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
GOODNIGHT, MOMMY & ORPHAN Episode 69: Don't Worry, You're Going to Heaven (Creepy Kids!)
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Mom's pick was Creepy Kids. We looked at ORPHAN from the US and GOODNIGHT MOMMY / ICH SEH, ICH SEH from Austria. As per, spoilers abound including the two big "twists" in these tw…
10 RILLINGTON PLACE Episode 68: World of Foundational Horror™ Bonus
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I couldn't wait. I kind of had to do this one to get it out of my head.
Trigger warning, this mini involves discussion of a rapist and serial killer.
10 RILLINGTON PLACE was not on …
ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) Episode 67: It Means the World of Horror to Me™ Bonus
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It's a special It Means the World of Horror to Me episode!
Original Friend of the ShowTM, Quinn was nice enough to come by with one of her favorite horror films: ROSEMARY'S BABY f…
TREMORS & BOAR Episode 66: Fella in a Friendly Way (Animal Attack!)
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This week we are covering Mac's picks for Animal Attack movies: TREMORS from the US & BOAR from Australia. They couldn't have been paired better as they both deal with small com…
THE THING (1982) Episode 65: Film vs. Film Podcast Special Guests It Means the World of Horror to Me™ Bonus Peak Russell
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This week we talked practical effects, sausage parties, paranoia, isolation, childhood sleepovers, bro-ing out and how damn good looking Kurt Russell is in this movie.
We had Marti…
CARRIE (1976) & THELMA Episode 64 (Girl Power! / Scary Teenagers!)
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SUMMARY
What do you call this genre of horror? Supernatural teens? Puberty pandemonium? Menarche Mayhem (at least in one case)? Parent's (REALLY) Just Don't Understand?
We learn t…
FRESH (2022) Episode 63: Meat Cute
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Mac came to town to have lunch and so we had to record a bonus mini on FRESH, the best advertisement for veganism I have seen lately!
Spoilers abound, so if you haven't seen FRESH…
BATTLE ROYALE & THE BELKO EXPERIMENT Episode 62: To the Death
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This week we got real killy with it as we looked at Battle Royale-type films with BATTLE ROYALE (2000) from Japan & THE BELKO EXPERIMENT (2017) from the USA.
Mac did his best to ex…
VAMPYR Episode 61: Devin Dimattia Special Guest World of Foundational Horror™ Bonus
WoHos! This week we have a "mega-mini" to discuss Carl Theodor Dreyer's classic experimental/avant-garde Vampire film, VAMPYR.
We hope you will listen and enjoy!
Devin's Twitch show "Cron…
BEETLEJUICE & THE HOUSE AT THE END OF TIME Episode 60: If I Knew Then What I Know Now (Haunted Houses!)
WoHos! Mom's genre pick this week is Haunted Houses and we looked at THE HOUSE AT THE END OF TIME (2013) from Venezuela 🇻🇪 and BEETLEJUICE (1988) from US.
The portrayal of the husbands …
SHOCK / SCHOCK Episode 59: World of Foundational Horror™ Bonus
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This mini mini is about Mario Bava's final film, SHOCK, from 1977. I really enjoyed it and hope you'll check it out and let me know what you think!
*Oops! In discussing the famous…
RABID Episode 58: World of Foundational Horror™ Bonus
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Mac helped me kick off this mini project where I'm dipping my toes into the frigid and weird waters of classic international horror.
This time it's David Cronenberg's RABID from …
SHAUN OF THE DEAD & ONE CUT OF THE DEAD Episode 57: Zed's Dead, Baby! (Zombies!)
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Mac's genre pick this week was zombies and we watched two zombie comedies: ONE CUT OF THE DEAD from Japan & SHAUN OF THE DEAD from the UK.
Zombies in both films function as a wake…
SLASHER S4: FLESH AND BLOOD Episodes 5 - 8 Episode 56: Slasher? I Hardly Knew Her! (Slashers!)
WoHos! This is the culmination of our Slasher shows. Our discussion of DREAMHOME is in part 4A. Our discussion of the first four episodes of SLASHER S4 is on episode 3!
We discusss all t…
DREAMHOME Episode 55: A VIEW TO DIE FOR (Slashers!)
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This week we looked at DREAMHOME from Hong Kong and discovered that zip ties serve a variety of purposes!
This movie takes the housing crisis in Hong Kong in 2007 as the backdr…
LAKE BODOM & SLASHER Season 4 eps 1 - 4 Episode 54: A Wild Stab (Slashers!)
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We got real stabby with it this week with LAKE BODOM and SLASHER S4 eps 1-4.
LAKE BODOM/BODOM is a Finnish 2016 flick that has been on Mom's list for quite awhile. Mac pointed out …
Fave Fives for 2021 Episode 53: Whole Squad Pod™: The Cherry on Top of the Ice Cream
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This week we got together with our sweet friend, Quinn, to talk about what movies (and a TV show and a bootleg of a musical) we enjoyed watching in 2021. We also discuss some that…
INSIDE, THE STRANGERS & THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT Episode 52: Home Sweet Home Invasion (Home Invasion!)
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This week we looked at the French home/mom invasion classic, INSIDE, and the 2008 American cult favorite, THE STRANGERS. We also speak pretty briefly about the sequel, as Mom onl…
CRAWL & THE POOL Episode 51: They Can't Hear You Out of the Water* (Animal Attack!)
*They can, actually.
WoHos! Welcome to Season 4!
This season we are going to explore various genres and sub-genres of horror and pair an international film with one from the US.
Mom chos…
ANYTHING FOR JACKSON Episode 50: Stefan MacDonald-Labelle Special Guest: Oh, Canada! Pt. 2: Bonus
WoHos! It's Part 2 of Canada week!
Stefan is back to guide us through the Canadian horror landscape as we discuss Anything for Jackson!
Were the ghosts absolutely necessary? Why can't act…