Episode 207: Writer Daniel Kraus and Deadly Friend (1986)

This week we chat with author Daniel Kraus! He's worked with Guillermo del Toro on The Shape of Water and Trollhunters and finished George Romero's book The Living Dead. He's also written countless books for adults and young adults, alike. His latest book, the emotional and horrifying aquatic horror Whalefall is out and comes highly recommended from your hosts. We chat about masculinity, the idea for the novel's, well, novel premise and so much more before we go back to when Daniel was a kid to find out why Wes Craven's Deadly Friend terrified him so much. You can follow Daniel on Twitter and Bluesky. Keep up with his work at his website.Follow Mary Beth, Terry and the Podcast on Twitter. We also have a Letterboxd HQ account, so follow us there, too! We’re also on Bluesky with the same usernames. Support us on Patreon!If you want to support our podcast, please please take a moment to go rate us on Spotify and give us a rating and review on iTunes. It really helps us out with the algorithms. We also have a YouTube channel! Ask us for our Discord server!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.