repressed

Freud called the phenomenon these comic writers mined the return of the repressed, and it became 20th-century horror’s greatest trick.

Sometimes the repressed returns almost immediately.

But usually the repressed took a few years to claw its way to the surface.

If horror is about being unable to escape the repressed sins of the past, then it’s no wonder the 2024 presidential election feels as if we’re living in a horror movie.

Jones adds that when he first picked up the novel Interview with the Vampire, "it seemed to me what I was reading was this really repressed and really messy love story."