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# Resources: Episode 74: Boo Without Goo, Volume 2
- URL: https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/resources-episode-74-boo-without/
- Published: 2023-11-03T16:29:10.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-03T15:53:46.000Z
- Description: resources and further reading for this podcast episode
- Author: Carla Pettigrew
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1738597973835, #Import 2025-02-03 15:53

The podcast episode is [available on Substack for paid members](https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/boo-without-goo-volume-two-74-4fc/), or everywhere you catch your pods ([list of podcatchers here, plus instructions for free members on how to add the RSS feed to Substack](https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/where-to-listen/)).

### List of movies for this episode, with links to buy, and/or Letterboxd links:

1. [Abandon (2002)](https://letterboxd.com/film/abandon), directed by [Stephen Gaghan](https://letterboxd.com/director/stephen-gaghan/)
2. [The Craft (1996)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-craft), directed by [Andrew Fleming](https://letterboxd.com/director/andrew-fleming/)
3. [Gossip (2000)](https://letterboxd.com/film/gossip/), directed by [Davis Guggenheim](https://letterboxd.com/director/davis-guggenheim/)
4. [New Best Friend (2002)](https://letterboxd.com/film/new-best-friend/), directed by [Zoe Clarke-Williams](https://letterboxd.com/director/zoe-clarke-williams/)
5. [Clue (1985)](https://letterboxd.com/film/clue/), directed by [Jonathan Lynn](https://letterboxd.com/director/jonathan-lynn/)
6. [Frailty (2001)](https://letterboxd.com/film/frailty), directed by [Bill Paxton](https://letterboxd.com/director/bill-paxton/)
7. [Flatliners (1990)](https://letterboxd.com/film/flatliners), directed by [Joel Schumacher](https://letterboxd.com/director/joel-schumacher/)
8. [Edward Scissorhands (1990)](https://letterboxd.com/film/edward-scissorhands), directed by [Tim Burton](https://letterboxd.com/director/tim-burton/)
9. [A Dark Song (2016)](https://letterboxd.com/film/a-dark-song/), directed by [Liam Gavin](https://letterboxd.com/director/liam-gavin/)
10. [Winchester (2018)](https://letterboxd.com/film/winchester/), directed by [Michael Spierig](https://letterboxd.com/director/michael-spierig/), [Peter Spierig](https://letterboxd.com/director/peter-spierig/)
11. [House on Haunted Hill (1959)](https://letterboxd.com/film/house-on-haunted-hill), directed by [William Castle](https://letterboxd.com/director/william-castle-1/)
12. [The Bad Seed](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0883929189694) (1956), directed by [Mervyn LeRoy](https://letterboxd.com/director/mervyn-leroy/)/[The Bad Seed (1985)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-bad-seed-1985/), directed by [Paul Wendkos](https://letterboxd.com/director/paul-wendkos/)
13. [Gone Girl (2014)](https://letterboxd.com/film/gone-girl/), directed by [David Fincher](https://letterboxd.com/director/david-fincher/)
14. [The Innkeepers (2011)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-innkeepers/), directed by [Ti West](https://letterboxd.com/director/ti-west/)
15. [The Awakening (2011)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-awakening-2011/), directed by [Nick Murphy](https://letterboxd.com/director/nick-murphy-1/)
16. [We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)](https://letterboxd.com/film/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/), directed by [Stacie Passon](https://letterboxd.com/director/stacie-passon/)
17. [Searching (2018)](https://letterboxd.com/film/searching-2018/), directed by [Aneesh Chaganty](https://letterboxd.com/director/aneesh-chaganty/)
18. [Run (2020)](https://letterboxd.com/film/run-2020/), directed by [Aneesh Chaganty](https://letterboxd.com/director/aneesh-chaganty/)
19. [Horror in the High Desert (2018)](https://letterboxd.com/film/horror-in-the-high-desert/), directed by [Dutch Marich](https://letterboxd.com/director/dutch-marich/)
20. [The Wicker Man (1973)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-wicker-man/), directed by [Robin Hardy](https://letterboxd.com/director/robin-hardy/)
21. [Insomnia (2002)](https://letterboxd.com/film/insomnia-2002/), directed by [Christopher Nolan](https://letterboxd.com/director/christopher-nolan/)
22. [Willow Creek (2013)](https://letterboxd.com/film/willow-creek/), directed by [Bobcat Goldthwait](https://letterboxd.com/director/bobcat-goldthwait/)
23. [Gretel & Hansel (2020)](https://letterboxd.com/film/gretel-hansel/), directed by [Oz Perkins](https://letterboxd.com/director/oz-perkins/)
24. [The Endless (2017)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-endless/), directed by [Aaron Moorhead](https://letterboxd.com/director/aaron-moorhead/), [Justin Benson](https://letterboxd.com/director/justin-benson/)
25. [Lake Mungo (2008)](https://letterboxd.com/film/lake-mungo/), directed by [Joel Anderson](https://letterboxd.com/director/joel-anderson/)
26. [Veronica (2017)](https://letterboxd.com/film/veronica-2017-1/), directed by [Paco Plaza](https://letterboxd.com/director/paco-plaza/)
27. [Marrowbone (2017)](https://letterboxd.com/film/marrowbone/), directed by [Sergio G. Sánchez](https://letterboxd.com/director/sergio-g-sanchez/)
28. [Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)](https://letterboxd.com/film/paranormal-activity-2/), directed by [Tod Williams](https://letterboxd.com/director/tod-williams/); [Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)](https://letterboxd.com/film/paranormal-activity-3/), directed by [Henry Joost](https://letterboxd.com/director/henry-joost/), [Ariel Schulman](https://letterboxd.com/director/ariel-schulman/); [Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)](https://letterboxd.com/film/paranormal-activity-4/), directed by [Henry Joost](https://letterboxd.com/director/henry-joost/), [Ariel Schulman](https://letterboxd.com/director/ariel-schulman/); [Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)](https://letterboxd.com/film/paranormal-activity-the-ghost-dimension/), directed by [Gregory Plotkin](https://letterboxd.com/director/gregory-plotkin/)
29. [The Lodgers (2017)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-lodgers/), directed by [Brian O’Malley](https://letterboxd.com/director/brian-omalley/)
30. [Don't Leave Home (2018)](https://letterboxd.com/film/dont-leave-home/), directed by [Michael Tully](https://letterboxd.com/director/michael-tully/)
31. [Wait Until Dark (1967)](https://letterboxd.com/film/wait-until-dark/), directed by [Terence Young](https://letterboxd.com/director/terence-young/)
32. [Spider Baby (1967)](https://letterboxd.com/film/spider-baby/), directed by [Jack Hill](https://letterboxd.com/director/jack-hill-1/)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f5/6df583d7-3da2-455c-b104-e0c5ab8c796a/content/images/2025/02/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f643dd5d6-cb8b-4bd7-bad0-155dc1dc2949_823x413-webp.jpg)

