Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness After a long chat about why people like and dislike horror – and an excursion into our childhood fears – we tackle John Carpenter’s 1978 classic film Halloween. We discuss sibling rivalry, bullying, uncanny objects, stranger d ... Show More
Jan 31
131: Wild Analysis: Heated Rivalry Teaser
Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessAbby and Patrick discuss the runaway streaming sensation, Heated Rivalry. Adapted from Rachel Reid’s Game Changers novels by Canadian director Jacob ... Show More
7m 21s
Jan 28
BONUS EPISODE: Romantasy, Fantasy, and Trauma
Abby joins Moira Donegan and Adrian Daub on one of our favorite podcasts, In Bed With the Right! The topic is romantasy - as a genre of fiction, as a publishing phenomenon, and, above all, as a cultural symptom. What do readers - and women specifically - find in romantasy narrati ... Show More
1h 16m
Jan 24
130: Movies, Screens, and Fantasies feat. A.S. Hamrah
Abby and Patrick welcome film critic A.S. Hamrah. Hamrah is a prolific writer of reviews, essays, and dispatches, and the two brand-new collections of his most recent work, Algorithm of the Night and Last Week in End Times Cinema, furnish Abby, Patrick, and Scott with the perfect ... Show More
1h 53m
Aug 2022
What NOT To Do When Emailing & Why Horror Movies Are So Scary | BFBA Episode 19
What’s scarier? A horror movie or when you accidentally hit reply all on an email chain? Well, per our last conversation, it’s a close one. On today’s episode of BFBA, Stevie and Neagheen work through their feelings of fear and rage! After wrapping on filming a horror movie, Neag ... Show More
1h 9m
Dec 2022
Bonus Episode: Secrets, Advice + Ask-Me-Anything
<p>It’s a weird rambling bonus episode for the lonely week between the holidays and New Years! I thought I’d serve up a mellow hang full of secrets, a retrospective of the things that kept me relatively sane this past year, life hacks, science-backed ways to improve your mood, an ... Show More
54m 3s