Gentrified Horror

Rite Gud

Transcript here.

A 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–voices whisper unsettling things, mirrors reflect people who aren’t supposed to be there, the walls bleed–and at last the occupants discover its terrible secret. You can’t gentrify a haunted house–you either have to accept it as it is, burn it to the ground, or run away. But that doesn’t stop people from trying. And right now, there’s 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.)

Links:

• How Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House Betrays Shirley Jackson

• Lesbians moving out of “Dyke Slope”

• What I’d like is that I’d like to hug and kiss you
• Trent Reznor is here to have a bad time
• Torblog’s hilariously bad piece about final girls
• “You left the bodies and you only moved the headstones!”
• Andrew F. Sullivan’s new book, The Marigold

About Rite Gud: Raquel S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes and more.

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