Candle on Skull

Sarah Haunts

Movie poster for Talk to Me: a white hand reaching into a dark void

Talk to me

Disability is in Everything (Including our Villains): TALK TO ME

A white house that's falling in on itself and decaying on an abandoned farm.

Midwestern Gothic House

Musings about survival and how it's seen in Midwest Gothic Media and Literature

 Lenses of Change: MIDWEST GOTHIC

Picture of a severed, robotic hand holding a red and bloody shopping bag

Chopping Mall Movie Poster

Mall culture and accessibility. Talking about the movie Chopping Mall.

Chopping Mall: Exploring The Decline of Accessible Spaces

Picture of Baby Jane Hudson and Blanche Hudson looking out the window in fear

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Diving into "Palatability" and how it's weaponized against other disabled identities. Using What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as example

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Weaponizing Palatability

Ghost Face on Subway

My thoughts, feelings, and little jokes about Scream 6. Tehe.

A Moving, Tin Can of Sound: Personal Horrors from Public Transit

A young girl, covered in blood, talking out of character to the director of the film

Piggy Movie 2022

A review of Piggy and it's dealing with desirability. I loved it. Go see it.

Disability is in Everything (Including our Villains): CERDITA (PIGGY)

Five teenagers standing in front of lightning and a smokey cloud in the shape of a skull

final destination

I've Never Watched Final Destination Until Now Ok??? sorry! I loved it though. 

FINAL DESTINATION: Juking Neglectful Care, Long Covid, and Imminent Death

A 4ft blonde doll dancing in an office hallway.

Megan

WELCOME BACK! Talking about M3gan, autism, and AI narratives.

"Wait... Is This Play About Us?" And Other AI Depictions

The Menu movie poster

Exploring the gratitude I feel for autistic safe foods. A light review of The Menu.

An Ode to Safe Foods: THE MENU

A tall blonde woman standing in front of a large black cat looking menacing.

Cat People Movie Poster

How disability is portrayed and demonized in Cat People. How our perspectives change over time.

Disability is in Everything (Including our Villains): CAT PEOPLE

Hellraiser movie poster

Review of the newest Hellraiser. A love letter for sensual pain and the Cenobites.

Autistic Pleasure: When Pain Feels Good

A woman with grey hair creepily smiling to the camera

Smile therapist

Review of the movie SMILE. Discovering the deeper message on anti-carceral logics. 

SMILE: Toxic Positivity and Therapeutic Nightmares

Shirley Jackson People

Domestic Horror and How Girl-Boss Feminism Co-opts Laboring Liberations.

Staying Home: Shirley Jackson, Don't Worry Darling, and Domestic Horror

A haunted house

Haunted house brainstorm session. Not full list, but starting one!

How can Haunted Houses be more Accessible?

Pearl from the movie Pearl

What and When is a Character Autistic-Coded?

A girl looking down a dark flight of stairs

The Poster for Barbarian

Barbarian and possible theories surrounding the movies use of "humanity" as a label. How fickle it is to be seen human.

Disability is in Everything (Including our Villains): BARBARIAN 

white house from Hocus Pocus

Some tips I picked up when traveling to Salem and Boston, MA.

Spooky Travels for An Autistic Ghost: Salem, MA 

Black Phillip Goat standing on his two hind legs

Black Phillip

A series exploring the relationship between horror genres and anarchist thinking.  

Lenses of Change: Folk Horror

The husband from Insidious with a demon behind him

Insidious

Haunted House Husbands and how they transcend far past movies.

How Allists Can Act Like Haunted House Husbands 

A group of robed men standing in a circle

Eyes wide shut cult

A silly goofy time confessing an embarrassing moment. Exploring the "red flags" that make up cult.

Are *Drinks after Work* in the Room With Us? How to Avoid Cults When Making Friends

the door in front of a black swirling orb

The twilight zone

Thinking about The Twilight Zone and applying an Autistic understanding to three episodes.  

