Before Poltergeist, haunted house movies took place in old, creepy mansions. Regular host Rico Gagliano visits the original suburban house in California to check for ghosts and hands over to writer and guest host Anna Bogutskaya to explore how Poltergeist transformed horror movies forever with the help of the movie’s star JoBeth Williams, original publicist Mick Garris and horror filmmaker Vincenzo Natali.
Season 6, titled “Haunted Homes”, explores how haunted house movies have mirrored our relationship with our homes. Each episode visits a horror movie that changed the way we imagine a haunted house, from the crumbling Gothic mansions to white picket fences, what it says about the people who live in the houses and what scares them the most. Hosted and written by Anna Bogutskaya.
Listen to episode 1 below or wherever you get your podcasts:
After listening, check out the latest “MUBI Podcast Expanded” piece where Anna Bogutskaya introduces this new season and explores definitions of the haunted house. Read the article here.