Happy Father's Day from the Horror Agenda. This week we cover a (zombie) father's (special) day with his zombie daughter and it seemed apropos to cover it for (US) Father's Day. We are covering the 2016 short A Father's Day, written and directed by Mat Johns. You can find more of Mat Johns' work here. We reference a short of the week review by Ivan…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2022 short horror comedy We Forgot About the Zombies written and directed by Chris McInroy. We had lots of laughs and loved this fun take on zombie media. (Pardon Carlos' voice and audio, his allergies were intense). You can watch the short on Alter here. You can find more of Chris McInroy's…

Happy Birthday from the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the wild 1981 birthday themed horror film Bloody Birthday written by Ed Hunt and Barry Pearson and directed by Ed Hunt. We talk eclipses, astrology, murder and the ways certain parts of this film were too much. Want to know more? Give us a listen and rate us 5 stars for Victor's upcoming bir…

Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda where we steal scooters and believe women. This week we're covering the 2022 short Scooter written and directed by Chelsea Lupkin, whose work you can find here. Chelsea is also a reviewer at Short of the Week and we have discussed one of her reviews prior. You can find her Short of the Week work here. This week Vic…

Welcome Back Listeners, it's time to come out and face us. That's right, this week, we cover the psychological horror Itsy Bitsy Spider. This 2020 short film was written and directed by Brodi-Jo Scalise with story editing by Rudy Thauberger. You can learn more about Brodi-Jo and his work here. We reference this article from BizBooks.net about Itsy …

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and this week we play Werewolves....who are you able to trust? Is it director of Werewolves Within Josh Ruben or the the screenwriter Mishna Wolff? Is it one of your co-hosts Victor, or is it Carlos? Who can you trust? You can trust that Werewolves Within, at the time of recording, is available to stream on Hulu. Y…

Adherence to the curriculum is...I mean the agenda is key. Yes, this week on the Horror Agenda we're the covering the 2017 short film The Sub directed by Dan Samiljan and co-written by Dan Samiljan and Dave Cain. We talk teaching in the US, Stepford Wives, children's television and alien assimilation. This week Carlos recommends the 2024 Dev Patel …

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week on the podcast, we cover a short film about a podcast. A short film called Meet Jimmy, written by Tim Koomen and directed by David-Jan Bronsgeest. You can watch the film on Vimeo. You can also watch it on Short of the Week. During our episode we reference this piece by Joey Paur on Geeky Tyrant. We also …

Happy (early/belated) Juneteeth everybody. Let's celebrate at a cabin in the woods! No...yeah that's probably for the best. Welcome back listeners! This week we're covering previously recommended film the Blackening (2022) directed by Tim Story and written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins (who also stars). This hilarious horror comedy was a ROMP…

Now that you've officially reached episode 9 of season two, it's time to let you into the podcast secret. Meet your sentinal! Yes, we're covering the 2018 short film Special Day written by Nikolai Von Keller and directed by Teal Greyhavens. (In the beginning of the episode we do get the date wrong but correct it in the end and official here in the …

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and this week we are covering Happy Death Day. Welcome back to the Horror... Agenda and... this week we are covering Happy Death Day. Welcome back...yes we are covering the 2017 time loop slasher Happy Death Day directed by Christopher Landon and written by Scott Lobdell. Some of the trivia in today's episode comes…

CW: discussion of sexual assault and abuse. Listeners beware, something is very very wrong in London. Join us as we discuss the 2016 horror short film written and directed by Rob Savage, with story by Jed Sheperd. The short got on our radar through a blog post from Screencraft by David Young. You can watch the short on Vimeo here, with instructions…

Hey Molly's, this week we're totally excited to cover the 2023 film Totally Killer. We had fun talking time travel, the 80s, the soundtrack and the usually horror agenda items. This film is directed by Nahnatchka Khan. It is written by David Matalon & Sasha Perl-Raver and Jen D’Angelo. We reference this Hollywood Reporter article from Brian Davids,…

*plays tape* You are listening to the Horror Agenda. A horror podcast hosted by Carlos and Victor. You are humanity's last hope. You must discuss 2023 horror short written and directed by Caleb J. Phillips. *tape ends* You can find Play Me on YouTube here. You can find more about writer and director Caleb J. Phillips here. Carlos and Victor get sil…

Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2019 short film Finley directed by J. Zachary Thurman. It was co-written by Maddison Stroud and J. Zachary Thurman. You watch the short here. You can find more about J. Zachary Thurman here. We discuss a 2023 interview by Feliz Vasquez for Cinema Crazed here. We also reference a 2019 Gruesom…

Submitted for the Approval of the Horror Agenda listeners, this week we cover Are You Afraid of the Dark? : The Tale of the Dead Man's Float (1995). This episode is directed by DJ MacHale (show co-creator) and written by Will Dixon. We open the episode with a Screen Rant article by Stephen Lagioia. We also reference a Collider article and the Twili…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. Time to pucker up as we cover the 2020 short film Kissed written and directed by Elwood Quincy Walker. You can find more from the Writer/Director Elwood Quincy Walker on his website or his Vimeo here. You can watch Kissed on his website or on the Alter YouTube channel. This week Victor recommends: The Gate (1987) …

