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World of Horror with Mom & Mac

Mom & Mac / Christina Hare & Mac Hare

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

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80:33

EXHUMA: Special K-Horror Episode 154: Dig It!

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2025/01/23

Send us a textWoHos!Mom's pick for K-Horror this time is EXHUMA, the wildly successful film from last year.From IMDb: The process of excavating an ominous grave unleashes dreadful consequences buried underneath.Mom & Mac Chat:Rounding down, rounding up, how pets measure the importance of things, Mac's noisy body, finding the activities that feel good, having things explained in a way we can hear, Mac's words of wisdom.Coming up on the main show: Mac's next J-Horror pick: KURONEKO.To finis...

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86:15

LADY IN A CAGE: Bonus Quinnisode 153: Release Me From...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2025/01/09

Send us a textQ-Balls!I finally got Quinn to watch LADY IN A CAGE with me and we had a nice ramble about it!From Wikipedia:Lady in a Cage is a 1964 American psychological thriller film directed by Walter Grauman, written and produced by Luther Davis, and starring Olivia de Havilland and James Caan. The film was released by Paramount Pictures.In Christina & Quinn chat, we talk about now wanting to go back for Spring semester, Robert Eggers, smelling snow, and trying to cancel subscription ...

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66:18

HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II: Episode 152: Special...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/12/31

Send us a textWoHos!Chrissy Champagne from Residue: A True Crime Podcast makes her triumphant return to the podcast with a film that Means the World of Horror™ to her: HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II!!To be honest, the movie discussion sprouted many tangents--too many to count--but we reveled in the batshitedness that is this cult classic from 1987.Chrissy was last with us to discuss CHOPPING MALL on Episode 136.Mac and I discussed SLASHER S4 on Eps 54 & 56.Please go subscribe to Chrissy's ...

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66:46

ONIBABA: Episode 151: Special J-Horror Bonus Episode:...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/12/13

Send us a textWoHos!This was an episode that took forever to record and forever and a day to get released, but it is finally here!Mac chose ONIBABA from 1964 for his first J-Horror film. for our "Fall" series (which will now be a Winter series). If you haven't had a chance to see this Kaneto Shindo classic, do yourself a favor!In Mom & Mac chat (from early November), we discuss:Sweating, vacuum attachments, exercising regularly, going to the doctor while trans, going to the doctor while a...

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101:41

THE HOUSEMAID (1960): Episode 150: Special K-Horror...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/11/23

Send us a textWoHos!We recorded this a few months back and then both had some life stuff come up, but we hope it is worth the wait!This film is a classic domestic melodrama that has inspired Bong Joon-ho, among others, and is one batshit crazy ride.From IMDb: A composer and his wife are thrown into turmoil when a housemaid becomes more than they bargained for. (Composer??? That's overstating it a little bit--Mac & me)This film has everything. It's a cautionary tale, a cinematographic mast...

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78:50

HEREDITARY: Episode 149: Quinn Can't Breathe Bonus...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/11/08

Send us a textWell, Q-Balls and WoHos, I finally did it! I got Quinn to talk with me about HEREDITARY, a film that scared her to her very bones!!I hope you enjoy this episode. We sure had fun making it!Next up on the Quinnisode: LADY IN A CAGE!Chrissy Champagne joins Mac and me to discuss HELLO MARY LOU PROM NIGHT II on the next guest pod and on the main show, Mac and I will kick off our J-Horror and K-horror series with ONIBABA and THE HOUSEGUEST, both from 1960.Gerry Entriken: WoHo Theme Ge...

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68:33

CENSOR: Ep. 148 with Film Vs. Film Podcast: It Means...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/09/27

Send us a textOur friend Martin Harries joined us to discuss Prano Bailey-Bond's first feature film from 2021.We had a lovely ramble, as always. Detours include: The UK ratings system, Mac watching all the SAW kills on YouTube, how much we all love Michael Smiley, and whether or not media is ever to blame for our behavior.Martin was a lovely guest, as always! Please go check out his podcast, Film Vs. Film!Martin has previously joined us on Episodes 121, 94, 90, and 65.Martin's links:

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108:03

Re-Animator & Brain Dead/Dead Alive: Episode 147:...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/09/13

WoHos!When we made this pairing on paper back in December, little did not know how well these two films would gel together, but boy do they ever! Zombies! Reanimated guts! Pet deaths! Blood!We got (delightedly) grossed out by both of these films and we had a first for the podcast: One of us tapped out on one of the films without finishing it. Who was it and which film? Next up we have some guest episodes to pepper our Fall J-Horror and K-Horror short series. Martin from the Film vs....

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129:51

TETSUO: THE IRON MAN & TITANE: Episode 146: Body...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/08/30

WoHos! This week we looked at two classics of the Body Horror: Metallic subgenre: TETSUO: THE IRON MAN, a Japanese film from 1989, and TITANE, from 2021.I really enjoyed these conversations with Mac and I hope you do, too!Coming up next time on the main show are Cult Classics THE REANIMATOR from the US and BRAIN DEAD ? DEAD ALIVE from New Zealand.We also have a special Bonus show with Martin from the Film vs. Film podcast. He'll be on to discuss a recent UK horror classic, CENSOR.Thanks ...

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130:13

X. PEARL & MAXXXINE: Episode 145: F*ckin' Horror with...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/08/08

WoHos!John and Georgia Macey from Comfort Films Podcast came by to discuss Ti West's X Trilogy. We all nerded out talking about the three films as well as televangelists, doppelgangers, pandemics, and acting.***A warning to those who have not seen MAXXXINE, we do spoil a lot of it, along with X and PEARL***Typical disclaimers for language which may not be suitable for all ears.Go check out Georgia and John on their brilliant podcast, Comfort Films. They go deep and it is always an interesting...

