Life is hard! So I'm really glad that cozy horror movies like A Haunting in Venice exist to comfort us through times of hardship and winter frostbite.
In this episode, we explore A Haunting in Venice (2024) as a shining example of cozy horror, and why cozy horror is good for our mental health.
I also pull some tarot cards to try and make sense of why there is such divisive rhetoric in the horror community against cozy horror!
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Show Notes:
Want to work together? I offer 1:1 psychotherapy (Ontario), along with tarot, horror, and dreamwork services, but individually and through my group program, the Final Girls Club.
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Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint.
Instead of Arguing About This Horror Genre, Why Not Curl Up and Enjoy It? By Julia Glassman in The Mary Sue
Oster, Emily F., Witchcraft, Weather and Economic Growth in Renaissance Europe. Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 2004
The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff
Subject spotlight: Mystery & Detective By BookNet Canada
Why Is Pandemic Fiction So Comforting Right Now? By By Kathryn VanArendonk in Vulture
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