Episode Details

This episode was recorded on July 8, 2023 and posted on July 29, 2023.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 3
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Introductions to our guest - Aukai Ligairi, documentary filmmaker and podcasting legend, aka Wolfman Josh
• Today's Topic: Indigenous Cultures in Horror

Discussion of Indigenous Representation in Media

• Representation gap of native cultures in film
• Impact of harmful representations and stereotypes like "The Indian Burial Ground"
• Who has the right to tell which stories?
• Access for native creators in film and television
• Ethics of retelling native folklore, like the Wendigo, by nonnative creators
• Ethics of consuming media with "problematic" representations of native cultures
• Eurocentric folk horror connections to native reparations

Worst & Best Representations of Indigenous Cultures in Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• The Manitou (1978) - Lonely
• The Ghost Dance (1982) - Suzie
• Scalps (1983) - Aukai
• Creepshow 2 (1987) - Lonely
• Wendigo (2001) - Lonely

Best

• The Dead Lands (2014) - Aukai
• Mohawk (2017) - Aukai
• Blood Quantum (2019) - Suzie
• The Dead Lands (2020) - Aukai
• Antlers (2021) - Suzie & Lonely
• Prey (2022) - Aukai
• Slash/back (2022) - Aukai & Suzie

Suzie's Deep Cuts

• Nightwing (1979)
• Ravenous (1999)
• The Dead Can't Dance (2010)

Final Thoughts

• Where do you see the future of native storytelling in horror?

Thank you to our guest!

• Follow Aukai on Instagram & Twitter @aukaiviti and on Letterboxd @aukailigari. Stream Cleanflix (2012) on Tubi and Life Below Zero: First Alaskans (2022) on Disney+.

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.

• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly.

• Lone