Horror and Indigeneity: Literature, Film, and Television

A collection of essays about Indigeneity and horror in cinema, literature, and beyond.

How did Indigeneity come to be horrifying? Think of the "Indian burial ground" trope, a staple of 1970s horror cinema, not to mention decades of Western films and fictions that made "savage Indians" the face of fear in popular culture. Can horror do something else in the hands of Indigenous people? Creators such as Eden Robinson and Jeff Barnaby have self-consciously turned to horror to tell new kinds of ...