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FRIGHT SCHOOL
by J. Napier and J. Fejeran
Welcome to Fright School, a podcast that explores horror films through the eyes of someone who is experiencing them for the first time. Each week, Joshua (the horror nerd) pushes Joe (the unsuspecting newbie) to the edge of the Mountains of Madness, as they discuss the cultural attitudes, conditions, and events that have shaped some of the most terrifying horror films. Will Joe survive his journey? Will Joshua take things too far? Join us every week for new episodes on Monday to find out! Are you ready? Class is in session.
Episodes
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326 - Straight Allies Aren't Normal - Leviticus (2026)
Welcome back to Fright School!!! We recap our week at San Diego Comic Con 2026 including another fun year at the Her Universe Fashion Show! Joshua is going to meet and greet Ellen Greene at the 40th Anniversary screening of Little Shop of Horrors! We chat about seeing The Odyssey. This week…
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325 - The Male Christiane Amanpour - Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)
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324 - If Evil, Why Hot-Shaped? - The Mummy (1999)
Welcome back to Fright School! Are you fearfully and wonderfully made? Joe went to see Maria Bamford and Jackie Kashian! Joshua discovers Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter are different things. This week we go on another expedition with Indiana Jones and the... no, sorry.. wait... THE MUMMY…
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323 - MEGA: Make Egypt Great Again! - The Mummy (1932)
Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua is trying to reorganize the Wes Craven Memorial Library with the help of Libib. Joe shares about his great job at decluttering in a clear targeted attack on Joshua. We discuss SEND HELP, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2, and the untimely death of Koji Suzuki, the…
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321 - Martha Stewart Tumbleweed Collection - The Arborist (2025)
Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua is waxing nostalgic for 2005 while celebrating the release of new Madonna music. Joe has been sneaking out to see horror movies without Joshua! We get deep about separating art from the artist when that artist is using her wizarding shillings to harm Trans...
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320 - Homo-Dryers-Ice-Cream - The Guardian (1990)
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319 - Nature Bites Back! - The Day of the Triffids (1963)
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318 - Supporting Women's Rights & Wrongs - The Bride! (2026)
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317 - Catholic Ephemera - Undertone (2025)
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316 - Now THAT'S What I Call Demonology! - The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)
Welcome back to Fright School! We discuss the Oscars and horror's fight for better inclusion. We celebrate SINNERS historic Oscars nominations. This week, we wrap up (for now) our deep dive into the Conjuring Universe with THE CONJURING: LAST RITES. We reflect on the franchise, gendered ideas...
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315 - Dr. Kelson at Burning Man - 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Welcome to another Fright School Field Trip! We took ourselves out for Korean BBQ and 28 DAYS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE! We discuss the latest film from Nia DaCosta in terms of being the middle of a trilogy, the state of horror at prestigious award ceremonies, competency porn, and the sweet moves of...
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314 - Sexy Priestery - The Nun (2018)
Welcome Back to Fright School! We often reflect on our show as an archive of our lives and the context in which we are creating it in. This particular recording day was heavy after multiple deaths and incarcerations of both Immigrants and US citizens and the ongoing oppressive response from our...
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313 - Helter Skelter - Annabelle (2014)
Welcome back to Fright School! We reminisce on old school Vines and social media trends. Joe shares his love of HEATED RIVALRY which Joshua immediately tries to ruin with Queer theory. Is Joshua trying to gatekeep horror? This week, we continue our franchise deep dive in to the Conjuring Universe...
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312 - Exposition by Lecture - The Conjuring (2013)
Welcome back to Fright School! This week, we reflect on the past year of Fright School episodes. We promise we have so much more planned for this year barring an apocalypse which seems more and more likely! Joshua and Joe share what they did for New Years. It's that time of year again: franchise...
