We all have that one thing we just can’t watch. For me, it’s body horror -- the kind of horror where grotesque and disturbing things happen to someone’s body, like in The Thing, The Fly, or The Substance. There is a long history of body horror as a form of social commentary and special effects showmanship. I respect the artform, but I can’t stomach the art. So I decided to figure out why. I talk with <a href="https://www.chiokeianson.com/">Chioke l’Anson</a> (horror fan and voice of NPR underwriting), author David Huckvale (“<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53235645-terrors-of-the-flesh">Terrors of The Flesh: The Philosophy of Body Horror in Film</a>”) and author Xavier Aldana Reyes (“<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/contemporary-body-horror/10961433A22AB27B686E06079F5EAECF">Contemporary Body Horror</a>”) about how this subgenre taps into fundamental aspects of being human that we often try to put out of our minds. Plus, I speak with listener Lillie Andrick about why some transgender fans, like her, feel a special connection to body horror.
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