Without Your Head: Brooke H. Cellars The Cramps: A Period Piece

About this episode

Brooke H. Cellars discusses her film 'The Cramps: A Period Piece' which explores themes of independence and the manifestation of menstrual cramps as monsters.

Without Your Head Horror Podcast with Brooke H. Cellars director of THE CRAMPS: A PERIOD PIECE"Agnes defies her strict family by working at a salon, but her newfound independence is challenged when her menstrual cramps manifest as actual monsters, merging her real and nightmare worlds." @BostonUnderground

People in this episode

Guest: Brooke H. Cellars

Topics covered

• horror
• film
• independence
• monsters

Keywords

• The Cramps
• Agnes
• nightmare
• Boston Underground

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Products: THE CRAMPS: A PERIOD PIECE

Books & works: The Cramps:, Without Your Head Horror Podcast

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