Tag: monsters
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OUR SHARP FORSAKEN TEETH, Chapters 35-36
Chapter 35 We ran through the graves of the trees. The full moon spilled its light over the opalescent monuments, illuminating the eons of change. Though the trees were not what they had been born to be, they had not lost their beauty. I saw and understood it all. When Gret howled, I answered. Our…
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OUR SHARP FORSAKEN TEETH: Chapters 33-34
Part IV: Anastasis Chapter 33 Many people believe that instinct gives us only two choices: fight or flight. They are wrong. There is a third option, a useless impulse, but no less powerful. It was this instinct I obeyed as I stared at the hand on the gun. Freeze. Dr. Topher took a step towards…
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TRANSCRIPT: Monstrous Teen Girls: Peers and Periods in Carrie and Jennifer’s Body
INTRODUCTION Hello, and welcome to The Monster & The Child, where childhood studies and monster studies collide! I am Dr. Kathleen Kellett, and today we are talking about one of my very favorite topics: the monstrous teen girl. We’ll be discussing Carrie, both the 1974 novel and the 1976 film, as well as Jennifer’s…
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OUR SHARP FORSAKEN TEETH, Chapters 28-29
Chapter 28 I tore through the streets of Supplicants Grove, dodging people left and right. Standards stood on every corner, innocent, oblivious. Mr. Bicks wasn’t coming to take me away from them this time. They had no idea what was in their midst … “Millie!” I stumbled to a stop, clutching my side. Gret sprinted…
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OUR SHARP FORSAKEN TEETH: Chapters 23-24
Chapter 23 Gret had instructed me to come straight to her after Mr. Bicks brought me back to Supplicants Grove. I knew she was afraid that Mr. Bicks would steal me away even with all the first gens in the car. But he dropped me off first, just like always. We didn’t speak a single…
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TRANSCRIPT: Strangers and/or Dangers: Monstrous Adults in Weapons, The Black Phone, and The Night of the Hunter
INTRODUCTION Hello, and welcome to The Monster & The Child, where childhood studies and monster studies collide! I am Dr. Kathleen Kellett, and today we are talking about monster stories, stranger danger, and the categories of trustworthy and untrustworthy adults. The films that we’ll be discussing are Weapons from 2025, The Black Phone from…
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OUR SHARP FORSAKEN TEETH: Chapters 21-22
Part III: Metamorphology Chapter 21 By the time the pack was ready to leave the park, the puddles had vanished. The desert once again appeared as it always did, with no evidence that it had ever changed at all. Sandra grinned as she counted her money, but I knew what she had just done was…
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TRANSCRIPT: Bad Dads, Monster Sons: Del Toro’s Frankenstein and Disney’s Hunchback(s)
INTRODUCTION Hello, and welcome to The Monster & The Child, where childhood studies and monster studies collide! I am Dr. Kathleen Kellett, and today I am finally talking about Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, about six months late. I do have a video where I talk about the original novel, along with the films The…
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TRANSCRIPT: The Child Psychopath Film and Why I Don’t Like It
Hello, and welcome to The Monster & The Child, where childhood studies and monster studies collide! I am Dr. Kathleen Kellett, and this video is all about the narrative of the child psychopath. That’s right, our monsters are purely metaphorical today, but I think you will see that this figure is treated as…
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OUR SHARP FORSAKEN TEETH, Chapters 14-15
Chapter 14 I swore to myself I wouldn’t use the mud again, but the next morning, it hardly mattered. My burns had completed more than a week’s worth of healing overnight. I felt dirtier after my shower than I did before, even as my skin delighted in the water’s soothing touch instead of flinching away.…
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