The Anatomy of Fear

Episode 22 | 2023 in Review Thanks for joining the Anatomy of Fear for another episode. Today, just Alan and Brandon as we talk about 2023 in horror, and probably get sidetracked about random stuff along the way. Join us online at ⁠https://anatomyoffear.com/⁠ and on Facebook at ⁠https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/⁠. Also, you can now email us at ⁠anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com⁠. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out. Feeling extra generous? You can support us financially right here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support Music: Our intro and outro music comes under Creative Commons license, and awesome work from the artist can be found at ⁠http://www.nihilore.com/license --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

Episode 21 | The Sadness and Speak No Evil Thanks for joining the Anatomy of Fear for another episode. If you listened to our 2022 year-end review, Alan and I disagreed more than they ever have before, but specifically about two of our top picks: The Sadness and Speak No Evil. On this episode, we do a little deeper dive on these films. And FYI: there will be spoilers, so you've been warned. Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out. Feeling extra generous? You can support us financially right here on Anchor by visiting: https://anchor.fm/anatomyoffear/support Music: Our intro and outro music comes under Creative Commons license, and awesome work from the artist can be found at http://www.nihilore.com/license --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

Episode 20 | A Year in Horror: 2022 Horror Review It's that time of year: list time! Yaaay! In this episode, hosts Alan and Brandon run through our favorite (and sometimes least-favorite) films of 2022. We may or may not get sidetracked and talk about other stuff too  Thanks for tuning in, and please get involved and give us your feedback. Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out. Feeling extra generous? You can support us financially right here on Anchor by visiting: https://anchor.fm/anatomyoffear/support Music: Our intro and outro music comes under Creative Commons license, and awesome work from the artist can be found at http://www.nihilore.com/license --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

Episode 19: Merry Christmas? A Deep Dive Into Silent Night and Anna and the Apocalypse Welcome to the ninteenth episode of The Anatomy of Fear. In this episode, hosts Alan and Brandon are feeling festive and dig into two of our favorite Christmas movies from the past few years: Silent Night and Anna and the Apocalypse. The audio on this episode may sound a tiny bit different from our usual episodes as I switched applications to edit. Let us know what you think. Thanks for tuning in, and please get involved and give us your feedback. Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out. Feeling extra generous? You can support us financially right here on Anchor by visiting: https://anchor.fm/anatomyoffear/support Music: Our intro and outro music comes under Creative Commons license, and awesome work from the artist can be found at http://www.nihilore.com/license --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

Episode 18: Hellraiser Retrospective Welcome to the eighteenth episode of The Anatomy of Fear. In this episode, hosts Alan and Brandon are breaking new ground: a franchise retrospective. I mean, why not eh? There's a new Hellraiser, so we watched them all and are here with our thoughts. I'm sure we'll offend and confuse many, so, enjoy! Thanks for tuning in, and please get involved and give us your feedback. Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out. Feeling extra generous? You can support us financially right here on Anchor by visiting: https://anchor.fm/anatomyoffear/support Music: Our intro and outro music comes under Creative Commons license, and awesome work from the artist can be found at http://www.nihilore.com/license --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

Episode 17: Thrillers Part 2 Welcome to the seventeenth episode of The Anatomy of Fear. In this episode, hosts Alan and Brandon continue their way through their top thriller movies. If you haven't heard the last episode, head on back to hear the overview and the top (er, or bottom?) of our top thriller films. Thanks for tuning in, and please get involved and give us your feedback. Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out. Music: Our intro and outro music comes under Creative Commons license, and awesome work from the artist can be found at http://www.nihilore.com/license --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

Episode 16: Thrillers Welcome to the sixteenth episode of The Anatomy of Fear. In this episode, your hosts Alan and Brandon discuss something we've talked about, um, talking about for a few years now: thrillers. What defines a thriller? How does it differ from horror? Maybe we answer that, or maybe we just talk about our favorite thrillers. Regardless, we're just happy you're here, so thanks for listening. Episode Outline: Introduction and Welcome What is a thriller? Themes/sub-genres Our lists Thanks for tuning in, and please get involved and give us your feedback. Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out. Music: Our intro and outro music comes under Creative Commons license, and awesome work from the artist can be found at http://www.nihilore.com/license --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

Episode 15: 2021 in Review Welcome to the fifteenth episode of The Anatomy of Fear. Welcome to our 2021 in review episode, along with our top 22 of '21, because hey, why not eh? Episode Outline: Introduction and Welcome 2021 in Review Themes Our Favorites of 2021: Picks 22-11 Music Break! Honorable Mentions Our Favorites of 2021: Picks 10-1 Thanks for tuning in, and please get involved and give us your feedback. Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out. Music: Our intro and outro music comes under Creative Commons license, and awesome work from the artist can be found at http://www.nihilore.com/license The song in the middle is from 1990s Colorado hardcore legends Kingpin. The song is Headstart. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

