04 - Fright Night (2011) with Zoe Tunnell

In Episode 4 of Out To Get You, we are joined by co-writer and co-creator of the queer punk fantasy comic Blade Maidens, Zoe Tunnell, to talk about Marti Noxon's and Craig Gillespie's underrated, Great Recession reimagining of '80s cult classic, Fright Night!

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of homophobia, misogyny, sexual violence, substance abuse, aging magicians, and other topics that may be sensitive for listeners.

In this episode, we discuss the means by which vampires take root, through the lens of horror's mimetic nature, the casualties of capitalism, and 21st Century suburban America, in the 2011 horror-comedy starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Ferrell, Toni Collete, and David Tennant. 

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