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Film historians Paul Corupe and Jason Pichonsky
For all the glühwein and good cheer, mid-December also marks the darkest part of the year, when families around the world gather to watch their favorite holiday ghost story: A Christmas Carol. Easily the most famous spooky Yuletide movie, it is by no means the only one: Black Christmas was arguably the first American slasher movie; the mischievous creatures from Gremlins squealed their way into many hearts in 1984; and the Alpine Krampus has more credits to his name than Santa has reindeer. For generations, the heart of winter—not Halloween—was when we told unsettling stories around the fire, whether they featured the ghosts of our own pasts or Gryla the Icelandic ogre and her evil Yule cat. This week on Smarty Pants, writer and director Kier-La Janisse offers a primer on how these stories have found their way onto the screen, from annual BBC television specials to big-budget Hollywood bloodbaths.Go beyond the episode:Kier-La Janisse's Yuletide Terror, co-edited with Paul Corupe, is out of print, but her House of Psychotic Women, an “autobiographical topography of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films” was just released in an expanded editionJanisse's documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched is a thorough history of folk horror, which makes its way to the holidays with movies like Krampus (2015) and Rare Exports (2010), and wintry tales like Marketa Lazarová (1967), The White Reindeer (1952), Hagazussa (2017), and November (2017)You can watch the newest episode of the BBC's anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas on Britbox. Discussed in this episode: The Stalls of Barchester (1971) and A Warning to the Curious (1972), both based on M. R. James stories of the same name, and Stigma (1977)Visit our website for a full list of links and trailersTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.Subscribe: iTunes • Stitcher • Google PlayHave suggestions for projects you'd like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! Our theme music was composed by Nathan Prillaman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This time Jay leads the crew, and special guest Chris Jimines of the Horribly Nerdy Podcast, through the depths of hell as we break down “Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s” by Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe. Join us on the midnight roads as we explore the "Devil Music", rage about Geraldo Rivera, and take a stab at how we can do better to avoid another satanic panic. Check out A Horribly Nerdy Podcast: https://anchor.fm/horribly-nerdy https://www.patreon.com/horriblynerdyFollow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_jiminesAnd on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chris_jimines/?hl=enMaybe even on Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@horriblynerdypodcast?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoctivagantPod https://mobile.twitter.com/mxrorywixhttps://twitter.com/midwestundeadhttps://mobile.twitter.com/bearishterrorTheme song by Matt Wixson Noctivagant Voice by Mike McGettiganArt by Nichelle Denzel *The views and opinions expressed by guests/books that appear on this show belong to those guests and/or authors, and may not reflect the views and opinions of the Noctivagant crew.*
This time Jay leads the crew, and special guest Chris Jimines of the Horribly Nerdy Podcast, through the depths of hell as we break down “Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s” by Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe. Join us on the midnight roads as we explore the "Devil Music", rage about Geraldo Rivera, and take a stab at how we can do better to avoid another satanic panic. Check out A Horribly Nerdy Podcast: https://anchor.fm/horribly-nerdy https://www.patreon.com/horriblynerdyFollow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_jiminesAnd on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chris_jimines/?hl=enMaybe even on Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@horriblynerdypodcast?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoctivagantPod https://mobile.twitter.com/mxrorywixhttps://twitter.com/midwestundeadhttps://mobile.twitter.com/bearishterrorTheme song by Matt Wixson Noctivagant Voice by Mike McGettiganArt by Nichelle Denzel *The views and opinions expressed by guests/books that appear on this show belong to those guests and/or authors, and may not reflect the views and opinions of the Noctivagant crew.*
