Ari Aster’s debut feature takes on family demons, inside and out. We discuss what Hereditary says about parents and children and how we pass along what we can’t handle ourselves.
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Episode 01.03: Hereditary
Episode 01.02: Carnival of Souls
A cult classic movie that inspired the likes of Night of the Living Dead, this little movie out of Kansas highlights some of the real everyday horrors such as gender conformity, trauma, and lurking threats. Carnival of Souls is a great lesson in male gaze of the 60s and how even an unpolished film can be great.
If you liked Carnival of Souls, check out:
- Twilight Zone’s “The Hitch-hiker”
- Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
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Episode 01.01: The Witch
A slow-burn witch tale turned on its head. We explore how director Robert Eggers uses film to guide our perception to tell this tale of survival against the wilds in New England. Masculine toxicity, isolationism, coming of age, and general fear of the unknown play a key role in this film as we continually question: what’s really witchcraft and what’s not.
If you liked The Witch, you might also like:
- Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe (internal disintegration)
- We have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson (family dynamics)
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Episode 0: About the Podcast
Quiet Little Horrors is a new podcast discussing films of quiet horror. In this first intro episode, get quick insight into how the podcast was born and what your hosts, Jessi and Jen, hope to accomplish in Season 1. You’ll hear what we love about these types of movies, why we are drawn to them, and how we think they are a rising sub-genre in the industry.
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