Episode 20: Popular Culture

Onyx Pathcast

In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew talk about horror and vampires in popular culture, and forget some obvious examples.

* Eddy goes right into an apology for the sound issues in last week’s episode.

* (Like with our video game episode, we’re only going to list references that are relevant to the discussion.)

* Buffy the Vampire Slayer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer

* War for the Oaks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_for_the_Oaks

* The X-Files: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files

* The Lone Gunmen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Gunmen_(TV_series)

* “Mythology” vs “monster of the week” episodes and how it inspired roleplaying games

* Forever Knight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Knight

* Dark Shadows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows

* Kindred the Embraced: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindred:_The_Embraced

* The soap opera formula of the 90s

* Twin Peaks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks

* Reading horror as a child

* Point Horror books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Horror

* Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Stories_to_Tell_in_the_Dark

* Goosebumps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goosebumps

* Fear Street: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_Street

* Coraline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coraline

* It: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel)

* Psychological horror and serial killers

* Sharp Objects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Objects

* Liane Moriarty (author): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liane_Moriarty

* Silence of the Lambs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_(film)

* The Blacklist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blacklist_(TV_series)

* Profiler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiler_(TV_series)

* American vs British season/series structure

* Jekyll: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_%28TV_series%29

* Ultraviolet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet_(TV_serial)

* Ripper Street: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripper_Street

* Edge of Darkness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Darkness

* Breaking Bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad

* Games with a built-in ending

* True Blood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood

* Southern Vampire Mysteries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Southern_Vampire_Mysteries

* The Walking Dead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(TV_series)

* Do the problems of the Walking Dead impact Dystopia Rising?

* A Paradise Made In Hell: https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Built-Hell-Extraordinary-Communities/dp/0143118072

* Drama-driven vs character-driven stories

* How Buffy has aged well

* Underworld series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_(film_series)

* Yes, we talk about the Underworld lawsuit

* What We Do in the Shadows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_We_Do_in_the_Shadows

* Matthew quotes the movie, and we end on that note

* What do you want to hear from the Pathcast?