The Frightgeist

The People Under The Stairs (1991)

Wes Craven's 1991 house of horrors about landlords, gold, and the people underneath. We break in for the Reagan-era satire, the calendar coincidence that makes it feel mo

Madres (2021)

Madres (2021), Blumhouse's most under-seen social horror entry. A pregnant journalist, a farm town where none of the women have living children, and the real case buried

Lake Mungo (2008)

A grieving family, a drowned girl, and a documentary that keeps giving you evidence you can't trust. We explore why Lake Mungo (2008) is one of horror's quietest gut-punc

Fear Street 2: 1978 (2021)

Camp Nightwing, 1978: a possessed counselor, an axe, and a town everyone agrees is just cursed. This week we head into the woods with Fear Street: 1978, and dig up what t

The Lost Boys (1987)

Santa Carla, 1987. It's motorcycles, mullets, and a saxophonist who refuses to wear a shirt. We break down The Lost Boys scene by scene, spill the chaotic behind-the-scen

Carrie (1976)

On this week's episode, Jenn and Alyson get into Brian De Palma's Carrie from 1976.

The Wicker Man (1973)

Join Jenn and Alyson as we get into the pagan perfection of 1973's The Wicker Man

The Babadook (2014)

Join Jen and Alyson as we explore 2014's The Babadook, and it's exploration of motherhood, grief, and repressed trauma.

Invitation To Hell (1984)

In this episode of The Frightgeist, we're watching Wes Craven's Invitation to Hell (1984). It's a made-for-TV horror movie about a family seduced into joining a suspiciou

It Follows (2014)

Join Alyson and Jen  as they discuss It Follows (2014), the acclaimed indie horror film about a young woman relentlessly stalked by a supernatural curse that's passed fro

The Omen (1976)

Join the Alyson Horrocks and Jen Carrasco as they discuss The Omen (1976), the iconic horror film about an American ambassador whose family is plagued by mysterious death