Welcome to No Bodies! Get ready to get ugly.

Content Warnings for this Episode

Light vulgarity. Discussions of mental illness including interpersonal trauma, suicidal ideation, substance abuse. 

If you or a loved one are struggling with mental health, please reach out to a professional mental health resource.

US Resources

• Survivors of Sexual Violence | RAINN | https://www.rainn.org/
• Substance Abuse | SAMHSA | https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
• Perinatal & Postpartum Mental Health | National Maternal Mental Health Hotline | https://mchb.hrsa.gov/national-maternal-mental-health-hotline
• Suicide & Crisis Lifeline | https://988lifeline.org/

International Resources

• Directory of Mental Health Hotlines by Country:  https://portal.cca.edu/thriving/counseling/international-mental-health-support/

Introduction

This episode was recorded on June 21, 2023 and posted on July 1, 2023. 

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 1 
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Today's Topic: Mental Health in Horror
• Why Mental Health? Suzie and Lonely's experience with mental illness

Unpacking Mental Health in Horror

• The Historic Treatment of the Mentally Ill from a US Lens
• Evolution of Mental Health in Horror Cinema

Worst & Best Representations of Mental Health in Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• The Night House (2020)
• Split (2016)
• Secret Window (2004)
• The Invisible Man (2020)
• The Clock (2023)
• The House that Jack Built (2018)

Best

• The Lodge (2019)
• Censor (2021)
• Gerald's Game (2017)
• Jacob's Ladder (1990)
• Swallow (2019)
• The Descent (2005)
• The Cat Lady (2012)
• Downfall (2016)

Other Recommendations for this Topic

• Saint Maud (2019)
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
• Relic (2020)
• Carrie (1976)
• Good Night Mommy (2014)
• A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
• The Uninvited (2009)
• Resolution (2012)
• Toad Road (2012)
• Bliss (2021)
• Lovely Molly (2011)
• His House (2020)
• A Spoonful of Sugar (2022)
• The Babadook (2014)

Final Thoughts

• Closing Thoughts on the Mental Health in Horror 

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast. 
• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly. 
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. 

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Sources & Additional Reading

Bao, J. (2020, March 9). Prisons: The new asylums. Harvard Political Review. https://harvardpolitics.com/prisons-the-new-asylums/

Mancine, R. (2020). Horror movies and mental health conditions through the ages. The American Journal of Psychiatry. https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2020.160110 

Rice University & OpenStaxCollege. (2014, February 14). Mental health treatment: Past and present. Psychology. https://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/psychology/chapter/mental-health-treatment-past-and-present/ 

Weinstock, C. P. (2018, June 1). Risk of being a crime victim goes up with mental illness diagnosis. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-mentalillness-crime-victims/risk-of-being-a-crime-victim-goes-up-with-mental-illness-diagnosis-idUSKCN1IX5W2