The Joy of Fear | Halloween Unmasked

Who wears a mask and just won't die? The fans who've kept the franchise alive for 40 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

The new sequel is out—and breaking box office records. Forty years later, what new ideas drive us to revisit Haddonfield? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

If you’re a regular listener of this podcast, you might be able to guess that Rose has always liked scary movies and Fran has embraced them gradually after decades of being terrified of anything with a whiff of brujería. Now, both love the seminal 1996 teen slasher movie Scream a ...  Show more

With Halloween around the corner, we’re revisiting one of our favorite spooky episodes. Join us for a conversation with the team behind Hulu’s CARVED — director and co-writer Justin Harding, co-writer Cheryl Meyer, and star Peyton Elizabeth Lee — as they share how they brought th ...  Show more

Jamie Lee Curtis makes this Halloween especially Handsome with a spooky two-part question that has Tig, Mae, and Fortune musing about how to 'shock their mamas', sharing *Mae Facts*, and telling never-been-told stories!Handsome is hosted by Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, and Fortune Fei ...  Show more

The hockey mask debut-eth. Special Guest: Kyra Sims https://twitter.com/lilymischief Approachability: 4/10 (It's a slasher: it's a creeper doin' creative kills) Content Warnings: Jump scares, Lots of knife murders, Gore Up Next: Hellraiser (1987) https://www.justwatch.com/us/ ...  Show more