TIH 022: Horror and Comedy with Jasper Bark and David James Keaton

Michael David Wilson, This Is Horror Founder and Editor in Chief

TIH 022: Horror and Comedy with Jasper Bark and David James Keaton

Michael David Wilson, This Is Horror Founder and Editor in Chief         Michael David Wilson, This Is Horror Founder and Editor in Chief        
TIH 022: Horror and Comedy with Jasper Bark and David James Keaton           TIH 022: Horror and Comedy with Jasper Bark and David James Keaton          
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    In this podcast we sit down with two award-winning authors, Jasper Bark and David James Keaton, to discuss horror, comedy and the link between the two.

    Topics

    [02:22] Interview starts and participants de-robe (yes, you read that right)

    [04:55] The physicality of horror and humour

    [07:38] The Thai cooking analogy

    [12:24] Psycho

    [17:45] Worst date movie

    [22:00] Fawlty Towers as a horror/catchphrases

    [29:50] Cats and electronic voices

    [31:00] The infamous ‘Blood Fudge’ event

    [46:40] Motel Hell

    [01:03:00] B-movies now and then

    [01:05:45] Cabin in the Woods and You’re Next

    [01:08:40] Surprise narratives and endings

    [01:14:56] Approach to writing horror-comedy

    [01:20:55] Writing horror-comedy as fiction and as graphic novels

    [01:39:00] Clowns

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    Resources and recommendations

    Buy Jasper Bark’s fiction (UK)

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    Blood Fudge incident  

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