The Know Fear Cast

For part three in our series on movies in horror, Matt and Mel look at Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie: A Novel   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us.    Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

For our next episode about films in horror, Mel and Lisa discuss Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Silver Nitrate   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us.    Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

We begin a new series on movies in horror.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us.    Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

In our latest episode, we discuss Stephen Graham Jones' novella Night of the Mannequins.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us.    Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

For this episode, we discuss the 2025 film Good Boy   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us.    Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

We return from our winter hiatus (slightly delayed thanks to a winter storm that left several of us without power) with another recommendations episode.

As a special holiday episode, we look at the 2015 film Krampus Also, a small correction: when Matt was giving his overview of the film he said that Adam Scott and Toni Collete's characters have one child. They actually have two.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us.    Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

For our fourth installment in the cozy horror series, Mel and Lisa discuss the 1998 film Practical Magic.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us.    Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

We continue our series on cozy horror by looking at the 2014 miniseries Over the Garden Wall.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us.    Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

For our second episode in our series on "cozy horror" we discuss Patrick Horvath's Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us.    Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

For our first series of season ten, we dive into the subgenre of "cozy horror" and discuss what we think constitutes this category. Here is the link to the article referenced in the beginng of the episode: https://www.themarysue.com/instead-of-arguing-about-this-horror-genre-why-not-curl-up-and-enjoy-it/ We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us.    Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

We start off our tenth season with a retrospective looking back on the past decade of our podcast and finish it up with some recommendations for books, movies, and comics.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us.    Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

For our last episode on dystopian horror, Matt and Mel discuss the first two episodes of the tv show Silo. We will taking a summer hiatus, but we will be back in the Fall for Season Ten!     We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us.    Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

In our second episode on dystopias, we look at Ursula K. LeGuin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and N.K. Jemisen's response "The Ones Who Stay and Fight."   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

In our latest series, we discuss dystopia fiction and what makes it qualify as horror.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

We'll be taking this week off, so please enjoy this rerun episode of Hell House, LLC, originally released as part of our series on found footage. We will be back in two weeks with a brand new episode.

For our next entry in "hotel horror," we discuss Simone St. James' novel The Sun Down Motel.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

In this special epsiode, we have a conversation with Cynthia Pelayo, author of the recently released novel Vanishing Daughters. Cynthia Pelayo is the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Forgotten Sisters, Children of Chicago, and The Shoemaker's Magician. In addition to writing genre-blending novels that incorporate fairy-tale, mystery, detective, crime, and horror elements, Pelayo has written numerous short stories, including the collection Lotería, and the poetry collection Crime Scene. The recipient of the 2021 International Latino Book Award, she holds a master of fine arts in writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She lives in Chicago with her family. For more information, visit www.cinapelayo.com. Vanishing Daughters is a breathtaking novel of psychological suspense about a haunted woman who is stalked by a serial killer and confronts the horrors of fairy tales and the nightmares of real life . It started the night journalist Briar Thorne's mother died in their rambling old mansion on Chicago's South Side. The nightmares of a woman in white pleading to come home, music switched on in locked rooms, and the panicked fear of being swallowed by the dark . . . Bri has almost convinced herself that these stirrings of dread are simply manifestations of grief and not the beyond-world of ghostly impossibilities her mother believed in. And more tangible terrors still lurk outside the decaying Victorian greystone. A serial killer has claimed the lives of fifty-one women in the Chicago area. When Bri starts researching the murders, she meets a stranger who tells her there's more to her sleepless nights than bad dreams—they hold the key to putting ghosts to rest and stopping a killer. But the killer has caught on and is closing in, and if Bri doesn't answer the call of the dead soon, she'll be walking among them.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

For the next episode in our series on "hotel horror," we look at Ti West's 2011 film The Innkeepers.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

Mel and Lisa discuss the mother of all hotel horror stories: Alfred Hitchock's Psycho.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

We begin a new series on the horror of hotels and motels by discussing the history of these types of stories and what makes them so scary.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

In this episode, Mel and Lisa discuss the original 1922 version of Nosferatu as well as the 1979 Werner Herzog remake.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

As we take a short hiatus for the holidays, please enjoy our season 5 episode in which we watched Gremlins

We are taking a short hiatus for the holidays. Please enjoy this Christmas-y episode from Season 3 in which Mel and Lisa talk about several stories told around Christmas-time: "The Ash Tree" and "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James and "A Strange Christmas Game" by Charlotte Riddell.

