Episode 12: The Haunting of Bly Manor - Part 1

The Haunted Spouses give the screw another turn with Mike Flanagan's THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR. They discuss the ways the series builds upon its source material as well as its use of both literal and metaphorical ghosts to illustrate characters' traumas and grief. They also place their picks for what stories they would love to see get the "The Haunting" treatment.

https://hauntedspousepod.com/e/the-haunting-of-bly-manor-2020-part-1/

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Episode 11: The Shining

The Haunted Spouses check in to Stephen King's 1977 novel, The Shining. They discuss the story's place on the cusp between the old dark house and suburban horror, intersecting power structures, and, for some reason, VFX.

https://hauntedspousepod.com/e/the-shining-1977/

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Episode 10: The Amityville Horror

The Haunted Spouses throw several more logs on the fire and settle in with Jay Anson's 1977 book, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR. They discuss themes of suburban horror, play a new game, and go over some of the reasons why this book may not, in fact, be a true story.

https://hauntedspousepod.com/e/the-amityville-horror-1977/

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Episode 9: Things Heard and Seen

The Haunted Spouses set sail for Netflix's THINGS HEARD AND SEEN, discussing how the film serves as both an homage and a subversion of 70's and 80's horror. They also cover poetic justice and the ways in which haunted houses can be metaphors for abusive relationships.

https://www.hauntedspousepod.com/e/things-heard-seen-2021/

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Episode 8: Benighted

The Haunted Spouses take shelter in J. B. Priestley's 1927 novel, BENIGHTED. They discuss its foundational contributions to the "old dark house" genre, the idea of houses as metaphors for the human mind, and themes of the living vs. the dead.

https://hauntedspousepod.com/e/benighted-1927/

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Episode 7: The Cat and the Canary

The Haunted Spouses pounce on the 1927 silent film adaptation of THE CAT AND THE CANARY, discussing its place in the "old dark house" genre, as well as how that genre gives rise to the tropes seen in haunted house stories. They also discuss heeled slippers, potential influences on Scooby Doo, and Laura La Plante's fantastic eyebrow acting.

https://hauntedspousepod.com/e/the-cat-and-the-canary-1927/

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Episode 6: The Turn of the Screw

The Haunted Spouses eerily peek through the window at Henry James's 1898 novella, THE TURN OF THE SCREW. They discuss unreliable narrators, the Satanic Panic, and James's love of punctuation.

https://hauntedspousepod.com/e/the-turn-of-the-screw-1898/

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