Horror films have featured a whole lot of villains with unique appearances, from popular icons like Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, and Leatherface to characters the average movie-goer wouldn’t remember by name. This Halloween season, the charity Changing Faces has reached out to networks and streamers to ask them to add disclaimers to horror films that feature villains with visible differences, letting viewers know the films reinforce negative stereotypes.
Here (with thanks to Variety) is the full letter Changing Faces CEO Heather Blake has sent out to request the disclaimer:
Dear Chief Content Officer,
Every year, Halloween becomes a particularly stressful time for some of those with visible differences, where villainous film characters with scars, marks, burns or conditions are often recreated as costumes, as well as becoming terms of abuse in everyday life. Harmful beliefs that scars and marks equate to evil can be reinforced through instant access to...
Here (with thanks to Variety) is the full letter Changing Faces CEO Heather Blake has sent out to request the disclaimer:
Dear Chief Content Officer,
Every year, Halloween becomes a particularly stressful time for some of those with visible differences, where villainous film characters with scars, marks, burns or conditions are often recreated as costumes, as well as becoming terms of abuse in everyday life. Harmful beliefs that scars and marks equate to evil can be reinforced through instant access to...
- 10/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Charity Changing Faces has written to the chief content officers at a range of streamers and broadcasters such as Netflix U.K., Amazon Prime Video, BBC IPlayer and Apple TV urging them to include a disclaimer on their horror films featuring villains with visible differences this Halloween.
Penned by Changing Faces CEO Heather Blake, the letter says: “Every year, Halloween becomes a particularly stressful time for some of those with visible differences, where villainous film characters with scars, marks, burns or conditions are often recreated as costumes, as well as becoming terms of abuse in everyday life.”
She adds that the charity is not asking for the streaming platforms to remove horror films featuring villains with visible differences but to include a note in the film’s description and add a disclaimer on screen that such characters “reinforce negative stereotypes.”
“Sex Education” actor Beth Bradfield, who was born with a...
Penned by Changing Faces CEO Heather Blake, the letter says: “Every year, Halloween becomes a particularly stressful time for some of those with visible differences, where villainous film characters with scars, marks, burns or conditions are often recreated as costumes, as well as becoming terms of abuse in everyday life.”
She adds that the charity is not asking for the streaming platforms to remove horror films featuring villains with visible differences but to include a note in the film’s description and add a disclaimer on screen that such characters “reinforce negative stereotypes.”
“Sex Education” actor Beth Bradfield, who was born with a...
- 10/24/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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