How could something so beautiful be so evil? That's what we'd like to know! Here's our episode about the cult classic directed by John Hancock! Topics of discussion include: lesbianism in the 1970s,...
How could something so beautiful be so evil? That's what we'd like to know! Here's our episode about the cult classic directed by John Hancock! Topics of discussion include: lesbianism in the 1970s, Baudelaire's poem entitled The Flowers of Evil, the image of death, and Godlike husbands.
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Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com
Listen to our episode about Dracula's Daughter (1936): https://soundcloud.com/goodmourningnancy/ep-53-draculas-daughter-1936-lesbian-power
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Resources:
Let's Scare Jessica to Death. Dir. John Hancock (1971)
Charles Baudelaire: The Flowers of Evil (1857)
https://fleursdumal.org/1857-table-of-contents
Women and psychiatry
http://broughttolife.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/themes/menalhealthandillness/womanandpsychiatry
Women & Hysteria in the History of Mental Illness
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480686/
Lesbian Vampires Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian_vampire
Not Just Dead, But Gay! Queerness and the Vampire by William A. Tringali
https://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1172&context=honors_proj
#FlashbackFriday—Today in 1973, the APA Removed Homosexuality From List of Mental Illnesses By Elliott Kozuch
https://www.hrc.org/blog/flashbackfriday-today-in-1973-the-apa-removed-homosexuality-from-list-of-me
31 Days of Feminist Horror Films: LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH + HONEYMOON by Kate Hagen
https://blog.blcklst.com/31-days-of-feminist-horror-films-lets-scare-jessica-to-death-honeymoon-e460db67afe1
DEEP CUTS: LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH by Sara Century
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/deep-cuts-lets-scare-jessica-to-death
LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH 1971 by Ken Anderson
https://lecinemadreams.blogspot.com/2018/10/lets-scare-jessica-to-death-1971.html
31 Days of Halloween 2012: Let's Scare Jessica to Death by Stephanie Lane
http://www.clevelandmovieblog.com/2012/10/31-days-of-halloween-2012-lets-scare.html
LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (1971) Written by: The Arrow
https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/reviews/lets-scare-jessica-to-death
Confessional Review: "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" (1971) by Stuart Monroe.
https://www.getonmydamnlevel.com/blog/2019/4/22/confessional-review-lets-scare-jessica-to-death-1971
REVIEW: Let's Scare Jessica to Death by Jay SHATZER
http://thelucidnightmare.blogspot.com/2010/04/review-lets-scare-jessica-to-death.html
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) by Tom Fallows
https://classic-horror.com/reviews/lets_scare_jessica_to_death_1971
Let's Scare Jessica to Death: Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Scare_Jessica_to_Death
LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (MOVIE REVIEW) by TOR
http://www.bloodygoodhorror.com/bgh/reviews/lets-scare-jessica-to-death
A Glimpse Into 1970s Gay Activism
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/a-glimpse-into-1970s-gay-activism/284077/