Part 2 of our interview with Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Dr. Kendall Phillips.  In conversation with our Communicating Fears in Film topic theme, Kendall discusses his own "origins" and how his path first intersected with horror cinema at the crucial threshold of childhood adolescence. Garret and Kendall discuss several horror texts that marked  rhetorical influences in their lives. Stick around to the end for Dr. Phillips' horror readings and screening recommendations this October.   

Hosts: Garret Castleberry, Kendall Phillips (Guest)

Producers: Garret Castleberry, Will McMurry (Audio Engineer), Alli Garner (Cover Art), Austin Foster (Music)

Recommended readings paired with Season Seven "Communicating Fears in Film":
Kendall Phillips. Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film. Southern Illinois University Press, 2012.

Kendall Phillips. Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Popular Culture. New York: Polity, 2005.

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