Welcome back to Season 2 of the Horror Agenda. Listener beware, you’re in for a scare. We time-travel back to 1996 to a popular episode of the 90s TV series Goosebumps covering Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes episode. We reference the Goosebumps fandom wiki here. We discuss this 2015 piece from Vice by Kaleigh Rogers here. We also reference this Bustle …

Welcome to the LAST episode of the Horror Agenda for 2023 as we cover Zombie Musical (2011) written and directed by the late Ryan McHenry. Listeners of a certain age may know him as the creator behind the Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal Vines. We cover this short and discuss it, briefly, in relation to the feature it became: Anna and the Apocalyp…

Welcome to the penultimate episode of 2023 here at the Horror Agenda. We wanted to get into the spirit of season and cover the 2022 short directed by Christopher Ryan Laughter and written by Michael Wielock. You can watch the short on Alter here: https://youtu.be/-0zw12ijz8g You can find more on Laughter here: http://www.chrislaughter.com/snow-glob…

Welcome to the Horror Agenda as we go to prison. Yes, this week's episode features prominently in a prison. We cover the story of a killer, who is NOT the titular character in Horacio (2020) in this animated short written and directed by Caroline Cherrier. He forgot why he did what he did...or did he? We found the short via Short of the Week: https…

We're starting off the month of December with Dylan Clark's Portrait of God (2022) here at the Horror Agenda. You can watch the short on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/BI9fKfX5V68 Writer and Director Dylan Clark recommends watching on Vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/744201078 Dylan Clark made a short film about the making of Portrait of God available…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda! This week we cover the 2022 short film Girl at Party written and directed by Jess O'Kane. You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/9ycgQGeL710 You can follow Jess O'Kane here: https://www.jessokane.com/ We learned about this short from Short of the Week as well: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2023/10/27/girl-…

Have you ever had a original idea? Have you ever had one so beautiful and so powerful it caused heads to explode?? If yes, you may need to reach out to Barry before the CIA finds you. This week on the Horror Agenda we have an episode on the 2018 short written and directed by N'Cee Van Heerden and we get deep. You can watch the short on Alter on You…

Welcome Back to another episode of the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2015 AJ Briones film 'The Smiling Man.' While there is no dialogue this film has a lot to say. You can see more of AJ Briones' work on his website here: http://www.ajbriones.com/filmography You can watch the film on the Alter Youtube channel here: https://youtu.be/zk-eY5S1…

In this episode we stand in a circle and summon...someone. This week we cover the 2016 short film Born Again and laugh about religion themed horror. You can watch it on the Alter YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/Nc-6j3mHp5o You can learn more about the production here: https://www.facebook.com/BornAgainShort Beware Spoilers. You can follow Th…

As we recover from Halloween, have this episode we recorded a few weeks ago, where we cover the 2023 short film Disguise, written and directed by Tyler Czajkowski. You can find more about Tyler here: https://www.tylercz.com/ You can watch the short on Tyler's website or here on his YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/zlpfcKffgDA You can read the shor…

Happy Halloween! This is our last episode before the holiday and we take a ride on the 2020 short Night Bus. This is another short we learned about through Short of the Week: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2022/01/31/night-bus/ You can also watch it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/plaBtwJm0iQ Beware Spoilers. You can follow The Horror Agenda on I…

Welcome back to Spooky Season and another week closer to Halloween. This week we cover 2018 short Demon. Written and Directed by Caleb Slain. A stranger stumbles onto a shack and a situation he is not prepared for. You can watch it and see Caleb Slain’s other work at his website: https://calebslain.com/home/ Or on his Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/…

Welcome to Spooky Season and Happy Halloween. As we draw near to All Hallows Eve we are covering 3 very different but very on brand Halloween horror shorts. This week we begin with the animated 2020 short A Night in Camp Heebie Jeebie. Written and Directed by Dylan Chase the film follows a group of Scouts at camp telling scary stories. This one hol…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we’re covering the 2019 short In Sound, We Live Forever. Written and directed by Joshua Giuliano the film takes a different approach to visual and sound than films we’ve covered before. You can watch In Sound We Live Forever via Joshua Giuliano on his website: https://www.joshuagiuliano.com/#/in-sound-we…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover another Sam Evenson film, the 2022 short film The Changing Room. The story concept is by Jeff Speziale. You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/SdS15vKWsHo?feature=shared You can find more of Sam Evenson’s work here: https://www.youtube.com/@GrimoireHorror You can find more on Jeff Spezial…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover the 2020 vampire short Suicide by Sunlight. The film is directed by Nikyatu Jusu and written by Nikyatu Jusu and R. Shanea Williams. This is another one we found through short of the week. You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/yRR-0IcKLd8?feature=shared You can find it on Short of the…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2021 short film written and directed by Sam Evenson and story by Jeff Speziale. The film is based on the short story “You’re Going to Notice a Woman in Your Home, You Must Ignore Her.” You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/hs3paMLb9Qg?feature=shared You can find more of Sam Evenson’s…

