Gentrified Horror

Published: March 9, 2023, 2 p.m.

Transcript here.
\nA lot of horror stories start like this: a family moves into a suspiciously cheap dreamhouse. Over the course of the story, the house reveals its sinister nature\u2013voices whisper unsettling things, mirrors reflect people who aren\u2019t supposed to be there, the walls bleed\u2013and at last the occupants discover its terrible secret. You can\u2019t gentrify a haunted house\u2013you either have to accept it as it is, burn it to the ground, or run away. But that doesn\u2019t stop people from trying. And right now, there\u2019s a cheery little squeeful family trying to move into a creepy old house called horror fiction. Here to talk about it, is Andrew F. Sullivan, Canadian, horror author, and bread-shaped dog owner. (Not to be confused with the other, inferior Andrew Sullivan.)
\nLinks:
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\nHow Netflix\u2019s The Haunting of Hill House Betrays Shirley Jackson
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\nLesbians moving out of \u201cDyke Slope\u201d
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\nWhat I\u2019d like is that I\u2019d like to hug and kiss you
\nTrent Reznor is here to have a bad time
\nTorblog\u2019s hilariously bad piece about final girls\xa0
\n\u201cYou left the bodies and you only moved the headstones!\u201d\xa0
\nAndrew F. Sullivan’s new book,\xa0The Marigold
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