13. THE SANTA CLAUSE as Body Horror | With Peter Counter

Never put on a dead man's clothes! Author and culture critic Peter Counter joins Steph Grossman and Bianca Pérez in the basement to discuss how THE SANTA CLAUSE (1994), starring Tim Allen, is actually a movie about body horror, possession, and the sublime. It's basically a yuletide HEREDITARY (in fact, we're pretty sure Santa Claus knows Paiman...). SHOW NOTES Peter Counter | ⁠peterbcounter.com Be Scared of Everything by Peter Counter | ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/4492/9781988784564 How to Restore a Timeline: On Violence and Memory by Peter Counter | https://bookshop.org/a/4492/9781487011994 ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES ⁠⁠Gemini Gospel⁠⁠⁠ | Bianca Pérez's debut poetry chapbook, published by Host Publications ⁠⁠⁠hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel⁠⁠⁠. Can't buy right now? ⁠⁠⁠Shelve it on Goodreads⁠⁠⁠! "⁠⁠Likeness⁠⁠"⁠ | Steph Grossman's latest horror-tinged short story, published in Joyland Magazine. Free to read. Bitly link: ⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/mirrorstory⁠⁠⁠ Basement Girls Podcast Store on Bookshop.org | ⁠⁠⁠bookshop.org/shop/basementgirls