World of Horror with Mom & Mac
Mother and son team Mom and Mac discuss, analyze, dissect and explore international horror movies. Conversations are casual but spoiler-heavy. We take turns choosing a genre or subgenre of horror and pairing an international film with an American one. Past episodes have included: Funny Games, One Missed Call, Let the Right One In/Let Me In. Genres we have covered are Animal Attack (BOAR from Australia and TREMORS); Creepy Kids (GOODNIGHT, MOMMY from Austria and ORPHAN); Battle Royale-type films (BATTLE ROYALE from Japan and THE BELKO EXPERIMENT); Haunted Houses (THE HOUSE AT THE END OF TIME from Venezuela and BEETLEJUICE). Special episodes feature foundational international horror films or guests who come on to highlight a film that "Means the World of Horror" to them. https://linktr.ee/WorldofHorror
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 90 minutes
- Episodes
- 169
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
PONTYPOOL & MELANCHOLIA: Episode 169: The End of the World!
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This week it's the end of the world as we know it with two (one and a half?) bangers: PONTYPOOL from Canada and MELANCHOLIA from the US.
Next time we tackle "Adolescence: A Horror"…
AMERICAN PSYCHO & MEMOIR OF A MURDERER: Episode 168: Serial Killers!
This week, despite technical difficulties and returning back to school, we were able to have a wonderful conversation about serial killers. We had to stitch together three different rec…
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS & THE LURE: Episode 167: Musicals!
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We have such a fun one this week!
Mac and I looked at one of our all-time favorite films, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and we paired it with a Polish Musical Horror film, THE LURE.
Next t…
DEEP BLOOD: Episode 166: Blind Spots with Stefan MacDonald-Labelle
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This week I had the pleasure of speaking to filmmaker and Animal Attacks film fan, Stefan MacDonald-Labelle. We spoke about his film, HEAD LIKE A HOLE and the incomprehensible DEE…
GODZILLA (1954) & CLOVERFIELD: Episode 165: Big Ol' Monsters
WoHos! This week our focus was "Big Ol' Monsters". We watched GODZILLA (1954) and one of Mac's childhood faves, CLOVERFIELD.
We also talked about: Fireworks, Popping out of the news, soc…
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) & PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE: Ep. 164: Phantoms!
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This week we looked at two buckwild films about phantoms: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) and PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE!
We also discussed: The current heatwave, our ambivalence abou…
NOSFERATU (1922) & 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: Episode 163: Vampires: Blood is Life!
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This week we looked at two vampire films--one more than 100 years old!
We also talked about: Mac taking ballet classes, default pronouns for trans people, Mac's birthday and the gr…
NEXT OF KIN (1982) & THE RULE OF JENNY PEN: Episode 162: Horror in the Old Folks' Home
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And hello to all our new WoHos! Welcome!
This week we looked at two horror films that take place in retirement homes: NEXT OF KIN (1982) & THE RULE OF JENNY PEN.
The first is a moo…
READY OR NOT & THE PLATFORM: Episode 161: The Girl is the Message
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This is one chatty episode! We looked at READY OR NOT & THE PLATFORM this week--two horror films about class warfare.
We also talked: Lack of spatial awareness, Mom's friendly tow…
THE PERFECTION & STOPMOTION: Episode 160: Obsession Over Art Films: All Those Bitches are Girl, Interrupted
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Welp. This week we looked at two films, all right. Mom hated THE PERFECTION and there was no love lost between Mac & STOPMOTION.
CW for mention/suggestion of child rape in THE PERF…
EDEN LAKE & THE RITUAL: Episode 159: Forest Horror
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Mac and I are back to talk all things "Forest Horror" with two Englsih horror films: EDEN LAKE from 2008 and THE RITUAL from 2017.
The Internet describes EDEN LAKE as "A young coup…
THE VANISHING/SPOORLOOS Re-Release from 2021
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Please enjoy this episode from July 30, 2021! The format is a little different, but it is still us!
Many of you may have already listened to this one--it is our most downloaded epi…
SMILE 2: Bonus Stefanisode 157
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This time I am joined by Stefan MacDonald-Labelle, my friend and filmmaker, to discuss Parker Finn's SMILE 2.
This film really scared me! Stefan had fun! We'd recommend it!
In this…
HERETIC: Bonus Quinnisode 156: Oh, Man (-splain Overload)!
Q-Balls!
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This week we discuss HERETIC, which is half a good movie, anyway.
From IMDb: Two young religious women are drawn into a game of cat-and-mouse in the house of a strange man.
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THE FIRST OMEN: Bonus Quinnisode 155: It's All For You!
Q-Balls!
Quinn and I discuss last year's THE FIRST OMEN, a wonderful prequel to THE OMEN (1976). It's full of great performances, effects, homages and scares and we hope you'll check it …
EXHUMA: Special K-Horror Episode 154: Dig It!
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Mom's pick for K-Horror this time is EXHUMA, the wildly successful film from last year.
From IMDb: The process of excavating an ominous grave unleashes dreadful consequences buried…
LADY IN A CAGE: Bonus Quinnisode 153: Release Me From Your Kindness!
Q-Balls!
I finally got Quinn to watch LADY IN A CAGE with me and we had a nice ramble about it!
From Wikipedia:
Lady in a Cage is a 1964 American psychological thriller film directed by Wa…
HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II: Episode 152: Special Bonus with Chrissy Champagne
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Chrissy Champagne from Residue: A True Crime Podcast makes her triumphant return to the podcast with a film that Means the World of Horror™ to her: HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II!!
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ONIBABA: Episode 151: Special J-Horror Bonus Episode: I'm Not a Demon! I'm a Human Being!
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This was an episode that took forever to record and forever and a day to get released, but it is finally here!
Mac chose ONIBABA from 1964 for his first J-Horror film. for our "Fal…
THE HOUSEMAID (1960): Episode 150: Special K-Horror Ep: Bitch, What Do You Want?
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We recorded this a few months back and then both had some life stuff come up, but we hope it is worth the wait!
This film is a classic domestic melodrama that has inspired Bong Joo…