The History of Horror Films
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2018
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
What are you most afraid of? Chances are there’s a horror movie about it! That’s why we’re diving headlong into the history of horror films, from their inception in 1890 all the way to our present! Featuring decapitations, yelling about ‘genre’, and a surprise special guest!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:04.4 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:08.8 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:10.1 | And this is episode 99, the history of horror films. |
| 0:14.0 | I don't know if this really counts as mythology, folklore, and urban legends, but... |
| 0:18.7 | But it's a really interesting conversation. It is creepy cool. |
| 0:22.5 | And there's a little guest part. There is mention of vampires, of werewolves. We go there. |
| 0:29.3 | We do. We go to all the scary places. And we're so glad you're joining us. You know who I would |
| 0:35.0 | bring with us on a haunted house visit? |
| 0:39.4 | Would that be our new patrons? |
| 0:40.2 | Exactly. |
| 0:43.9 | Amanda, Alec, Abigail, Alex, and Kinshasa. |
| 0:44.9 | Welcome. |
| 0:45.6 | Welcome. |
| 0:52.3 | And thank you so much to the people who have upped their pledges to take advantage of our merch discount, which it ends today. |
| 0:53.5 | It does. |
| 0:58.7 | Our new merch is now out. But first, let's also thank our supporting producer-level patrons, |
| 1:05.2 | Philip, Julie, Christina, Eeyore, Josie Amara, Neil, Jessica, Maria, Ryan, Phil Frash, and Debra. |
| 1:10.6 | Y'all are amazing, and we hope that your worst nightmares don't come to life and haunt you. Certainly not, certainly not |
| 1:12.3 | nor for our legend level patrons. Jess, Elisa, Zoe, Cassie, Sandra, Audra, Mercedes, Jack Marie, |
| 1:18.9 | and Leanne. Every month, y'all get some really, really cool physical rewards that we send you in the mail. |
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