Holiday Rewind: THE SANTA CLAUSE as Body Horror | With Peter Counter

Steph had a baby in August. Bianca currently has, like, 5 jobs. BUT we're excited to return to the basement in 2025, with the goal of releasing an episode every 2-3 months. In the meantime—and with the 2024 Christmas season upon us—enjoy this Holiday re-post of one of our favorite episodes ever. Be merry, ho ho ho's! *** "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. Basically, it's 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