GGP 181: Rated H for Haunted Houses, Holding Hands, and Horrifying Heartbreak AKA THE HAUNTING (Special Guest Eric Miller)

Haunted Houses! Musicals! Creepy Dolls! This week Katie and Brit are joined by horror author and filmmaker Eric Miller to talk about one of his favorite scary movies, THE HAUNTING (1963).

While you may know the name as the movie that inspired the Mike Flanagan miniseries, the story started as a novel by Shirley Jackson who with it re-defined the genre. It truly was ahead of it's time as a female-centered film that tackled mental health issues made by already accomplished director Robert Wise in between making Oscar-winning musicals WEST SIDE STORY and THE SOUND OF MUSIC.

In addition to the film discussion, we talk all things horror as Eric shares with us his extensive knowledge of filmmaking and writing.

Special thanks to our guest Eric Miller and Angela at Pitch Perfect Media. Check out Eric's website at our research links below!

Next time we're watching Coralie Fargeaut's REVENGE.

Thanks for listening and stay spoopy ya'll!

Timestamps:

00:00:27 Intro

00:02:06 Guest Introduction and Interview

00:05:32 The Book and Shirley Jackson's Influence

00:24:07 SPOILERS

00:27:42 How We Discovered the Film

00:33:03 Haunted Houses and Travel Tales

00:54:50 Back to THE HAUNTING

01:45:47 Ratings

01:54:44 Next Time: REVENGE (MUBI, AMC+, Roku)

02:11:48 Goodbyes/Where to Find Eric Miller

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