Episode 42: Botanical Terror Part I - Sinister Sprouts Last Three Rows of Horror

We are kicking off a whole new series on plant horror entitled BOTANICAL TERROR! On this, Part I - Sinister Sprouts, we begin by discussing the very beginnings of plant horror. Jean-Paul Sartre’s Nausea had a big influence on the genre, as well as many cultural and societal fears such as Cold War invasion and conformity. Join us as we discuss a variety of 50s science fiction/horror films including The Thing from Another World (1951), The Thing (1982), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Body Snatchers (1993), The Invasion (2007), Voodoo Island (1957), From Hell It Came (1957), and The Woman Eater (1958).

This episode is dedicated to Bruce Evens. 1952-2024

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Sources for todays episode include Trouble with the Trees: The Growth of Plant Horror by: Richard Newby in January 2023’s Volume 2 Issue 18 of Fangoria Magazine and Plant Horror: Approaches to the Monstrous Vegetal in Fiction and Film, Edited by Dawn Keetley and Angela Tenga.


Chapters:
0:00 - RIP Bruce Evens
0:25 - Intro
1:02 - Welcome to the Last Three Rows of Horror!
2:23 - Trouble with the Trees
5:10 - Sources
9:43 - Sartre’s Nausea
13:35 - The Thing from Another World (1951)
32:42 - The Thing (1982)
39:25 - invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
49:47 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
1:00:19 - Body Snatchers (1993)
1:07:08 - the Invasion (2007)
1:11:44 - Voodoo Island (1957)
1:21:16 - From Hell It Came (1957)
1:36:39 - The Woman Eater (1958)
1:47:37 - Wrapping Up
1:48:28 - Michael Rockefeller
1:49:45 - Society of the Snow
1:53:41 - Batman 2? / Adam West
2:01:14 - Until Next Time…
2:02:05 - Post Credits