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Episode 17: De-fanged – Scary vampires are SO last century

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In this year’s Halloween episode, we are joined again by our friend Fred as we look look at the perennial horror trope, the vampire. Flip throws out the claim that modern vampires are no longer scary, leading to them being ‘de-fanged’. We discuss the history of fanged fiction, from Polidori’s novel The Vampypre, through to …

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Episode 12: Ghosts are NOT horror

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In this year’s Halloween episode, Dave throws out the theory that “Ghosts are NOT horror”, and challenges Nick and Flip to prove or disprove it. We discuss ghosts with unfinished business, ghosts with curses, Japanese ghosts specifically, and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. So, what is your take on ghosts as horror? That’s almost tautological: …

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