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74:27

RACE WITH THE DEVIL & JAWS 2: Blind Spots with Stefan...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/07/27

WoHos! BSers! (Blind Spotters, Get it?)Stefan came by and we had a ramble about two films that were personal blind spots for us, RACE WITH THE DEVIL & JAWS 2.We also talked about car trouble, break-ins and other weird experiences that inspire movies, and the recent films, LONGLEGS & MAXXXINE (no spoilers).We enjoyed this episode and hope you did too, because there is much more to come....in the form of a brand new podcast from Stefan and me...called Blindspotting!! We should have the ...

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87:23

WHEN EVIL LURKS: Episode 143: If Gluttony & Sloth Had...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/07/18

WoHos!Here is our Grim AF Part 2 pick: WHEN EVIL LURKS from Argentina. Mom & Mac Chat:Mac goes to see Megan Thee StallionWe hate firecrackers and fireworksMac's harrowing journeyThe nicest towing man doing itGo see Meg with your friends...And always pay for premium parking15:14: Mac talks WHEN EVIL LURKSComing up on the podcast:A bonus ep with Stefan MacDonald-Labelle who discusses one of his blind spots--RACE WITH THE DEVIL, and one of mine: JAWS 2. Also, stay tuned for our new coll...

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65:43

The Jesse Plemons Appreciation Society: Episode 142:...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/07/13

Q-Balls,Quinn is back to talk with me about a couple to things we enjoy Jesse Plemons in: GAME NIGHT, THE USS CALLISTER, and FARGO, Season 2.Quinn is in Michigan hanging out at the Senior Center now that she has found her new car.Christina has a new website you should check out and buy things from: gsoglassworks.com. She is enjoying making art and dreading going back to work.GAME NIGHT, from 2018: Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a mu...

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89:09

BRAZIL: Episode 141: In My Dreams I Love You: Grim AF...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/07/04

WoHos!This film is one of the ones who made me (Mom/Christina), but Mac really loves it, so this is a huge win for me. Hope you like our talk. We spoke so much, we decided to release this ep on its own so we could release out Part 2 with WHEN EVIL LURKS separately.Conversation detours include: Preference for audiobooks, Mom's making art (check out gsoglassworks.com)! My Eye Doctor, Mac doesn't know about rollerball typewriters, connections to The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Double plus chemic...

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117:09

THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977) & 100 BLOODY ACRES:...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/06/27

WoHos!What a fun discussion this was!We looked at Wes Craven's Hill People cannibal fest, THE HILLS HAVE EYES from 1977 and the truly hilarious modern Aussie horror comedy, 100 BLOODY ACRES.Sidebars include:What a pretty color combo orange and blue areIntrusive thoughts and number OCDDo men not know how women's biology work?The ridiculous state of affairs for women's health int he US in 2024.Next time we are covering two films that can only be described as Grim AF: BRAZIL from 1985 and WHEN E...

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74:28

eXistenZ: Episode 139: Squishy Body Horror Part 2:...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/06/14

WoHos!We go on quite a ramble on a number of subjects. Definitely check out the Chapter Markers for this one, if you are just here for the film talk.I make a number of references to the first conversation we had about eXistenZ. By way of explanation, awhile back, we had paired eXistenZ with TETSUO: THE IRON MAN, but the episode was lost. We are splitting our body horror shows into squishy body horror and metallic body horror. Part 1 of squishy was SOCIETY and for our metallic series, we...

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61:52

SOCIETY: Episode 138: Squishy Body Horror Part 1

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/06/09

WoHos!What with summer schedules being what they are, we were only able to record the first of our Squishy Body Horror flicks, SOCIETY. We will release eXistenZ next week.We hope you enjoy! Support the Show.Interstitial Music Works is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/Theme by Charles Michel "Aqui"Interstitial MusicKumiko (edited)Coma-MediaSubscribe to the Podcast for a Special shout-out!World of Hor...

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76:57

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: Bonus Episode 137 with...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/06/01

WoHos! Q-Balls!Ms. Q is back to talk with me about how her Introduction to Film students reacted to this film. It was nice to revisit this classic and we had a nice ramble about their perceptive insights.We also are such fans of Brooke Smith and Ted Levine as well as Jonathan Demme's direction and Tak Fujimoto's cinematography.We also talk about the minor car accident Quinn was in (she's fine), the difference between Quinn's and my brain, the TV show my dead mom would have loved, Mac's amazin...

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47:49

CHOPPING MALL: Bonus Episode 136 with Chrissy...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/05/24

WoHos!We had a blast talking to our new friend, Chrissy Champagne from Residue: A True Crime Podcast (go subscribe!) She brought a banger of a film that Means the World of Horror™ to her!We discussed the very strange and very 80's SciFi Mall Slasher (Yes, we're classing it as a slasher! Fight us!) Horny Comedy: CHOPPING MALL.If you haven't watched it or havn't watched it for awhile, then what are you even doing?Go watch it and then go download all of Chrissy's eps and subscribe to her on Inst...

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66:53

ALLIGATOR & THE EDGE: BONUS Episode 135 It Means the...

World of Horror with Mom & Mac ·

2024/05/11

WoHos!Stefan is back to share two of his favorite childhood watches: ALLIGATOR & THE EDGE!!Stefan is a filmmaker and podcaster located in Hamilton, Ontario. Although we are split on CRAWL, ROGUE, and BLACKWATER, I encourage you all to check these movies out if you are interested in Alligator or Crocodile-attack movies. And of course, LAKE PLACID.We rambled a bit (time codes below)::25 Beartalk<<2:49 Spoiler for COCAINE BEAR>>3:46 ALLIGATOR is a weird movie!13:18 The Fluke Man ...

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