Eleanor’s Horrors
Eleanor JohnsonA series of essays about feminism and horror, literature and history, translation and transformation.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 187 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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Hush (2016): Silence and Gender-Based Violence
Get this. There’s something called the Science of Scare Project, which apparently took 250 volunteers and hooked them up to heart-rate machines, and then made them watch a ton of horror movies. They evaluated the scare factor of these movie...
Happy 4th of July: Jaws (1975) as a Study of American Masculinity
When I first saw Jaws in the 1980s, I was probably about 9 or 10 years old, and it was around the 4th of July, which is right when the film takes place. I was plumb terrified. I was terrified of the shark, obviously, but even more terrified...
It (Again) and Weapons (2025): How Horror Teaches us about Child Abuse
As you know from last week, I’ve recently read It (1985), an absolutely canonical work of American horror by Stephen King, and I have more to say about it than I could fit into last week’s post, so here we go: round two.
Last week, I talke...
It (1985) Hit its DV Marks Hard
Embarrassing confession. Until 2026, I had never read Stephen King’s debatable magnum opus, It (1985). I had seen multiple film adaptations, never really found them all that engaging. Nor even really that scary. I think clownphobia is close...
Omega Man (1971): or, the Politics of Zombivalence
Remember Richard Matheson’s racist and misogynist novel, I Am Legend, that I wrote about maybe a year or two ago? And then remember the 1964 film starring Vincent Price, based on the novel, The Last Man on Earth? How about the 2007 Will Smi...
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I'm a professor of medieval culture, the history of horror, and feminism. I've published 5 books and have 2 more forthcoming. Scream with Me, about horror in the 1970s and 2020s, publishes this year. The other is top secret.
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