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The Horror Agenda

Carlos M. Camacho and Victor M. Garcia Jr.

The Horror Agenda is a podcast from Carlos M. Camacho and Victor M. Garcia Jr. where we discuss OUR horror agenda. We dive into horror movies, horror short films and other horror properties from our perspectives as a recovering PhD and two aspiring filmmakers who have loved horror our whole lives. Tune in and BEWARE spoilers ahead.

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

68:37

Ayuda (2018)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/07/02

Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover the short film Ayuda (2018) written by Robert Cori, Patrick Mason, and Raul Serpas and directed by Patrick Mason. You can watch the short here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here. In the episode we reference, a Director's Notes piece about Ayuda. Shout out Laci Mosley and the despo-meter, she covers on several episodes of her podcast Scam Goddess. This week Victor recomme...

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81:09

Best Friend (2018)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/06/25

Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we step away from horror in certain senses and cover the 2018 animated short film Best Friend. The film comes from GOBELINS school in Paris, France, directed by David Feliu, Juliana Lucca (as Juliana de Lucca), Varun Nair, Nicholas Olivieri, Yi Shen. We get into the world building, VR and what the future holds. You can watch the short here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here. We briefly reference two 'makin...

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165:09

EPISODE 100 - Child's Play (1988)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/06/18

Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week on our 100th episode, we cover the 1988 film Child's Play and some of the broader beats of the franchise. We get into how Vodou is maligned broadly in Hollywood and this film specifically, we talk fear of dolls, Chucky over the years, and more. Victor alludes to a CZ's World discussion of Damballa, part of his History of Horror series, as it relates to the Child's Play franchise. Carlos discusses Vodou and recommends a couple texts including...

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104:44

Mon Mon Mon Monsters (2017)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/06/11

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we head to high school with the Giddens Ko written and directed film Mon Mon Mon Monsters (2017). We briefly reference an 2017 interview from Eastern Kicks by Andrew Daley. This week Carlos recommends the book The Magic Border: Poetry and Fragments from My Soft Machine (2023) by Arlo Parks. Beware Spoilers. You can follow The Horror Agenda on Instagram @TheHorrorAgenda. Our personal links and more are on our Linktr.ee and you can ...

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57:37

7 Minutes in Hell (2022)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/06/04

Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the short film 7 Minutes in Hell. A 2022 short written and directed by Justin Reager and Shane Spiegel. You can watch the short on YouTube here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here. We also reference this interview on Facebook. This week Victor recommends the Paper Brigade (1996), a film about a boy who moves to a small town, and does not like it until he finds a group of friends. Carlos recom...

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58:35

Smiling Woman (2019)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/05/28

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2019 short film Smiling Woman, written and directed by Alex Magaña. You can watch the short and others from Alex Magaña on YouTube here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here. This week Victor recommends Golden Boy (1995-1996) an anime show about a college drop out who does lots of freelance work. Carlos recommends another Dropout show, Very Important People, an improv talk show, where people ...

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67:33

Couple's Therapy (2019)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/05/21

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we dive into couple's therapy with the 2019 short film Couple's Therapy. The film is directed by Tim Hendrix and written by Mae Catt. You can watch it here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here. Carlos and Victor recommend Mayhem (2017), a film about a virus that makes people lose their inhibitions. Victor recommends Castle (2009-2016) a TV show about a writer who works with a cop and togethe...

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67:55

Friday the 13th (1980)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/05/14

This week on The Horror Agenda, we cover a throwback that helped shape the genre including last week's episode on In a Violent Nature. We cover Friday the 13th (1980) written by Victor Miller and directed by Sean S. Cunningham. This week Victor recommends My Baby's Daddy (2004) a comedy film about men forced to grow up when they become dads. Carlos recommends Sinners (2025) because he's still thinking about it a lot. He also recommends Heart Eyes (2025) which is now streaming on Netflix. Bewa...

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In a Violent Nature (2024)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/05/07

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2024 feature film, In a Violent Nature. The film, written and directed by Chris Nash has a unique way of telling a somewhat familiar slasher story. It's beautiful, with a great sound design and we have a blast discussing it. We reference this Polygon piece by Austen Goslin written about how innovative it is. This week Carlos recommends the film Sinners (2025) by Ryan Coogler. We recorded this the day after Carlos saw it and...

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77:05

Prom Car '91 (2022)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/05/01

Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda! Today we cover the 2022 short film Prom Car '91 written and directed by Brian F. Otting. We have a blast talking this prom night ride that features the death of a prom queen. You can watch the film on the Alter Youtube channel here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here. This week Victor recommends Digimon Adventures season 3 which takes a turn from the first two seasons and the characters have to save the re...

