About this episode

Emily C. Hughes joins Stephanie Gagnon to explore the unsettling aspects of suburban horror in literature and film.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Stephanie Gagnon

Guest: Emily C. Hughes

Topics covered

• suburban horror
• psychological horror
• literature
• film analysis
• cultural commentary

Keywords

• suburban horror
• Emily C. Hughes
• The Stepford Wives
• horror fiction
• psychological thriller

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Stepford Wives, Blue Velvet, The Burbs, I Saw the TV Glow, Safe, Donnie Darko, Edward Scissorhands, Virgin Suicides, Arcadia, X-Files

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