The portrayal of disability in film generally, especially horror, is famously problematic. While physical beauty is often conflated with a character’s moral goodness, villains have historically been associated with disability or disfigurement: facial scarring, wheelchair use, limb difference. Because of their physical limitations, the logic goes, these characters are likely to become embittered, jealous and calculating, leading to their nefarious deeds. Suffering here does not ennoble but turns people into scheming supervillains who wish to inflict pain on those around them out of malevolence and spite. Neurodivergence and mental illness are routinely equated with violence and deviance.