Befitting their name, the Walking Dead seem to never die. They've dominated our movie screens for decades, dug themselves into our games and infected our comic books.

Their history however, goes back much further and is as foul as the creatures themselves. Also, it might just be a little racist...

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More info and links for curious minds:

• Allkins, Kyle (2010) “Those Things” and “You People”: Issues of Racism in Zombie Cinema. In Oakland Journal, 19. 112-124.
• History.com (2017). Zombies.
• Lizardi, Ryan (2009). The Zombie Media Monster and its Evolution as a Sign and Historical Allegory. [Master Thesis in Media Studies; The Pennylvania State University]. PennState University Libraries Electronic Theses and Dissertations for Graduate School.
• Crockett, Zachary & Zaracina, Javier (2016). How the zombie represents America’s deepest fears. VOX.

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Is Jennifer's Body (2009) feminist or sexist? Why did it flop and what's the Monstrous Feminine got to do with it?

This Neffviews Bonus Ep digs into all of this - just like Jennifer digs into boys!

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Harpies, sirens and succubi - our oldest tales are full of female monstrosities that terrify mankind. What does the Mounstrous Feminine want us to be afraid of? How is it constructed around feminine ideals?

And which feminine evil still entails real life victims to this very day? Today's Deep Dive has all the answers in store for you!

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More information and links on the topic:

• United Nations. Witchcraft and human rights. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. ⁠
• Müller, Charlotte & Sanderson, Sertan. Witch hunt: A global problem in the 21st century.
• Creed, Barbara (1993). The Mounstrous Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis. Routledge.
• Santos, Cristina (2017). Unbecoming Female Monsters: Witches, Vampires, and Virgins. Lexington Books.
• Germaine Buckley, Chloe (2019). Witches, ’Bitches’ or Feminist Trailblazers? The Witch in Folk Horror Cinema. Revenant: Creative and Critical Studies of the Supernatural (4). 22-42
• Howell, Amanda & Baker, Lucy. (2022). Monstrous Possibilities. The Female Monster in 21st Century Screen Horror. Palgrave Macmillan.

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What is up with this vague queerbaiting term? Is it worse than queer erasure? What's it got to do with intent and most importantly, should we even still debate queerbaiting criticisms, or does it shift the conversation away from moreimportant topics?

All that and more in today's “Snackview” of Neffviews International.

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Mentioned literature on the topic:

• Fathallah, J. (2014). Moriarty’s Ghost: Or the Queer Disruption of the BBC 2019’s Sherlock. Television & New Media, 16(5), 490-500.

• Brennan, J. (2018). Queerbaiting: The ‘playful’ possibilities of homoeroticism. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 21(2), 189-206.

• Brennan, J. (Ed.). (2019). Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans through Homoerotic Possibilities. University of Iowa Press.

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For most, the end of the year is filled with joy, but it can also be a time of sorrrow and grief. In this episode, we'll grant this emotion center stage and examine what grief is, how movies represent it and which film genre you might want to give a go if you're deep down in the pit of grief yourself.

Happy holidays and a soothing start of 2025 everyone!

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Ah women - always the victims. The damsels in distress, waiting to be saved by the heroes.

It's an age-old cliché that we can't seem to get rid of. Fine, then we'll just have to talk about it instead. Where does this trope come from, why is it so persistent and which women are punished more than others?

And, what's the deal with the Final Girl? The one allowed to survive - but at what cost?

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Popular trends, stereotypes or media industry strategies - the Neffviews podcast aims to take a look behind the scenes of what's put on our screens.

Each episode, we want to dissect where what we consume on the daily actually comes from, and how it impacts our lives today. More importantly, we want to shine a light on how we can influence what we're shown in cinemas and on our screens. 

Neffviews is for all who love to critically engage with films and shows, or who just want to broaden their horizons. Give it a listen today, the podcast won't disappoint!