Centered on Mati Diop’s 2019 film Atlantics (Atlantique), Rachel Schlesinger’s video essay analyzes the role that horror cinema can serve in aiding feminist explorations of disempowered women. Atlantics — which became the first film directed by a Black woman in the history of the Cannes Festival to be screened for competition — offers a feminist perspective on the many socioeconomic plights of women in Senegal.