Happy Halloween Listeners and Welcome to the Halloween episode of the Horror Agenda. On today's episode we cover the original Halloween from 1978, a Debra Hill production, cowritten by John Carpenter and Debra Hill and directed by John Carpenter. In this episode Carlos references the 2018 Bechdel Cast episode and listeners are encouraged to check i…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2018 short film Marta written and directed by Lucía Forner Segarra. A would-be serial killer finds her first victim...or does she? You can watch the short on the Alter YouTube page here. Victor recommends the TV show, Prodigal Son (2019-2021) this week, a show about a former FBI profiler who…

This week on the Horror Agenda we get spooky with cookies from our Kookie cookie jar. That's right we're covering the short film Kookie (2016). This short is written and directed by Justin Harding and about a little girl who does not listen and her mom brings a cookie jar with a story attached to it. You can watch the film here on the YouTube Alter…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda as we get closer and closer to Halloween! A favorite time of year for many a horror-head. This week we spend some time clowning around as we cover the 2012 film Stitches. The film is directed by Conor McMahon and cowritten by Conor McMahon and David O'Brien. This week Victor recommends White Collar (2009-2014) a sh…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda as we cover a ghost story, a Koreatown ghost story. That's right, we are covering Koreatown Ghost Story written and directed by Minsun Park and Teddy Tenenbaum. Minsun also play a small part in the film. This short features and is executive produced by THE Margaret Cho. The film stars Lyrica Okano as Hannah Lee who…

Bienvenido! Hoy en el show de Timothy hablamos sobre HORROR. Welcome to the show. Today we discuss the Spanish language (hence our intro) short Timothy (2013). Timothy is written and directed by Marc Martínez Jordán. We had a wonderful time talking about the art, cinematography and the Spanish language of it all. You can watch the film on YouTube's…

Welcome to the Horror Agenda as we cover another mirror themed horror. This week we cover the 2018 film, written and directed by Assaf Bernstein. We meander into some interesting conversations. This week Carlos recommends A Bucket of Blood (1959) directed by Roger Corman, about a nerdy artist who wants to win a woman over by making art and accident…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and join us as we hole up in a room and stare into a mirror so we can prove it is indeed evil. This week we are covering a short film from the horror king of the modern era THE Mike Flanagan. He directed Oculus Chapter 3 and co-wrote it with Jeff Seidman. We reference this piece by Nick Venable from Cinema Blend (2…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda as we dive face the music and our reflections as we cover the 2021 short film The Ballerina. The film is directed by Aaron Fradkin. The credits do not list a writer but Aaron and his partner/producer Victoria Fratz came up with it together and are listed as the writers on IMDb. We have fun talking mirror theories, …

Pull out your cups and take a big sip as we wrap our vampire miniseries with the 2022 short film First Blood. This short, written and directed by Olivia Loccisano, is sparse on dialogue but not on blood, beauty or story. You can find more of Olivia Loccisano's work here. Since this film prominently features a first period, we discuss periods, menst…

Welcome back to part 3 of our vampire miniseries here on the Horror Agenda. This week we are covering the 2017 short film V written by Ellie Gocher and directed by Jimmy Dean. You can watch it here. We want to issue a content warning because we get into a conversation of sexual assault, grooming and abuse. The National Domestic Violence Hotline web…

We want to...wine you, dine you, and taste you. This week we are covering the 2020 short Aftertaste, written and directed by Chloë Wicks. This beautiful short is available here. Chloë Wicks' Vimeo page is here. You can read a review from short of the week here. Correction: Carlos said that Bound had an intimacy coordinator when the more accurate st…

Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda as we cover the ballerina vampire that is Abigail (2024). Yes we are covering the 2024 film co-directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. It's written by Stephen Shields and Guy Busick. In this episode we talk vampire lore, Carlos' love and libraries, the politics of representation and Melissa Barrera bei…

In this episode we cover a short and the feature it became later. That's right we cover Cerdita the 2018 short film and Piggy the 2022 feature film. Both are written and directed by Carlota Pereda. CW: fatphobia. There are discussion of fatphobic abuse as part of the plot and in our discussion. We reference a CloseUpCulture interview by James Prest…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda! This week we finally have part two of our very first TWO-PARTER! This week we cover Fear Streets Part Two and Three as a follow up to our episode on Fear Street Part One. Based on the books by RL Stine, and Story by Kyle Killen and Phil Graziadei & Leigh Janiak, with screenplay by Phil Graziadei & Leigh Janiak and…

This week we enter a desolate mortuary and talk with our friend Monty and hear stories of the dead. That's right, we're covering the 2019 the Mortuary Collection written and directed by Ryan Spindell. We meander through a few conversations. We reference this piece by Joey Keogh from Vague Visages. We also reference this piece from Film School Rejec…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and this week we have part one of our first two-parter. We cover Fear Street Part One this week and next week we will cover Part 2 and 3. Based on the books by RL Stine, and Story by Kyle Killen and Phil Graziadei & Leigh Janiak, with screenplay by Phil Graziadei & Leigh Janiak and directed by Leigh Janiak. This is…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover an anthology film with SEVEN segments, we laugh, we manage Carlos' Audacity crashing, we talk fireworks, it's a ride. This week we're covering the 2019 film Scare Package. The idea for the film came from Aaron B. Koontz & Cameron Burns who co-wrote the wrap-around segment ("Rad Chad's Horror …

