Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast

Aquatic Horror with Brandon Baker

Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast

Show Notes

Summer isn't over yet, so I was joined by Brandon Baker (@baker_reads) to talk about aquatic horror! We're talking about what could be lurking in the water, and how sometimes that's none of our business. Movies Mentioned:

Lake Placid Deep Blue Sea 47 Meters Down 47 Meters Down Uncaged Sea Fever Underwater Jaws The Lighthouse Pirhana Frankenfish Sharknado Ghost Ship Sphere The Creature From the Black Lagoon

Books Mentioned:

Reliquary by Hannah Whitten Invasive Species by Ellery Adams Dark Water: Stories by Koji Suzuki (translated by Glynne Walley) The Deep by Nick Cutter Whalefall by Daniel Kraus The Low, Low Whistle by Laurel Hightower From Below by Darcy Coates Chlorine by Jade Song Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant The Devil and the Deep edited by Ellen Datlow

Chilling Obsession:

Junk bugs S(p)lasher Flicks by Cullen Wade

Final Girl Song: Posing for Cars by Japanese Breakfast

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