Rachael and I discussed some of our favorite horror movies as well as the differences between the Horror classics like Dracula, Frankenstein and the Mummy and the slasher movies like Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street. Rachael also told me a little about her review of IT part 2 and we made a short sizzle reel about Rachel meeting Dracula in Lakeshore Park! Check it out!

Ah, the horror film. Sating our desire for a good scare. From the earliest days of cinema, filmmakers have sought to create the creatures that go bump in the night. The classic Universal Monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, and the Wolf Man were preying on imaginations long before Netflix was pumping out spooky original content and Stephen King was unleashing IT on the populace. 

Dive in as we discuss our personal favorite horror movies, our own real-life spine-tingling experiences, representation in horror (or lack thereof), and more!

We get creepy right away with favorite genre talk, from haunted houses to the original cycle of Universal Monsters (Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, etc.). One of us prefers the subtlety of Bela Lugosi’s Dracula to his more violent modern counterparts, while the other gravitates (or LEVITATES) toward haunted houses. Our basis for horror film enjoyment is self-insertion, taking a “What would I do?” approach to viewing. 

The scares get real with a story from my military days involving a visit to a friend’s barracks, a barracks that may or may not have been under siege from malevolent forces invited via Ouija board, an instrument of evil that I loathe to this day. Ouija boards factor into several horror flicks, from The Exorcist all the way to the more recent Ouija and Ouija sequel, Ouija: Origin of Evil. 

We get more in-depth on IT: Chapter Two with our takes on the movie, and our differing opinions on the relatability of Stephen King’s often white-male centric fiction. Then we wax philosophic on our perceived lack of LGBTQ representationin the genre as a whole.  

Stay tuned and stay curious for an audio teaser for our own (possibly fake) upcoming short horror film! 

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