Horror movies have an ableism problem. Isn’t it time we found new ‘monsters’?
- Posted on October 31, 2025
- By The Guardian
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Horror movies have an ableism problem. Isn’t it time we found new ‘monsters’?

Films such as Frankenstein still use disability as shorthand for moral depravity. But human behaviour is far scarier than human appearance, says journalist Kathryn Bromwich