Sophia Lillis, Gretel & Hansel (2020)

### Movies on this list based upon novels:

1. *Abandon* is based upon [Adam’s Fall by Sean Desmond](https://www.amazon.com/Adams-Fall-Desmond-Sean/dp/031226254X/)
2. *The Bad Seed* is based upon [William March's novel of the same name](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781101872659)
3. *Gone Girl* is based upon [Gillian Flynn's novel of the same name](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780307588371)
4. *We Have Always Lived in the Castle* is based upon [Shirley Jackson's novel of the same name](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143129547)

#### Other books mentioned in the episode:

1. [Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780316425360)
2. [The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143039983)
3. [I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780765327826)
4. [Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375725999)
5. [A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780765308719)
6. [Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780307341556)
7. [Freedom by Jonathan Franzen](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781250823991)
8. [Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son by Michael Chabon](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780061490194)
9. [The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781912714742)
10. [The Dinner by Herman Koch](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780385346856)
11. [Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780440242864)
12. [Ghost Story by Peter Straub](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781101989197)
13. [The Influence by Ramsey Campbell](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781787583726)
14. [Elsie Dinsmore by Martha Finley](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781589605008)
15. [Danse Macabre by Stephen King](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781439170984)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f5/6df583d7-3da2-455c-b104-e0c5ab8c796a/content/images/2025/02/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f8574064a-2ff5-46af-af3d-ff0e0b3fc533_1024x413-webp.jpg)

Dominic West and Rebecca Hall, The Awakening (2011)

[**Resources for the first Boo Without Goo, episode 10**](https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/episode-10-boo-without-goo/)