Critical Friends Episode 19: On Cosy Horrors

About this episode

The episode discusses the cozy variety of horror with a focus on reviews of specific works.

In this episode of Critical Friends , the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, Dan Hartland is joined by Shannon Fay and Marisa Mercurio to discuss horror, and especially its cozy variety. From the gothic to the slasher movie, how might texts within an increasingly broad tradition be judged as a success? And what should reviewers do when a given example falls short? Shannon's review of The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson Marisa's review of Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby

People in this episode

Host: Dan Hartland

Guests: Shannon Fay, Marisa Mercurio

Topics covered

• cosy horror
• SFF criticism
• gothic
• slasher movies
• reviewing horror

Keywords

• cosy horror
• SFF criticism
• gothic
• slasher
• reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Macabre, Slashed Beauties

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