Haters can frig off, because we're visiting the deep hole in the woods where we're keeping our monster friends! We watched The Pit & PG: Psycho Goreman! Sources: The Pit (1981) Film historian commentary with Paul Corupe and Jason Pichonsky "Interview with Jeannie Elias", BluRay featurette "Interview with Sam Snyders", BluRay featurette "Interview with Ian A. Stuart", BluRay featurette PG: Psycho Goreman (2020) Writer/Director commentary with Steven Kostanski "One-on-One: An Interview with the Director", BluRay featurette "Interviews with the Cast", BluRay featurette "Interview with Adam Brooks", BluRay featurette "Kortex: A Konversation", BluRay featurette "The Music of PG", BluRay featurette "Fight Choregoraphy", BluRay featurette "Minature Magic", BluRay featurette "Inside the Creature Shop", BluRay featurette
On this month's installment of the CUFFCast, we are joined by Paul Corupe to discuss his extensive online compendium of Canadian genre cinema Canuxploitation and Bret Berg reveals the inspiration for his Museum of Home Video and the great work that's being done by the team at the American Genre Film Archive. 0.24 – Intro 1.24 – Art that kept us sane during the pandemic chat 9.50 – Interview with Paul Corupe 30.43 – Interview with Bret Berg 1.12.17 - The "Golden Boys" Report - Champagne & Bullets 1.18.36 – Mail Day 1.25.07 – Outro LINKS: CANUXPLOITATION: http://www.canuxploitation.com/ MUSEUM OF HOME VIDEO: https://www.patreon.com/museumofhomevideo AMERICAN GENRE FILM ARCHIVE: https://www.americangenrefilm.com/
Happy Holidays! This week your favorite ghouls discuss Michael Dougherty's 2015 Christmas film, Krampus! --- Music by: Lily LeBlanc --- Resources: The Strange Appeal of Christmas Horror by Richard Newby https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/why-christmas-horror-movies-appeal-audiences-1171409 Krampus Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus “Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film & Television” Edited by Paul Corupe and Kier-La Janisse. Horns for the Holidays: The Krampus Conquers North American Horror Film by Paul Corupe (pg. 307) How Krampus, the Christmas ‘Devil,’ Became Cool by Becky Little https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/12/151204-krampus-movie-christmas-demon-santa-holiday-folklore/ 12 Slays of Xmas: "Krampus": Viewing "Krampus" through a psychiatrist's lens by Anthony Tobia, M.D. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/views-through-the-psychiatrist-s-lens/201812/12-slays-xmas-krampus Is Krampus Becoming Too Commercial? https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/1205/Is-Krampus-the-Christmas-demon-becoming-too-commercial The Story of Krampus: The Original Bad Santa https://www.vice.com/en/article/vvdp53/the-story-of-krampus-the-original-bad-santa-pulled-from-german-folklore How Krampus Became A Very Scary Christmas Tradition https://www.sgvtribune.com/2016/11/28/how-krampus-became-a-very-scary-christmas-tradition/ Meme Analysis: The Secrret History of Santa https://youtu.be/kuQS_rvp_Ng He Sees You When You’re Sleeping: The Psychology of Christmas Horror Films https://www.thefilmagazine.com/he-sees-you-when-youre-sleeping-the-psychology-of-christmas-horror-films/ Understanding What Makes Behavior Modification Work https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/comparatively-speaking/201810/understanding-what-makes-behavior-modification-work%3famp
Ok, so it wasn't a world-historical level disaster, or maybe even close to the dumbest thing humans have ever believed. But it was pretty stupid. Nations gripped by a fear of covens of witches, repressed memories of ritual Satanic abuse, demonic rock-and-roll, ouija boards stealing your soul, and don't forget those blue-as-death animated corpses, the Smurfs! All, of course, without any credible evidence whatsoever. If you wonder where the Q phenomenon began, and how it can possibly have legs, look no further than the Satanic Panic. This is an interview I did with Paul Corupe (http://www.paulcorupe.com/) since I seem to mostly interview men named Paul(?!). It was originally produced for the series on mob behaviors and mass delusions but I am releasing it now due to some sound glitches that took me a while to correct (and since it applies to this series also). Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Satanic-Panic-Pop-Cultural-Paranoia-1980s/dp/1903254868 Cover Art by Ian Armstron
Guest Paul Corupe joins Dan & Carlo to discuss two notable tax shelter era horror movies featuring inanimate objects as murderers: Murder by Phone and Death Ship.
