Scream Queen Podcast

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_russell3R Entertainmenthttps://www.instagram.com/randall_rydell_russell?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==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_Stairshttps://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.htmlhttps://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 TimesList of food contamination incidents - WikipediaThe Stuff (1985) - IMDb

In this episode, I interview director/writer Kyle Weingart about his family friendly sci-fi horror comedy titled Cuisine de la 'Pocalypse. After the world ends, one aspiring chef refuses to give up on his dreams and creates the apocalypse's first cooking show. It's available on Amazon Prime, Tubi, and Fawesome.Cuisine de la 'Pocalypse (2025) - IMDbKyle Weingart - IMDb

This is my 54th episode and my theme of the month is Remember November. I am covering horror movies with representations of indigenous people. The film I'm covering today has an imperfect representation of the Wendigo legend from Algonquian cultures (notably Cree and Anishinaabe). The film takes place in 1847 during the Mexican American War and cannibalism is used as a metaphor for colonialism. Recourses:Wendigo (folklore) | Research Starters | EBSCO ResearchWindigo | The Canadian EncyclopediaRavenous (1999) - IMDb