What Are We Afraid Of?

Spooky Bruce
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What Are We Afraid Of? is a monthly podcast at the intersection of sociology and horror films, examining what those movies can tell us about our society and ourselves.

Episodes

  1. 05/11/2021

    Defining Horror

    On this, the first episode of What Are We Afraid Of?, I discuss my definition of horror and what makes a movie a horror film. MOVIES MENTIONED: Trilogy of Terror, Get Out, Alien, The Day After, Jaws, Jurassic Park, The Thing. AUDIO CLIPS FROM: Trilogy of Terror, The Day After, Jaws, The Thing, Night of the Living Dead. SHOW NOTES: The 2010s Were the Decade When Horror Got Smart: https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/a30284121/elevated-horror-2010s-peele-eggers-aster-blumhouse/ There’s No Such Thing As ‘Elevated Horror’: https://www.slashfilm.com/elevated-horror/ Black Storytellers Are Using Horror to Combat Hate: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/07/black-storytellers-are-using-horror-to-battle-hate Pandemic practice: Horror fans and morbidly curious individuals are more psychologically resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7492010/ (Why) Do You Like Scary Movies? A Review of the Empirical Research on Psychological Responses to Horror Films: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6813198/ Background Music is Amoeba Miasmic Void by Gatherer, under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivates license.

  2. Season 1 Trailer

    What Are We Afraid Of? Trailer

    What Are We Afraid Of? is a podcast at the intersection of sociology and horror films, examining what those movies can tell us about our society and ourselves.  Music by Zen Man from Pixabay. Audio clip from Night of the Living Dead (1968).

    What Are We Afraid Of? Trailer

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What Are We Afraid Of? is a monthly podcast at the intersection of sociology and horror films, examining what those movies can tell us about our society and ourselves.

Information

  • Creator
    Spooky Bruce
  • Years Active
    2021
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Spooky Bruce
  • Show Website
    What Are We Afraid Of?