In this episode we're talking about horror at The Oscars, Demi Moore's (and horror's) snub, and the sex workers who had Anora stolen from them; what's streaming right now, FoundTV online worldwide and exceptional horror shorts on YouTube, The Dead Thing, Bloody Axe Wound, what's coming to theatres, books, and the Bram Stoker Awards.

We discuss:

This article about names in horror, Companion, Opus, Locked, Ash, The Woman in the Yard, Humanist Vampire, Starve Acre, Sator, Criterion's amazing horror catalog.

In online finds: FoundTV, and YouTube horror shorts Baby Fever, Who Goes There, Prey, The Hound, Do You Even SCREAM?

Main events: Richard examines The Dead Thing, a misunderstood slow burn supernatural dating app horror descent. Violet takes the lead in writing a love letter to Bloody Axe Wound, a film with zero faults and an incredible cast and soundtrack. Also much excitement for the Osgood As Dead series, and the Bram Stoker Award novel nominees:

House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste

Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

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In this episode of Raised By Horror we’re talking about Oscar nominations, Heretic, Nosferatu, new films in theatres, and horror books we're excited about.

In Oscar noms, we discuss the history of The Oscars ignoring horror films, the few films it has acknowledged, how we feel about Demi Moore and The Substance nominations, as well as Nosferatu and Alien: Romulus noms.

Image via: A24’s ‘Heretic’ from Iowa filmmakers is a test of faith [Iowa Public Radio]

Next we peel back the surprising layers of Heretic, a tense horror thriller that pits two Mormon missionary girls against a terrifyingly charming Hugh Grant. We also pick apart THAT ending, which is still being hotly debated in forums, and the reactions in reviews from different religious review sites. Also, the film's questions about religion and marketing, and how abusers leverage faith to put people in cages.

Then we do a deep dive into Nosferatu: how it compares to other iterations of the canon (see what we did there?), what male reviewers are getting wrong about this particular Nosferatu, and why this film resonates both powerfully and bleakly for women -- particularly American women right now. We pick apart people's expectations of the film, its place in the depictions of female maladies, why it's so similar to The VVitch, and how the film shows us that monsters are created for control -- to decide who is, and is not, "normal."

We wrap up with films and books. Excitement for Heart Eyes, much love for Companion, mixed feelings on The Monkey, why you should pre-order The Butcher's Daughter, and get copies of Bowling With Corpses and The Contortionist's Handbook.

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In this episode we experience excitement and despair about January's lineup for streaming horror on Paramount, Shudder, Screambox, Hulu, Netflix, scary films hitting theaters, and a few upcoming horror books we think might be worth a pre-order.

Shoutouts to:

Everyone who sacrificed for The Blair Witch Project, Shudder, Amish Paranormal Activity, Terrified, Ils, Malum, Red Rooms, Werewolves Within, Horror's Greatest, Terror-Fi Film Fest, Get Away, Grafted, giallo, Super Hot, Lizzie Lazarus, Wither, Stop Motion, Humane, Sophie Thatcher, The Ritual, Adam Nevill, owning your media, Stephen Graham Jones, Presence, Lucy Liu, Companion, Cold Eternity, S.A. Barnes, Nat Cassidy, Nosferatu, Clay McLeod Chapman, Grady Hendrix, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, Eric LaRocca.

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