What nightmares are hiding behind manicured lawns and white picket fences? Stoker-Award Winning author and Queen Weenie herself, Emily C. Hughes (@emchughes17) is here to help me talk about what makes suburban horror so scary. I rant about The Stepford Wives and more.
Movies/Shows Mentioned:
- Blue Velvet
- Stepford Wives
- The Burbs
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Safe
- Donnie Darko
- Edward Scissorhands
- Virgin Suicides
- “Arcadia” – X- Files episode
- It’s Always Sunny – suburban horror episode
- It Follows
- Carrie
- Get Out
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- Buffy
- Twin Peaks
- Stranger Things
- Addams Family
Books Mentioned:
- The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste
- The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste
- Real World by Natsuo Kirino
- Linghun by Ai Jiang
- The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy
- We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado
- Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
- A Better World by Sarah Langan
- The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
- Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
- Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
- Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
- My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
- How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
- Model Home by Rivers Solomon
- The September House by Carissa Orlando
- The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
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