Killer Rich People: Unpacking the Dark Horror of Wealthy Elite in Movies & TV, Explained

One of the Horror's favorite villains of the modern era brings a whole new level of terror: wealthy elites with a taste for blood (metaphorically and sometimes literally…) From Ready or Not to The Purge to Hostel to Get Out to Squid Games and beyond, whether it’s a group of disturbingly like-minded 1 percent-ers, or a deranged family focused on safeguarding their generational wealth, these are actual psychopaths with a desire to bring harm to everyone who isn’t in their in-group.
So let’s take a deeper look at this growing trend of killer rich people, how their economic status makes them an even bigger threat than your typical villain, why characters in their position have these disturbing desires in the first place, and what it says about our own fears of being at the mercy of the most powerful.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:51 The dark history of 'scary families' on screen
02:03 The takeover of terrifying *rich* people
02:36 The story that inspired so many modern films
03:26 Rich people killing for their own entertainment
04:33 Win or die games
08:20 Chaos manufactured by the wealthy
10:38 Why people love killer rich people stories

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This video was written by Cassondra Feltus, narrated by Charly Bivona, & edited by Jessica Babineaux

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