Fully-Booked: Literary Podcast
1) Del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025) Review: The Most Human Monster on Netflix
We dive into Guillermo del Toro’s 2025 Netflix adaptation of Frankenstein: early fest screening impressions, Oscar Isaac’s chilling Victor, Jacob Elordi’s heartbreaking Creature, Mia Goth’s dual turn,...Show More
2) How Universal Turned Shadows Into Stars: The Birth of Modern Horror
Meaghan and Shirin close spooky season by unpacking how Universal Studios turned Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, and more into pop-culture icons—mixing juicy film history (Nosferatu! Laemmle! Lon Ch...Show More
3) We Rewatched IT Before “Welcome to Derry” — Why Pennywise Still Terrifies (and Breaks) Us
We rewatch It Chapters 1 & 2 to dig into why Pennywise endures: coming-of-age grief, Derry’s complicity, flawless casting, Richie–Eddie subtext, Beverly’s survival, and the scenes that still wreck us....Show More
4) Folk Horror Explained: Rituals, Outsiders & Slow-Burn Dread (+ Best Books & Movies)
Folk horror isn’t just creaky floors and creepy forests—it’s slow dread, strange rituals, and outsiders trapped in tight-knit communities. Shereen (skeptic turned convert) and Meaghan (genre guide) br...Show More
5) YA Horror Is Booming: Dark Academia, Slashers & Haunted Houses (Must-Read Recs)
YA horror is thriving — slashers, haunted houses, dark academia, and queer coming-of-age stories are giving readers real chills and real catharsis. Megan and Shereen unpack why “for the teens” horror ...Show More
6) The 10 Best Horror Adaptations of 2015–2025 (Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Usher, Dracula & More)
The best horror adaptations of the last decade—Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Interview with the Vampire, The Invisible Man, Fear Street, Fall of the House of Usher, and BBC’s Dracula. We brea...Show More
7) Dark Academia Adaptations We Need: Ninth House, Bunny, Atlas Six, The Maidens & More
Dark academia fans: we built Hollywood’s slate for you. From Yale secret societies to culty MFA programs, here are the campus thrillers we think should be adapted next—plus reader confessions (DNFs! t...Show More
8) The Dark Academia Dilemma: Gorgeous Aesthetic, Unadaptable Stories?
Why are dark-academia books so hard to adapt? We dig into the vibe vs. story problem, elitist settings and unlikable casts, streamer cancel culture, and why animation could rescue the genre—using “Wed...Show More
9) Dark Academia 101: Why Secret Societies Hook Us
We kick off our September theme with a big-picture chat on dark academia—specifically, why so many campus-set stories lean on secret societies, initiations, and underground clubs, plus current reads a...Show More
10) Here's Why The Season 3 Of The Summer I Turned Pretty Was A Hot Mess
We unpack Season 3 of The Summer I Turned Pretty — the frustrating choices, messy love triangle, and why the side characters are the only ones keeping us watching.