S1 Ep2: Nightmare University - Defining the Horror Genre
Colors of the Dark
FANGORIA Podcast Network
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s NIGHTMARE UNIVERSITY, Dr. Rebekah McKendry gives an academic crash course on "genre" and how the concept of “horror” is defined within it.
NIGHTMARE UNIVERSITY presented on the FANGORIA Podcast Network
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my name is Dr. Rebecca McKendry. |
| 0:24.6 | I began working at Fangoria as an intern over 15 years ago, and I spent most of my time with the company working as the director of marketing. |
| 0:32.6 | When Fangoria shuttered its doors in 2016, I was devastated. |
| 0:36.6 | And over the next few years, I went on to get a PhD entirely |
| 0:39.4 | focused in horror and cult media and began working as a professor focusing in horror and film, |
| 0:44.5 | as well as a co-host of Blumhouse's Shockwave's podcast. In 2008, when Fangoria was resurrected |
| 0:50.2 | with a new staff and a new fervor, I was once again asked to join the Fangoria family, |
| 0:55.2 | this time as a podcast host, and it is my great pleasure to welcome you all to Nightmare University. |
| 1:00.9 | This episode is brought to you by Fangoria Magazine. Fengoria Magazine is back in a deluxe |
| 1:06.1 | 100-page quarterly edition. Each issue includes set visits, deep dives, new discovery, and minimal ads, |
| 1:13.1 | all printed on collectible grade paper stock that reimagines the classic magazine for a 2019 |
| 1:18.6 | audience. You'll see familiar names like Mike Gingold and Tony Timpone, and you'll see bylines |
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| 1:34.6 | Fangoria.com. This episode of Nightmare University is also brought to you by Diabolic DVD. |
| 1:40.2 | For over 15 years, Diabolic DVD has been the source for cult, horror, and weird cinema to customers all around the world. |
| 1:48.9 | Diabolic offers a one-stop shopping experience for all your favorite labels, including Arrow, Synapse, Vinegar |
| 1:55.5 | Syndrome, Severin, Mondo Macabro, Blue Underground, 88, and many more from all corners of the globe. |
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| 2:20.6 | University on the Fangoria Podcast Network. So today on Nightmare University, we're going to talk |
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