There's a plethora of "eat the rich" films these days, films that relish in showing the wealthy suffer without, god forbid, rocking the status quo. My guest today is Tosha R. Taylor is quite skeptical of the trend. Tosha R. Taylor is a writer, former academic, and regularly publishes and presents on horror, extremity, and queerness.
We talk about the history of class in cinema, the invisibility of class issues in the majority of films, hillbilly horror, and Tosha picks some of her favorite class-conscious horror films.
Show Notes:
Tosha R. Taylor's twitter
Tosha R. Taylor on academia.edu
Films:
Lumiere Brothers – Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory (1895)
Battleship Potemkin (available on YouTube) (1925)
Man With A Movie Camera (available on YouTube) (1929)
Bicycle Thieves (available on YouTube) (1948)
American Hollow (available on YouTube) (1999)
Harlan County USA (available on YouTube) (1978)
Blood on the Mountain (available on YouTube) (2016)
Saltburn (2023)
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
The White Lotus (2021-2025)
The Menu (2022)
The Hunger Games (2012)
Parasite (2019)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Calvaire (2004)
Eden Lake (2008)
Wake in Fright (1971)
Attack the Block (2011)
Funny Games US (2007)
Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
His House (2020)
Take Shelter (2011)
Wrong Turn (2003)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Figures
Dardenne Brothers
Maysles Brothers
Ken Loach
Bong Joon-ho
Kimberly Crenshaw on Intersectionality
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