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The Ice Tower, which tells of a young girl's obsession with Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, resonates with mid-century pscyhological approaches to horror. Hadžihalilovic's film draws out the seductive danger in Andersen's tales that led P.M. Pickard to deem them 'unsuitable for children'.

'And, if we become gripped by this type of fear, our minds are opened wide to the psychological suggestion that we too are at risk of invasion by similar powers of evil.' - A pamphlet distributed by campaigners at screenings of The Exorcist (Ban this Filth! Letters from the Mary Whitehouse Archive)

Great to spend some time with the Herbert Read archive at Leeds University Cultural Collections this morning. Very interesting to see how intertwined discourses on aesthetic education and psychology were in the post-war years.

For my American horror homies this Thanksgiving: A great article to send a family member on why we love scary movies. www.bbc.com/future/artic... #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #anxiety

Great to see this article by @alasmorrison.bsky.social that explores the relationship between genre fiction and psychiatric care while making a case for interdisciplinary study. mh.bmj.com/content/earl...

London folks: come to @miskatonicihs.bsky.social on 9 December to hear Headpress Press Officer @harbottlestores.bsky.social talk about the history of the asylum on film. #histpsych #horror #session9 #historyofhorror #horrorstudies Tickets: miskatonicinstitute.com/events/the-a...

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