Forget the vampire tropes this week; let’s hallucinate and appreciate.

Horror scholar Lea Anderson (Fangoria, Shudder) is here to look deep into 1973’s “Ganja & Hess” (and honestly, help me understand it). This beguiling Black vampire story stars Marlene Clark and Duane Jones as a pair of cursed, blood-craving immortals reckoning with the beauty and horror of forever togetherness. In this episode, we break down ‘70s movie blood, this film’s complex take on theology, and why Marlene Clark’s performance “is everything” to Lea.

Catch up with some of Lea’s writing here. And if you missed our Blacula podcast with Odie Henderson last week … well, don’t!