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
