I’m interviewed on the “Who’s There” podcast!
A few weeks ago I was on “Who’s There? A Podcast About Horror Fans”! Hosted by horror fan Allison, it’s “a podcast to talk to horror fans and see exactly why they love this genre the way they do.” I really enjoyed doing this interview! It’s embedded above, or you can listen to it here.
Among other things, I talk about how I was such a wimp about horror as a kid that I was frightened by even the trailer for the Stephen King-directed horror movie Maximum Overdrive. I love the demented way Stephen King casually throws Brian DePalma and Stanley Kubrick under the bus (“A lot of people have directed Stephen King novels and stories. And I finally decided if you want something done right, you oughta do it yourself”) and how he points at the viewer and snarls “I’M GONNA SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU!”
I also talk about ruining a double date with David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers, how horror is like Malört (on my mind because that Malört review I recently wrote), and how companies like Google/Apple/Facebook and Charles Manson’s cult have telling similarities.
I also get to talk about some horror-adjacent favorite movies like Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Upstream Color, Rosemary’s Baby, and It Follows (directed by someone who went to my high school!) as well as my love of Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” (a big influence on my small-town horror novel Bride of the Tornado).
I also refer to the picture below. It’s of one of the first audiences of the 1979 movie Alien, seeing the infamous “chestbuster” scene for the first time. I want to be best friends with the bearded man in the upper left corner.
Anyway, I feel good about this interview. Give it a listen when you have a chance!
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