Hag Horror: Why Are We So Afraid of Old Women?

Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/broeydeschanel Watch Taboo on Screen on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/taboo The Substance is a lot of fun... but does it sacrifice its message for the spectacle? Thumbnail by Hannah Raine Follow and support this channel: Instagram:   / broey_deschanel   Patreon:   / broeydeschanel   Twitter: https://x.com/rehash_podcast edited by ‪@BenFromCanada‬   / benchinapen   SOURCES: Xavier Aldana Reyes, “Abjection and Body Horror” in The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic, University of Wales (2020). Charles Derry, “The Horror of Personality” Cinefantastique, Volume 03, No.3 (1974). Tomasz Fisiak, “What Ever Happened to My Peace of Mind? Hag Horror as Narrative of Trauma” Text Matters, no.9 (2019). Colin McGinn, “The Fly and the Human: Ironies of Disgust” The Philosophy of David Cronenberg, University of Kentucky (2012). Mary Russo, “Aging and the Scandal of Anachronism” Figuring Age: Women, Bodies, Generations (1999) Timothy Shary, Fade To Gray: Aging in American Cinema, University of Texas (2016). Peter Shelley, Grande Dame Guignol Cinema: A History of Hag Horror from Baby Jane to Mother, McFarland & Company (2009). Jesse Stommel, “The Loveliness of Decay: Rotting Flesh, Literary Matter, and Dead Media” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, Vol. 25, No. 2/3 (91) (2014).