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I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times. And I'm Paul Shear, an actor, writer, and

director. You might know me from the league, Veep, or my non-eligible for Academy Award role in Twisters. We come together to host

Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits. Fan favorites, must

season, and case you miss them. We're talking Parasite the Home Alone. From Greece to the

Dark Night. So if you love movies like we do, come along on our

cinematic adventure. Listen to Unspooled wherever you get your podcast. And don't forget to hit the

follow button. Hello. This is Decure for your nightmares. And my editor, Wendy Wagner,

was supposed to come over and help me clean under the fridge today.

But she didn't.

Did you know that my favorite part of horror are the bits that make one laugh?

You know, that nervous giggle in the theater before the slasher jumps out with a knife?

Or someone that screams out, don't drink the poison in the

middle of a community theater show. Today's podcast features one of my very, very favorite authors,

who is a bloody genius at weaving wit and horror and wicked humor into a story.

I have been a fan of Jonathan L. Howard's

since I first directed the late great Christopher Kazinov

in Jonathan's first Johannes Cabal book.

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