Episode Details

Episode 33: Horror in the Cubicle - Workplace Horror

This episode was recorded on July 30, 2024 and posted on August 24, 2024.

Editor's Note: Lonely found out she had double pneumonia (that did not go away for an entire month) and could barely breathe while recording this! Please go easier on her.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 33
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Introductions to our guest - Andrew, Suzie's real life boss!
• Today's Topic: Workplace Horror

Discussion on the "Workplace Horror" Subgenre

• What is the "workplace horror" trope? Why is this a prevalent horror subgenre?
• Toxic work culture and going postal
• Crazy colleagues or coworkers from your hosts

This Week's Coroner's Report

• Have you ever had any strange or creepy experiences with colleagues at work? Why do you think a subgenre of horror about the workplace exists?

Film Discussion

• Cubicle Horror
  • Office Killer (1998)
  • Severance (2006)
  • The Conference (2023)
  • The Voices (2014)
  • The Belko Experiment (2016)
  • Mayhem (2017)
  • Pollen (2023)
• Occupational Hazards
  • PontyPool (2008)
  • Last Shift (2014)

Worst & Best Representations of Workplace Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• Last Shift (2014) - Andrew
• Severance (2006) - Lonely
• The Abandon Office (2016) & The Voices (2014) - Suzie

Best

• Office Killer (1998) - Andrew
• Pollen (2023) & The Belko Experiment (2016) - Lonely
• Severance (2022) & PontyPool (2008) - Suzie

Suzie's Deep Cuts

Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.

• Nightworld: Door to Hell (2017)
• Slaxx (2020)
• The Power (2021)
• Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (2023)

Closing Thoughts

• If you were to propose a workplace or cubicle horror film that does not involve any horror comedy or slasher elements, what storyline would you come up with?

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