Know Fear Cast

04/06/2024

Know Fear is on a summer hiatus after a brief series on fun and games in horror. Be careful out there on vacation, especially if you'll be in the water!

Meanwhile, over on the Monster, She Wrote Podcast, in their most recent episode, Lisa and Mel talk with award-winning author Cynthia Pelayo about horror and genre-blending.

In their next episode, they will be discussing Pelayo's latest novel: FORGOTTEN SISTERS.

Episodes are available for free from your favorite podcast app every other week. Thank you for listening!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interview-with-author-cynthia-pelayo/id1498646080?i=1000657010899

24/05/2024

This week's episode follows up on the theme of "Fun and Games" horror with a discussion of the film WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR (2021).

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening!

‎Show The Know Fear Cast, Ep Fun and Games Part 2: We're All Going to the World's Fair - May 20, 2024

16/05/2024

The Know Fear Cast is in the middle of a short series on games and horror. In the most recent episode, Matt and Lisa discussed the history of the theme, and they recommended a few of their favorites.

Meanwhile, on the Monster, She Wrote Podcast this week, Lisa and Mel are discussing Tanith Lee's short story BEAUTY from her 1983 collection RED AS BLOOD.

Episodes of both podcasts are available for free every other week from your podcatcher of choice. Thank you for listening!

‎Show The Monster She Wrote Podcast, Ep Tanith Lee's "Beauty" - May 14, 2024

20/04/2024

The Know Fear Cast is in the middle of a short Master of Horror series on Ray Bradbury.

Meanwhile, over on the Monster, She Wrote Podcast, Lisa and Mel recently talked with Gwendolyn Kiste about her latest novel THE HAUNTING OF VELKWOOD.

Episodes are available every other week for free from your favorite podcatcher app.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interview-with-gwendolyn-kiste/id1498646080?i=1000652596770

09/04/2024

In the most recent episode of the Monster, She Wrote Podcast, Lisa and Mel take a break from regular programming and talk about things they've enjoyed reading and watching lately that they haven't mentioned on the podcast. They talk about sharks, puns, the return of classic horror in contemporary media, and other fascinating topics.

Episodes are available every other week for free from your favorite podcatcher. Thank you for listening!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-your-tbr-pile/id1498646080?i=1000651169583

05/04/2024

We've finished our watch-through of Mike Flanagan's MIDNIGHT MASS! If you haven't gotten around to watching the Netflix show or listening to our discussions of it yet, there's no wait now for our impressions.

Next up, we have another Master of Horror before we dive into a new thematic series.

Episodes are available every other week for free from your favorite podcast app. Thank you for listening!

‎Show The Know Fear Cast, Ep Midnight Mass Part 4: Revelation - Mar 25, 2024

08/03/2024

While the Know Fear Cast is focusing on Mike Flanagan's series MIDNIGHT MASS, over on the Monster, She Wrote Podcast, in the most recent episode, Lisa and Mel discuss Kelly Link's masterfully ambiguous story STONE ANIMALS.

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcast app.

16/02/2024

We've finished up our discussion of Mike Flanagan's series THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, so we are now turning to another one of his series: MIDNIGHT MASS (2021). In the most recent episode of the podcast, Matt and Mel discuss the first two episodes.

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcast app.

‎Show The Know Fear Cast, Ep Midnight Mass Episodes 1 and 2 - Feb 12, 2024

09/02/2024

In the latest installment of The Monster, She Wrote Podcast, Lisa and Mel discuss Tanith Lee's novella LOUISA THE POISONER in all its Gothic excess.

Episodes are available for free from your favorite podcast app.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tanith-lees-louisa-the-poisoner/id1498646080?i=1000644334398

02/02/2024

The Know Fear podcast recently finished up our series on Mike Flanagan's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER with a discussion of the final two episodes.

Meanwhile, the latest installment of The Monster, She Wrote Podcast had Lisa and Mel celebrating 100 episodes!

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcatcher app.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-100th-episode/id1498646080?i=1000642613998

17/01/2024

We have returned from our holiday break to resume our watch-through of Netflix's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER! Our latest discussion focuses on the 5th and 6th episodes of Mike Flanagan's adaptation.

Episodes are available every other week for free from your favorite podcast app. And as always, thanks for listening!

‎Show The Know Fear Cast, Ep Fall of the House of Usher Part 3 - Jan 16, 2024

13/12/2023

Before they take a break for the holiday season, over on the Monster, She Wrote Podcast, Lisa and Mel discuss a winter ghost tale by Ada Buisson: THE GHOST'S SUMMONS (1868).

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcast app.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ada-buissons-the-ghosts-summons/id1498646080?i=1000638294442

03/12/2023

For their 98th episode of The Monster, She Wrote Podcast, Mel and Lisa discuss Rachel Harrison's THE RETURN (2020).

Episodes are available for free from your favorite podcatcher every other week.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rachel-harrisons-the-return/id1498646080?i=1000636763543

27/11/2023

If you've watched Mike Flanagan's latest show THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER on Netflix, you'll be ready for our latest series of episodes! Mel and Lisa kick the new theme off with a discussion of the first two episodes of the TV program and many Poe Easter eggs.

Episodes are available every other week for free from your favorite podcast app.

‎Show The Know Fear Cast, Ep Fall of the House of Usher Part 1 - Nov 20, 2023

20/11/2023

Last week on The Monster, She Wrote Podcast, Lisa and Mel rang in the post-Halloween fall and winter spooky season with a discussion of one of Edith Wharton's final stories: ALL SOULS' (1937). 👻 If you're a fan of slow-burn uncanny and atmospheric stories, this one is for you.

