The Moogai could have been a powerful Indigenous horror film – but gets flattened by its own weight
- Written by Ali Alizadeh, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies and Creative Writing, Monash University
Elise LockwoodIsn’t raising one’s child supposed to be full of joy and laughter? Apparently not, according to the horror genre.
Consider Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), one of the earliest and most famous horror novels ever written. It follows a father-like character who creates a child-like progeny, and the former’s...





