157 – Josh Winning & The World Through Blood-Tinted Glasses

Send us a text We’re off to La La Land this week, to talk cursed films, 90s horror nostalgia and Winona Ryder(!!)  Our guest is Josh Winning – who has parlayed his years of writing from and about film sets into a horror novel. Burn the Negative is set in the backlots, soundstages, cutting rooms and dank motel rooms of Hollywood. It features a film with a fatal jinx and a whole lotta love for the 90s teen slasher.  Amongst all of that, Josh and I also tick off the uncanny creepiness of child stars, the validity of fun in horror and the power of the silhouette in making a really scary horror villain.  Enjoy Burn the Negative was published on July 11th by Penguin Random House Other books mentioned in this episode include: The Shadow Glass (2022), by Josh Winning The Final Girl Support Group (2021), by Grady Hendrix My Heart is a Chainsaw (2021), by Stephen Graham Jones House of Leaves (2000), by Mark Z. Danielewski “N”– in Just After Sunset (2008), by Stephen King Support Talking Scared on Patreon Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to [email protected]  Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices