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Apr 2025
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CREATURE FEATURE rerun: Hokusai's House ...

Stephanie Dueñas & Russell Shoemaker / Art Slice
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Our SCARY releases continue . . . well, RE-RUN in this case. 

WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/hYONIhxxKUQ

In celebration of our new 2025 Creature Double Feature episodes, we went back to the vault and added VISUALS to our Creature Feature episode with Japanese printmaker Hokusai (1760-1849) and Celtic Spook School alum Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864-1933) and their terrifying contributions to spooky art history.

Both works were inspired by female protagonists who were WRONGED: one from ancient Japanese folklore and the other via the imagination of a fascist Italian playwright.

Real talk: this was one of our favorite episodes we recorded years ago! Hope you enjoy it, NEW EPISODE OUT SOON. <3 Russell + Stephanie






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