It Follows (2014) | Episode #5

2019-10-22

In this episode, hosts Katherine Troyer and Anthony Tresca discuss the 2014 film It Follows. Episode Highlights: Katherine establishes a critical framework for the abject, Anthony talks about STGs (sexually transmitted ghosts), and we deplore over the film's abundance of panning shots. A Dose of Scholarship: For more on the concept of the abject, check out Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection by Julia Kristeva. We also highly recommend Barbara Creed's article "Horror and the Monstrous-Feminine: An Imaginary...

In this episode, hosts Katherine Troyer and Anthony Tresca discuss the 2014 film It Follows.

Episode Highlights: Katherine establishes a critical framework for the abject, Anthony talks about STGs (sexually transmitted ghosts), and we deplore over the film's abundance of panning shots.

A Dose of Scholarship: For more on the concept of the abject, check out Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection by Julia Kristeva. We also highly recommend Barbara Creed's article "Horror and the Monstrous-Feminine: An Imaginary Abjection," which can be found in the edited collection The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film. In addition to masterfully unpacking Kristeva's ideas, Creed offers an excellent example of how to analyze specific horror films through the lens of the abject.

This podcast episode first aired on October 22, 2019

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