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 And yet, on today's blood splattered celluloid, cheap morality tales have mostly been replaced by overt political/social anxieties.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? Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks