307: Horror For the Nervous, with Josephine McAdam

We’re back and we’re hiding behind the sofa. Sure, the monsters, masked killers, and mutants can probably find us back here, but it still feels safer for some reason. Fear is rarely a rational thing, so why should our response to it be?

Main Topic: Horror For the Nervous

This episode came about when Scott was playing The Between with Josephine McAdam over on Ain’t Slayed Nobody and she mentioned that she rarely watches or reads horror media because she finds it upsetting. Given how many horror projects Josephine has been involved with, this seemed like something worth exploring, so we pitched the concept of “horror for the nervous” to her.

As we’ve explored in other episodes, horror is about as divisive as genres get. While plenty of us love ghosts, ghouls and gore, there are good reasons why others don’t. We’ve never really explored how you might engage with horror if you find it frightening, as it’s not something we’ve had to deal with much, so Josephine’s insights have been enlightening.

Our Guest Host

We are delighted to welcome Josephine McAdam to the Good Friends. As well as her many, many actual play appearances on series like LA By Night and Eclipse RPG, Josephine is an actor who has appeared in horror films such as The Mortuary Collection and Scare Package. You can find her streaming regularly on Twitch, and on various social media platforms, as JCVIM. You will also be able to find Josephine touring the UK later this year with Chaosium, playing live games of Call of Cthulhu.

Links

Things we mention in this episode include:

• The Between
• Ain’t Slayed Nobody
• The Shining (1980)
• The Appeal of Horror
• Is Horror Dangerous?
• Everything is Horror
• Elder Entertainment
• The Hounds of Tindalos
• Dancer in the Dark (2000)
• Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
• Joker (2019)
• Threads (1984)
• Come and See (1985)
• Der Todesking (1990)
• Martyrs (2008)
• Hostel (2005)

• Horror For Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch by Emily C Hughes
• Up (2009)
• Emotional impact of watching films on aeroplanes
• Kikujiro (1999)
• Dog Soldiers (2002)
• Martin (1977)
• Let the Right One In (2009)
• The Sopranos
• Alien (1979)
• Aphantasia
• Doctor Who
• Scooby-Doo
• The Groovie Goolies
• Rentaghost

• Color Out of Space (2019)
• Lovecraft Country
• True Detective
• The King in Yellow
• The Good Friends talk to Sandy Petersen
• Urban fantasy
• Paranormal romance
• True Blood
• Remains of the Day (1993)
• Somewhere in Time (1980)
• Richard Laymon
• Mothership
• Extreme subjects in gaming
• Lines and veils

News

A Weekend With Good Friends

There will be another Weekend With Good Friends this summer! This, of course, is the online convention organised by our lovely listeners, taking place on the Good Friends Discord server.

Key dates are:

• GM signups will run between the 23rd of April and the 7th of May
• Player signups will run between the 22nd of May and the 5th of June
• The convention itself will take place between the 13th and the 15th of June

Games and panels will run throughout the weekend.

We shall share more details are they become available.

Matt Interviewed For Illusion Horror & Con

Matt was recently interviewed by our good friends over at the Illusion Horror & Con YouTube channel, discussing his involvement in the current Kult Kickstarter campaign. You can find the full video of the interview below.

The Meat Trade on Ain’t Slayed Nobody

For the last few years, episodes of “The Meat Trade” have been going on to Patreon backers of Ain’t Slayed Nobody. This is based on the much briefer scenario of the same name that Scott wrote for the World War Cthulhu: London book. The final episode is going out on the 25th of February, so this is the perfect chance to catch up.