Cabinet of Curiosities | a spooky selection of horror history

Illiterate

This week, we dip our toes into an eclectic mix of horror ideas and tropes. What is an actual Cabinet of Curiosities? Where did the jump scare come from? What’s Dracula got to do with the LGBTQ+ experience? Let’s learn about a variety of horror ideas, and be sure to check out all our other horror episodes!

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Sample all our other horror/spooky episodes:

• Nightmare Alley
• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
• It
• Stephen King
• Hansel and Gretel
• Color Out of Space
• The Invisible Man
• Books of Blood (Clive Barker)
• The Haunting of Bly Manor
• Lovecraft Country
• Halloween (holiday)
• Halloween (film series)
• Godzilla vs Kong
• Army of the Dead
• The Conjuring
• Fear Street (Goosebumps)
• Candyman
• Ghostbusters
• Scream
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Squid Game
• Stranger Things
• Nope
• Predator

Bonus links:

• trailer, Cabinet of Curiosities
• site, Museum of Jurassic Technology
• trailer, Nightmare on Elm Street 2
• trailer, Changeling
• video, the jump scare in Cat People