Nothing exists in a vacuum. Whether by conscious choice or passive influence, the world bleeds into our perspective of it and how we share it with others. We are influenced by the world around us, which is often (if not always) impacted by politics, from the cost of eggs and gas to healthcare. It’s only natural that this would influence art, as it has for hundreds of years. The same is true of film.

A filmmaker’s creative choices are a byproduct of the circumstances that brought them there — how and where they grew up, access to resources and media, overall quality of life, etc. This is in part why horror movies are so often politicized. The genre investigates what terrifies us at that moment in time, regardless of our engagement with Politics in a formal sense. Some filmmakers didn’t int

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