Episode 18: Maternal Horror
This episode was recorded on January 10, 2024 and posted on January 27, 2024.
Content Warning: Light vulgarity.
Introduction
- Welcome to No Bodies Episode 18
- Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
- Introductions to our guests Tammynator and Amatuer Destroyer aka Jess of Horror Through Her Eyes
- Today's Topic: Maternal Horror
Discussion on Maternal Horror
- What is maternal horror? Why is this a prevalent horror subgenre?
- Highlighting the prevalence of maternal mental health
This Week's Coroner's Report
- What films capture your fears or anxieties around parenthood?
Film Discussion
- Antenatal Period Films
- False Positive (2021) / Our Father (2022)
- Huesera: The Bone Woman (2023)
- Clock (2023)
- Postpartum Period Films
- Rosemary's Baby (1968)
- Lyle (2014)
- The Others (2001)
- The Babadook (2012)
- The Yellow Wallpaper (2021) / The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkin Stetson / The Awakening by Kate Chopin
- Baby Ruby (2022)
- Childrearing & Identity
- Grace (2009)
- Resurrection (2022)
- Goodnight Mommy (2014)
Worst & Best Representations of Maternal Horror
Spoilers ahead!
Worst
- The Brood (1979) - Tammy
- False Positive (2021) - Jess & Lonely
- Abandoned (2022) - Suzie
Best
- The Act (2019) - Lonely
- Inside (2007) - Suzie
- Rosemary's Baby (1968) - Tammy
- We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) - Jess
Suzie's Deep Cuts
Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.
- Motherly (2021)
- Blood Born (2021)
- The Apology (2022)
- The Womb (2022)
- Prevenge (2016)
Closing Thoughts
- As mothers, what is one storyline you want to see portrayed in future horror films?
Thank you to our guests!
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Sources
Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy - MGH Center for Women's Mental Health. (2022, August 22). MGH Center for Women's Mental Health - Perinatal & Reproductive Psychiatry at Mass General Hospital. https://womensmentalhealth.org/specialty-clinics-2/psychiatric-disorders-during-pregnancy/
Hess, A. (2023, June 22). When Motherhood Is a Horror Show. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/arts/motherhood-horror-movies-tv.html
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders - Center for Women's Mood Disorders. (2019, June 4). Center for Women's Mood Disorders. https://www.med.unc.edu/psych/wmd/resources/mood-disorders/perinatal/