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42:48

Wet Willy (2020)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/04/23

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2020 short film Wet Willy. The film is written by D.M. Harring and directed by Nic Stanich. You can watch the film on the Alter Youtube channel here. You can watch all the shorts we covered on our YouTube playlist here. This week Victor recommends the Lego store. He recommends, in particular, the May the 4th weekend of events. Carlos recommends DropoutTV this week. Especially Dirty Laundry, Game Changer and Make Some ...

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62:39

Oscar's Bell (2018)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/04/10

Welcome to the Horror Agenda and on today's episode we cover the 2018 short film Oscar's Bell co-written by Chris and Sam Cronin and directed by Chris Cronin. It is reviewed on Short of the Week by Ivan Kander here. On Chris Cronin's Vimeo page you can see some behind the scenes b-roll. Carlos references the Swiss Cheese method regarding COVID and you can learn more from UNMC here. For more COVID safety information check out the Peoples CDC. This week victor recommends Jackie Chan Adven...

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125:34

PYOTR495 (2016)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/04/02

Welcome to the Horror Agenda and this week we cover the 2016 short film PYOTR495 written and directed by Blake Mawson. CW: anti-queer violence; discussions of anti-queer violence, homo- and transphobia and related conversations. You can watch the film on the Alter YouTube channel here. We reference this 2017 interview from HuffPo with the writer/director by Charlie David here. We also talk international law: AP 2024 piece by Litvinova "Russia’s LGBTQ+ community is living in fear f...

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159:48

Final Destination (2000)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/03/26

Welcome to the Horror Agenda. We dedicate this episode to the memory of Tony Todd, horror legend who passed in 2024. You can read an obit here from NPR. This week we get into the 2000 film Final Destination with screenplay by James Wong (Director), Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick; based on a story by Reddick. The film is celebrating it's 25th anniversary and Matt Goldberg writes about the franchise's kills to celebrate (on Letterboxd here). We reference the Bechdel Cast Matreon episode ...

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154:13

Hell House LLC (2015/2020)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/03/19

Welcome to the Abaddon Hotel for this year's haunt Hell House. Yes, this week we are covering the 2015 mockumentary found footage film (and speaking to the Director's Cut (2020) as well.) The film written and directed by Stephen Cognetti. A group of young folks go to upstate NY to set up and haunted house and things go wrong. Many missing and/or dead including staff. Years later, a documentary comes out about the events that night and for months in the lead up. We reference severa...

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135:23

The Faculty (1998)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/03/12

Welcome to the Horror Agenda. This week we're covering the 1998 Robert Rodriguez directed The Faculty. The story is by David Wechter & Bruce Kimmel with the screenplay by Kevin Williamson. We talk conformity, high school hell, Robert Rodriguez and more. In this episode we reference videos from the Robert Rodriguez Archive here. We reference two 1998 reviews of the Faculty, one from Vanity Fair by Dennis Harvey, and one from SFGate by Allan Ulrich. We also reference this BFI piece by...

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100:51

The Mages of Rage and the Desecration of the House of...

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/03/05

Welcome to another episode of the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2022 short film "The Mages of Rage and the Desecration of the House of Mimicry" a horror comedy directed by Patrick Sheedy. The film is cowritten by Sheedy & Brett Brooks who both play parts in the film as well. The film is DPd by Matthew Patrick Noonan who rounds out the main cast who play a band that performs in the house of a late punk icon to disastrous consequences. You can watch the film on Jason's v...

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94:34

Are You Awake? (2023)

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/02/26

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and today we get into discussions of grief, depression and more. We cover the 2023 short film "Are You Awake?" written and directed by Gabriel Caste. You can watch the film on YouTube here or on Gabriel's website here. There's a content warning on this episode as we discuss mental health issues and have a brief discussion of suicidality. We reference two pieces several times throughout today's episode. We reference the Short of the Wee...

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105:16

The Creep Tapes episode 6 'Mom (and Albert)'

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/02/19

This week on the Horror Agenda we return to the Creep Tapes, brain child of Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass. Co-written by Mark and Patrick and directed by Patrick Brice. We reference the Mostly Horror podcast a lot in this episode, especially the 2024 episode with Patrick Brice discussing the Creep Tapes...before the second season was announced which was discussed on Fangoria here. We also reference this interview with Mark Duplass by Amber T of Fangoria. This week, Victor r...

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77:18

Heavy Lies the Crone: Tale of La Lechuza (From the...

The Horror Agenda ·

2025/02/12

Welcome to the Horror Agenda and today we push ourselves into a new horror realm. Today we cover our first horror podcast. We tune into an episode of Nocturno: Tales from the Shadow. We come face to face with a legend of Mexican folklore in Heavy Lies the Crone: Tale of La Lechuza. Are you scared of facing La Lechuza? Join us and see as we cover this podcast hosted by Danny Trejo. You can listen to the podcast here. We discuss this article from All That's Interesting about La Lechuza by...

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