My Top 3 Most Autistic Episodes of The Twilight Zone

Some of the friends in Bodies Bodies Bodies

Bodies bodies bodies

Bodies, Bodies, Bodies is super fun examination of friend group dynamics. 

When Friend Groups Become Agents of Surveillance: BODIES, BODIES, BODIES

Booya Moon

A praise for Lisey Story and it's poetic exploration of dissociation, grief, and maladaptive daydreams.

Lisey's Story: Maladaptive/Dissociative States of Reality

unkindness of ghosts

Gushing over An Unkindness of Ghosts. Please go and read it.

Autism in Horror/Dark Literature: AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS

Sarah Paulson

A brief history on the marriage between ABA and Conversion therapies. Their relation explored, artistically

Behavior Modification Therapies: An Overlapping History for Queer Autistics

Ghost adventures

Remembering of a ghost tour at The Stanley Hotel. Tending to the topic of social ghosts.

The Effervescence of Ghost Hunting

Elvira 

A love letter to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, and what it means to talk body, body, body.

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Long-Lasting Scars, and Topics of the Body

The movie poster for Hush. Man in white mask looking at woman.

Hush

Asking questions and brainstorming ideas on collaborative works of the future. Hush used as example.

The Missed Opportunity of "Hush" and Other Movies Like it 

Unsane

The movie Unsane and it's exposure of psychiatric abuse. Mentions of The Mad Movement.

Disability is in Everything (Including our Villains): UNSANE

Jason's Mom

How the Cold Mother Theory is expressed through a decades worth of horror. Explored through Friday the 13th and Hereditary

Kanner's Cold Mother Theory and How It's Explored in Horror 

The book cover for Frankenstein. A man peering at his reflection in the water.

Frankenstein 

The book Frankenstein and its proximity with Carl Jung's Shadow Work. How to be better Monsters.

Autism in Horror/Dark Literature: FRANKENSTEIN

A family portrait of the Munsters and the Addams.

The Munsters and The Addams Family

Searching for family examples of true love and care. Hating on toxic-auspie-advocate-moms.

The Munsters and The Addams: The Best Models for Parental Acceptance

The poster for the TV show Severance. Little man sitting in big man's brain.

Severance

A deep dive into what storylines actually scares me. Two examples listed.

What Actually Scares Me?

The fog

An examination of the relationship between the movie THE FOG and brain fog. Mentions of chronic fatigue.

Disability is in Everything (including our villains): THE FOG

Parable of the Sower

Examining the neurodivergent traits present in Parable of the Sower. 

Autism in Horror/Dark Literature: PARABLE OF THE SOWER

Micheal Meyers looking down from the stairs and holding a knife

Micheal Meyers 

An exploration of how "escaped" slashers embody and demolish ableist fears.

Slashers and Proximity: An Exploration of Ableist Fears 

Scooby Doo Crew

A poetic unspooling of autism and what friendship can look like. References Scooby-doo and IT.

Your Spooky Neurodivergent Friend-Group is Out There

Zombies in a field, swaying in a black and white photo.

Night of the living dead

A look at zombie movies and how some have/have not historically perpetuated eugenic talking points.

Zombie Movies:  "Survival of the Fittest" Mentality

Sula

A closer look at Toni Morrison's Sula and the lingering effect of autistic friendship.

Autism in Horror/Dark Literature: SULA

The Servant Leanne

A look into The Servant and how the show decides to handle religious PTSD.

Disability is in Everything (Including our Villains): The Servant

Tim Burton

Analyzing Tim Burton's contribution to autistic metaphors in his movies. Listing what I felt like were his best autistic characters.

A Look at (some of) Tim Burton's Best Autistic Characters

REBECCA

An autism-focused review of the book Rebecca.

Autism in Horror/Dark Literature: REBECCA

FRESH characters

A disability-focused review of the film Fresh.

Disability is in Everything (Including our Villains): FRESH

Run Actors

A thought piece on disability revenge stories. Includes thoughts on "Run", "Carrie", and "Malignant".

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