S2E14: DISGUST - Heather Wixson on Possession (1981)
Content warning: contains discussions of divorce and toxic/harmful relationships.
On this episode of The Beauty of Horror, Chandler talks with horror historian, managing editor for Daily Dead News, and the author of Monsters Makeup & Effects - Vol 1, Heather Wixson about Andrzej Żuławski's disgustingly gruesome POSSESSION (1981) !
They talk about getting started in horror journalism, their different experiences of divorce, the exploration of the humanity of terrible people, the function of gloopiness in cosmic horror, and, of course, aesthetics.
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- Tom Huddleston’s review of Possession for TimeOut
- The Philosophy of Horror by Noël Carroll
Quote from Deformed and Destructive Beings
Music by Karl Casey (White Bat Audio)
Cover Art designed by John Green (JRGDrawing)
Edited by Aviva Dassen
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