This year’s horror cinema, dissected: the FrightFest 2019 podcast

Discussed in this podcast

Demonic conspiracies and satanic possession in

• For We Are Many (Lawrie Brewster, Andrew Ionides, Brad Watson, Mitch Wilson, Carlos Omar De Leon, Matthan Harris, Dane Keil, Mark Logan; UK)
• Porno (Keola Racela, USA)
• Ready or Not (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, USA)
• Daniel Isn’t Real (Adam Egypt Mortimer, USA)
• The Black String (Brian Hanson, USA)

The slipperiness of truth and safety online in

• Death of a Vlogger (Graham Hughes, UK)
• Deadcon (Caryn Waechter, USA)
• Ghost Killers vs Bloody Mary (Fabrício Bittar, Brazil)
• Halloween Party (Jay Dahl, Canada)
• The Drone (Jordan Rubin, USA)

Differences of sexuality, class and gender in

• Spiral (Kurtis David Harder, Canada)
• The Dark Red (Dan Bush, USA)
• Satanic Panic (Chelsea Stardust, USA)
• The Wind (Emma Tammi, USA)
• Criminal Audition (Samuel Gridley, UK)
• Why Don’t You Just Die! (Kirill Sokolov, Russia)

Female survivors in

• A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (Abner Pastoll, UK)
• Feedback (Pedro C. Alonso, Spain/USA)

Parental angst in

• Freaks (Zach Lipovsky, Canada)
• The Deeper You Dig (Toby Poser & John Adams, USA)
• Knives and Skin (Jennifer Reeder, USA)

The monstrous in

• Rabid (Jen & Sylvia Soska, Canada)
• Depraved (Larry Fessenden, USA)