The uneasy history of horror films and disability
By Gwyneth Peaty, Research Fellow, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University
Katie Ellis, Professor in Internet Studies, Curtin University
For decades, various kinds of disability have been used as ‘scary’ metaphors in horror. But a new wave of filmmakers is challenging this problematic framing.
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