Horror in the Margins
Where indie horror reigns supreme and we celebrate media by diverse creators.
Episodes
64 episodes
Creator Interview: M. Lopes da Silva
We talk to M. Lopes da Silva about his strange, sensual, anti-capitalist, and emotional collection Infinity Mathing at the Shore and Other Disruptions. We discuss vulnerability as a writing superpower, billboards and advertisements as inspirati...
Special Drop: Longlegs and Things
We're coming at you with a special episode for the start of spooky season, Pod People! Inspired by discussions in the horror community about whether Oz Perkins' Longlegs is a "scary" film and whether it qualifies as horror (spoiler alert, we de...
Film Discussion: Paranormal Activity
Pod People, we had the opportunity to see Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat talk about their experiences filming Paranormal Activity at Midsummer Scream back in July...so we decided it was time to revisit a classic that was a pivotal addition t...
Creator Interview: Lor Gislason and Shelley Lavigne
We talk to Lor Gislason and Shelley Lavigne, the delightfully weird, goopy, and wonderful duo behind The Flesh of the Sea, a historical adventure-horror novella filled to the brim with queer longing, pirates, and all the monstrous things that l...
Creator Interview: Nicole Wolverton
We talk to Nicole Wolverton, Pushcart-nominated writer of speculative fiction and the author of the brand-new YA horror novel, A Misfortune of Lake Monsters. We discuss the resilience of young readers, the importance of YA horror, the beautiful...
Film Discussion: Under Paris
What better way to celebrate the lead-up to the Summer Olympics in Paris than by watching the Netflix fin-omenon Under Paris? We discuss the absolute smoke show of a man that is actor Nassim Lyes; the film's overt themes regarding global warmin...
Creator Interview: Jeff Schmidt
We talk to Jeff Schmidt, writer and visionary behind Ominous Thrill, an immersive audio anthology series; sound engineer extraordinaire; and pioneer in the creative use of Binaural 3D and Spatial Audio in podcasts. We discuss how sound creates ...
The Short Films of P. Patrick Hogan
Pod People, we're giving you a double dose of film discussion this month, and next month, we'll have two creator interviews, because we are the honey badger of podcast, and we do what we want! In other words, scheduling.For our second d...
Film Discussion: The Call
Let's bend time, Pod People! This month, we discuss K-horror gem The Call, which centers around two women who can communicate through time via a cordless phone - similar to Frequency or Don't Let Go, but with some incredible twists we didn't se...
Creator Interview: Brandon O'Brien
We talk to award-winning writer, performance poet, teaching artist, and tabletop roleplaying game designer Brandon O'Brien about his poetry collection, Can You Sign My Tentacle? We discuss the strangely parasocial and fleeting nature of asking ...
Film Discussion: Love Lies Bleeding with Special Guests Shelley Lavigne and Alexis DuBon
Special guests Shelley Lavigne and Alexis DuBon join Tiffany to discuss Love Lies Bleeding, directed by Rose Glass and starring Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brian. We discuss genre-bending films, the question of who is the villain in Love Lies Bl...
Creator Interview: Sonora Taylor
We talk to award-winning author Sonora Taylor about her latest short story collection, Recreational Panic: Stories, published by Cemetery Gates Media. We discuss the insidiousness of influencer culture and white woman passive aggressiveness, th...
Film Discussion: Veni Vidi Vici
Let's go to a film festival, Pod People! This month, we discuss one of the films we had the opportunity to view online during the Sundance Film Festival—Veni Vidi Vici. Friends, this foreign film doesn't pull any punches. It explores the lack o...
Creator Interview: L. Marie Wood
We talk to award-winning author, screenwriter, and educator L. Marie Wood about her latest novella, 12 Hours, the second installment in the novella series friend-of-the-show RJ Joseph is editing for Raw Dog Screaming Press. We discuss the power...
Film Discussion: Sweetheart
Happy Valentine's Day, Pod People! What better way to celebrate a day dedicated to L-O-V-E than to watch a deserted-island-survival-creature-feature with some gaslighting thrown in for good measure? That's right, today on the pod we're discussi...
Creator Interview: Laura Picklesimer
We talk to Laura Picklesimer about her award-winning, bitingly satirical serial killer novel, Kill for Love. We discuss the glaring disparities between fraternities and sororities, the culture of Greek life on college campuses, the drive for so...
Film Discussion: Suitable Flesh
Happy New Year, Pod People! What better way to kick off 2024 than watching Suitable Flesh, a campy, Lifetime-esque adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's “The Thing on the Doorstep?” Did we mention it also stars Heather Graham and horror royalty Barbar...
Creator Interview: Brian McAuley
Merry Killmas, y'all. We talk to fiction writer, screenwriter, and film professor Brian McAuley about his holiday slasher Candy Cain Kills. We discuss how Brian's background in screenwriting informs his storytelling, the real-life terrors of Ch...
Film Discussion: Rare Exports
Happy Krampusknacht, Pod People. Tis the season to be scary, so we watched Rare Exports, a Finnish film heavy on Krampus and Joulupukki/Yule Goat lore. We discuss the darker side of Santa, the naughty or nice list, childhood innocence, and good...
Creator Interview: Tiffany Morris
We talk to Elgin award-winning L’nu’skw (Mi’kmaw) writer and poet Tiffany Morris about her debut novella Green Fuse Burning. We discuss the duality of nature - its ability to both give and take life - the importance of swampcore and ecoho...
Film Discussion: Spring
We get a little romantical discussing the genre-bending film Spring, directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead. We discuss delicious monster body horror, risking it all for someone special, wanderlust and the beauty of the Italian countrysi...
Creator Interview: Nico Bell
We talk to writer and editor Nico Bell about her novelette Open House and her forthcoming novel Static Screams. We discuss the strange rituals that are real-life open houses, the terrifying nature of smart homes, why family dynamics are such ri...
Film Discussion: Climax
We discuss Gaspar Noe's Climax, a deeply unsettling film about the human condition, bad drug trips, and what happens when unspoken social contracts are burned to the ground. We discuss the phenomenal cast, mostly composed of dancers witho...
Film Discussion: Possession
We discuss Andrzej Żuławski's 1981 film Possession, which has recently seen a bit of a renaissance within the horror community despite being labeled a video nasty and banned/censored/edited when first released. We talk about the behind-the-scen...
Creator Interview: RJ Joseph
We talk to Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson award-nominated author and horror academic RJ Joseph about her short story collection Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted. We discuss how her experience as a Black woman living in Texas influences...