcile with her past, her gift, and the deadly future that is targeting her. Madison Tyler Nelson joins Reed to discuss her debut novel, which is swiftly paced and heavily suspenseful. But Madison's book is also populated by deeply compelling characters, who, thanks to Madison's careful attention to detail and background in psychology, feel richly distinct. Along the way, her book offers profound observations about active grief, coming to terms with your complicated heritage, and the importance of reconciling yourself to the parts of who you are that you'd rather run away from. It's a murder mystery, a ghost story, a witch tale, a romance, a found family drama, and so much more. It's a perfect book to read for spooky season. We hope you'll check it out and we hope you enjoy this conversation! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  6. Oct 29 ·  Bonus

    Breeder Interview with Alex Goyette

    Opening in theaters this week is a chilling new thriller from writer/director Alex Goyette. BREEDER tells the story of Russell (Daniel Doheny), who is seeking funding for his groundbreaking apiary research. When an isolated loner named Patti (Dot-Marie Jones) offers to fully fund his research, he travels to her remote farmhouse for a conversational dinner. While there, he learns that the offer of unlimited funding comes with a pretty steep catch. Nathan and Reed had the chance to talk with Alex about his new film, including its influences and development, its impressive cast, its thematic interests, and even an on-set ghost story he'd never had the chance to tell before. We hope you'll check out Breeder, in theaters as of October 28th, and we hope you enjoy this conversation! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  7. Oct 27

    Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

    Welcome to the penultimate installment of this year's Spooky Season (AHHHH!) franchise run as we dive into the final entry in the Paranormal Activity franchise. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: NEXT OF KIN is different from any of the other installments in a host of ways. It doesn't fully commit to the found-footage only motif, it neither references nor ties back into any previous narrative, and only loosely ties into the rest of its peers thematically. In many ways, it feels like this was intended to be a different film and got roped into the Paranormal Activity franchise for marketing purposes. As such, it's a pretty thin entry. That said, it looks really great (arguably best of the franchise) and features some good performances along with a handful of genuinely effective moments. With those compliments on deck, we're joined by Andrew Nelson and Vera Goudie to explore a surprising theme in a film that has flirted with technology as its central conceit: what happens in a community that has drifted to the complete other extreme? We have a lot of fun in this episode and feature some surprisingly thoughtful observations about the burden of keeping up with all of the way the world is moving on without us. It's an episode we hope you'll check out and hope even more that you enjoy. 4:36 - Announcements (LAST CHANCE FOR FOGGOWEEN) Patron Only Segment: THE SIMPSONS, Halloween of Horror 9:13 - PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: NEXT OF KIN See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  8. Oct 26 ·  Bonus

    Savage Lake Interview with Nick Medina

    We're kicking off Halloween week with a fantastic Spooky-Season reading recommendation from friend of the show and author Nick Medina. SAVAGE LAKE is Nick's fourth novel, and it is a fun and suspenseful homage to some of your favorite horror movie motifs. It tells the story of Oscar, an avid horror movie fan, who accompanies his mother to the rundown cabin on Torchlight Lake that she's just inherited. His mother Nell is haunted by the memories of this place and of the strange, still unexplained things that happened to her family here a quarter century earlier. Before long, local road closures make it impossible for them to leave as mysterious occurrences begin to unfold and Nell becomes less and less herself. As we see Oscar try to make sense of some inexplicable occurrences around him (which he of course filters through the lens of his vast horror film knowledge), we also learn Nell's story from those many years back -- a story of fractured family tensions, community prejudices, and a mysterious unsolved tragedy that tore Nell's family apart. As Nell's past and Oscar's present begin to converge, Oscar is forced to face something far more terrifying than movie monsters. Reed got the chance to speak with Nick about the inspirations for his book, its propulsive and fun narrative framework, and the richer themes on its mind about the intangible things we inherit from our families: not just eye color or hair color, but wounds and fears and hopes and dreams. Nick's book is a fantastic choice for Halloween week reading. We hope you'll check it out and we hope you enjoy our conversation! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Faith and the Horror genre may seem to be opposites, but every week Reed and Nathan put them in dialogue together. Join us for conversations about the things that haunt us and the things that heal us, explorations at the intersection between faith and fear, where we examine what scares us, in order to find what saves us.

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