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Grady Hendrix Explores Haunted House History with ‘Super Scary Haunted Homeschool’ Podcast
New York Times bestselling horror author Grady Hendrix (My Best Friend’s Exorcism, The Southern Book Club’s Guide To Slaying Vampires) has revived his Super Scary Haunted Homeschool podcast for a second season.
What started during the pandemic as a one-man history of horror has expanded with the addition of WNUF Halloween Special filmmaker Chris LaMartina as director, along with actors, musicians, and sound engineers.
While the first season traced the history of vampires, from disgusting Serbian corpses to sparkling hottie teens, Season 2 is all about haunted houses. The first three episodes are streaming now, with new installments dropping monthly.
“We’re releasing one episode per month as we tell the story of haunted houses, from their beginnings in ancient Greece to their modern incarnation on reality TV,” Hendrix explains. “Along the way, we’re talking about the Victorian fad for Christmas ghost stories, the Scamityville Horror, and ghost sex. Also: what is EMF and why won’t ghosthunters shut up about it?”
Super Scary Haunted Homeschool is streaming on all major podcast platforms.
Several adaptations of Hendrix works are in various stages of development: Horrorstör at Searchlight, Ankle Snatcher at Sony, The Blanks at Netflix, The Southern Book Club’s Guide To Slaying Vampires at HBO, How to Sell a Haunted House at Legendary, and BadAsstronauts at Paramount.
Coming Soon & Now Showing is a monthly series on Halloweenies that catches up on the latest horror headlines and round robins capsule reviews of new and old horrors.
This month, Michael Roffman and Justin Gerber discuss the blockbuster weekend involving Backrooms and Obsession. They also brush on some franchise news and dust off oldies for the first time: 1987’s Dead of Winter and 1977’s False Face.
Stream the episode below. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, Chucky, Alien, and the Universal Monsters.This year? Hellraiser!
You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind, for hilariously irreverent commentaries (e.g. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Re-Animator, Darkman), one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals (e.g. Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Manhunter, ), and even spinoffs like their recent run Fortune & Glory: An Indiana Jones Podcast.