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The Desire of Horror

Charla's love of horror movies combine with Marty's love of psychoanalysis and history of religions. This is a review and analysis of horror movies and what they say about desire.

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The Desire of Horror

2. Where can I learn to be a vampire? - Interview with the Vampire

June 06, 2025 • Charla Ferguson and Martin Essig • Season 1 • Episode 2

Louis doesn't know how to be a vampire, so he goes to Paris to find out. What can we learn about the desire of the vampire from Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire? Anne Rice portrayed the difficulty of being a vampire as the all too familiar dilemma of human desire, whether mortal or undead, nobody seems to know what to do with themselves. Join Charla and Marty as they dive even deeper into vampires.