Episode 07: Art in Horror Storytelling

Episode 07: Art in Horror Storytelling This episode was recorded on August 20, 2023 and posted on September 23, 2023 Content Warning: Light vulgarity. Introduction Welcome to No Bodies Episode 7 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly Introductions to our guest - horror illustrator Bonnie Bozell Today's Topic: Art in Horror Storytelling Discussion of Art in Horror Our experiences with fine art and "dark" art Defining dark art and the tortured artist Why are mental health and art so intertwined, especially in horror? Dark art examples & recommendations from Bonnie Horror films that feature tortured artists Horror films that feature art as horror elements Worst & Best Representations of Latin American Horror Spoilers ahead! Worst Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) - Lonely & Bonnie The Death Artist (1995) - Suzie  Best Ghostbusters 2 (1989) - Suzie  Bliss (2019) - Bonnie Suzie's Deep Cuts  Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.  The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) The House with Laughing Windows (1976) The Haunting of Helena (2012) Malicious (2018) Golem (2018) Final Thoughts How do you think the element of art as horror storytelling could be improved or fine tuned in the feature? Dark Art Mentioned in this Episode The Papal Portraits of 1953 by Francis Bacon The Scream by Edvard Munch  Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch Girl with Death Mask (She Plays Alone) by Frida Kahlo The Severed Heads by Theodore Gericault Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette by Van Gogh Medusa by Caravaggio Thank you to our guest!  Check out Bonnie's art on Instagram @bbozellart and her store at https://bbozellart.bigcartel.com/ Keep Up with Your Hosts Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly.  Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!  Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show! Sources & Additional Reading Dafoe, T. (2021, October 29). Why are so many contemporary horror flicks set in the art world? spoiler alert: It's a metaphor about power. Artnet News. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/why-are-so-many-scary-movies-set-in-art-world-2026754 Eddy, C. (2019, February 5). 10 horror films that contain equally horrifying works of art. Gizmodo. https://gizmodo.com/10-horror-films-that-contain-equally-horrifying-works-o-1832198507 Grey, O. (2023, July 31). Horror movies about artists and the Art World. Ranker. https://www.ranker.com/list/horror-films-about-art/orrin-grey Hunt, P. (2022, October 28). Art and Horror. National Galleries of Scotland. https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/features/art-and-horror IGN. (2021, October 18). Scream 25th anniversary - exclusive "The story behind the ghostface mask" clip (Neve Campbell). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWgGsdmPE5o&ab_channel=IGN Kayinska, O. (2022, June 21). The Dark Side of Painting: What is dark art?. Art Web List. https://artweblist.com/the-dark-side-of-painting-what-is-dark-art/#:~:text=The%20term%20%E2%80%9Cdark%20art%E2%80%9D%20covers,airy%20style%20of%20traditional%20art Premnath, A. (2022, November 2). The significance of Horror in art. RTF | Rethinking The Future. https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/architectural-community/a8413-the-significance-of-horror-in-art/ Rae, K. (2023, January 29). 7+ horror movies about artists. Creepy Catalog. https://creepycatalog.com/horror-movies-about-artists/ Richman-Abdou, K. (2022, September 20). 13 of art history's most horrifying masterpieces. My Modern Met. https://mymodernmet.com/scary-art/ Russo, J. D. (2014, October 28). Dead letter: The aesthetics of horror: Arts: The Harvard Crimson. Arts | The Harvard Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/10/28/arts-cover-horror-aesthetics/ Soukayna. (2019, April). Art & Horror: A Living Portfolio. Offscreen. https://offscreen.com/view/art-horror-portfolio Stephanie. (2020, January 16). The tortured artist: An exploration of creativity and mental illness. The Pop Cult. https://thepopcult.blog/the-tortured-artist-an-exploration-of-creativity-and-mental-illness/