31 Days of Horror
When three friends shared their mutual love of horror during the never ending lockdowns of 2020, Pod of the Damned was born - little did they know the journey they would embark upon, would change them forevermore. As the never ending lockdowns continued to ravage their hometown into the following year, this intrepid trio never faulted. Against all odds they waded through the guts, the gore, the celluloid screams and spine tapping scares - and never stopped pushing through the diverse landscape that is the horror genre.
This is their story.
Who are we?
Emma Beddows is our resident Doctor of pop-culture and a lover of all things spooky. Her relationship with horror was rocky to start, and she still remembers sleepless nights spent in fear that Pennywise the clown or H R Giger’s Alien was waiting just around the corner of her bedroom door. Over the years her fear turned into fascination and she eventually made peace with her nemesis Pennywise, reprising his image for a Halloween costume competition (which she obviously won). She now sleeps with the lights off.
Shawry’s horror journey started way too young. At the tender age of 7 he was shown Jaws, and The Blob remake which, rather than deter him, lit a fire, like a burning Wicker Man, that made horror his passion. Whether it’s reading, writing, or watching, horror consumes Shawry’s days to the extent that Halloween is a bigger deal in his house than Christmas. Shawry does enjoy the schlock in horror more than anything, which you’ll learn as the episodes come out. Slumber Party Massacre 2 rules!
Dean Arcuri (our resident busy homosexual) is often shocked when people think his obsession with horror is just a jump to the left, when it is really a step in the right - direction! From the jump scares and intense music to cinematography and camp characters it is right up his alley, where that stranger is lurking in the shadows. While he admits his obsession with the genre got mixed with his homo side through the years (literally every vampire film is homoerotic – prove him wrong), he can’t get enough of horror from the camp to the vamp and more. Dean puts the gay in gateway to hell!
And we need to give a massive shoutout to Elroy, for creatively editing our spunky faces onto the iconic movie posters and scenes on this webpage and in our social media.
lISTEN
Our first episode drops Friday 1st October via Spotify & hopefully one day, we will be approved by Apple Podcasts!
Episode themes
1/10 Episode 1 - Horrorigin
2/10 Episode 2 - Why Horror?
3/10 Episode 3 - Oz Horror (Part 1)
The Babadook (2014)
Body Melt (1993)
4/10 Episode 4 - Oz Horror (Part 2)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Long Weekend (1978)
The Loved Ones (2009)
5/10 Episode 5 - Birthday Horror
Don’t Panic (1987)
The Banana Splits (2019)
Happy Death Day (2017)
6/10 Episode 6 - Found Footage (Part 1)
Host (2020)
Lake Mungo (2008)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
7/10 Episode 7 - Found Footage (Part 2)
[REC] (2007)
Hell House LLC (2015)
Paranormal Activity (2007)
8/10 Episode 8 - Horror Sequels
Gremlins 2 : The New Batch (1990)
The Slumber Party Massacre 2 (1987)
Halloween 3 : Season of the Witch (1982)
9/10 Episode 9 - Queer Horror
Jennifer’s Body (2009)
Cruising (1980)
BIT (2019)
10/10 Episode 10 - Possession horror (Part 1)
Childs Play (1998)
The Conjuring (2013)
The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
11/10 Episode 11 - Possession horror (Part 2)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Anything for Jackson (2020)
Hereditary (2018)
12/10 Episode 12 - Foreign Horror (Part 1)
Ringu (1998)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
13/10 Episode 13 - Foreign Horror (Part 2)
Impetigore (2019)
Julia’s Eyes (2010)
Noroi : The Curse (2005)
14/10 Episode 14 - Anthology horror
Creep Show (1982)
Creepshow : The House of the Head (2020)
Tales from the Hood (1995)
Tales from the Crypt: "Dig That Cat… He's Real Gone" (1989)
15/10 Episode 15 - Creepypasta
16/10 Episode 16 - Monters : Vampires
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Near Dark (1987)
The Lost Boys (1987)
17/10 Episode 17 - Monsters : Werewolves
American Werewolf in London (1981)
Ginger Snaps (2000)
Teen Wolf (1985)
18/10 Episode 18 - Monsters : Human monsters
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Freaks (1932)
Misery (1990)
19/10 Episode 19 - Folklore Horror (Part 1)
The Witches (1990)
The Wickerman (1973)
The VVitch (2015)
20/10 Episode 20 - Folklore Horror (Part 2)
Midsommar (2019)
Kandisha (2020)
The Ritual (2017)
21/10 Episode 21 - Psychological Horror (Part 1)
Stepfather (1987)
The Invitation (2015)
Split (2016)
22/10 Episode 22 - Psychological Horror (Part 2)
The Guest (2014)
The Shining (1980)
Black Swan (2010)
23/10 Episode 23 - Zombies (Part 1)
Zombie Strippers (2008)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
24/10 Episode 24 - Zombies (Part 2)
28 Days Later (2002)
The Battery (2012)
Train to Busan (2016)
25/10 Episode 25 - Evil Kids
The Good Son (1993)
The Omen (1976)
Eli (2019)
26/10 Episode 26 - Horror Comedy
Army of Darkness (1992)
Braindead/Dead Alive (1992)
Little Monsters (2019)
27/10 Episode 27 - Slashers (Part 1)
Scream (1996)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 : Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
Friday the 13th Part VII : The New Blood (1988)
28/10 Episode 28 - Slashers (Part 2)
Scream 2 (1997)
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
The Final Girls (2015)
29/10 Episode 29 - Horror Classics (Part 1)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Nosferatu (1922)
30/10 Episode 30 - Horror Classics (Part 2)
Halloween (1978)
Psycho (1960)
Get Out (2017)
31/10 Episode 31 - You decide!
Contact
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