Episode Summary:
Welcome Back to the Merwomanist Podcast! I am excited for October, the month of my favorite holiday, Halloween, and we are celebrating with a series of episodes focused on mermaid horror and Black mermaid horror. Mermaid horror is a little-known but very rich subgenre in horror film. This episode gives my rankings (from the worst to the best) and very brief reviews of my top nine mermaid horror recs.
Mermaid Horror Films with their Rankings
9. Killer Mermaid
Director:
Milan Todorovic
Writers:
Marko Backovic Barry Keating Milan Konjevic
8. The Little Mermaid
Directors: Roxie Blumand Matt Martin
Writer: Matt Martin, adapted from Hans Christian Andersen’s The
Little Mermaid
7. Mermaid, Lake of the Dead
Directors:
Writers:
6. Mermaid Down
Director:
Jeffrey Grellman
5. Mermaids Song
Director:
Nicholas Humphries
4. Erzulie
Director:
Christine W Chen
Writers:
3. Blue My Mind
Director:
Lisa Brühlmann
2. Nanny
Writer/Director: Nikyatu Jusu
1. The Lure
Director:
Agnieszka Smoczynska
Writer:
Other Films Mentioned:
Wang Yanpeng,Invasion of the Mermaids
Stuart Gordon, H.P. Lovecraft Dagon
M. Knight Shamylan, Lady in the Water
Catherine Hardwicke, Thirteen
Victoria Mahoney, Yelling to the Sky
Maïmouna Doucouré, Cuties
Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Other Mentions:
Jack Zipes, The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The
Cultural and Social History of a Genre
Mami Melusine, Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny: Mami Wata Onscreen, The
Merwomanist Podcast
My Mermaid Research:
