Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes: Settler Colonialism in Horror

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Turning a lens on the dark legacy of colonialism in horror film, from Scream to Halloween and beyond

Horror films, more than any other genre, offer a chilling glimpse—like peering through a creaky attic door—into the brutality of settler colonial violence. While Indigenous peoples continue to struggle against colonization, white settler narratives consistently position them as a threat, depicting the Indigenous Other as an ever-present menace, lurking ...