Reviews tagging 'Child death'

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese

7 reviews

thegayestghost's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Biphobia, Death, Grief, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Infertility, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Child death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

atuin's review against another edition

3.5

A collection of essays connecting horror films to queer peoples personal experiences. Some are better than others, but all have interesting points and most have compelling stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Self harm, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Racism

kairhone's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Moderate: Child death and Violence

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical content, Homophobia, Transphobia, Child abuse, Biphobia, Racism, Blood, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia and Alcoholism

toffishay's review

challenging emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

An awesome collection. I learned a lot and felt a lot with all of these essays. As someone who isn't big on horror, I've come out on the other side with a new appreciation and a new lens. I enjoyed all of the essays, but my favorites were "Both Ways" by Carmen Maria Machado, "Indescribable" by Carrow Narby, and "The Trail of His Flames" by Tucker Lieberman.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Hate crime, Death, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Ableism, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Medical content, Outing, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Cannibalism, Classism, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Excrement, Murder, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders

j_squaredd's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

3.25

As with all collections by multiple authors, some of these essays were great and some less so. I especially liked the ones over Jennifer’s Body, The Blob, Get Out, Grace, and Candy Man.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Racism, Transphobia, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Child death, Homophobia, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Death, and Gore

aliciawhatsthestory's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

Book 37 of 2022: It Came From the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

As someone who has always been fascinated by horror movies, the premise of this book appealed to me immediately. It is a collection of essays from 25 different authors that reflect on horror in a memoir style. Though film theory is certainly discussed, this book is an interesting and accessible hybrid between social theory, film theory, and self-reflection. 

That said, it comes with all the difficult content one might expect from a book written by a large group of marginalized people reflecting on how fictional horrors reflect their own lives experience. Some of these essays are hard to read.

However, I found them all to be insightful, interesting, and (for the majority) very well written and readable, even if you are not familiar with the films they address. Due to the wide array of experience represented in this anthology, it is highly likely that no reader will connect with every single essay, just as no horror fan loves every single horror movie. 

However, for any fan of horror, or any person interested in how queer people have been represented in horror movies, this is definitely a worthwhile read.

Please be aware that this book discusses at least 20 different horror movies, and the content/trigger warnings from each movie should apply, including but not limited to: body horror, vomit, blood, murder, harm by fire, abuse, and captivity. Other triggers may also be present in the authors’ commentary on their own lives, including homophobia, transphobia, racism, slurs, sexism, lesbophobia, divorce, and other potential triggers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Mental illness, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Confinement, and Vomit

This book is about horror movies. Please be aware that I may not have remembered every single trigger mentioned. Due to its theme, the book is filled with references to violence and abuse in the context of the movies and in the context of the lives of the authors who relate to those movies. Know what you are going into before you read this book.