Paul Corupe joins Dan & Carlo of Hoser Horror to discuss how his website Canuxploitation.com came to be.
This episode is part one of our two-part series on perhaps the most mystifying moral panic in US history, the 1980s and early 90s 'Satanic Panic.' For this episode, Chelsey covers the rise of organized Satanism beginning in the late 60s, as well as the adversarial countercultures of the hippies and the metalheads, and their apparent Satanic crimes that would be hailed as proof of their evil, as well as proof that teens, as well as children, were in serious moral peril. Satan was allegedly hypnotizing the youth with secret messages in backwards rock songs, teaching them occult magic in Saturday morning cartoons, and causing suicides through a popular role-playing game, all while helping religion blur into politics for good. For part two Chelsey will cover what came next, a serious investigation into an imagined network of Satanic cults ritually abusing children in daycare centers all over the country. Chelsey will try to understand this shocking decade in history, why it happened, and the cultural issues it was really about. Part two is coming after the holidays. Check out Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s (http://www.spectacularoptical.ca/store/product/satanic-panic-pop-cultural-paranoia-in-the-1980s/) by editors Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe for further reading. This episode is sponsored by Care/Of. For 25% off your first month of personalized vitamins and supplements, head to https://www.takecareof.com and use promo code AH From Skylark American Hysteria is written and produced by Chelsey Weber-Smith Assistant produced by Derrick Smith Produced and edited by Clear Commo Studios Show art by Roache (https://www.xroache.com/) Subscribe now at http://www.skylarkmedia.com/podcasts/americanhysteria Follow American Hysteria on social media: Twitter: @AmerHysteria Instagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast Facebook: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast
In January, Jessica found out her brother Kevin was reading a book about the Satanic Panic and she thought it would be fun to sit down and have him walk her through the ins and outs of that era. They recorded in February. They had technical issues and had to scrap it. They tried again in April. It went very poorly. They scrapped it. But, third time's a charm, and so now we present to you "The Bluemke Sibling Dollop Tribute Journey Through the Satanic Panic." Notes: This podcast is a hat tip to The Dollop, a favorite American History comedy podcast hosted by Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds. (We suggest starting with Episode 2: Purity Balls if you enjoy the FA Podcast.) Kevin's sources are from Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s edited by Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe.
The Movie Graveyard celebrates Halloween with a special episode where we discuss which home video companies are giving out treats this year and which ones are dishing out tricks. We also have an interview with special guest Paul Corupe who is the co-author of the book Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s. Have a great Halloween this year retro movie lovers and remember to keep it juicy!
