Episode 30: Scary Neighbors

Episode 30: Scary Neighbors This episode was recorded on May 30, 2024 and posted on July 13, 2024. Content Warning: Light vulgarity.  Introduction Welcome to No Bodies Episode 30 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie Introductions to our guest - Night of the Living Ted, Suzie's real life neighbor! Today's Topic: Scary Neighbors Discussion on the "Scary Neighbor" Subgenre What is the "scary neighbor" trope? Why is this a prevalent horror subgenre? Deconstructing American suburbia  Crazy roommate and neighbor stories from your hosts  This Week's Coroner's Report Why do you think there are so many films focusing on neighbors or roommates as villains? Do you have any crazy neighbor stories? Film Discussion Neighbors By Circumstance  Vivarium (2019) No One Gets Out Alive (2021) Barbarian (2022) Neighbors by Choice The Stepford Wives (1975) The 'Burbs (1989) Stir of Echoes (1999) The House at the End of the Street (2012) Voyeurism Rear Window (1954) Disturbia (2007) Shrew's Nest (2014) Watcher (2022) Worst & Best Representations of Scary Neighbor Horror Spoilers ahead! Worst His House (2020) - Ted The 'Burbs (1989) - Suzie & Lonely Best Vivarium (2019) - Suzie Stir of Echoes (1999) - Ted  Watcher (2022) - Lonely Suzie's Deep Cuts Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.  Lyle (2014) Voyeur (2017) 1BR (2019) Spiral (2019) Lockdown Tower (2022) Closing Thoughts If you were to write a scary neighbor horror film, what would be the premise? Thank you to our guests! Check out Ted on YouTube at @tedprice1.  Keep Up with Your Hosts Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.  Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!  Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show! Sources Bryant, T. (2017, October 27). How the suburbs became the perfect setting for horror movies. Nylon. https://www.nylon.com/articles/suburbs-depicted-in-movies Murphy, B. M. (2009). Don't Go Down to the Basement! Serial Murder, Family Values and the Suburban Horror Film. In Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks (pp. 136–165). https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230244757_6 Voyeurism. (2024). https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/voyeurism