137 episodes

Mother and son team Mom and Mac discuss, analyze, dissect and explore international horror movies. Conversations are casual but spoiler-heavy. We take turns choosing a genre or subgenre of horror and pairing an international film with an American one. Past episodes have included: Funny Games, One Missed Call, Let the Right One In/Let Me In. Genres we have covered are Animal Attack (BOAR from Australia and TREMORS); Creepy Kids (GOODNIGHT, MOMMY from Austria and ORPHAN); Battle Royale-type films (BATTLE ROYALE from Japan and THE BELKO EXPERIMENT); Haunted Houses (THE HOUSE AT THE END OF TIME from Venezuela and BEETLEJUICE). Special episodes feature foundational international horror films or guests who come on to highlight a film that "Means the World of Horror" to them. https://linktr.ee/WorldofHorror

World of Horror with Mom & Mac Mom & Mac / Christina Hare & Mac Hare

    • TV & Film
    • 5.0 • 8 Ratings

Mother and son team Mom and Mac discuss, analyze, dissect and explore international horror movies. Conversations are casual but spoiler-heavy. We take turns choosing a genre or subgenre of horror and pairing an international film with an American one. Past episodes have included: Funny Games, One Missed Call, Let the Right One In/Let Me In. Genres we have covered are Animal Attack (BOAR from Australia and TREMORS); Creepy Kids (GOODNIGHT, MOMMY from Austria and ORPHAN); Battle Royale-type films (BATTLE ROYALE from Japan and THE BELKO EXPERIMENT); Haunted Houses (THE HOUSE AT THE END OF TIME from Venezuela and BEETLEJUICE). Special episodes feature foundational international horror films or guests who come on to highlight a film that "Means the World of Horror" to them. https://linktr.ee/WorldofHorror

    THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: Bonus Episode 137 with Quinn McLaughlin

    THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: Bonus Episode 137 with Quinn McLaughlin

    WoHos! Q-Balls!Ms. Q is back to talk with me about how her Introduction to Film students reacted to this film. It was nice to revisit this classic and we had a nice ramble about their perceptive insights.We also are such fans of Brooke Smith and Ted Levine as well as Jonathan Demme's direction and Tak Fujimoto's cinematography.We also talk about the minor car accident Quinn was in (she's fine), the difference between Quinn's and my brain, the TV show my dead mom would have loved, Mac's amazin...

    • 1 hr 16 min
    CHOPPING MALL: Bonus Episode 136 with Chrissy Champagne from Residue: A True Crime Podcast

    CHOPPING MALL: Bonus Episode 136 with Chrissy Champagne from Residue: A True Crime Podcast

    WoHos!We had a blast talking to our new friend, Chrissy Champagne from Residue: A True Crime Podcast (go subscribe!) She brought a banger of a film that Means the World of Horror™ to her!We discussed the very strange and very 80's SciFi Mall Slasher (Yes, we're classing it as a slasher! Fight us!) Horny Comedy: CHOPPING MALL.If you haven't watched it or havn't watched it for awhile, then what are you even doing?Go watch it and then go download all of Chrissy's eps and subscribe to her on Inst...

    • 47 min
    ALLIGATOR & THE EDGE: BONUS Episode 135 It Means the World of Horror ™ to Me with Stefan MacDonald

    ALLIGATOR & THE EDGE: BONUS Episode 135 It Means the World of Horror ™ to Me with Stefan MacDonald

    WoHos!Stefan is back to share two of his favorite childhood watches: ALLIGATOR & THE EDGE!!Stefan is a filmmaker and podcaster located in Hamilton, Ontario. Although we are split on CRAWL, ROGUE, and BLACKWATER, I encourage you all to check these movies out if you are interested in Alligator or Crocodile-attack movies. And of course, LAKE PLACID.We rambled a bit (time codes below)::25 Beartalk>3:46 ALLIGATOR is a weird movie!13:18 The Fluke Man ...

    • 1 hr 6 min
    MEN: Episode 134: Scrumping!

    MEN: Episode 134: Scrumping!

    Hi, WoHos!This week we looked at Alex Garland's MEN. Yep. We did that.Mom was at first more sympathetic to Garland's jazzy style of filmmaking, but that didn't last long when we dove deeper into it.There is a lot to recommend this, but there is a lot that suggests that you may want to run far, far away from this one and watch CIVIL WAR instead.Mom & Mac chat: Working out, HR not responding, panic attacks, and private stuff.The movie talk starts at 11:15.Next time we are talking about movi...

    • 1 hr 38 min
    PAN'S LABYRINTH: Episode 133: Where There are No Lies or Pain

    PAN'S LABYRINTH: Episode 133: Where There are No Lies or Pain

    WoHos!!We talked so much about MEN that we had to break the pods into two parts. Although we make some passing references to MEN, this podcast is about Guillermo del Toro's 2006 classic, PAN'S LABYRINTH.Shout out to https://www.theotherfolk.blog/dissections/pans-labyrinthI will have the podcast about MEN out soon. Stay tuned, also, for my chat with filmmaker Stefan MacDonald, who came on to talk THE EDGE and ALLIGATOR.Fair warning, we go into a tangent about 45 minutes in.Thanks for all your ...

    • 1 hr 6 min
    THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (1982) & ANATOMIE/ANATOMY: Episode 132: Kim in the Fridge: Slashers!

    THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (1982) & ANATOMIE/ANATOMY: Episode 132: Kim in the Fridge: Slashers!

    WoHos!!We return to slashers and look at THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE from 1982 and ANATOMIE/ANATOMY from Germany. One of these might be called feminist and one of these...would not.Mac and I had a great ol' ramble about springtime, the myth of expertise, sleepovers, pretty privilege, and wasted opportunities.We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please tell all your friends all about us, download all our back eps, adopt a kitty, or call your mom. Or if you don't want to talk to your mom, call me!...

    • 1 hr 54 min

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Getting emotionally scarred so you don’t have to!

The banter is fun, and the hosts are perceptive, so it’s fun hearing them catch things. Going over trivia and letterbox reviews is great, and guests are better (looking at you Quinn)

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