Episode 14: Friday the 13th Retro Welcome to the fourteenth episode of The Anatomy of Fear. On this episode, we do something that has never been done on a podcast before: do a ranking of the Friday the 13th franchise. Shocking, we know. But we're bold and wanted to try something totally original... Something fun for Halloween! Thanks for tuning in, and please get involved and give us your feedback. Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out. Music: Our intro and outro music comes under Creative Commons license, and awesome work from the artist can be found at http://www.nihilore.com/license The song in the middle is from 00s progressive metal band Driven Thru. All rights by me! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

He’s Gonna Need Therapy Episode Seven: Which Witch Welcome to episode seven of He’s Gonna Need Therapy. On this episode, we welcome you to this special episode: Which Witch! The Witchtacular! Witchpalooza! Show Outline Introduction and Welcome 1999s The Blair Witch Project 2015s The Witch 2020s Gretel and Hansel Coming Next Time We are proud to be part of the Dark Discussions Network! Some of the awesome shows on this network include: Dark Discussions Celluloid Dissections No More Room in Hell Cinema Attack Cut to the Chase His and Hers Movie Podcast NFW, and a ton more! Look for our episodes and all of these others on a podcast directory near you! Visit https://www.darkdiscussions.com/ to see all of this great content and more. Audio from trailers owned by the studios, of course. Intro music courtesy of Bensound: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

Episode 12: 2020 in Review Welcome to the thirteenth episode of The Anatomy of Fear, which is our 2020 spectacular. On this episode, we once again join you from Pandemic USA to talk about 2020 in film.  Episode Overview Welcome Episode Overview 2020 in Review Top 20 Films of 2020 Thanks for tuning in, and please get involved and give us your feedback. Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out. Music: Our intro and outro music comes under Creative Commons license, and awesome work from the artist can be found at http://www.nihilore.com/license The song in the middle is from 90s punk band Minimum Wage from Denver, Colorado. And I do have the rights to play this one. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

He’s Gonna Need Therapy Episode 6: The Shining and Doctor Sleep Welcome to episode six of He’s Gonna Need Therapy. On this episode, we discuss 1980s The Shining and 2019s Doctor Sleep. Show Outline Introduction and Welcome 1980s The Shining 2019s Doctor Sleep Coming Next Time We are proud to be part of the Dark Discussions Network! Some of the awesome shows on this network include: Dark Discussions Celluloid Dissections No More Room in Hell Cinema Attack Cut to the Chase His and Hers Movie Podcast NFW, and a ton more! Look for our episodes and all of these others on a podcast directory near you! Visit https://www.darkdiscussions.com/ to see all of this great content and more. Intro music courtesy of Bensound: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

He’s Gonna Need Therapy Episode 5: The Crow, Lovecraft Country, and 2001 Welcome to episode five of He’s Gonna Need Therapy. On this episode, we review 1994s The Crow, Lovecraft Country, and 1968s 2001 A Space Odyssey Show Outline Introduction and Welcome 1994s The Crow Lovecraft Country (2020) 1968s 2001 A Space Odyssey Coming Next Time We are proud to be part of the Dark Discussions Network! Some of the awesome shows on this network include: Dark Discussions Celluloid Dissections Cinema Attack Cut to the Chase His and Hers Movie Podcast NFW, and a ton more! Look for our episodes and all of these others on a podcast directory near you! Visit https://www.darkdiscussions.com/ to see all of this great content and more. Intro music courtesy of Bensound: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

It is easy to look at natural horror films about existing creatures and threats, but what about discoveries? When are new creatures considered natural? What about films like The Creature From The Black Lagoon, Godzilla, Tremors, The Meg, and the Silence? Are these natural horror films, and if so, what makes them natural? The episode also looks at the British TV show Fortitude, with a few spoilers.  This episode is a bit late, but it was already mostly done, so I'm putting it out anyway. I hope you enjoyed this series. Let us know if you'd like to see more stuff like this!  Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star  review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out. Intro music courtesy of Cory Chy. Find his music online at https://soundcloud.com/cory_chy and http://youtube.com/CoryChy Audio clips during our show are not ours, and permissions for those  belong to those who created them. We're not trying to steal anything,  and will give credit whenever we can. If you'd like us to remove  any  audio clips, please let us know and accept our apology. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

This episode is all about natural horror films featuring characters in an isolated setting. This type of natural horror film is the most popular kind of natural horror at the moment, and we can expect to see many more to come, for reasons explained in the episode! Movies discussed include: Cujo, Crawl, Open Water, The Reef, The Shallows, 47 Meters Down, The Canyon, Backcountry, Frozen, this year's Outback, and others. Natural Horror November is almost over, but I hope you've been enjoying it so far! A list of natural horror films   is available on our blog,  anatomyoffear.com, in case you want  recommendations. We will be watching  natural horror films all month,   and if you want to participate, use the  hashtag  #NaturalHorrorNovember. Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star    review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out. Intro music courtesy of Cory Chy. Find his music online at https://soundcloud.com/cory_chy and http://youtube.com/CoryChy Audio clips during our show are not ours, and permissions for those belong to those who created them. We're not trying to steal anything, and will give credit whenever we can. If you'd like us to remove  any audio clips, please let us know and accept our apology. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

