Feeding the Monster

Zombies want brains. Vampires want blood. Cannibals want human flesh. All monsters need feeding. From Lady Gaga's meat dress to Billie Eillish's music videos, horror often begets the question: what's wrong. with you. Articles ask us, 'Why do we like horror. ' and 'Isn't horror misogynistic. ' The implication being, of course, that there is something not quite. right. about the people who make and consume it. In Feeding the Monster. , Anna Bogutskaya sets out to dispel this notion, once and for all. There is joy to be found within horror, should you know where to look for it, and Bogutskaya is here to examine the rise in popularity that has brought about hits like Get Out. , American Horror Story. and even Olivia Rodrigo's 'Vampire'. In a mix of cultural criticism, pop culture history and stories from her own life, Bogutskaya explores some of the defining works of TV and film horror from the last decade, to look at how horror both captures and feeds our feelings of fear, anxiety, pain, hunger and power - and why we crave it so.