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Horror Joy is a podcast by two university professors who take a deep dive into horror in hopes of finding joy lurking in the shadows.
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Haunted House 6 - House of Leaves
On this episode of Horror Joy, we discuss Mark Z. Danielewski’s 2000 novel House of Leaves on Horror Joy, framing it as a dense, meta haunted-house text built from layered narratives: Johnny Truant,…
Keith Rosson on Meet Your Maker
Brian and Jeff are joined by award winning author Keith Rosson to talk about his most recent book, Coffin Moon.They explore the role the Vietnam plays in the novel, how the nature of the vampire…
***Horror Joy Fresh Cuts*** - Backrooms
This is a special, Fresh Cuts version of Horror Joy. Brian and Jeff are joined by long time friend, Jamie to offer immediate thoughts about the recent A24 film, Backrooms.This recording occurred just…
Haunted House 5 - Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Brian Onishi and Jeff Stoyanoff discuss Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Beloved as a haunted house and ghost story that forces readers to reckon with the historical traumas of chattel slavery,…
Jane Flett on Meet Your Maker
Jeff is joined by Scottish writer Jane Flett, whose debut novel Freakslaw is out from Doubleday (UK) and Zando (US), with a forthcoming novel Welcome to the Chaoskampf (May 14). Flett describes how…
Aimee Pokwatka on Meet Your Maker
On this episode of Meet Your Maker, Brian is joined by Aimee Pokwatka to talk about her novel Accumulation and the link between horror and joy. Pokwatka distinguishes pleasure from deeper joy and…
Haunted House 4 - Ally Malinenko, This Appearing House, and Welcome To Dead House (Goosebumps)
Brian and Jeff continue their haunted house series on Horror Joy with guest Ally Malinenko, discussing her middle grade novel This Appearing House alongside R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps debut Welcome to…
Dan Coxon on Meet Your Maker
In this episode Jeff and Brian welcome award-winning writer and editor Dan Coxon to discuss his new book, Come Sing for the Harrowing (Clash Books, April 2026), and how it interrogates and reshapes…
Haunted House 3 - Barbarian (2022)
In this episode of Horror Joy, Brian and Jeff examine Zach Cregger’s 2022 film Barbarian as a haunted house story without the supernatural, arguing the “haunting” comes from misogyny, capitalism, and…
Rachel Harrison on Meet Your Maker
Brian and Jeff interview horror author Rachel Harrison (The Return, Such Sharp Teeth, So Thirsty, Black Sheep) about the relationship between horror and joy, her writing origin story, and her novel…
Haunted Houses 2 - Poltergeist (1982)
Jeff and Brian continue their Horror Joy exploration of haunted houses by discussing the 1982 classic Poltergeist.They ask whether the film functions as a conservative celebration of the nuclear…
Andrew F. Sullivan on Meet Your Maker
In this episode of Horror Joy, Jeff talks with author Andrew F. Sullivan, author of The Marigold, about the relationship between horror and joySullivan links the joy of horror to subverted…
Haunted Houses 1 - The Shining (1980)
Jeff and Brian begin a Horror Joy mini-series on haunted and haunting houses by discussing Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining and the Overlook Hotel as a possibly…
A.C. Wise on Meet Your Maker
Brian and Jeff are joined by author A.C. Wise to talk about joy in horror, her books The Ghost Sequences (2021) and Out of the Drowning Deep (2024), and her new novel Ballad of the Bone Road (Jan.…
Academic Horror 5 - Candyman (1992)
In this Horror Joy episode, Jeff and Brian discuss the 1992 film Candyman as the final entry in an “academic horror” course, focusing on how the movie links urban legend, the university, and…
Rod Blackhurst (dir. of Dolly) on Meet Your Maker
Jeff and Brian are joined by director Rod Blackhurst about his forthcoming independent horror film Dolly, releasing in theaters only on March 6, 2026. Blackhurst explains how horror can produce joy…
Academic Horror 4 - Master (2022) with S. Trimble and Joe Vallese
This episode of Horror Joy turns to academic horror through Mariama Diallo’s 2022 film Master, set at the fictional elite Ancaster University. Our discussion treats the film’s central claim that what…
Daisy Pearce on Meet Your Maker
In this episode of Horror Joy, we dive into the intertwining relationship between horror and joy with guest Daisy Pierce, author of 'Something in the Walls,' 'The Missing,' and 'The Silence.' Daisy…
Academic Horror 3 - The Faculty (1998)
In this episode of 'Horror Joy,' Jeff and Brian delve into Robert Rodriguez's 1998 film 'The Faculty.'The episode explores the film's portrayal of high school alienation, the nineties cultural…
Emily C. Hughes on Meet Your Maker
In this episode of Horror Joy's 'Meet Your Maker', we delve into a conversation with Stoker award-winning author Emily C. Hughes. We discuss her book 'Horror for Weenies', designed to help the…
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