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311 - New Fear, New Queer, New Lear - Stranger Things finale & 2025 Top Lists
Happy New Fear, Fright School! We're breaking down the best in horror television and movies and what we hope to catch up on! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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310 - Tina Romero's Best Friend Race (w/ Luxe the Drag Queen) - Queens of the Dead (2025)
Welcome to a jam packed edition of Fright School! This week we welcome to the Wes Craven Memorial Library LUXE THE DRAG QUEEN! Like the rest of the world, we are catching up on the latest episodes of STRANGER THINGS! SPOILER ALERT! Joshua spent the fall watching GILMORE GIRLS instead of…
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309 - Seventeen Crotch-fruit - Weapons (2025)
Happy Halloween Fright School! The Freaky Kiki Horror Ball 2 was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who came or supported the ball! Joshua has returned to Stars Hollow to Joe's utter delight. This week, we pledge allegiance to the tree of Aunt Gladys by chatting all things WEAPONS! We discuss...
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308 - Uncanny Valley Girls (w/ Zefyr Lisowski)
Zefyr Lisowski is a poet, essayist, educator, and author of two poetry collections, Blood Boxand Girl Work, along with the forthcoming essay collection Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival, and Love releasing October 7th 2025 from Harper Perennial. Joshua Napier from Fright School had...
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307 - SDCC Queer Horror Recap (w/ Michael Varrati)
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306 - Freaky Friday Them - Bring Her Back (2025)
Welcome back to Fright School! This week, Joshua cries Elder Millennial Abuse and continues to pine for Hugh Jackman. Joe has thoughts on MISSION IMPOSSIBLE and LILO & STITCH. Joshua joined a GEEKSCAPE live to break down the new Paul Reubens documentary PEE WEE AS HIMSELF. We took a trip to our...
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305 - The French D.A.R.E. Program - Climax (2018)
Welcome back to Fright School! We catch up on 4 year old information about Marjorie Taylor Greene. Joe is studying the geopolitical ramifications of Eurovision. What new movies are we most excited about? This week, we take another trip with CLIMAX. This film has everything you could want in…
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304 - Vampires in the Cowboy Carter Era - Sinners (2025)
Welcome back to Fright School! Joe is doing physically well while Joshua is dying of the consumption. Joshua hopped on the Geekscape YouTube channel to give his chaotic thoughts on ANDOR. Joe talks Joshua into seeing THUNDERBOLTS* because Julia Louis-Dreyfus. This week, we sink our teeth into...
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303 - Julia Fox: A Realtor - Presence (2025)
Welcome back to Fright School! This week, we investigate a PRESENCE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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302 - Synecdoche is a Part of Me - Idle Hands (1999)
Welcome back to Fright School! This week, we predict how the horror genre will respond to the Trump Era. We reflect on the subject of fatness in horror after reading Dread Central's recent article on CARRIE. Joe's takeover continues with IDLE HANDS (1999). We remind our listeners that cannabis is...
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301 - Doing All the Euphemisms - Scary Movie 1 & 2 (w/ Justine)
Welcome back to Fright School! This week Joe is taking over once again and we're getting lost in the weeds literally... We're examining the relationship between cannabis and horror by kicking it off with a stoner horror double feature of SCARY MOVIE and SCARY MOVIE 2! We chat about parody films,...
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300 - The 300th Episode Celebration! (w/ Justine)
Welcome to the 300th episode of Fright School! This week, our dear friend Justine joins us to catch up and discuss the show! Thank you to all of our listeners for getting us to 300! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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299 - A Woman of the Human Species - Companion (2025)
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298 - Good for She/Her! - The Assassin, Tales from the Crypt (Part 4)
Welcome back to Fright School, kiddies! We discuss our DIE initiatives. Joshua and Joe recap the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary (well isn't that) Special! Joshua shares about some favorite SNL movies while Joe is first in line for tickets to The Culps comeback tour. This week, we wrap up…
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297 - Queen, You've Done It Again! - Heart Eyes (2025)
Happy Valentine’s Day, Dear Listener! This week we took a field trip to see HEART EYES! Spoilers abound so beware!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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296 - Miss Lilly Pution Manison - Loved to Death, Tales from the Crypt (Part 3)
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295 - A Courtesan with a Heart of Gold - Tales from the Crypt (Part 2)
Welcome back to Fright School! This week, we are picking back up with our TALES FROM THE CRYPT franchise deep dive! But first! Please welcome to the stage Miss Nora Virus! What are Joe's thoughts on WICKED, you ask? We chat about our feelings of musical adaptations in general. We watched two...
