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Leave or Remain: The Spectre of Brexit in Modern British Horror Films

Thank you to everyone who attended the Miskatonic Online May 2023 class. Please find below instructor Alexandra West’s bibliography and filmography from the lecture.

WORKS CITED

Campbell, Tom and Homa Khaleeli. “Cool Britannia symbolized hope – but all it delivered was a culture of inequity.” The Guardian, 2017.

Davies, Stephen. “The Economics and Politics of Brexit: The Realignment of British Public Life.” AIER, 2020.

Dylan Wray, Daniel. “Gak and Union Jacks: The Oral History of ‘Cool Britannia.’” Vice, 2021.

Hutton, Robert. “The Road to Brexit.” Bloomberg, 2020.

Nayman, Adam. “Ben Wheatley: Confusion and Carnage.” The Critical Press, 2016.

O’Rourke, Kevin. “A Short History of Brexit.” Penguin Random House UK, 2019.

Romei, Valentina. “UK’s goods exports lowest in G7 following Brexit, study finds.” Financial Times, 2023.

Scovell, Adam. “Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange.” Auteur Publishing, 2017.

Stewart, Heather and Rowena Mason. “Nigel Farage’s anti-migrant poster reported to police.” The Guardian, 2016.

Turner, Alwyn. “All in it Together: England in the Early 21st Century.” Profile Books, 2021.

FILMS CITED

28 Days Later. Dir. Danny Boyle, 2002.
Kill List. Dir. Ben Wheatley, 2011.
His House. Dir Remi Weekes, 2020.
Men. Dir. Alex Garland, 2022.

Also mentioned
Attack the Block (2011)
Black Mirror (2011 – )
The Crown (2016 – 2023)
The Darkest Hour (2017)
The King’s Speech (2010)
Love, Actually (2003)
Love Island (2018)
Under the Skin (2013)