This episode looks at the little-known genre of Disaster Horror, and when it overlaps with Natural Horror. This is one of the longest episodes for a reason: there is a lot to talk about! This episode looks at four types of disaster horror, and the films discussed include: Earthquake!, The Wave, Threads, Chernobyl, Flu, Contagion, Melancholia and These Final Hours. I hope you are enjoying these episodes! A list of natural horror films  is available on our blog,  anatomyoffear.com, in case you want  recommendations. We will be watching  natural horror films all month,  and if you want to participate, use the  hashtag #NaturalHorrorNovember. Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star   review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out.Intro   Music: Intro music courtesy of Cory Chy. Find his music online at https://soundcloud.com/cory_chy and http://youtube.com/CoryChy Audio clips during our show are not ours, and permissions for those    belong to those who created them. We're not trying to steal anything,     and will give credit whenever we can. If you'd like us to remove any    audio clips, please let us know and accept our apology. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

This episode looks at the mutation horror films, and asks when they overlap with natural horror. Films discussed include Them!, The Killer Shrews, Night of the Lepus, Bug, Food of the Gods, Damnation Alley, Piranha, Alligator, Prophecy, Eight Legged Freaks, and Annihilation, among others. I hope you are enjoying these episodes! A list of natural horror films is available on our blog,  anatomyoffear.com, in case you want recommendations. We will be watching  natural horror films all month, and if you want to participate, use the  hashtag #NaturalHorrorNovember. Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star  review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out.Intro  Music: Intro music courtesy of Cory Chy. Find his music online at https://soundcloud.com/cory_chy and http://youtube.com/CoryChy Audio clips during our show are not ours, and permissions for those   belong to those who created them. We're not trying to steal anything,    and will give credit whenever we can. If you'd like us to remove any   audio clips, please let us know and accept our apology. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

Episode two of Natural Horror November focuses on the truest of natural horror films. Films discussed include Jaws, The Birds, Frogs, The Long Weekend, and others. This is not an exhaustive look at natural horror films that do not involve mutation, but it looks at a few key threads in natural horror that utilize a poetic style to tell the story. A list of natural horror films is available on our blog, anatomyoffear.com, in case you want recommendations. We will be watching natural horror films all month, and if you want to participate, use the hashtag #NaturalHorrorNovember.  Join us online at https://anatomyoffear.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/. Also, you can now email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out.Intro Music: Intro music courtesy of Cory Chy. Find his music online at https://soundcloud.com/cory_chy and http://youtube.com/CoryChy Additional music: "Tension" by David Fesliyan (Fesliyan Studios) Audio clips during our show are not ours, and permissions for those  belong to those who created them. We're not trying to steal anything,   and will give credit whenever we can. If you'd like us to remove any  audio clips, please let us know and accept our apology. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

This is the first episode in a series of episodes for Natural Horror November, which will be going on during the month. Natural horror is a very diverse genre, and it's going to take several episodes to go through it all! Brandon and Alan will be watching Natural Horror movies throughout the month of November. If you want to participate, use the hashtag #NaturalHorrorNovember on Twitter, Facebook, or any other social media you may be using. You can also email us at: anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com A brief list of recommended natural horror films is available at our blog at anatomyoffear.com Also like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anatomyoffear/ and email us at anatomyoffearpodcast@gmail.com. If you'd be willing, please head to iTunes and leave us a 5-star  review. It only takes a minute and does a lot to help us out.Intro  Music: Intro music courtesy of Cory Chy. Find his music online at https://soundcloud.com/cory_chy and http://youtube.com/CoryChy Additional music: "Tension" by David Fesliyan (Fesliyan Studios) Audio clips during our show are not ours, and permissions for those   belong to those who created them. We're not trying to steal anything,    and will give credit whenever we can. If you'd like us to remove any   audio clips, please let us know and accept our apology. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support

He’s Gonna Need Therapy Episode Four | I Know What You Did Last Summer and Underwater Welcome to episode four of He’s Gonna Need Therapy. On this episode, we review 1997s I Know What You Did Last Summer and 2020s Underwater. Show Outline Introduction and Welcome  1997s I know What You Did Last Summer  2020s Underwater Coming Next Time You're going to have to tune in to our next episode to HEAR the news, but an exciting update: He's Gonna Need Therapy is now part of the Dark Discussions Network! We're joining an awesome lineup of podcasts, and just to name a few: Dark Discussions Celluloid Dissections Cinema Attack Cut to the Chase His and Hers Movie Podcast NFW, and a ton more! Look for our episodes and all of these others on a podcast directory near you soon! Visit https://www.darkdiscussions.com/ to see all of this great content and more. And no, The Anatomy of Fear isn't done. Alan and I just have impossible schedules to coordinate lately, but we're still around and hopefully life will let us align our schedules better. So, stay tuned! Intro music courtesy of Bensound: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anatomyoffear/support