Episode 18: Maternal Horror

Episode 18: Maternal Horror  This episode was recorded on January 10, 2024 and posted on January 27, 2024. Content Warning: Light vulgarity.  Introduction Welcome to No Bodies Episode 18 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie Introductions to our guests Tammynator and Amatuer Destroyer aka Jess of Horror Through Her Eyes Today's Topic: Maternal Horror Discussion on Maternal Horror What is maternal horror? Why is this a prevalent horror subgenre? Highlighting the prevalence of maternal mental health  This Week's Coroner's Report What films capture your fears or anxieties around parenthood? Film Discussion Antenatal Period Films False Positive (2021) / Our Father (2022) Huesera: The Bone Woman (2023) Clock (2023) Postpartum Period Films Rosemary's Baby (1968) Lyle (2014) The Others (2001) The Babadook (2012) The Yellow Wallpaper (2021) / The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkin Stetson / The Awakening by Kate Chopin Baby Ruby (2022) Childrearing & Identity  Grace (2009) Resurrection (2022) Goodnight Mommy (2014) Worst & Best Representations of Maternal Horror Spoilers ahead! Worst The Brood (1979) - Tammy False Positive (2021) - Jess & Lonely Abandoned (2022) - Suzie Best The Act (2019) - Lonely Inside (2007) - Suzie Rosemary's Baby (1968) - Tammy We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) - Jess Suzie's Deep Cuts Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.  Motherly (2021) Blood Born (2021) The Apology (2022) The Womb (2022) Prevenge (2016) Closing Thoughts As mothers, what is one storyline you want to see portrayed in future horror films? Thank you to our guests!  Keep up with Horror Through Her Eyes on Spotify, Facebook Group, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and Letterboxd! Reach out to their show by email at [email protected].  Follow Tammy on Instagram! Follow Jess on Instagram! Check out Tammy & Jess on The HorrorCast! Keep Up with Your Hosts Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.  Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint 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 Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy - MGH Center for Women's Mental Health. (2022, August 22). MGH Center for Women's Mental Health - Perinatal & Reproductive Psychiatry at Mass General Hospital. https://womensmentalhealth.org/specialty-clinics-2/psychiatric-disorders-during-pregnancy/ Hess, A. (2023, June 22). When Motherhood Is a Horror Show. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/arts/motherhood-horror-movies-tv.html Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders - Center for Women's Mood Disorders. (2019, June 4). Center for Women's Mood Disorders. https://www.med.unc.edu/psych/wmd/resources/mood-disorders/perinatal/