This week, David and Madeline start a journey exploring the politics of horror movies! We do a brief overview of the transition from horror literature to horror film and the key trends of horror films by decade. Next week, we will tackle the politics of horror by topic and explore specific film titles!

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SOURCES:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/

https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/431308?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents

https://daily.jstor.org/the-horror/

https://medusacreatives.com/2020/10/31/normal-people-dont-scare-me-a-history-of-ableism-in-the-horror-genre/

https://collider.com/horror-movies-transphobia/

https://wildezine.com/3806/opinion/its-not-about-the-dress-a-brief-history-of-transphobia-in-horror-movies/

https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transpop-suicide-press-release/