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Now displaying: 2021
Dec 21, 2021

We are releasing our Gremlins episode this week. Happy Holidays and we'll be back in two weeks with a brand new episode!

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Dec 7, 2021

Mel and Lisa discuss the 2013 film Under the Skin

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Nov 23, 2021

We continue our discussion of aliens with Denis Villaneuve's film Arrival

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.

If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.


Nov 10, 2021

We continue our series on aliens with a more recent story of alien encounters: The Vast of Night from 2020

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Oct 26, 2021

For our second in our series on aliens, we discuss alien abduction through one of the more famous stories: the 1993 film Fire in the Sky

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Oct 12, 2021

For our first episode of Season Six, we begin a new series on aliens by discussing why alien invasion is so scary. We also discuss H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds and its infamous Orson Welles adaptation.

 

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Sep 28, 2021

For our last episode of Season 5, we look back at some of our personal highlights from the past year.

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.



This episode is researched by Lisa, Matt, and Mel.

Sep 14, 2021

And so, we end our Summer of Kaiju with the Roland Emmerich version of Godzilla from 1998.

 

 
The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.
 
Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.
Aug 31, 2021

In our latest Summer of Kaiju episode, Matt and Mel discuss the kaiju crossover Destroy All Monsters

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. 

Aug 17, 2021

In this Summer of Kaiju episode, Mel and Lisa discuss the 2006 Bong Joon Ho filme The Host

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Aug 3, 2021

For our latest entry in our "Summer of Kaiju" we discuss the Paul Tremblay short story "Swim Wants to Know"

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Jul 20, 2021

For our latest entry in our Summer of Kaiju series, we discuss the Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis movie Colossal.

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.

If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Jul 6, 2021

In this Summer of Kaiju episode, we look at probably the second most famous kaiju in her first film appearance: Mothra.

Jun 22, 2021

For our second episode in our Summer of Kaiju, we jump forward in time and look at the modern love letter to kaiju that is Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim.

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Jun 8, 2021

When we put it to a vote, you overwhelmingly chose Kaiju for our summer series, so we present our first Summer of Kaiju episode. Since it's our first episode, we go straight to the source and watch the original 1954 version of Godzilla.

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

May 25, 2021

In our last episode on Final Girls, we talk with Grady Hendrix, author of the upcoming The Final Girls Support Group (available July 13, 2021) about Final Girls, made for tv movies, and everything in between.

Grady is also the author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, Paperbacks from Hell, and My Best Friend's Exorcism. See the end of the show notes for a longer description of Grady's new novel.

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

 

Lynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre twenty-two years ago, and it has defined every day of her life since. And she’s not alone. For more than a decade she’s been meeting with five other actual final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, putting their lives back together, piece by piece. That is until one of the women misses a meeting and Lynnette’s worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to take their lives apart again, piece by piece. 

But the thing about these final girls is that they have each other now, and no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.

May 11, 2021

For our second episode on The Final Girl, we discuss the changes that began in the 90s and continue on through today.

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Apr 27, 2021

In our latest series, we discuss the trope that began with the 70s slasher genre: the Final Girl

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Apr 13, 2021

For our last episode on Vincent Price, we discuss one of our favorites: The Tingler

 

 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Mar 30, 2021

We continue our Vincent Price series with the adaptation of Poe's The Masque of the Red Death.

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. 

Mar 16, 2021

We begin an in-depth series on the legendary Vincent Price by discussing one of his best: The Haunting of Hill House.

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt
Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Mar 2, 2021

As part of a crossover with the Monster She Wrote podcast, we take an in-depth look at the Hammer film Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter.

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt

Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Feb 16, 2021

For our last foray into Bly Manor, we discuss the 1961  Turn of the  Screw adaptation, The Innocents. 

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt

 

Feb 2, 2021

We did it! We made it to the end of The Haunting of Bly Manor. Join us as we discuss the final episode of the Netflix series.

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt

Jan 19, 2021

Join us for our discussion of the penultimate episode of The Haunting of Bly Manor: The Romance of Certain Old Clothes.

 

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.
 
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.
 
If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt

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