For the third episode of Fear of the Dark's horror/comedy mini season, Matthew and Stacey chat about Sorry to Bother You, the 2018 genre-bending sci-fi/fantasy/comedy/horror film directed by Boots Riley. It stars LaKeith Stanfield as Cassius "Cash" Green, a young man who finds himself rising up the corporate ladder as a telemarketer thanks to the use of his "white voice." Join us for a conversation about the film's engagements with whiteness and Blackness through voice and disembodiment - and as we think about where generic conventions and expectations fit into this story of a new speculative racial hierarchy.

Film: Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley, 2018)

Intro Music: “The Army of You” (Library of Congress Free Music Archive)

Outro Music: “Late Night Indigo” (written and performed by Stacey Baran)

Fear of the Dark is a film podcast about race and horror, hosted by Matthew Vernon and Stacey Baran. Episode edited and mastered by Stacey Baran.

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On our second episode of the horror/comedy mini season, Stacey and Matthew discuss Josh Ruben's Werewolves Within (2021). The film stars Samuel Richardson as Finn Wheeler, a forest ranger assigned to a small Vermont town called Beaverfield, who gets sheltered in with the rest of the townsfolk when they begin to suspect that one among them could secretly be a werewolf. Join us as we talk about this movie's other great star, Milana Vayntrub, how the film thinks about its Black protagonist (is he the werewolf?), and what it means to be a "good neighbor" in the politically-divided small town America.

Film: Werewolves Within (Josh Ruben, 2021) Intro Music: “The Army of You” (Library of Congress Free Music Archive) Outro Music: “Late Night Indigo” (written and performed by Stacey Baran)

Fear of the Dark is a film podcast about race and horror, hosted by Matthew Vernon and Stacey Baran. Episode edited by Matthew Vernon. Mixdown and mastering by Stacey Baran.

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On the first episode of Fear of the Dark's horror/comedy mini season, Matthew and Stacey sit down to talk about The Blackening (2022). The film follows a group of friends who get together for a reunion in a remote cabin. Upon arrival, they realize that a trap has been set, which leads them to the ultimate question: who is the "Blackest" out of them all? Join us as we talk about the tropes and stereotypes of the Black character in horror, and what kinds of stakes are set up in this film to critique - and fulfill - them.

Episode/Show: The Blackening (Tim Story, 2022)

Intro Music: “The Army of You” (Library of Congress Free Music Archive)

Outro Music: “Late Night Indigo” (written and performed by Stacey Baran)

Fear of the Dark is a film podcast about race and horror, hosted by Matthew Vernon and Stacey Baran. Episode edited by Matthew Vernon. Mixdown and mastering by Stacey Baran.

Follow us on Instagram @fearofthedarkpod!