The Horror Agenda

Adherence to the curriculum is...I mean the agenda is key. Yes, this week on the Horror Agenda we're the covering the 2017 short film The Sub directed by Dan Samiljan and co-written by Dan Samiljan and Dave Cain. 

We talk teaching in the US, Stepford Wives, children's television and alien assimilation.

This week Carlos recommends the 2024 Dev Patel film Monkey Man.

Victor recommends the found fo...

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week on the podcast, we cover a short film about a podcast. A short film called Meet Jimmy, written by Tim Koomen and directed by David-Jan Bronsgeest.

You can watch the film on Vimeo. You can also watch it on Short of the Week.

During our episode we reference this piece by Joey Paur on Geeky Tyrant.

We also reference this Hollywood Reporter piece by Etan Vlessing...

Happy (early/belated) Juneteeth everybody. Let's celebrate at a cabin in the woods! No...yeah that's probably for the best.
Welcome back listeners! This week we're covering previously recommended film the Blackening (2022) directed by Tim Story and written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins (who also stars). This hilarious horror comedy was a ROMP.

It is based on this short: https://youtu.be/QOPwQdDu-...

Now that you've officially reached episode 9 of season two, it's time to let you into the podcast secret. Meet your sentinal! Yes, we're covering the 2018 short film Special Day written by Nikolai Von Keller and directed by Teal Greyhavens. (In the beginning of the episode we do get the date wrong but correct it in the end and official here in the show notes.) You can learn more about the writer's and director&a...

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda and this week we are covering Happy Death Day.
Welcome back to the Horror... Agenda and... this week we are covering Happy Death Day.
Welcome back...yes we are covering the 2017 time  loop slasher Happy Death Day directed by Christopher Landon and written by Scott Lobdell. Some of the trivia in today's episode comes from IMDb.com.

We reference this Wrap piece by Drew Taylor an...

CW: discussion of sexual assault and abuse.

Listeners beware, something is very very wrong in London. Join us as we discuss the 2016 horror short film written and directed by Rob Savage, with story by Jed Sheperd.

The short got on our radar through a blog post from Screencraft by David Young.

You can watch the short on Vimeo here, with instructions to best listen from the director.

We referenc...

Hey Molly's, this week we're totally excited to cover the 2023 film Totally Killer. We had fun talking time travel, the 80s, the soundtrack and the usually horror agenda items. This film is directed by Nahnatchka Khan. It is written by David Matalon & Sasha Perl-Raver and Jen D’Angelo.

We reference this Hollywood Reporter article from Brian Davids, which features discussion of the mask with Dir. Nahnatchka Kh...

*plays tape* You are listening to the Horror Agenda. A horror podcast hosted by Carlos and Victor. You are humanity's last hope. You must discuss 2023 horror short written and directed by Caleb J. Phillips. *tape ends*

You can find Play Me on YouTube here.
You can find more about writer and director Caleb J. Phillips here.

Carlos and Victor get silly and talk Driver's License by Olivia Rodrigo and a ...

Welcome Back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2019 short film Finley directed by J. Zachary Thurman. It was co-written by Maddison Stroud and J. Zachary Thurman. You watch the short here.

You can find more about J. Zachary Thurman here.
We discuss a 2023 interview by Feliz Vasquez for Cinema Crazed here.
We also reference a 2019 Gruesome Magazine piece by Joseph Perry here.
We also mention a WhatCu...

Submitted for the Approval of the Horror Agenda listeners, this week we cover Are You Afraid of the Dark? : The Tale of the Dead Man's Float (1995).

This episode is directed by DJ MacHale (show co-creator) and written by Will Dixon.

We open the episode with a Screen Rant article by Stephen Lagioia.

We also reference a Collider article and the Twilight Zone connection by Rhianna Malas.

This...

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. Time to pucker up as we cover the 2020 short film Kissed written and directed by  Elwood Quincy Walker.

You can find more from the Writer/Director Elwood Quincy Walker on his website or his Vimeo here.
You can watch Kissed on his website or on the Alter YouTube channel.

This week Victor recommends: The Gate (1987) a horror fantasy directed by Tibor Takács.
Carlos recom...

Welcome back to Season 2 of the Horror Agenda. Listener beware, you’re in for a scare. We time-travel back to 1996 to a popular episode of the 90s TV series Goosebumps covering Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes episode. 

We reference the Goosebumps fandom wiki here.
We discuss this 2015 piece from Vice by Kaleigh Rogers here.
We also reference this Bustle piece from 2016 by Sabienna Bowman here.
We also reference an editorial f...

Welcome to the LAST episode of the Horror Agenda for 2023 as we cover Zombie Musical (2011) written and directed by the late Ryan McHenry. Listeners of a certain age may know him as the creator behind the Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal Vines. We cover this short and discuss it, briefly, in relation to the feature it became: Anna and the Apocalypse. 

Several points of our discussion were drawn from this Entertainmen...

Welcome to the penultimate episode of 2023 here at the Horror Agenda. We wanted to get into the spirit of season and cover the 2022 short directed by Christopher Ryan Laughter and written by Michael Wielock.

You can watch the short on Alter here: https://youtu.be/-0zw12ijz8g
You can find more on Laughter here: http://www.chrislaughter.com/snow-globe 

While not a central part of the episode we wanted to share ...

Welcome to the Horror Agenda as we go to prison. Yes, this week's episode features prominently in a prison. We cover the story of a killer, who is NOT the titular character in Horacio (2020) in this animated short written and directed by Caroline Cherrier. He forgot why he did what he did...or did he?

We found the short via Short of the Week: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2023/07/17/horacio/

You can find mor...

We're starting off the month of December with Dylan Clark's Portrait of God (2022) here at the Horror Agenda.

You can watch the short on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/BI9fKfX5V68
Writer and Director Dylan Clark recommends watching on Vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/744201078
Dylan Clark made a short film about the making of Portrait of God available here: https://youtu.be/GLDitKQDjUg
You can follow t...

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda! This week we cover the 2022 short film Girl at Party written and directed by Jess O'Kane. 
You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/9ycgQGeL710
You can follow Jess O'Kane here: https://www.jessokane.com/
We learned about this short from Short of the Week as well: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2023/10/27/girl-at-party/
NOTE: There were some sound issues in this episo...

Have you ever had a original idea? Have you ever had one so beautiful and so powerful it caused heads to explode?? If yes, you may need to reach out to Barry before the CIA finds you. 
This week on the Horror Agenda we have an episode on the 2018 short written and directed by N'Cee Van Heerden and we get deep.

You can watch the short on Alter on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/qhufXt3AapU

N'Cee Van He...

Welcome Back to another episode of the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2015 AJ Briones film 'The Smiling Man.' While there is no dialogue this film has a lot to say.

 You can see more of AJ Briones' work on his website here: http://www.ajbriones.com/filmography

You can watch the film on the Alter Youtube channel here: https://youtu.be/zk-eY5S1Nck

The interview we discuss from World of...