Sunday 19th May / 20:00 / Zoom
Mackenzie Bartlett - Meat Cute: Female Sexuality & Cannibalism in Modern Horror
CALLING ALL MAN EATERS! "Meat Cute" is an exploration of cannibalism, sexuality, and insatiable appetites in modern horror. We'll bite into the history of cannibalism in western culture, the role it plays in horror cinema, and how the rise of the Modern Girlboss Cannibal as an archetype channels societal anxieties around repressed desire, complicated relationship to sexuality, and good old fashioned angst in films like BONES & ALL, RAW, JENNIFER'S BODY, & GINGERSNAPS.
Mackenzie Bartlett is a horror filmmaker, writer, and journalist. She is excited to return to Final Girls Berlin, this time as a speaker! Her award-winning short films explore the intersection of bodily autonomy, pop culture, & horror, and have screened internationally. Her writing can be found in Grimm Mag, Screen Queens, and more recently, on the cover of Fangoria. She personally identifies as a hag, and resides in Portland, Maine.