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The Elmwood Strain

The Elmwood Strain

Written by: Violet Hour Media
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The Elmwood Strain is a psychedelic horror podcast and limited audio drama series in eight parts, from writer Rachel Woolley. Biological horror with Lovecraftian roots, set in the wreckage of a small American town. Paige escaped Elmwood ten years ago. She thought she got out. Then word arrives that one of the three best friends she abandoned has died under mysterious circumstances, and Paige finds herself driving back to the dying hometown she swore she would never see again. She finds the town being slowly swallowed by the forest, and what remains of it is in the grip of a strange new psychosis, lorded over by the friends she left behind. Crystal. Lucas. Jed. The people who knew her before. The people who knew everything. They have been waiting a long time for Paige to come home. And they have plans for her reunion. Directed and produced by Anthony Ladesich. Written by Rachel Woolley. A Violet Hour Media production. For fans of I Saw the TV Glow, Color Out of Space, The Invitation, Yellowjackets, The Last of Us, Annihilation, Hereditary, and Midsommar. Popular Topics Include: psychedelic horror podcast, biological horror podcast, scripted horror fiction, audio drama horror, fungal horror, cosmic horror podcast, Lovecraftian horror, small town horror, female-led horror podcast, trauma horror, indie horror podcast, folk horror, horror podcast like Yellowjackets, horror podcast like I Saw the TV Glow, horror podcast like The Last of Us, horror podcast like Color Out of Space, horror fiction podcast, dark fiction podcast, Anthony Ladesich, Rachel Woolley, Violet Hour Media.© Copyright 2020 Drama & Plays Science Fiction
Episodes
  • Ep 00: The Elmwood Strain - Season 1 Trailer

    Ep 00: The Elmwood Strain - Season 1 Trailer
    Dec 24 2020
    Introducing THE ELMWOOD STRAIN, a new scripted horror podcast from Violet Hour Media. A traumatized woman reluctantly returns to her dying hometown to find the stoner friends she abandoned are hooked on a strange new drug—with bizarre, seemingly supernatural qualities. Subscribe for free wherever you listen to podcasts. LISTENER WARNING: This program includes depictions of violence and other subject matter that may be upsetting for listeners. Please proceed with caution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • 1. Mighty Sabertooths — A School Shooting Survivor Returns to the Dying Hometown She Escaped

    1. Mighty Sabertooths — A School Shooting Survivor Returns to the Dying Hometown She Escaped
    Jan 18 2021
    Psychedelic horror and survivor grief collide in the opening episode of The Elmwood Strain. Paige Johnson built her life around getting out of Elmwood. New city, new apartment, new locks on every door. Ten years ago a sixteen-year-old named Hunter Zedrow walked into her high school's graduation assembly with a homemade vest and a semiautomatic rifle and killed forty-two people. Paige and her three best friends — Crystal, Lucas, and Jed — skipped the assembly that morning. They were the lucky ones. Today, on what would have been Lucas's birthday, Paige gets a phone call at her office. Lucas is dead. And she is about to find herself driving back to a town she swore she would never see again. Written by Rachel Woolley. Directed and produced by Anthony Ladesich. Executive produced by Cassie Jozefov. A Violet Hour Media production. CONTENT NOTE: This episode opens with the depiction of a school shooting. Listener discretion advised. Popular Topics Include: psychedelic horror podcast, school shooting survivor horror, trauma horror, survivor guilt, PTSD horror, small town horror, return home horror, female-led horror podcast, slow burn horror, atmospheric horror, grief horror, biological horror podcast, folk horror, horror podcast like I Saw the TV Glow, horror podcast like Hereditary, horror podcast like Yellowjackets, horror podcast like The Last of Us, Rachel Woolley, Anthony Ladesich, Violet Hour Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    25 mins
  • 2. ElmRot — A Dying Town Being Swallowed by the Forest and the Rot Growing at Its Edge

    2. ElmRot — A Dying Town Being Swallowed by the Forest and the Rot Growing at Its Edge
    Jan 25 2021
    Biological horror takes hold in the second episode of The Elmwood Strain, as Paige discovers the town she remembers no longer exists. Paige checks into the Elmwood Motel and finds the streets empty, the trees dying, and the few residents who remain looking at her like she is something they are trying to remember. Something is growing in the forest at the edge of town — pale, fleshy, expanding fast. The locals call it the rot. They speak about it the way you would speak about a god. Written by Rachel Woolley. Directed and produced by Anthony Ladesich. Executive produced by Cassie Jozefov. A Violet Hour Media production. LISTENER WARNING: This program includes subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners. Popular Topics Include: biological horror podcast, fungal horror, ecological horror, cosmic horror, Lovecraftian horror, body horror, dying town horror, small town horror, folk horror, atmospheric dread, nature horror, slow burn horror, psychedelic horror podcast, horror podcast like Color Out of Space, horror podcast like Annihilation, horror podcast like The Last of Us, horror podcast like Old Gods of Appalachia, Rachel Woolley, Anthony Ladesich, Violet Hour Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    25 mins
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