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
ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) & THE INVITATION Episode 29: The Devil You Know
This week Quinn and I discussed "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Invitation".
We also talk Super Classy Hot Tub Gardens, Catholic guilt, the domestic abuse undertones in ROSEMARY'S BABY, C's o…
THE OMEN (1976 & 2006) Episode 28: Hell on (Three) Wheels
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This week Mac and I looked at the 1976 and 2006 versions of THE OMEN and got real apocalyptic with it.
What did Mom think of the casting of Mia Farrow in the remake? Why didn't…
MIDSOMMAR & MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE Episode 27: The May Queen & Marlene
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Quinn and I discuss MIDSOMMAR and MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE this week!
We also touch on Heaven's Gate, NXiVM, Scientology and the movies THE OTHER LAMB, SOUND OF MY VOICE and H…
THE WICKER MAN (1973 & 2006) Episode 26: Impregnated by a Ghost
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This week we got a little pagan with it and reviewed the 1973 UK version of THE WICKER MAN and the 2006 American remake.
We also looked at Mac and Mom's top five views from Apr…
LITTLE WOMEN (2019) Episode 25: Your One Beauty
This is part two of our deep dive on Greta Gerwig. We're talking LITTLE WOMEN,
If you want to listen to Part 1, on LADY BIRD, it is here:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1618444/episodes/83762…
LADY BIRD Episode 24: Love & Attention
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Quinn and I wanted to do our own deep dive this week, on Greta Gerwig. We talk all things LADYBIRD in this episode, which is Part I. Part II will be out next week wherein we…
THE QUIET FAMILY, I SAW THE DEVIL, MEMORIES, THE HEAVENLY CREATURE Episode 23: Skeletons (and Devils and Robots) in the Closet: Kim Jee Woon
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This week Mac and I did a deep dive on Korean director Kim Jee Woon. Mom looked at THE QUIET FAMILY and I SAW THE DEVIL and Mac looked at two of Director Kim's short fi…
THE UNINVITED (1944) and THE INNOCENTS (1961) Episode 22: The Uneasy Freehold
This week Quinn and I discuss "The Innocents" from 1961 and "The Uninvited" from 1944. We nerd out on cinematography and especially deep focus in "The Innocents" and "Citizen Kane".
Of c…
A TALE OF TWO SISTERS/THE UNINVITED Episode 21: The Lyin', the Bitch, and the Wardrobe
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This week we watched the 2003 Korean classic, "A Tale of Two Sisters" and the 2009 American remake, "The Uninvited".
Some questions remain: Was there real or just imagined justice …
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? PADDINGTON 2 Episode 20: You Mean All This Time We Could Have Been Friends?
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Last week (S2: Episode 4: Meat is Murder), Mac and I looked at two cannibal families and so I thought it would be fun for Quinn and me to look at dysfunctional and functional…
WE ARE WHAT WE ARE / SOMOS LO QUE HAY Episode 19: Meat is Murder
WoHo's!! This week Mac and I looked at the 2010 cannibal horror movie from Mexico, "Somos lo que Hay" and the American 2013 remake.
For once we have two different movies, but we still ha…
PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON Episode 18: A Beautiful Mess: Narrative and Framing Devices: Dream Sequences & Dutch Angles
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This week Quinn and I look at dream sequences and Dutch angles in films where they work.
Films discussed: PEE WEE's BIG ADVENTURE, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, THE THIRD M…
ONE MISSED CALL (2003 & 2008) Episode 17: Andy Dimattia Special Guest: Can You Hear Me Now?
This week Mac, special guest Andy and I looked at the 2003 Japanese "One Missed Call" and the 2008 American remake. What scene does Mac think should be put in the MoMa? What is a para-s…
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, FRIGHT NIGHT (1985 & 2011), SLING BLADE, ABOUT A BOY, GOD BLESS AMERICA Episode 16: Don't Be Weird
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This week Quinn and I discuss older vamp pics and the vampire movies we loved when we were teenagers. And since Eli from Let the Right One In is both 12 years old and 300 ye…
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN/LET ME IN Episode 15: The (Not a) Girl Next Door
This week Mac and I looked at the 2008 Swedish vampire film LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and the 2010 American remake LET ME IN. Who had more love for the remake? What version of the helper is …
SHADOW OF A DOUBT, WAIT UNTIL DARK Episode 14: Subverting Tropes: Muppets are So Meta
Last Week Mac and I looked at "Funny Games" and in this mini, Quinn and I talk vintage home invasion movies, horror movies that subvert tropes and good fourth wall breakers. Also Clint …
FUNNY GAMES (1997 & 2007) Episode 13: You Talkin' to Me?
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We're Back with Season 2! This week we watched Michael Haneke's 1997 Austrian and 2007 American film, Funny Games. Mac liked Tim Roth, but Mom far preferred Ulrich Muhe (RIP…
VERTIGO & MARNIE Episode 12: Omphalophobia, The Fear of Belly Buttons
Welcome, WoHo's! It's Quinntage #1: A segment where Quinn comes by and classes up the joint and lends her experience with older/vintage horror films to the films Mac and I yammer on abo…
TAXIDERMIA & TUMBBAD Episode 11: Austria & India
WoHos! It's the end...of Season One. Mac watched "Taxidermia" and Mom watched "Tumbbad". Mac doesn't think Mom should watch his watch Mom things EVERYONE should watch HER watch.
We looke…
THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE, CRONOS & CULTURE SHOCK Episode 10: Mexico
This week we watched movies from Mexico and got real del Toro with it. Our all-watch was "The Devil's Backbone". Mom watched "Cronos", but gives a special shout out to "Here Comes the D…