Episode 054: Cannibalism - Motel Hell (1980) Raw (2016) & Ravenous (1999)

Lucas and Joe descend into darkness with another Genre Meta…this time they are discussing the Taboo of Cannibalism. Between the historical background and medical journals, do our hosts even have the time to discuss Horror Movies? 

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NIH on Cannibalism - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10328901/

NYT 1972 Catholic Priests on Cannibalism - https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/28/archives/two-catholic-aides-defend-cannibalism-in-chilean-air-crash.html

Cannibalism as Taboo:
Ritualized, Sacred? - https://www.sapiens.org/biology/cannibalism-ritualized-sacred/

Rice, Kayla R., "Behavioral Patterns of the Cannibalism and Sexual Taboos" (2016) -
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3514&context=theses

Kuru and other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/06/482952588/when-people-ate-people-a-strange-disease-emerged

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5120877/

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/creutzfeldt-jakob-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20371226

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6700593/

Raw IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4954522/
Ravenous IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129332/
Wendigo Myths and Significance: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/windigo

https://www.facinghistory.org/ideas-week/more-monsters-deeper-significance-wendigo-stories

https://backstoryradio.org/blog/the-mythology-and-misrepresentation-of-the-windigo/

Wendigo Psychosis: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10685673/