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  <title>Ep. 086: Top Horror Films Set in Rural America</title>
  <description>For this Halloween Special, Lyndsey Quinlan, Digital Marketing Associate for the Cardinal Institute, and Jessica Dobrinsky, Staff Writer for the Cardinal Institute, join Garrett Ballengee to discuss horror films set in rural locations. They share their favorites and explore themes of folklore, rural horror, and hicksploitation. They also take a deep dive into what makes a good horror film and look at literary themes, the power of music and lighting in film, human psychology analyzed through film, and some history behind scary movie genres. If you enjoy horror films, and even if you don’t, you’ll enjoy this riveting discussion of top horror films set in rural America. Follow Jessica &amp;amp;amp; Lyndsey Follow Jessica Dobrinsky on Twitter https://x.com/jldobrinsky Follow Lyndsey Quinlan on Twitter https://x.com/its_Lynds_ &amp;amp;nbsp; Films Discussed  Night of the Hunter Night of the Living Dead Texas Chainsaw Massacre Children of the Corn Evil Dead 2&amp;amp;nbsp; Sleepy Hollow The  Blair Witch Project The Witch  &amp;amp;nbsp; Additional Resources &amp;amp;amp; Mentions Nightmare Before Christmas - film Hicksploitation – theme/trope Film Noir - genre Harry Powers – serial killer  West Virginia Penitentiary a.k.a. Moundsville Penitentiary Horror Film - genre Leaning on the Everlasting Arms – Hymn  Once Upon a Time There Was a Pretty Fly – Song White Zombie – film Slasher – genre Head Cheese – food Video nasty – type of film Stephen King – author Carrie – novel Comedy Horror – genre The Evil Dead – film Necronomicon Ex Mortis – fictional book from a film Ash vs. Evil Dead – TV show Sam Raimi – film director Bruce Campbell – actor and producer The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – book Atmospheric Horror – genre Found footage – film technique Flying Ointment &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;   &amp;amp;nbsp;  Garrett Ballengee,&amp;amp;nbsp;Host  President &amp;amp;amp; CEO&amp;amp;nbsp;-&amp;amp;nbsp;@gballeng  Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy &amp;amp;nbsp;  Amanda Kieffer,&amp;amp;nbsp;Executive Producer  Vice President of Communications &amp;amp;amp; Strategy&amp;amp;nbsp;-&amp;amp;nbsp;@akieffer13&amp;amp;nbsp;  Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy &amp;amp;nbsp;  Nate Phipps,&amp;amp;nbsp;Editor &amp;amp;amp; Producer&amp;amp;nbsp;-&amp;amp;nbsp;@Aviv5753 &amp;amp;nbsp;  Follow:  YouTube,&amp;amp;nbsp;Twitter,&amp;amp;nbsp;Facebook,&amp;amp;nbsp;LinkedIn,&amp;amp;nbsp;Instagram  Support:  Donate,&amp;amp;nbsp;Newsletter &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; </description>
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