Back in the late Sixties and early Seventies, Vietnam and civil unrest helped kickstart a new golden age of American horror movies; shortly after the beginning of our new century, we had one massive public atrocity and several new wars to fuel a whole new wave of movies dealing with communal anxieties via scary monsters and super-freaky maniacs. Yes, it’s always been a durable genre regardless of what’s going on in the culture, but considering what’s happened globally over the last 20 or so years, it makes sense that horror films would resonate with folks the way they have. That, and the fact that such free-floating dread would help give birth to a number of films from both the U.S. and abroad that deserve a place in the pantheon
Appearances
Jasper Cole Interview: Hollywood’s bad guy
In this special crossover episode of Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am chatting with “Hollywood’s Bad Guy,” Jasper Cole. First I interview Jasper, for Baring It All with Call Me Adam on the Broadway Podcast Network, about his bad guy reputation, COVID-19, what Jasper is doing to help the homeless problem in LA & beyond, & then we play a game based upon Jasper’s bad guy image.
After my interview, we flip the mic and Jasper interviews me for an episode of One on One with Jasper Cole on BlogTalk Radio. We talk about my childhood, my influences, and the start of my website/podcast.