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
HEREDITARY: Episode 149: Quinn Can't Breathe Bonus Quinnisode with Quinn McLaughlin
Well, Q-Balls and WoHos, I finally did it! I got Quinn to talk with me about HEREDITARY, a film that scared her to her very bones!!
I hope you enjoy this episode. We sure had fun making …
CENSOR: Ep. 148 with Film Vs. Film Podcast: It Means the World of Horror™ to Me Bonus
Our friend Martin Harries joined us to discuss Prano Bailey-Bond's first feature film from 2021.
We had a lovely ramble, as always.
Detours include: The UK ratings system, Mac watching a…
RE-ANIMATOR & BRAIN DEAD/DEAD ALIVE: Episode 147: Cult Classics
WoHos!
When we made this pairing on paper back in December, little did not know how well these two films would gel together, but boy do they ever! Zombies! Reanimated guts! Pet deaths! B…
TETSUO: THE IRON MAN & TITANE: Episode 146: Body Horror: Metallic
WoHos!
This week we looked at two classics of the Body Horror: Metallic subgenre: TETSUO: THE IRON MAN, a Japanese film from 1989, and TITANE, from 2021.
I really enjoyed these conversat…
X, PEARL, & MAXXXINE: Episode 145: F*ckin' Horror with Comfort Films Podcast
WoHos!
John and Georgia Macey from Comfort Films Podcast came by to discuss Ti West's X Trilogy. We all nerded out talking about the three films as well as televangelists, doppelgangers,…
RACE WITH THE DEVIL & JAWS 2: Episode 144: Blind Spots with Stefan MacDonald
WoHos! BSers! (Blind Spotters, Get it?)
Stefan came by and we had a ramble about two films that were personal blind spots for us, RACE WITH THE DEVIL & JAWS 2.
We also talked about car tr…
WHEN EVIL LURKS: Episode 143: If Gluttony & Sloth Had a Baby: Grim AF Films, Part 2
WoHos!
Here is our Grim AF Part 2 pick: WHEN EVIL LURKS from Argentina.
Mom & Mac Chat:
Mac goes to see Megan Thee Stallion
We hate firecrackers and fireworks
Mac's harrowing journey
The nic…
The Jesse Plemons Appreciation Society: Episode 142: The Plemisode with Quinn McLaughlin
Q-Balls,
Quinn is back to talk with me about a couple to things we enjoy Jesse Plemons in: GAME NIGHT, THE USS CALLISTER, and FARGO, Season 2.
Quinn is in Michigan hanging out at the Seni…
BRAZIL: Episode 141: In My Dreams I Love You: Grim AF Films, Part 1
WoHos!
This film is one of the ones who made me (Mom/Christina), but Mac really loves it, so this is a huge win for me. Hope you like our talk. We spoke so much, we decided to release th…
THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977) & 100 BLOODY ACRES: Episode 140: Exploitation Films
WoHos!
What a fun discussion this was!
We looked at Wes Craven's Hill People cannibal fest, THE HILLS HAVE EYES from 1977 and the truly hilarious modern Aussie horror comedy, 100 BLOODY A…
eXistenZ: Episode 139: Squishy Body Horror Part 2: God, the Mechanic
WoHos!
We go on quite a ramble on a number of subjects. Definitely check out the Chapter Markers for this one, if you are just here for the film talk.
I make a number of references to the…
SOCIETY: Episode 138: Squishy Body Horror Part 1
WoHos!
What with summer schedules being what they are, we were only able to record the first of our Squishy Body Horror flicks, SOCIETY. We will release eXistenZ next week.
We hope you en…
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: Bonus Episode 137 with Quinn McLaughlin
WoHos! Q-Balls!
Ms. Q is back to talk with me about how her Introduction to Film students reacted to this film. It was nice to revisit this classic and we had a nice ramble about their p…
CHOPPING MALL: Bonus Episode 136 with Chrissy Champagne from Residue: A True Crime Podcast
WoHos!
We had a blast talking to our new friend, Chrissy Champagne from Residue: A True Crime Podcast (go subscribe!) She brought a banger of a film that Means the World of Horror™ to he…
ALLIGATOR & THE EDGE: BONUS Episode 135 It Means the World of Horror ™ to Me with Stefan MacDonald
WoHos!
Stefan is back to share two of his favorite childhood watches: ALLIGATOR & THE EDGE!!
Stefan is a filmmaker and podcaster located in Hamilton, Ontario. Although we are split on CRA…
MEN: Episode 134: Scrumping!
Hi, WoHos!
This week we looked at Alex Garland's MEN. Yep. We did that.
Mom was at first more sympathetic to Garland's jazzy style of filmmaking, but that didn't last long when we dove de…
PAN'S LABYRINTH: Episode 133: Where There are No Lies or Pain
WoHos!!
We talked so much about MEN that we had to break the pods into two parts. Although we make some passing references to MEN, this podcast is about Guillermo del Toro's 2006 classic…
THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (1982) & ANATOMIE/ANATOMY: Episode 132: Kim in the Fridge: Slashers!
WoHos!!
We return to slashers and look at THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE from 1982 and ANATOMIE/ANATOMY from Germany. One of these might be called feminist and one of these...would not.
Mac a…
FARGO: Episode 131: Prowler Needs a Jump: Bonus Quinniside with Quinn McLaughlin
Hey there, Q-Balls and WoHos!
Quinn was nice enough to join me for a ramble about one of my favorite movies of all time: FARGO.
Our conversation assumes a knowledge of the film. If you ha…
JACOB's LADDER (1990) & THE BABADOOK: Episode 130: Movies about Mental Illness
WoHos!
This week Mac & I discussed two movies about mental illness: JACOB's LADDER from the US and THE BABADOOK from Australia.
Mac was too smart for JACOB's LADDER, but he did think it w…