World of Horror with Mom & Mac

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 (BATTLE ROYALE from Japan and THE BELKO EXPERIMENT); Haunted Houses (THE HOUSE AT THE END OF TIME from Venezuela and BEETLEJUICE). Special episodes feature foundational international horror films or guests who come on to highlight a film that "Means the World of Horror" to them. https://linktr.ee/WorldofHorror

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episode 15: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN/LET ME IN Episode 15: The (Not a) Girl Next Door


This week Mac and I looked at the 2008 Swedish vampire film LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and the 2010 American remake LET ME IN. Who had more love for the remake? What version of the helper is the best?  How about that lake scene and why did the American version cut out all of Owen's friends?

We also discussed the downsides of dating an immortal and Mom gets a little choked up thinking about the unlikely friendship between Elliott and E. T...


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 February 18, 2021  1h24m
 
 

episode 14: SHADOW OF A DOUBT, WAIT UNTIL DARK Episode 14: Subverting Tropes: Muppets are So Meta


Last Week Mac and I looked at "Funny Games" and in this mini, Quinn and I talk vintage home invasion movies, horror movies that subvert tropes and good fourth wall breakers...


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 February 10, 2021  33m
 
 

episode 13: FUNNY GAMES (1997 & 2007) Episode 13: You Talkin' to Me?


Hey, WoHos! 

We're Back with Season 2! This week we watched Michael Haneke's 1997 Austrian and 2007 American film, Funny Games. Mac liked Tim Roth, but Mom far preferred Ulrich Muhe (RIP). 

Who is this movie for, exactly? What is the point? Why are there two versions?...You tell us because we were really not sure.

We are moving to a twice/month format with minisodes on the off weeks...


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 February 4, 2021  1h1m
 
 

episode 12: VERTIGO & MARNIE Episode 12: Omphalophobia, The Fear of Belly Buttons


Welcome, WoHo's! It's Quinntage #1: A segment where Quinn comes by and classes up the joint and lends her experience with older/vintage horror films to the films Mac and I yammer on about in the main episodes. I hope you enjoy and if you have some thoughts, please get in touch on Instagram, Twitter or email (worldofhorror96@gmail.com)

Next week Mac and I are back with Episode 1 of Season 2. We'll be talking about the two versions of Funny Games...


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 January 28, 2021  38m
 
 

episode 11: TAXIDERMIA & TUMBBAD Episode 11: Austria & India


WoHos! It's the end...of Season One. Mac watched "Taxidermia" and Mom watched "Tumbbad". Mac doesn't think Mom should watch his watch Mom things EVERYONE should watch HER watch.

We looked back at the movies we reviewed in Season 1...


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 January 22, 2021  1h21m
 
 

episode 10: THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE, CRONOS & CULTURE SHOCK Episode 10: Mexico


This week we watched movies from Mexico and got real del Toro with it. Our all-watch was "The Devil's Backbone". Mom watched "Cronos", but gives a special shout out to "Here Comes the Devil" and Mac watched "Culture Shock". We also had a lovely chat with Devin, who has some actual credentials!

Next week we are closing out Season 1 with one pick each. Mom is reviewing a movie from India and Mac has chosen a movie from Austria...


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 January 15, 2021  1h58m
 
 

episode 9: LAST ONES OUT, THE SOUL COLLECTOR & HOUSE ON WILLOW STREET Episode 9: Africa


This week our all-watch was the disappointing "28 Days Later" ripoff, "The Last Ones Out". Mom watched "The Soul Collector" and Mac watched "The House on Willow Street". We also had a round of "Completely Worthless WoH Trivia" since we have watched 20 films so far and Mom read our very first listener mail!! If you would like to get in touch with us, we wish you would. We are on Instagram and Twitter and our email is worldofhorror96@gmail.com...


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 January 7, 2021  1h32m
 
 

episode 8: THE RING (1998 & 2002) Episode 8: All's Well That Ends's Well


WoHo's This week we watched "Ringu" from Japan and "The Ring" from the US.

We had a little technical difficulty just at the end of the discussion between Mom and Mac. For the record, Mom is permanently scarred by the horse scene in "The Ring" and we both gave the remake 3 video tapes and the orig 4 video tapes although we thought there were definite problems with both movies (and that both were pretty great, too)...


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 December 31, 2020  1h58m
 
 

episode 7: BETTER WATCH OUT, ANNA & THE APOCALYPSE & THE DAY OF THE BEAST Episode 7: Christmas Means Carnage Part 2:


We watched Christmas flicks this week, WoHos! Our all-watch is the 1974 Canadian classic slasher, "Black Christmas" AKA "A Stranger in the House" (covered in episode 6: Christmas Means Carnage Part 1).

This Part 2 covers our individual watches...


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 December 25, 2020  1h32m
 
 

episode 6: BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) Episode 6: Christmas Means Carnage Part 1


WoHos!!! So much content this week! This is part one of the pod where we cover the 1974 Canadian Classic Slasher, "Black Christmas". Mac gives Mom a gift and we welcome a new sponsor: HushDuds!!

In part two we cover our individual watches: "El Dia de la Bestia", "Anna and the Apocalypse" and "Better Watch Out"...


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 December 24, 2020  50m