Looking Camp Right in the Eye: Horror as a Tool for Reclamation

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Happy Halloween! This week, we’re talking horror films: the genre’s queer roots, female villains reclaiming their bodies, and how American Horror Story altered our brain chemistries, for better or for worse. Links:⁠Spotify Playlist⁠⁠Horror Recs⁠ (Letterboxd)Julia Kristeva, ⁠"Approaching Abjection"⁠ (JSTOR)Julia Métraux, ⁠"The Very Human Appeal of ‘American Horror Story"⁠ (JSTOR)Find us: ⁠Instagram⁠⁠TikTok⁠YouTubeTimestamps:Intro 00:00Our Favorite Horror Films 00:17Horror and Queerness 04:20Scream Queens 07:00American Horror Story 9:25Autonomy and Horror 19:03Low Budget and Indie 22:11The Working Man’s Genre 25:15What are we afraid of? 28:30Horror Tropes 33:03Outro 34:58 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityvertigo.substack.com

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