“Burn Him”: Midsommar, Horror and Anthropology
[Content and spoiler warning: This piece discusses key plot points from the film Midsommar and includes descriptions of suicide and…
Anthropology of Horror
2018 in Review: The Year in Horror
By Emma Louise Backe In February 2018, Guillermo del Toro was awarded the Oscar for The Shape Of Water, an…
Beware the Slender Man: From Cyberlore to Conspiracy Theory
We didn’t want to go, we didn’t want to kill them, but its persistent silence and outstretched arms horrified and…
Ghosts in the Machine: Supernatural Podcasts and the Resurgence of Radio Horror
The problem of nostalgia has become a common refrain among pop culture critics. Many claimed that The Force Awakens’ success…
Halloween is for Anthropologists
By Emma Louise Backe Halloween, it seems, was made for anthropologists. While many anthropologists devote their time in the field…
The Geek Anthropologist 