132 - Dialectic Materialism - The Omen (1976)

Episode Notes We're back with another episode of Fright School! We catch up on the week with Joe watching THE BABYSITTER: KILLER QUEEN as part of his VOLUNTARY horror viewing every night in October! Joshua has been on a rewatch of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL after viewing a Sarah Paulson wig video. Joshua is also visiting THE SUNKEN PLACE with Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes' online lecture series exploring the history of Black Horror. We compare childhood Halloween movies with Hocus Pocus and Halloweentown. We're also super excited for October to bring us THE CRAFT: LEGACY and THE WITCHES! Finally we kick off our Halloween 2020 series dedicated to the Dark Lord himself! The Devil. The Morningstar. Satan. Father Lucifer. (That last one might just be a Tori Amos tune...) Whatever you know him as, there are miles of film reel dedicated to his works. We start our series with 1976's THE OMEN. We lay out three ways to analyze and contextualize the film: pure Biblical allegory as a warning for the End Times, a political allegory of the horrors of unchecked capitalism, and the paranoia of parenting children in the era of Free Love. Joe tries to follow Joshua's discussion of Dialectical Materialism and Marxism. We hope the listener fares better... HAIL SATAN! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree Recommended Reading: [Original trailer THE OMEN] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS-sXcx30O4) Analysis of ‘The Omen’ Mawr Gorshin PopMatters review of The Omen (1976) by Bill Gibron EXTRA CREDIT: FRIGHT SCHOOL 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 2020 CLICKABLE CALENDAR WE HAVE ALL NEW TEES AND MERCH AVAILABLE! Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices