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Scott Poole is a professor of history in American pop and folk culture with a heavy emphasis on horror studies. We talked about his latest book that examines the effect World War One had on horror movies.
0:56 – Scot talks about how he got into studying horror.
2:58 – Scott talks about the book and how World War One changed horror literature and stories.
9:58 – Scott talks about directors and creators who delved into horror.
12:45 – Scott talks about how Franz Kafka is associated with horror.
16:03 – Scott talks about the occult, horror and the Great War.
22:57 – Scott talks about French author Celine’s affect on horror.
25:33 – Scott talks about the death of animals affected horror.
28:34 – Scott talks about how he found old horror films and war footage.
35:30 – Scott talks about comedy in early horror.
38:39 – Scott talks about the great emotional difficulty he had in writing this book.
43:11 – Scott talks about an interesting discovery he made about Bela Lugosi.
53:04 – Scott tweets @monstersamerica.
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Guests: Scott Poole
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: horror, movies, literature, Kafka, Lovecraft, Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, World War One, The Great War, Celine, movie directors, Nazis, occult
