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Continue reading →: Horror and the Heart: the chronic bodyIn 2021, my heart started to malfunction. (I would like to briefly preface this article to say that I’m currently fine. This is a slight trauma dump, but I promise it’s to do with horror). Palpitations, spasming, burning. Chest pain that sent me to the hospital on multiple occasions. My…
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Continue reading →: The DILFification of Ed Warren: a deluded fandomFor those who are unaware, the slang term DILF refers to “a sexually attractive older man, typically one who has children”. On the internet, fans have attached the label of ‘DILF’ to a range of fatherly fandom characters, from Joel Miller in The Last of Us, Charlie Swan in Twilight,…
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Based on a True Story: The Conjuring and writing real horror
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Continue reading →: Based on a True Story: The Conjuring and writing real horrorThe Conjuring Franchise has always been a guilty pleasure of mine. There has always been something oddly alluring about the cursed doll of Anabelle bearing a bloody red grin; the shape of The Nun forming in the shadows of a dark abbey; a possessed child rasping in tongues while Ed…
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Eldritch and the Forgotten Land: The hidden horror lore of Kirby
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Continue reading →: Eldritch and the Forgotten Land: The hidden horror lore of KirbyOn YouTube, there is a popular playthrough video posted by RTGame called “Kirby and the Forgotten Land: A Horror Game in Disguise”. It is an exploration of Nintendo’s 2022 game featuring the classic titular character, Kirby – a joyful pink blob who swallows his enemies whole and gains adorable powers.…
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My name is Charlotte Elliott, an aspiring horror scholar and writer with an interest in contemporary horror literature, ‘unhinged women’, postfeminism, body horror, and digital subcultures such as BookTok. I am currently a PhD candidate at Flinders University, South Australia. I enjoy research, professional, casual and creative writing, and am chronically on Goodreads. Don’t be afraid to get in touch!
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