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Ghouls Next Door

By: Gabe & Kat
  • Summary

  • A media-literacy podcast from a horror lens, exploring the unique and raw way society and culture influence film and media. We review media and discuss the history and psychology behind our fears. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-ghouls-next-door/support
    Gabe & Kat
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Episodes
  • Midnight Mass (2021): A Spiritual Awakening
    Apr 24 2024

    Midnight Mass is a slow-burn horror series exploring the impact of spirituality, our place in the universe, and the horrors that we face when religion is contorted and weaponized. Gabe talks about how this is a personal story for Flanagan and shares their own personal history with religion. Kat talks about the inevitability and inequity of death. Both Ghouls discuss the moments of the show that have forever changed them.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Haunting of Bly Manor: Faulty Memory and the Need to be Remembered
    Apr 10 2024

    The Haunting of Bly Manor is a slow-burn, creeping horror show that critiques classism, softly embraces queer love, and haunts its audience with tragedy. Gabe discusses the overall theme memory plays in the show and how this is a love story more than a ghost story. Kat talks about why people want to be remembered when they die and how to assure you will be.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Haunting of Hill House: Grief and Hereditary Mental Illness
    Apr 3 2024

    Haunting of Hill House is a supernatural horror series that explores the impact of grief and mental illness under the guise of a haunted house story. Gabe dives into the characters: how the Crain children represent a stage of grief, their experience with the magical realism of the haunted house, and events in their childhood shaped their lives. Kat discusses the impact of trauma and grief on young minds and how you can help a child dealing with such things.

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    1 hr and 30 mins

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