Pace (they/them) is joined by special guest co-host JM Longworth (they/them) to talk about one of the most controversial Christmas horror films of all time, Silent Night, Deadly Night! We talk purity culture, religious trauma, and global Santa traditions! Also, is the main character, Billy, queer? Maybe so! Find out all of this and more on this episode of Horror Nerds at Church!
Content warnings: occasional sanist language, and sexual assault mension, childhood religious trauma, and police violence, all as depicted in the film
Books:
Pace mentions Michel Foucault’s conception of the panopticon, which is in Discipline and Punish.
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