314 - Sexy Priestery - The Nun (2018)

About this episode

The episode discusses the horror genre's obsession with nuns and analyzes 'The Nun' as an allegory for abuse within the Catholic Church.

Welcome Back to Fright School! We often reflect on our show as an archive of our lives and the context in which we are creating it in. This particular recording day was heavy after multiple deaths and incarcerations of both Immigrants and US citizens and the ongoing oppressive response from our government. Wherever you are listening to us from, we have your backs and send love and solidarity. This week we continue our franchise deep dive with THE NUN. We discuss the horror genre's obsession with nuns, the Conjuring films' reliance of self-harm narratives, and analysis of the film as an allegory for the extensive abuse within the Catholic Church. Please consider supporting Bail Funds in your area to support the ongoing, necessary work of protestors and other people working to defend us all from tyranny and fascist violence: The National Bail Fund Network: Directory of Community Bail Funds Suggested Reading: One nun's take on horror film 'The Nun' by Rose Pacatte An Allegorical Reading of “The Nun” (2018) as Commentary on Religious Abuse by vacationbibleschool95 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: J. Napier, J. Fejeran

Topics covered

• horror genre
• Catholic Church abuse
• The Nun film analysis
• Conjuring films
• self-harm narratives
• social justice

Keywords

• The Nun
• horror
• Catholic Church
• abuse
• Conjuring
• self-harm
• social justice
• protest
• Bail Funds

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The National Bail Fund Network

Books & works: The Nun, An Allegorical Reading of “The Nun” (2018) as Commentary on Religious Abuse

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