Episode 9: Horror of the One Percent
Image from The Purge: Election Year
Rich people want to eat you. That's the literal plot in a lot of horror movies, and the subtext of many more. Inspired by The Purge saga, we're talking about movies and TV where class warfare becomes a blood-soaked battleground. From recent standouts Get Out and Crimson Peak, to cult classics Human Centipede and Society, these stories evoke a very real fear, which is that the ultra-rich are predators and everyone else is prey.
Works Cited:
The Purge
Hostel
Hard Target
Get Out
Gamer
Society
Walkaway, by Cory Doctorow
Dracula, by Bram Stoker
Underworld
The Vampire Diaries
Capital, by Karl Marx
Blade II
Human Centipede
Crimson Peak
Paranormal Activity
Poltergeist
The Conjuring
Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Drag Me to Hell
American Horror Story: Murder House and Coven
I Walked with a Zombie
People Under the Stairs
Tananarive Due