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294 - Just a Rainy Day Film - SE7EN (1995)
Welcome back to Fright School! We start off discussing holiday presents! Joe is journaling... or trying to. Have you read A NOUN of NOUN and NOUNS by Proper Noun Initial. Initial. Proper Noun? Was it any good? Joe is building his TBR and needs recs. We prepare to enter the Drag Race Cinematic...
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293 - Death by a Thousand Puns - Tales from the Crypt (Part 1)
Happy New Fear, FRIGHT SCHOOL! We kick off the year venting about vaguebooking. We share our New Year's resolutions... or whatever. Joshua turned 40! This week, we kick off our January Franchise Deep Dive with a twist! Yes, Boils, Ghouls, Slays, and Grims we're crawling into the coffin with the...
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292 - Joe & the Incubus - Nosferatu (2024)
HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIGHT SCHOOL! We have so much to catch up on! We chat about WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS. Joshua is watching a serial killer’s life flash before his eyes with DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN. Joe is taking a joy ride with the LINCOLN LAWYER. We try and fail with the harmonies of the HALLELUJAH...
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291 - HALLOWEEN 2024!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN from us at Fright School! This week we reflect on the FREAKY KIKI HORROR BALL! Joe and Joshua both started new jobs! Instead of chatting about a specific movie this week, we discuss our favorite Halloween watches and traditions. If you STAY spooky, you don't have to GET spooky!...
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290 - Death Becomes Sub-Barbie - The Substance (2024)
Welcome back to Fright School! Joe and Joshua both started new jobs! We discuss censorship and horror as it relates to A SERBIAN FILM. Joe shares some American Horror Story Nostalgia. This week we sample THE SUBSTANCE. Light spoilers ahead! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
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289 - Putting the School Back! (w/ Nicole Verdes of the Lambda Archives of San Diego)
Welcome back to Fright School! This week, we welcome the Managing Director of Lambda Archives of San Diego Nicole Verdes to the show! We chat about Nicole's history with the Archives and our upcoming coproduction the FREAKY KIKI HORROR BALL! Joe shares about his trip to Vegas and living his life…
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288 - Spoiler Alert: It's Depression! (w/ Pia Thrasher) - The Devil's Bath (2024)
Willkommen zurück in der Fright School! This week we welcome Pia Thrasher to the Wes Craven Memorial Library! Pia is an award winning actor, writer, director, and multi-media artist drawn to dark and surreal themes. Joe discusses DIDI and his connection to the film. Joshua and Pia bond over their...
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287 - The Irony of Faith - The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua is excited for the NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS Lego set and the launch of Spooky Season! Joe defends THE ACOLYTE. Have you bought tickets to our FREAKY KIKI HORROR BALL yet ?!? This week we look at a case of demonic possession in THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE. We...
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286 - ¿Tienes un bebé? - Borderland (2007)
Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua and Joe are both drink goblins! Joe kicks off Spooky Season with some pumpkin spice. We continue to work on the FREAKY KIKI HORROR BALL! this week we traveled to the BORDERLAND (2007). We discuss the ethics of horror films "based on actual events," the Mexico...
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285 - You Tell Him, Girl! - Winchester (2018)
Welcome back to Fright School! This week we are celebrating Summerween! Joshua doesn't know shit about THE FLINTSTONES but he has been catching up on INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE. Joe is once again attacked by fatphobia and he has the scar to prove it! We're dedicating the next few episodes to an...
