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
Episodes
187 episodes
THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM & TOGETHER: Episode 187: A Whole-Ass Mongoose: Weird Horror Films!
This episode we talk about what Daniel from The Cobwebs Channel calls "Weird Horror" films. We had a look at THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM from England, and TOGETHER from the US.We have ...
A CHINESE GHOST STORY & GHOSTWATCH: Episode 186: Ghosts!
This episode we are talking ghosts with A CHINESE GHOST STORY from Hong Hong & GHOSTWATCH from the UK. We loved both these films and each has moments that are really scary!From IMDb: A debt collector has no other choice than to spend...
VIY & SEASON OF THE WITCH: Episode 185: Witches!
This episode Mac and I look at two vintage films featuring witches.We viewed VIY from Russia and SEASON OF THE WITCH (1972).From IMDb: A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a r...
SOUTHBOUND & TALES FROM THE CRYPT: Episode 184: Anthologies!
WoHos!This week we had a look at two Anthology/Portmanteau films: TALES FROM THE CRYPT & SOUTHBOUND. We enjoyed one of them.Mac and I spent the episode comparing the two anthology films with very different levels of success. S...
SCANNERS: Bonus Episode 183 with Stefan MacDonald-Labelle
Stefan is back and this time we are talking SCANNERS--one of his favorite films!We have a nice ramble about one of David Cronenberg's early-ish films. I hope you enjoy our chat!From IMDb: A scientist trains a man with an advanced ...
DEAD & BURIED and THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD: Episode 182: Zombies!
WoHos!This time we revisit zombies with DEAD & BURIED (1981) and THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD (2018) from France. What kind of zombies scare YOU the most?Next time we are looking at anthology films with SOUTHBOUND from the US and ...
THE UGLY STEPSISTER & HANSEL & GRETEL (2007): Episode 181: Beauty is Pain
WoHos!This time we are looking at Fairy Tale horror with Korea's HANSEL & GRETEL and THE UGLY STEPSISTER from Norway.We had some technical difficulties so there is no Mom & Mac chat™ this week, but we had some tangents inc...
FRANKENSTEIN (2025) & THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957): Episode 180
WoHos!Of course we had to have a look at Guillermo del Toro's latest!
DON'T GO TO SLEEP: Episode 179: with Chrissy Champagne of Residue
WoHos!Chrissy Champagne, host of the podcast, Residue, joined us and brought along one doozy of a film.We watching DON'T GO TO SLEEP, a 1982 made-for-tv horror movie starring Valerine Harper and Dennis Weaver. It is full of 80's f...
THE SUBSTANCE & GRAFTED: Episode 178: Female Body Horror: A Little Bit Very Slowly
WoHos!Mac had heard that THE SUBSTANCE was the movie to watch for a dissection (!) of body image and the patriarchy, but did he concur? Listen in to find out!We paired this with a New Zealand film, GRAFTED, which has a similar vib...
BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING: Bonus Quinnisode 177: with Quinn McLaughlin
WoHos! Q-Balls!This week we look at the bonkers Otto Preminger 1965 joint, BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING. Quinn and I had a lovely chat!
WE ARE STILL HERE: Bonus Episode 176 with Stefan MacDonald-Labelle
Hi, WoHos!This week filmmaker and friend Stefan MacDonald-Labelle stopped by to have a ramble with me about one of my favorite horror films, WE ARE STILL HERE. From IMDb: In the cold, wintery fields of New England, a lonely o...
PARANORMAN & TURNING RED: Episode 175: Feel Good Fall Films Part 2
WoHos!We had such a good time with our Feel Good Fall Films that we decided to do two more: PARANORMAN & TURNING RED, two modern classics of animation.PARANORMAN: A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to s...
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS & K-POP DEMON HUNTERS: Episode 174: Feel Good Fall Films!
WoHos!Sometimes you have to break your own rules, you know what I mean? While we usually pair an international horror film with an American one, this week, we looked at two American films. We tried not to swear, but that was a fool's err...
A DAY & FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES: Episode 173: Trying to Defy Fate!
WoHos!This week Mac & I discuss two films that are about Trying to Defy Fate. We looked at the South Korean film A DAY/HARU and FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES from the US. A DAY involves trying to escape a tragic time loop, and FINAL ...
SLEEP TIGHT & SEE FOR ME: Episode 172: Home Invasion!
WoHos!This week we looked at two films related to home invasion: SLEEP TIGHT from Spain and SEE FOR ME from Canada/US.Mom remembered SLEEP TIGHT very differently than her first watch 14 years ago. We had similar thoughts ...
THE GUEST: Bonus Stefanisode: Episode 171
Stefan is back to talk THE GUEST! It was a first watch for me and I loved it!!Dan Stevens!Maika Monroe!Leland Orser!Do yourself a favor and go watch it (or rewatch it) now!A soldier introduces himself to the Peterso...
HATCHING & TIGER STRIPES: Episode 170: Adolescence: A Horror! (AFAB Edition)
WoHos!This week we looked at HATCHING from Finland and TIGER STRIPES from Malaysia.Next time we are looking at SEE FOR ME and SLEEP TIGHT (Spain).Sleep tight, WoHos!
PONTYPOOL & MELANCHOLIA: Episode 169: The End of the World!
WoHos!This week it's the end of the world as we know it with two (one and a half?) bangers: PONTYPOOL from Canada and MELANCHOLIA from the US.Next time we tackle "Adolescence: A Horror" films with TIGER STRIPES from Malaysia &...
AMERICAN PSYCHO & MEMOIR OF A MURDERER: Episode 168: Serial Killers!
This week, despite technical difficulties and returning back to school, we were able to have a wonderful conversation about serial killers. We had to stitch together three different recordings together, but I think I smoothed it out pretty well...
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS & THE LURE: Episode 167: Musicals!
WoHos!We have such a fun one this week!Mac and I looked at one of our all-time favorite films, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and we paired it with a Polish Musical Horror film, THE LURE.Next time we will be looking at m...
DEEP BLOOD: Episode 166: Blind Spots with Stefan MacDonald-Labelle
WoHos!This week I had the pleasure of speaking to filmmaker and Animal Attacks film fan, Stefan MacDonald-Labelle. We spoke about his film, HEAD LIKE A HOLE and the incomprehensible DEEP BLOOD, which is 3/4 teen drama and 1/4 anti-shark ...
GODZILLA (1954) & CLOVERFIELD: Episode 165: Big Ol' Monsters!
WoHos! This week our focus was "Big Ol' Monsters". We watched GODZILLA (1954) and one of Mac's childhood faves, CLOVERFIELD.We also talked about: Fireworks, Popping out of the news, social anxiety (obvs), old people at the Y, Mom's memor...
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) & PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE: Ep. 164: Phantoms!
WoHos!This week we looked at two buckwild films about phantoms: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) and PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE!We also discussed: The current heatwave, our ambivalence about Allison Williams, "Couple to Throuple", unc...
NOSFERATU (1922) & 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: Episode 163: Vampires: Blood is Life!
WoHos!This week we looked at two vampire films--one more than 100 years old!We also talked about: Mac taking ballet classes, default pronouns for trans people, Mac's birthday and the grief monster, the no-call list for Father's Da...