What nightmares are hiding behind manicured lawns and white picket fences? Stoker-Award Winning author and Queen Weenie herself, Emily C. Hughes is here to help me talk about what makes suburban horror so scary. I rant about The Stepford Wives and more.
Movies/Shows Mentioned:
Blue Velvet
Stepford Wives
The Burbs
I Saw the TV Glow
Safe
Donnie Darko
Edward Scissorhands
Virgin Suicides
“Arcadia” – X- Files episode
It’s Always Sunny – suburban horror episode
It Follows
Carrie
Get Out
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Buffy
Twin Peaks
Stranger Things
Addams Family
Books Mentioned:
The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste
The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste
Real World by Natsuo Kirino
Linghun by Ai Jiang
The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy
We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado
Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
A Better World by Sarah Langan
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Model Home by Rivers Solomon
The September House by Carissa Orlando
The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
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