Happy Pride from the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2022 short film Night Kiss written and directed by Nicolai Kornum. We get into the colors, the sounds, and what is unclear (take a shot). You can find more from the writer/director here. You can follow his photography IG here. You can follow his runway photography page here. This week Carlo…

Happy Father's Day from the Horror Agenda. This week we cover a (zombie) father's (special) day with his zombie daughter and it seemed apropos to cover it for (US) Father's Day. We are covering the 2016 short A Father's Day, written and directed by Mat Johns. You can find more of Mat Johns' work here. We reference a short of the week review by Ivan…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2022 short horror comedy We Forgot About the Zombies written and directed by Chris McInroy. We had lots of laughs and loved this fun take on zombie media. (Pardon Carlos' voice and audio, his allergies were intense). You can watch the short on Alter here. You can find more of Chris McInroy's…

Happy Birthday from the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the wild 1981 birthday themed horror film Bloody Birthday written by Ed Hunt and Barry Pearson and directed by Ed Hunt. We talk eclipses, astrology, murder and the ways certain parts of this film were too much. Want to know more? Give us a listen and rate us 5 stars for Victor's upcoming bir…

Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda where we steal scooters and believe women. This week we're covering the 2022 short Scooter written and directed by Chelsea Lupkin, whose work you can find here. Chelsea is also a reviewer at Short of the Week and we have discussed one of her reviews prior. You can find her Short of the Week work here. This week Vic…

Welcome Back Listeners, it's time to come out and face us. That's right, this week, we cover the psychological horror Itsy Bitsy Spider. This 2020 short film was written and directed by Brodi-Jo Scalise with story editing by Rudy Thauberger. You can learn more about Brodi-Jo and his work here. We reference this article from BizBooks.net about Itsy …

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and this week we play Werewolves....who are you able to trust? Is it director of Werewolves Within Josh Ruben or the the screenwriter Mishna Wolff? Is it one of your co-hosts Victor, or is it Carlos? Who can you trust? You can trust that Werewolves Within, at the time of recording, is available to stream on Hulu. Y…

Adherence to the curriculum is...I mean the agenda is key. Yes, this week on the Horror Agenda we're the covering the 2017 short film The Sub directed by Dan Samiljan and co-written by Dan Samiljan and Dave Cain. We talk teaching in the US, Stepford Wives, children's television and alien assimilation. This week Carlos recommends the 2024 Dev Patel …

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week on the podcast, we cover a short film about a podcast. A short film called Meet Jimmy, written by Tim Koomen and directed by David-Jan Bronsgeest. You can watch the film on Vimeo. You can also watch it on Short of the Week. During our episode we reference this piece by Joey Paur on Geeky Tyrant. We also …

Happy (early/belated) Juneteeth everybody. Let's celebrate at a cabin in the woods! No...yeah that's probably for the best. Welcome back listeners! This week we're covering previously recommended film the Blackening (2022) directed by Tim Story and written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins (who also stars). This hilarious horror comedy was a ROMP…

Now that you've officially reached episode 9 of season two, it's time to let you into the podcast secret. Meet your sentinal! Yes, we're covering the 2018 short film Special Day written by Nikolai Von Keller and directed by Teal Greyhavens. (In the beginning of the episode we do get the date wrong but correct it in the end and official here in the …

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and this week we are covering Happy Death Day. Welcome back to the Horror... Agenda and... this week we are covering Happy Death Day. Welcome back...yes we are covering the 2017 time loop slasher Happy Death Day directed by Christopher Landon and written by Scott Lobdell. Some of the trivia in today's episode comes…

CW: discussion of sexual assault and abuse. Listeners beware, something is very very wrong in London. Join us as we discuss the 2016 horror short film written and directed by Rob Savage, with story by Jed Sheperd. The short got on our radar through a blog post from Screencraft by David Young. You can watch the short on Vimeo here, with instructions…

Hey Molly's, this week we're totally excited to cover the 2023 film Totally Killer. We had fun talking time travel, the 80s, the soundtrack and the usually horror agenda items. This film is directed by Nahnatchka Khan. It is written by David Matalon & Sasha Perl-Raver and Jen D’Angelo. We reference this Hollywood Reporter article from Brian Davids,…

*plays tape* You are listening to the Horror Agenda. A horror podcast hosted by Carlos and Victor. You are humanity's last hope. You must discuss 2023 horror short written and directed by Caleb J. Phillips. *tape ends* You can find Play Me on YouTube here. You can find more about writer and director Caleb J. Phillips here. Carlos and Victor get sil…

Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2019 short film Finley directed by J. Zachary Thurman. It was co-written by Maddison Stroud and J. Zachary Thurman. You watch the short here. You can find more about J. Zachary Thurman here. We discuss a 2023 interview by Feliz Vasquez for Cinema Crazed here. We also reference a 2019 Gruesom…

Submitted for the Approval of the Horror Agenda listeners, this week we cover Are You Afraid of the Dark? : The Tale of the Dead Man's Float (1995). This episode is directed by DJ MacHale (show co-creator) and written by Will Dixon. We open the episode with a Screen Rant article by Stephen Lagioia. We also reference a Collider article and the Twili…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. Time to pucker up as we cover the 2020 short film Kissed written and directed by Elwood Quincy Walker. You can find more from the Writer/Director Elwood Quincy Walker on his website or his Vimeo here. You can watch Kissed on his website or on the Alter YouTube channel. This week Victor recommends: The Gate (1987) …

Welcome back to Season 2 of the Horror Agenda. Listener beware, you’re in for a scare. We time-travel back to 1996 to a popular episode of the 90s TV series Goosebumps covering Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes episode. We reference the Goosebumps fandom wiki here. We discuss this 2015 piece from Vice by Kaleigh Rogers here. We also reference this Bustle …

Welcome to the LAST episode of the Horror Agenda for 2023 as we cover Zombie Musical (2011) written and directed by the late Ryan McHenry. Listeners of a certain age may know him as the creator behind the Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal Vines. We cover this short and discuss it, briefly, in relation to the feature it became: Anna and the Apocalyp…

Welcome to the penultimate episode of 2023 here at the Horror Agenda. We wanted to get into the spirit of season and cover the 2022 short directed by Christopher Ryan Laughter and written by Michael Wielock. You can watch the short on Alter here: https://youtu.be/-0zw12ijz8g You can find more on Laughter here: http://www.chrislaughter.com/snow-glob…

Welcome to the Horror Agenda as we go to prison. Yes, this week's episode features prominently in a prison. We cover the story of a killer, who is NOT the titular character in Horacio (2020) in this animated short written and directed by Caroline Cherrier. He forgot why he did what he did...or did he? We found the short via Short of the Week: https…

We're starting off the month of December with Dylan Clark's Portrait of God (2022) here at the Horror Agenda. You can watch the short on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/BI9fKfX5V68 Writer and Director Dylan Clark recommends watching on Vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/744201078 Dylan Clark made a short film about the making of Portrait of God available…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda! This week we cover the 2022 short film Girl at Party written and directed by Jess O'Kane. You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/9ycgQGeL710 You can follow Jess O'Kane here: https://www.jessokane.com/ We learned about this short from Short of the Week as well: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2023/10/27/girl-…

Have you ever had a original idea? Have you ever had one so beautiful and so powerful it caused heads to explode?? If yes, you may need to reach out to Barry before the CIA finds you. This week on the Horror Agenda we have an episode on the 2018 short written and directed by N'Cee Van Heerden and we get deep. You can watch the short on Alter on You…

Welcome Back to another episode of the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2015 AJ Briones film 'The Smiling Man.' While there is no dialogue this film has a lot to say. You can see more of AJ Briones' work on his website here: http://www.ajbriones.com/filmography You can watch the film on the Alter Youtube channel here: https://youtu.be/zk-eY5S1…

In this episode we stand in a circle and summon...someone. This week we cover the 2016 short film Born Again and laugh about religion themed horror. You can watch it on the Alter YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/Nc-6j3mHp5o You can learn more about the production here: https://www.facebook.com/BornAgainShort Beware Spoilers. You can follow Th…

As we recover from Halloween, have this episode we recorded a few weeks ago, where we cover the 2023 short film Disguise, written and directed by Tyler Czajkowski. You can find more about Tyler here: https://www.tylercz.com/ You can watch the short on Tyler's website or here on his YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/zlpfcKffgDA You can read the shor…

Happy Halloween! This is our last episode before the holiday and we take a ride on the 2020 short Night Bus. This is another short we learned about through Short of the Week: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2022/01/31/night-bus/ You can also watch it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/plaBtwJm0iQ Beware Spoilers. You can follow The Horror Agenda on I…

Welcome back to Spooky Season and another week closer to Halloween. This week we cover 2018 short Demon. Written and Directed by Caleb Slain. A stranger stumbles onto a shack and a situation he is not prepared for. You can watch it and see Caleb Slain’s other work at his website: https://calebslain.com/home/ Or on his Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/…

Welcome to Spooky Season and Happy Halloween. As we draw near to All Hallows Eve we are covering 3 very different but very on brand Halloween horror shorts. This week we begin with the animated 2020 short A Night in Camp Heebie Jeebie. Written and Directed by Dylan Chase the film follows a group of Scouts at camp telling scary stories. This one hol…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we’re covering the 2019 short In Sound, We Live Forever. Written and directed by Joshua Giuliano the film takes a different approach to visual and sound than films we’ve covered before. You can watch In Sound We Live Forever via Joshua Giuliano on his website: https://www.joshuagiuliano.com/#/in-sound-we…