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284 - The Fat Brown One & the Spooky Gay - Trap (2024)
Welcome back to Fright School! This week we recap our love for our Geekscape family while trying to summarize Comic Con. Joshua misses fashion. Joe talks hentai and lampshading. We give our thoughts on DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE. This week we took a field trip to see TRAP (2024). We discuss making fake...
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283 - Queer Horror at San Diego Comic Con (w/ Dr. Heather O. Petrocelli)
Welcome back to Fright School! This week we're bringing you an episode from the Geekscape booth at San Diego Comic Con! We chat all things Queer Horror with Dr. Heather O. Petrocelli author of Queer for Fear: Horror Film and the Queer Spectator! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
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282 - Juvenescence - Calvaire (2004)
Bienvenue à Fright School! We're going French again this week! But first, we're going to Comic Con! Find us hanging out at the Geekscape booth #1632 all week long. Keep an eye on our social media for dispatches from the con throughout the week. We share some CC memories and look forward to seeing...
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281 - Full Body Godgasm - Saint Maud (2019)
Welcome back to FRIGHT SCHOOL! Happy Pride Week, San Diego! Joshua saw LONGLEGS and IN A VIOLENT NATURE with mixed results. Joe spent an evening in a women's prion with Melissa Etheridge. What's up with Joe and prisons lately? Joshua does a terrible David Attenborough impression. This week, we…
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280 - That’s SO Javier! - Departing Seniors (2023)
Welcome back to Fright School! Joe went to Palm Springs to study Queer zoology. Joshua gives Joe a fashion lesson (again). This week the Queers bash back in DEPARTING SENIORS! Is this HEARTSTOPPER with a slasher? We discuss the ongoing SCREAM influence in meta horror, James Baldwin's thoughts on...
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279 - A Walkable Community - Spiral (2019)
Welcome back to Fright School! Hi Gay! Joshua is excited for BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE. Joe went to prison and takes us to church! We’re continuing our Pride season 2024 (we are in San Diego, after all) with SPIRAL! It’s a suburban nightmare when a gay couple moves to small town ‘murica! We talk…
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278 - Egg Cracks & Misfit Movies - I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
Welcome back to FRIGHT SCHOOL! It’s that time of year again, priDEMONth! We’re kicking things off with a Fright School field trip to see I SAW THE TV GLOW! I Saw the TV Glow’s Ending Is Full of Hope, If You Want It to Be Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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277 - Par Baked Boyfriend - Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
Welcome back to Fright School! Happy St. Patrick's Day! How many pints of Irish are you? Joe is having a reunion with GIRLS5EVA and taking all of that girl power one step further with LOVE LIES BLEEDING. Joshua saw Madonna in Silver Daddy Land aka Palm Springs. This week, we are finishing up our...
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276 - Sexbot in the City - Ex Machina (2014)
Welcome back to Fright School! Joshua catches Joe up on 22 years of SOUTH PARK history. Joe breaks down SCHMIGADOON. Joe is also gifting the world with a Cabaret to benefit Lambda Archives! This week we're celebrating the tenth anniversary of EX MACHINA (2014). We compare the film to BLACK…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Fright School, a podcast that explores horror films through the eyes of someone who is experiencing them for the first time. Each week, Joshua (the horror nerd) pushes Joe (the unsuspecting newbie) to the edge of the Mountains of Madness, as they discuss the cultural attitudes, conditions, and events that have shaped some of the most terrifying horror films. Will Joe survive his journey? Will Joshua take things too far? Join us every week for new episodes on Monday to find out! Are you ready? Class is in session.
HOSTED BY
J. Napier and J. Fejeran
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Welcome to Fright School, a podcast that explores horror films through the eyes of someone who is experiencing them for the first time. Each week, Joshua (the horror nerd) pushes Joe (the unsuspecting newbie) to the edge of the Mountains of Madness, as they discuss the cultural attitudes,...
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FRIGHT SCHOOL is created and hosted by J. Napier and J. Fejeran.
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