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September 18, 2021 54 mins
Show notes:
In which Carla explores the horror subgenre found footage, and its subgenre internet horror

Creepypasta: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/
https://www.reddit.com/r/creepypasta/
https://www.reddit.com/r/creepygaming
https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep
Ted the Caver: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Ted_the_Caver
https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/
Slender Man: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Slender_Man

My Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/claradox/
My Letterboxd “found footage” horror tag https://letterboxd.com/claradox/tag/found-footage/films/
My Letterboxd “internet horror” tag https://letterboxd.com/claradox/tag/internet-horror/films/
My Letterboxd There Might Be Cupcakes Movie List: https://letterboxd.com/claradox/list/there-might-be-cupcakes/
Paris catacombs: https://www.catacombes.paris.fr/en

Reading suggestions: (Audible link to get a free month and a free book: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R)
Behind the Horror: True Stories That Inspired Horror Movies by Dr. Lee Mellor Audible narrated by Adam Sims https://amzn.to/2YYubjb | to get it free with an Audible trial https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R
“The Forbidden” (Candyman) in the Books of Blood vol. 5, aka In the Flesh by Clive Barker Audible https://amzn.to/3tQHPQU narrated by Jeffrey Kafer, Melissa Exelberth, Scott O'Neill, and Vanessa Hart.
Extra credit: Faculty of Horror: Episode 84: Summer of Plague Part 1: [•REC](2007) and [•REC 2] (2009) https://www.facultyofhorror.com/2020/05/episode-84-summer-of-plague-pt-1-contamination-•rec-2007-and-•rec²2009/
Referenced: Journey to the Center of the Earth by H. G. Wells, narrated by Tim Curry https://amzn.to/3hKSRCt


Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
All included movie trailed owned by their respective copyrights. Edited by me for brevity, to avoid spoilers, and to maximize the creepiness factor.
 
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