Bodies of Horror: Episode 41 - House of Wax (1953) - a podcast by Valeska Griffiths & Joe Lipsett

The 1953 film House of Wax doesn’t come up much when we talk about the disabled villain trope…but should it? In this episode, Nichole explore that question and talk briefly about how the 2005 remake tries to subvert the trope a but (to messy results).

Additional Reading:

• Gus Alexiou. “Hollywood Must Stop Using Disability Imagery Purely For Horror And Cheap Thrills”. Forbes
• Katie Carr. “The Problem with the “Disabled Villain” Trope” The Nora Project
• S Garcia. “Villainizing Bodies and Minds: Ableism in Horror Movies” FEM
• Beatrice Handlin. “Disability and Deformity ≠ Evil” The Wake

Additional Listening (Recent Guest Appearances):

• Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr (Apple/Spotify/Twitter)
• Pod and the Pendulum (Website with Episodes Available!/Twitter)
• PsychoAnalysis (Apple/Spotify/Twitter)

Want to recommend a film to be covered, or just reach out and say hello? Of course you do! Shoot me an e-mail at bodiesofhorror@gmail.com.

Intro and outro music is “The Wind Frazzled Your Long Brown Hair” by Flashback81. Follow them at Twitter now, too: @81flashback

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