147 - Fun With Portmanteaus - Blacula (1972)

Welcome back to Fright School! We share our favorite rainy day songs after we sound checked with some Carpenters' tunes. We chat season 13 of RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE now that Joe is caught up. We choose our top Queens we want to see go all the way. We are very excited about PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN. We are celebrating Black Horror History Month! With HORROR NOIRE (on SHUDDER!) as our guide, we are viewing some of the essential and influential films that have shaped Black Horror. We're kicking things off with arguably the most famous Blaxploitation Horror film BLACULA! We analyze Prince Mamuwalde/Blacula's dual role as the hero and villain of the film, vampirism as allegory for enslavement, toxic masculinity, the casual homophobia and misogyny of horror, and identity politics at play in the film. FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkTree Recommended Reading: Original Theatrical trailer BLACULA (1972) “Blacula”: A Commentary on Vampirism, Slavery and Black Male Identity by kinkedsista 'Blacula' Bites, but Never Sucks by J.C. MACEK III HORROR NOIRE GUIDE: 13 ESSENTIAL BLACK HORROR FILMS Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman EXTRA CREDIT: WE HAVE ALL NEW TEES AND MERCH AVAILABLE! Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices