<jats:p>Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun’s trilogy of films are not horror movies but movies about horror media that collectively proclaim horror’s value for its trans, queer, and otherwise vulnerable fans. A Self-Induced Hallucination (2018), We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021), and I Saw the TV Glow (2024) demonstrate three fundamental truths about horror media, horror fandom, and their utility: (1) Horror creates community; (2) Horror provides a means of processing reality; and (3) Horror helps its fans manage the difficulty of self-discovery. Schoenbrun’s films extol horror’s life-affirming functions, which are often overlooked in critiques of its morbidity and pathologizations of its fans.</jats:p>
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