Episode Details

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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