Episodes are available for free from your favorite podcatcher. If you like what you hear, please rate and review the show. It helps other listeners find us.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/edith-whartons-all-souls/id1498646080?i=1000634753699

13/11/2023

In the latest episode, and the last one in the series on trapped horror, Matt, Mel, and Lisa discussed a few movies that involve characters being trapped in nature or by natural events.

Listen to the next episode to see if the hosts were able to escape this theme and start a new series. Episodes are available every other week for free from your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening!

‎Show The Know Fear Cast, Ep Trapped Horror: Nature - Nov 6, 2023

01/11/2023

In this week's episode of the Monster, She Wrote Podcast, Lisa and Mel discussed how they prepare for and celebrate Halloween and recommended a few scary stories along the way.

Episodes are available for free from your podcatcher of choice. Thanks for listening!

‎Show The Monster She Wrote Podcast, Ep Halloween Special - Oct 31, 2023

27/10/2023

Matt, Mel, and Lisa are still caught in their theme of trapped horror! They've discussed its history and a few early examples. But in their most recent episode, they take on a particular incarnation: workplace trapped horror. Lisa and Matt break down the transition from domestic to workplace traps with a focus on the Apple TV+ series SEVERANCE.

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening!

‎Show The Know Fear Cast, Ep Trapped Horror: Workplace Horror - Oct 23, 2023

20/09/2023

There's a new episode out on The Monster, She Wrote Podcast! This one finds Mel and Lisa endeavoring to make sense of Star Trek: The Next Generation's infamous 7th season Gothic episode: SUB ROSA (1994).

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcatcher.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lisa-does-the-unthinkable-watches-star-trek-aka-our/id1498646080?i=1000628416823

13/09/2023

New episode this week!

Matt, Mel, and Lisa kick off their 8th season of Know Fear with a break from the regular schedule of topic series to talk about what they've been reading, watching, and enjoying recently.

Episodes are available for free anywhere podcasts are streamed. Thanks for listening!

‎Show The Know Fear Cast, Ep Recommendations - Sep 11, 2023

10/09/2023

There's a new episode out on The Monster, She Wrote Podcast! In this one, Mel and Lisa discuss the Gothic horror of Rosalind Ashe's MOTHS (1976), a novel about ghostly possession set in a haunted house.

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcatcher.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rosalind-ashes-moths/id1498646080?i=1000626821206

02/09/2023

We have a new episode this week! For the finale for our summer of Crichton, we discuss the movie WESTWORLD (1973), written and directed by... Michael Crichton.

Episodes are available for free every other week from your preferred podcast app. Thanks for listening!

‎Show The Know Fear Cast, Ep Summer of Crichton: Westworld - Aug 28, 2023

23/08/2023

There's a new episode over on the Monster, She Wrote Podcast this week! In this one, Lisa and Mel follow up their previous episode's discussion of Daphne du Maurier's novel MY COUSIN RACHEL (1951) with a look at the 2017 film adaptation directed by Roger Michell.

Episodes are available for free every other week from your preferred podcast app. Thank you for listening!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-cousin-rachel-2017-film/id1498646080?i=1000625248118

17/08/2023

We are back from our summer break with a new episode this week! In this one, Mel and Lisa discuss Michael Crichton's THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN and its 1971 adaptation, directed by Robert Wise.

Episodes are available for free from your favorite podcatcher.

‎Show The Know Fear Cast, Ep Summer of Crichton: Andromeda Strain - Aug 14, 2023

04/08/2023

Know Fear has been on a summer hiatus, but don't worry, we will return with a new episode later this month.

Meanwhile, this summer, over on The Monster, She Wrote Podcast, Lisa and Mel have continued discussing dark fiction by women writers. They also interviewed Sadie Hartmann (aka Mother Horror) about her upcoming book 101 HORROR BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU'RE MURDERED, which is coming out August 8!

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcatcher app.

‎Show The Monster She Wrote Podcast, Ep Interview with Sadie Hartmann - Jul 11, 2023

03/07/2023

We hope you're having a restful extended holiday weekend that includes time with friends and family, and perhaps a viewing of JAWS.

In the meantime, here is a reminder of last week's new episode of The Monster, She Wrote Podcast. In it, Lisa and Mel discussed Nadia Bulkin's short story WISH YOU WERE HERE.

The story is available online at Nightmare Magazine; there is a link in the comments.

‎Show The Monster She Wrote Podcast, Ep Nadia Bulkin's "Wish You Were Here" - Jun 27, 2023

22/06/2023

With the 30th anniversary of JURASSIC PARK (1993), we've decided to take a little summer detour into the work of Michael Crichton. Matt and Mel kick us off with a discussion of the dinosaur classic directed by Steven Spielberg.

Episodes are available every other week for free from your favorite podcatcher. Thanks for listening!

‎Show The Know Fear Cast, Ep Summer of Crichton: Jurassic Park - Jun 19, 2023

10/06/2023

In this week's new episode, Matt and Mel revisit the horror-comedy ARACHNOPHOBIA (1990). They share their initial experiences with the movie from when they were kids and discuss how it qualifies as small town horror and why spiders make good stars for creature features.

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcatcher. Thanks for listening!

‎Show The Know Fear Cast, Ep Animals Part 5: Arachnophobia - Jun 5, 2023

30/05/2023

This week on The Monster, She Wrote Podcast, Mel and Lisa take a break from discussing fiction. Instead, they talk about their reading preferences, including formats, quirks, bookmarks, favorite genres, and more!

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcast app.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-to-know-lisa-and-mel-reader-edition/id1498646080?i=1000614973785

23/05/2023

In this week's new episode, Lisa and Mel discuss LAKE PLACID (1999) and marvel over Betty White's performance.

Episodes are available every other week for free from your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening!

‎Show The Know Fear Cast, Ep Animals Part Four: Lake Placid - May 23, 2023