Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice and Joyous Holiday to one and all! This month your favorite ghouls are discussing avant-garde and new wave queer cinema director, Curtis Harrington's Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972). Grab yourself a gingerbread man and eat up this deliciously campy hagsploitation Christmas film!
Trigger warnings: child abuse, child death, Vietnam War, fat shaming, and menopause.
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Resources:
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) by She Blogged by Night (Stacia)
https://shebloggedbynight.com/2016/whoever-slew-auntie-roo-1972/
When the Woman Screams: Who Slew Auntie Roo (1971)
https://wordpress.lehigh.edu/screams/2020/02/17/who-slew-auntie-roo-1971/
A Look at Joan Crawford and the Gay Icon Phenomenon by Sara Clements
https://medium.com/@saraclements/a-look-at-joan-crawford-and-the-gay-icon-phenomenon-b8172f20e3e0
Why Gays Fell In Love With These Original Shock Queens By Anthony Uzarowski
https://www.queerty.com/why-gays-fell-in-love-with-these-original-shock-queens-20160123
Retro Review: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? By Dana Vargas
https://www.macabredaily.com/articles/retro-review-who-slew-auntie-roo
Who Slew Auntie Roo? Review by Nathaniel Thompson for TCM
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/95729/who-slew-auntie-roo#articles-reviews
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoever_Slew_Auntie_Roo%3F
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) Review by Michi
https://randommoviemusings.com/2019/09/24/whoever-slew-auntie-roo-1971/amp/
A PRIMER FOR THE UNEXPECTEDLY AWESOME HAGSPLOITATION HORROR SUBGENRE By Rebecca Pahl
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/a-primer-for-the-unexpectedly-awesome-hagsploitation-horror-subgenre?amp
10 Grand Hagsploitation Horror Movies
https://filmschoolrejects.com/best-hagsploitation-horror-movies/?amp
THE HAGSPLOITATION, GRAND DAME GUIGNOL & THE PSYCHO-BIDDY HORROR SUBGENRE by Wynn
https://mubi.com/lists/the-hagsploitation-grand-dame-guignol-the-psycho-biddy-horror-subgenre
‘Hagsploitation’: horror’s obsession with older women returns by Anne Billson
https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/18/hagsploitation-horrors-obsession-with-older-women-returns
Psycho-biddy: Gender in Horror Films Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_horror_films
MENOPAUSAL MANIACS: A HAG HORROR WATCHLIST
https://rue-morgue.com/menopausal-maniacs-a-hag-horror-watchlist/
Dollar Double Feature: Christmas Horror: Rabid (1977) and Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? By GG Graham
https://wickedhorror.com/features/editorials/dollar-double-feature-christmas-horror-rabid-1977-and-whoever-slew-auntie-roo/
Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana – Tragic Gay Icons
https://josephsciambra.com/judy-garland-marilyn-monroe-princess-diana-tragic-gay-icons/
Why Do Gay Men Historically Adopt Female Stars as Their Icons? By Trevor Martin
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-do-gay-men-historical_b_3895070/amp
http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/hereditary-grief-and-motherhood/
Maternal Horror Films: Understanding the ‘Dysfunctional’ Mother
https://the-artifice.com/maternal-horror-films-dysfunctional-mother/
When Santa Was a Woman: 5 Christmas Histories You Want to Know By Sivan
http://www.revivingherstory.com/rhblog/2014/12/16/when-santa-was-a-woman-5-christmas-histories-you-want-to-know
Who is the Celtic Mother Goddess?
http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/opinionated-celtic-faqs/mother/
