Bodies of Horror Podcast: Episode 43 ‘Don’t Breathe’ (2016)

In this episode, Nichole Goble is talking about 2016’s Don’t Breathe, directed by Fede Alvarez. Fede wanted to make a film that subverted tropes around a blind or disabled character and she’ll get in to some of the ways that was successful and some ways it may have fallen short of that goal.

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Additional reading: 

• Jessica Heidenreich. “Stephen Lang On Preparing For His ‘Don’t Breathe’ Role” ScreenRant
• Allison Keene. “Stephen Lang on Being Blind in ‘Don’t Breathe’ and How He Self-Hypnotizes“. Collider
• Jia Tolentino. “The Twisted Appeal of ‘Don’t Breathe’” New Yorker Magazine
• Ariel Baska. “Disability and Horror: Don’t Breathe (2016)” Ghouls Magazine
• Dominick Evans. “Don’t Breathe Uses Blindness as a Plot Device while Casting a Seeing Actor.” Center for Disability Rights
• Bureau of Justice Statistics. Crime Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009–2019 – Statistical Tables

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Intro and outro music is “The Wind Frazzled Your Long Brown Hair” by Flashback81. Follow them at Twitter now, too: @81flashback

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