On Halloween night, once the trick-or-treaters are sleeping off their sugar highs, older revelers will cue up seasonally appropriate entertainment. Of the thousands of spine-tingling titles to choose from, there are some classic (and lesser known) standouts that are distinctly political.
For some, the term “political horror” might conjure images of specific candidates, but lots of horror tales are in fact allegories for contemporary anxieties. This was even true before film existed, said Steven Bruhm, managing editor of the journal Horror Stories and an English professor at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Read more
