Scream Queen Podcast

This is my 58th episode and my theme of the month is Justice in January. Where black horror takes revenge and teaches us lessons that colonizers would like us to forget. In today’s movie, we are taking a look at the projects and how communities like Cabrini-Green are built into a myth. A myth about a group of people, where anyone outside of Cabrini-Green is afraid to even drive past it. This fear isn’t fueled by an urban legend though, it’s brought on by racism, segregation, and poverty. Today I will be covering the 1992 film The Candyman. Directed by Bernard Rose and written by Clive Barker and Bernard Rose
Guest:
DIONNE- Bonita Blacc Makeup Studio, Film\Tv MUA SFX
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Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cabrini-Green
https://halbaronproject.web.illinois.edu/items/show/45#:~:text=Located%20on%20Chicago's%20North%20Side,The%20Gautreaux%20v.
https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/cabrini-green-housing-project-chicago-1942-2009/#:~:text=That%20project%20was%20completed%20in,housing%20to%20replace%20Cabrini%20Green.
https://www.culledculture.com/candyman-2021/
https://ahuffleofhorror.home.blog/2020/06/22/candyman-and-white-privilege/#:~:text=But%20Helen%20moves%20through%20the,benefits%20from%20it%20beyond%20death.

I interview Chris Riggi, writer and director of the 2025 indie horror film Abduct. A woman's peaceful mountain getaway takes a bizarre turn when her boyfriend disappears, and a random naked man shows up claiming to be him. This is a well acted and written alien abduction story with a twist ending you won't expect. You can stream Abduct on Tubi, Fawesome, and Prime Video.

This is my 57th episode and I will be covering the 1991 classic horror film The People Under the Stair by Wes Craven.
My theme of the month is Justice in January. Where black horror takes revenge and teaches us lessons that colonizers would like us to forget. In today’s movie, a family is being evicted, and they are the last ones in a building that is set to be torn down to build new condominiums with “nice clean people” in there.
The film pits the impoverished Fool and his family against wealthy landlords who exploit tenants, hoard wealth, and mercilessly defend their property. This mirrors real-world class tensions and critiques of early-1990s capitalist policies that never ended and only got worse.
Guest:
randall_rydell_russell
3R Entertainment
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https://youtube.com/@tripl3r259?si=h8c0DLyS1JzBJVlZ
Sources:
https://www.wescraven.com/film/the-people-under-the-stairs/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People_Under_the_Stairs
https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3475241/see-no-evil-prescience-people-stairs/
https://screenrant.com/the-people-under-the-stairs-know-about-the-wes-craven-film/
https://classic-horror.com/reviews/people_under_the_stairs_1991.html
https://www.whatsafterthemovie.com/summary/the-people-under-the-stairs

This is my 56th episode and my theme of the month is A Very Corporate Christmas. With movies about the horrors of consumerism. When the system meant to ‘keep shoppers safe’ turns into the thing that hunts them. In today's movie, we have a campy take on consumerism and excess during the Reagan Era. Showing how a consumer paradise can turn into a death trap.
Source:
Chopping Mall (1986) - IMDb

This is my 55th episode and my theme of the month is A Very Corporate Christmas. With movies about the horrors of consumerism and how profit over people has led to deaths through poisoning and addiction. American corporations were feeding people radioactive water, cocaine, morphine, industrial bleach, arsenic, and embalming fluid. All while calling it “healthy”. The FDA exists because consumerism killed people and companies knew it.
Guest:
Avery’s Crypt - https://www.instagram.com/averyscrypt?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
Resources:
F.D.A. Withdraws Rule to Require Testing Cosmetics Made With Talc for Asbestos - The New York Times
List of food contamination incidents - Wikipedia
The Stuff (1985) - IMDb