In honor of the American holiday, Matt and Lisa discuss Eli Roth's 2023 film Thanksgiving.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

For this episode we interview Emily C. Hughes, author of Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch   Emily C. Hughes, former editor of "Unbound Worlds" and TorNightfire.com, has been a name in the horror literature space for nearly a decade and emerges now with her first book, Horror For Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch, out now with Quirk Books. With her funny, insightful voice, Hughes walks curious but cowardly readers through the plots and iconic scenes of 25 influential horror movies, ensuring they'll get the references without having to sit through the scares. This is the first installment in the Outsider's Guide series, which offers entertaining and accessible crash courses in major pop culture moments for folks who never want to be left out of the cultural conversation.  We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

Following our episode on Lisa Frankenstein we decided to take a look at some other adaptations of the classic novel.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

In this episode we discuss the 2024 film Lisa Frankenstein.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

We are back from our summer hiatus and ready to begin Season Nine! We're kicking off this season with an episode of reccommendations for things to read and watch.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

Just like the title says, this is just a quick announcement that we're taking a hiatus for the summer since our personal schedules mean we won't be able to keep our regular episode schedule. We'll be back for Season 9 soon!

For our second episode in our "Fun and Games in Horror" series, Matt and Mel discuss the 2021 film We're All Going to the World's Fair. Here is the link for the Variety interview Mel mentioned in the show: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jane-schoenbrun-were-all-going-to-the-worlds-fair-1235220775/ We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

In this first episode in our new series we're calling "Fun and Games," Matt and Lisa discuss the trope of games in horror from Saw to Jumanji.   We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is [email protected]. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

In our second episode in our Masters of Horror spotlight on Ray Bradbury, we discuss his short story "The Veldt" from The Illustrated Man.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

We begin the first of a two-part "Masters of Horror" series on Ray Bradbury by discussing his works and writing. (special guest appearance by one of Matt's cats) The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

We finish our watchthrough of Midnight Mass by discussing its finale episode: "Revelation".   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

We continue our watchthrough of Mike Flanagan's Midnight Mass by covering episodes 5 and 6.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt

We continue our watch-through of Mike Flanagan's Midnight Mass with episodes three and four.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

We enjoyed Fall of the House of Usher so much that we wanted to do a series on the last Mike Flannagan series that we have yet to discuss: Midnight Mass.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

We finish our watch-through of the Netflix adaptation of Fall of the House of Usher   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

We return from our holiday hiatus to discuss episodes 5 and 6 of Netflix's Fall of the House of Usher   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Hello dear listeners, The holidays have made it tough for us to find a time that works for us to record, so we've decided to take the next couple of weeks off. We will be back in January 2024 to finish our view of Fall of the House of Usher.   Happy Holidays from all of us at Know Fear Cast!

For this episode, we look at episodes three and four of the Netflix series Fall of the House of Usher   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

As has become a bit of a tradition, we are going to do a deep dive on Mike Flanagan's latest series. This episode, Mel and Lisa discuss the first two episodes of The Fall of the House of Usher   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. 

We finish up our series on "trapped" horror by talking about being trapped in nature.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

In our third episode of our series on trapped horror, Matt and Lisa discuss workplace horror, specifically relating to the tv show Severance. This is the link to the Screenrant article referenced.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

We continue our discussion of "trapped" horror by looking at early examples of films in this sub-genre The Most Dangerous Game, The Black Cat. House on Haunted Hill, and 13 Ghosts. We also look at more modern movies: the remake of 13 Ghosts, Cube, and Platform.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

For our first series of Season 8, we have a conversation about being "trapped" in horror and discuss what makes this so scary.   he Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

We kick off our EIGHTH season with some recommendations based on what we've been watching and reading lately. 

We continue our "Summer of Crichton" by discussing his 1973 directorial debut Westworld.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

We return from our brief hiatus to continue our Summer of Crichton. Mel and Lisa discuss the different adaptations of his early book The Andromeda Strain   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.