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15 February, 201423 November, 2013

On the Asylum as Horror Metaphor

Posted in disability, pop culture by s.e. smith

Mental health facilities, colloquially known as asylums, have long been a trope in horror, whether people are sneaking into closed facilities after dark, living in them, or interacting with them in some other way. It is not just the asylum itself that is horrifying, but also its inmates, those who stalk the halls and once […]

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