We’re back and we’re hiding behind the sofa. Sure, the monsters, masked killers, and mutants can probably find us back here, but it still feels safer for some reason. Fear is rarely a rational thing, so why should our response to it be?
Main Topic: Horror For the Nervous
This episode came about when Scott was playing The Between with Josephine McAdam over on Ain’t Slayed Nobody and she mentioned that she rarely watches or reads horror media because she finds it upsetting. Given how many horror projects Josephine has been involved with, this seemed like something worth exploring, so we pitched the concept of “horror for the nervous” to her.
As we’ve explored in other episodes, horror is about as divisive as genres get. While plenty of us love ghosts, ghouls, and gore, there are good reasons why others don’t. We’ve never really explored how you might engage with horror if you find it frightening, as it’s not something we’ve had to deal with ourselves, so Josephine’s insights have been enlightening.
Our Guest Host
We are delighted to welcome Josephine McAdam to the Good Friends. As well as her many, many actual play appearances on series like LA By Night and Eclipse RPG, Josephine is an actor who has appeared in horror films such as The Mortuary Collection and Scare Package. You can find her streaming regularly on Twitch, and on various social media platforms, as JCVIM. You will also be able to see Josephine touring the UK later this year with Chaosium, playing live games of Call of Cthulhu.
Links
Things we mention in this episode include:
* The Between
* Ain’t Slayed Nobody
* The Shining (1980)
* The Appeal of Horror
* Is Horror Dangerous?
* Everything is Horror
* Elder Entertainment
* The Hounds of Tindalos
* Dancer in the Dark (2000)
* Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
* Joker (2019)
* Threads (1984)
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