Collective Nightmares

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, discuss Freaky (Landon 2020) from a sociological perspective for the podcast Collective Nightmares. This discussion focuses on representations of gender and bodies in the film.

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Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, discuss His House (Weekes 2020) from a sociological perspective for the podcast Collective Nightmares. We revisit the haunting/possession genre because this was such a compelling film.

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Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, discuss the film Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (Glosserman 2006) from a sociological perspective for the podcast Collective Nightmares. This is the epilogue to a mini-series on serial killer horror films.

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Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, discuss the film Man Bites Dog (Belvaux, Bonzel, Poelvoorde 1992) from a sociological perspective for the podcast Collective Nightmares as the fifth episode of a mini-series on serial killer horror films.

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Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, discuss the absolute masterwork Monster (Jenkins 2003) from a sociological perspective for the podcast Collective Nightmares as the fourth episode of a mini-series on serial killer horror films.

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Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, discuss the new classic film Se7en (Fincher 1995) from a sociological perspective for the podcast Collective Nightmares as the third episode of a mini-series on serial killer horror films.

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Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, discuss the horror film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (Berlinger 2019) from a sociological perspective for the podcast Collective Nightmares as the second episode of a mini-series on serial killer horror films.

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Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, discuss the horror film Henry (McNaughton 1986) from a sociological perspective for the podcast Collective Nightmares as the first installment in a mini-series on serial killer horror films.

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Hosts Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, provide a sociology based analysis of the rape-revenge film Promising Young Woman (Fennell 2020).

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Hosts Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, discuss the sociological aspects of the oddball, lesser known The People Under the Stairs from Wes Craven (1991).

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