Episode 46: Infections

Episode 46: Infections This episode was recorded on November 7, 2024 and posted on January 11, 2025 Content Warning: Light vulgarity.  Introduction Welcome to No Bodies Episode 46 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie Introductions to our guests - Dr. Sarah Walters, epidemiologist and professor of Public Health Today's Topic: Infections Discussion on Infection Narratives in Horror The history of infections and plagues in horror Media Discussion Shivers (1975) The Curse (1987) 12 Monkeys (1995) Mulberry St. (2006) Contagion (2011) Bird Box (2018) The Sadness (2023) Smile 2 (2024) Best & Worst Representations of Infections in Horror Spoilers ahead! Worst The Happening (2008) & Old (2021) - Suzie  Shivers (1975) & It Comes at Night (2017) - Sarah  Shivers (1975) & The Sadness (2023) - Lonely Best Contagion (2011) & It Follows (2014) - Suzie & Sarah Smile 2 (2024) - Lonely Suzie's Deep Cuts & Surface Wounds This segment highlights lesser known films based on their IMDB ratings. If something has 5k or under reviews on IMDB, we'll call it a Deep Cut. If something has between 6-10k reviews on IMDB, we'll call it a Surface Wound. What We Become (2015) Viral (2016) Rabid (2019) The Beach House (2019) Little Fish (2020) Hot Skull (2022) Closing Thoughts What is a theme in infection horror you wish horror captured more accurately? What infection narrative would you direct for a horror film? Thank you to Dr. Sarah Walters for joining us! 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 Sartin, J. S. (2019). Contagious horror: infectious themes in fiction and film. Clinical Medicine & Research, 17(1–2), 41–46. https://doi.org/10.3121/cmr.2019.1432