Shownotes
John McDonald speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2022.
Moralism has been the life blood of the horror genre for as long as there have been boogey-men in hockey masks stalking around murdering teenagers. And yet, on today's blood splattered celluloid, cheap morality tales have mostly been replaced by overt political/social anxieties. What do the rise of Family Horror, social thrillers, and anti-moralist monsters say about our cultural moment?
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