Welcome to another episode of the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2014 short film written and directed by Chloe Okuno, recommended to us by a listener. You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/wWGer07Aa-E?si=J3JonYaY4KxH3vZk Below are some the links we reference in the episode: https://aframe.oscars.org/what-to-watch/post/chloe-okuno-5-f…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and standing in solidarity with SAF-AFTRA we are covering another indie short, 2018 short film Other Side of the Box written by Caleb J. Phillips and Nick Tag, who plays Ben, and directed by Caleb J. Phillips. You can see it at Short of the Week here (where we found it): https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2020/05/06/ot…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and standing in solidarity with SAF-AFTRA we are covering another indie short, the Oscar qualifying 2022 short film Moshari. The first Oscar qualifying short from Bangladesh written and directed by Nuhash Humayun. You can see it at Short of the Week here (where we found it): https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2022/10/2…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and today in continuing our standing in solidarity with SAF-AFTRA we are covering our first short film. Today we cover the 2020 short film Hungry Joe written and directed by Paul Holbrook and Samuel Dawe. You can see the short at Short of the Week here (where we found it): https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2021/01/11/…

As SAG-AFTRA is on strike and we do not want to cross the picket line, in today's episode we cover indie film Trespassers (2019) and have a brief conversation about the strike to start the episode. Going forward, we will cover indie films or short films until the strike is over to avoid publicizing movies released, past or present from struck compa…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. Today we plummet into the depths and explore a world 30 years in the making. Yes, we covered Phil Tippett’s Mad God, now streaming on Shudder. We had a lot to say and part of our conversation references: https://filmcolossus.com/mad-god-explained https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/mad-god-review-phil-tippe…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and today we’re coming at you with Uncle Sam the 1996 paranormal slasher. Did you see this one as a kid? No? Then, be prepared for a for a fourth of July you will never forget. Intro Music: "Satanic Panic" by Weary Pines License code: MGAQUP5RVMIGHPDB Outro Music: "Threatened" by Alex Besss License code: YXKZGTB3AX…

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda as we end Pride month with a cult classic. Yes, we are covering Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge. At a time, and for some, one of the worst Freddy films, that has been reclaimed by some and seen as a queer classic. We discuss the documentary Scream Queen: My Nightmare on Elm Street which can be streamed …

The Horror Agenda returns with more Pride programming, with an episode on 2008’s Otto, Or Up With Dead People, a zombie film, unlike many other zombies films we could have covered. We dive into avant garde cinema, queer metaphors, zombies and more. CW: suicide. If you need assistance resources are available: National Suicide Preventation Line 1-800…

Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week we’re visiting Hulu’s Into the Dark series as we celebrate Pride. We’re covering the gay slasher Midnight Kiss, a NYE story that, rather than a new beginning, is a final end. Intro Music: "Satanic Panic" by Weary Pines License code: MGAQUP5RVMIGHPDB Outro Music: "Threatened" by Alex Besss License code: YXK…

We begin Pride Month at the Horror Agenda with a trip to Hell Fest with VIP Passes. We get into keeping your phone secure, phoning your friends, and not splitting up. We wish you all a happy and safe Pride month especially our trans and nonbinary listeners around the country and the world. Beware Spoilers. You can follow The Horror Agenda on Instag…

Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover listener-requested horror classic Rosemary’s Baby (1968). We continue our theme of mothers in horror and discuss the 60s, Satanic Panic and more. CW for rape and sexual assault. Spoiler warning. Articles we bring up: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/roman-polanskis-alleged-sexual-…

Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week we continue our mother horror with the brand new film Clock. Just released on Hulu (2023) written and directed by Alexis Jacknow. Extra special spoiler warning. Spoiler warning. Links mentioned in the episode: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2020/maternal-mortality-rates-2020.htm ht…

Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week as we bounce back from Mother’s Day we cover the 2014 film Goodnight Mommy (Ich Seh, Ich Seh) and cringe as the story progresses. Spoiler warning. May all you mothers and mother-like caregivers have a Mother’s Day a million times better than this mother. We reference and discuss a few posts and the links a…

Welcome to the Horror Agenda. In this episode Carlos and Victor wake up in a gross bathroom and have to find a way to escape as we discuss Saw (2004). We end our journey with James Wan, for now, and discuss the start of the Torture Porn subgenre and copaganda in media. Spoiler warning. Part of our discussion covers torture porn as a subgenre and we…

Welcome to the Horror Agenda. In this episode Carlos and Victor conjure up a good time discussing the Conjuring (2013). We journey deeper into the Wan-iverse and the start of the Conjuring Cinematic Universe. Spoiler warning. Part of our discussion covers the real Warrens who were written about briefly in this 2013 Entertainment Weekly article:http…