Adapted from a novel by Andrew Neiderman, Sandor Stern's Pin (1988) stars Terry O'Quinn as a doctor who speaks to his children Leon (David Hewlett) and Ursula (Cynthia Preston) through the anatomical dummy, Pin.Guests on this Shocktober bonus episode include Caelum Vatnsdal, author of They Came From Within: A History Of Canadian Horror Cinema, as well as director Sandor Stern, author Andrew Neiderman, and actor Cynthia Preston.Canuxplotation's Paul Corupe and Shock Waves's Elric Kane join Mike to discuss this eerie Canadian thriller.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Special Guests: Caelum Vatnsdal, Sandor Stern, Andrew Neiderman, Cynthia PrestonGuest Co-Hosts: Paul Corupe, Elric KaneAdapted from a novel by Andrew Neiderman, Sandor Stern's Pin (1988) stars Terry O'Quinn as a doctor who speaks to his children Leon (David Hewlett) and Ursula (Cynthia Preston) through the anatomical dummy, Pin.Guests on this Shocktober bonus episode include Caelum Vatnsdal, author of They Came From Within: A History Of Canadian Horror Cinema, as well as director Sandor Stern, author Andrew Neiderman, and actor Cynthia Preston.Canuxplotation's Paul Corupe and Shock Waves's Elric Kane join Mike to discuss this eerie Canadian thriller.Buy Pin on DVDBuy They Came From Within: A History Of Canadian Horror Cinema by Caelum VatnsdalBuy Pin by Andrew NeidermanVisit the official Sandor Stern websiteVisit the official Andrew Neiderman websiteVisit the official Cynthia Preston websiteFollow Cynthia Preston on TwitterFollow Elric Kane on TwitterFollow Paul Corupe on Twitter
Bill speaks to writer/film programmer Kier-La Janisse about her many contributions to film culture, from her Cannibal Culture fanzine and Cinemuerte film festival to co-founding venues like the Blue Sunshine Psychotronic Film Centre, schools like The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies and her small-press publishing company with fellow writer Paul Corupe, Spectacular Optical Publications. We talk about the origins of her books A VIOLENT PROFESSIONAL - THE FILMS OF LUCIANO ROSSI and the acclaimed HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN, and her experiences in documentary film, whether as a co-producer, an interviewee or as the subject. Other topics covered include movie parties, bootleg collecting, the peculiar boasts of Rico Boido, programming for the Alamo Drafthouse, objectifying Richard Stanley (and subsequently apologizing for it), “elevated horror”, the Bloodshots 48-hour horror movie challenge, the economic realities of a life in film culture and details about some of her upcoming projects. It’s likely the only time you’ll hear the names Manny Farber, Jorg Buttgereit AND David Cassidy mentioned within the same conversation. LINKS Buy the Kier-La Janisse books House Of Psychotic Women and A Violent Professional: http://www.amazon.com/Kier-La-Janisse/e/B00J9CLXY2/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1 Visit the official site for Spectacular Optical: http://www.spectacularoptical.ca/ Watch Bloody Breasts Presents: Women In Horror Panel, where Kier-La Janisse joins Jovanka Vuckovic (THE CAPTURED BIRD, former editor-in-chief of Rue Morgue magazine), Izabel Grondin (FANTASME), and Elza Kephart (GRAVEYARD ALIVE: A ZOMBIE NURSE IN LOVE) and Maude Michaud (HOLLYWOOD SKIN). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrzvglwMiDY Buy CELLULOID HORROR, the documentary about Kier-La Janisse’s Cinemuerte Film Festival: http://breedproductions.com/celluloid-horror-dvd-now-available/ Read Kier-La Janisse’s SHINDIG article about the career of cult film actress Joy Bang: http://www.spectacularoptical.ca/2016/01/the-big-bang-the-too-short-career-of-actress-joy-bang/ See a slideshow of various Toronto Film Cult Film Locations taken by Kier-La Janisse and Bill Ackerman: http://www.spectacularoptical.ca/2014/07/canuxploitation-toronto-film-location-tour-slideshow/ Visit the official site for the Monsterthon Film Festival: http://www.monsterfest.com.au/ Visit the official site of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies: http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/ Hear Kier-La Janisse on The Projection Booth discussing THE HAUNTING OF JULIA (aka FULL CIRCLE): http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2012/09/episode-81-haunting-of-julia.html Order the FAB Press re-issue of Satanic Panic: https://www.amazon.com/Satanic-Panic-Pop-Cultural-Paranoia-1980s/dp/1903254868/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466709545&sr=1-1&keywords=satanic+panic+pop-cultural+paranoia+in+the+1980s Buy the first Spectacular Optical book Kid Power! http://www.spectacularoptical.ca/store/product/spectacular-optical-book-one-kid-power/ Read Samm Deighan’s 2012 interview with Kier-La Janisse: Satanic Pandemonium: House of Psychotic Women: Interview with Kier-La Janisse