In the wake of the COVID pandemic, rapid technological change, and the fast-moving political situation in the United States, where immigrants and people of color have been cast as threats to a white American body politic, the power of horror films is easy to understand. Monsters inhabit social fault lines, growing in number as the faults widen. Horror’s shock effects and visceral charms not only continue to draw young audiences seeking thrills and chills to movie theaters, they have also bled into more serious drama and popular culture.