218 - Joe Makes Good Points! - Cloverfield (2008)

FRIGHT SCHOOL

Welcome back to Fright School! We’re discussing the Beyoncé songwriting drama because we’re nothing if not timely with breaking Twitter drama… Joshua is starting grad school. Joe suggested we look back on our summer. We wrap up our series on giant monsters with CLOVERFIELD! We discuss 9/11 narratives, the world before the smart phone, and our lans in an apocalyptic situation.

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Official trailer CLOVERFIELD (2008)

Hollywood's Cloverfield: An Allegorical Representation of 9/11 and a Dystopian Vision of Contemporary America by Karl Imdahl

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Creepy Bitches: Essays On Horror From Women In Horror by Alyse Wax, Rebekah McKendry, PhD. and more!

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman

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Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover

Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry Benshoff

The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal

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