2009

S1.E1 ∙ Det inre monstret

Wed, Sep 09, 2009

"The Monster Inside" - follows the master of horror H.P Lovecraft's spirit in his hometown of Providence, USA, and talk about the psychology of horror with author Joyce Carol Oates, plus a Freudian analysis of the function of the frightening house in fiction. In addition, the ghosts at the home of Nobel laureate Selma Lagerlöf and an analyze of the hip hop star Eminem's evil alter ego.

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S1.E2 ∙ Blod

Fri, Sep 11, 2009

"Blood" - the Dracula-expert Vesna Goldsworthy and literature researcher Anna Höglund. We get to meet actress Terri McMinn - who became the symbol of blood-curdling video violence in the movie Chainsaw Massacre and learns how to mix theater blood with eccentric splatter film producer Lloyd Kaufman at cult-based film company TROMA.

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S1.E3 ∙ Maskinerna anfaller

Wed, Sep 16, 2009

"The Machines Attack" - why we are afraid of crazy scientists and new technology. We meet Alien monster's creator H.R. Giger and discuss machines, fears and sexual fears. Frankenstein's monsters are analyzed together with cultural writer Moa Matthis and science journalist Peter Sylwan, and then we get to meet the acclaimed cyberpunk director Shinya Tsukamoto who is behind the bizarre films about Tetsuo.

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S1.E4 ∙ Japansk skräck

Wed, Sep 23, 2009

"Japanese Horror" - we meet girl ghosts with long black hair and the author behind the success "The Ring" - Koji Suzuki. We get to meet director Hideshi Hino whose ultra-violent-splatter films are banned in Japan, and of of the best known monsters - Godzilla.

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S1.E5 ∙ Zombies

Wed, Sep 30, 2009

"Zombies" - the wave of the undead is a pandemic. We get to meet author Max Brooks who has written a survival guide on how to cope with a zombie attack and Seth Grahame-Smith who made a blast with his "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies", a rewrite of Jane Austen's 19th century classic. Singer Freddie Wadling talks about his fascination for horror and then we go on a zombie safari in Skåne with artist Jillian McDonald.

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S1.E6 ∙ Barn

Wed, Oct 07, 2009

"Children" - about the child's role in horror fiction with author John Ajvide Lindqivst and discuss pregnancy fear with an expert on childbirth. We get to meet Tom Holland who made "The Evil Doll" in the late 1980s, a movie that caused great disarray in connection with the murder of two-year-old James Bulger. We discuss the case with the author Niklas Rådström writes about the event in his play "De Onda".

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S1.E7 ∙ Religion

Wed, Oct 14, 2009

"Religion" - meet the devil in various forms, and tells the real story behind the case of Anneliese Michel - the woman who was possessed by the devil in the 1970s and who was subject to widespread exorcism. We discuss Dante's inferno with author Horace Engdahl and discuss Satanism one of the world's foremost black metal bands - Watain.

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S1.E8 ∙ Folksagan

Wed, Oct 21, 2009

"Folklore" - horror fiction uses nature. We get to meet the Icelandic author Sjón who wrote the script for Iceland's first splatter film "The Reykjavik Whale Watch Massacre" and discuss modern trolls and forest robbery with illustrator Peter Bergting. Furthermore, the role of the woman in the modern horror story - strong heroine or desirable nature being investigated?

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