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Gory Halloween decoration featuring a horror scene from The Handmaid’s Tale sparks debate in quiet suburban street: ‘This will scar the kids’
- Trick or treaters have seen ghoulish Halloween decorations hanging in Sydney
- The controversial display shows a horror scene from The Handmaid’s Tale
- Two people are hanging from loops on the porch with fake blood
- It shows what happens on the show when you are ‘against the regime’
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A macabre Halloween decoration installed outside a Sydney home ahead of the upcoming October 31 holiday has divided the internet.
The controversial display shows two characters from The Handmaid’s Tale suspended from loops on the awning.
Based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale is set in a fictional dystopia where women, known as “handmaids,” are enslaved in sexual servitude for the purpose of procreating.
A macabre Halloween decoration installed outside a Sydney home has divided the internet. The controversial display (pictured) shows two characters from The Handmaid’s Tale hung from awning loops
The Handmaid’s Tale, starring Elisabeth Moss, is full of gore, sexual violence and other adult themes and has been rated MA15+ in Australia.
The gruesome Halloween decoration depicts how people who oppose the regime are publicly hanged.
The decoration shows a hanging victim wearing the iconic red cape and white hat worn by maidservants in the show.
The Handmaid’s Tale, starring Elisabeth Moss, is full of gore, sexual violence and other adult themes and has been rated MA 15+ in Australia. (Pictured: Elisabeth Moss in a scene from The Handmaid’s Tale season 1)
The other wears a blue suit reminiscent of the costumes of the show’s patriarchal oppressors.
Fake blood has been smeared over the white-painted brick facade of the house.
Also painted on the wall in red is the phrase, “Nolite te bastardes carborundorum,” a faux-Latin phrase meaning “Don’t let the bastard grind you down.”
The horrific Halloween decoration shows people who oppose the regime are publicly hanged
The phrase is used regularly in the Handmaid’s Tale book series and film adaptation as a feminist rallying cry.
Photos of the scene went viral online this week, with some Facebook users claiming it crossed the line between scary and inappropriate.
“Imagine kids watching this walk by. Not good, totally inappropriate,” wrote one concerned user.
Photos of the scene went viral online this week, with some Facebook users claiming it crossed the line between scary and inappropriate
‘This is terrible! Children will be scarred,” another added.
Others, however, jumped to defend the confrontational display, answering, “Kids costumes are worse than this and parents allow it, so this is nothing to me.”
“OMG it’s Halloween. Get over it. Some of you need to cheer up,” wrote another.
Others, however, jumped to defend the confrontational display, answering, “Kids costumes are worse than this and parents allow it, so this is nothing to me.” (Pictured: Joseph Fiennes in a scene from The Handmaid’s Tale season 5)
Other commentators showed their support by posting phrases used in the show, such as “blessed day” and “under his eye.”
It comes amid an ongoing debate over homeowners’ rights when it comes to holiday decorations.
Speak with ABC news last October, legal expert Dr. Rick Sarre that whether certain decorations should be banned is a matter of discretion.
Some commentators showed their support by posting phrases used in the show, such as “blessed day” and “under his eye.”
“You can get away with a lot more on Halloween because your kids would expect funny, horrific things,” said Dr Sarre, an emeritus professor of law and criminal law at the University of South Australia.
“It all comes down to what shocks the public consciousness of the reasonable person looking at it.”
If the police believe that a particular decoration is “reasonably” offensive to the general public, they can order the display to be removed.