A Spooky & Gay Crossover! Part 1: Hereditary

The Popculty Podcast

It's a two-part Halloween crossover event! Carver Casey of the Spooky & Gay with Carver & Jay podcast joins me to talk personal histories of horror and whether the films of A24 auteur darling Ari Aster are all they're cracked up to be. In this episode, we turn our queer lens on Hereditary - Transmasculine allegory or transphobic trash? Listen to find out where we land, and join us next week for Part 2, when we tackle his follow-up folk horror classic Midsommar!
Article discussed: Trans Horror Stories and Society's Fear of the Transmasculine Body - Sasha Geffen (Them.)
Women-Directed Horror Recs:

• Raw (2016) dir. Julia Ducournau
• Good Manners/As Boas Maneiras (2017) dir. Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra
• A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) dir. Ana Lily Amirpour
• Carmilla (2019) dir. Emily Harris
• Fear Street trilogy (2021) dir. Leigh Janiak [ Netflix]
• The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) [Netflix]
• Lovecraft Country (2020) [HBO Max]
• Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021) [Netflix]
• Evil (2019 - ) [Paramount+]

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Spooky synth outro music by Ross Bugden.

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1. It's a crossover episode! Introducing your hosts, Carver and SJ (00:00:00)

2. Our personal histories with horror (00:03:06)

3. From Shelley's 'Frankenstein' to Romero's 'Night of the Living Dead': Horror has always been an allegory (00:11:31)

4. There is a horror movie for everyone (00:13:23)

5. Non-binary representation in 'Seed of Chucky' (00:14:41)

6. Ari Aster: privilege and auteurship (00:19:41)

7. Wait, why are we talking about a straight white guy on this show? (00:21:32)

8. Hereditary (2018) (00:23:42)

9. Is 'Hereditary' a transmasculine allegory? (00:26:24)

10. A history of transphobia in the horror genre (00:30:43)

11. Ableism in 'Hereditary' (00:36:34)

12. Sooo many white guys: Transphobia, sexism, and racism in 'Hereditary' (00:41:37)

13. Mental health representation in 'Hereditary' (00:45:57)

14. Something we did like: One bad mother (00:48:02)

15. Outro: Join us for Part 2, coming soon! (00:51:32)