Personal Monsters: Alien w/ Alrinthea Carter

About this episode

Anita Flores and Alrinthea Carter discuss the horror film 'Alien' and its connections to mental illness and trauma.

Sometimes, the mind is its own haunted house. Yo Gabba Gabba writer Alrinthea Carter joins Anita to discuss her love of “Alien” and horror films that explore mental illness and trauma. They also decide which iconic horror villains could potentially take down the deadly extraterrestrial. Plus, Alrinthea makes a case for why Viola Davis should star in a space movie. Follow below! Show Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctorhorrorpod/ Anita on IG: https://www.instagram.com/anitajewtina/ Anita on Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitajewtina Like the show? Rate Doctor Horror on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and leave a review. Is there a movie/mood you’d like covered? Email your ideas to doctorhorrorpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Anita Flores

Guest: Alrinthea Carter

Topics covered

• mental illness
• trauma
• horror films
• iconic horror villains
• space movies

Keywords

• Alien
• horror films
• mental illness
• trauma
• Viola Davis
• horror villains
• space movie

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Alien

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