Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
in Horror
Proof of Concept Presentation
30/1/2017
Deanna Crisbacher
Repulsion
The Exorcist
F.E.A.R.
Rosemarys Baby
Suspiria
The Babadook
The Witcher
Scream
Bloodborne
The Conjuring
The Ring
Penny Dreadful
Suicide Squad
47 Ronin
Books
The Dread of Difference: Gender & The Horror Film - Barry Keith Grant
-discusses many different examples of women in horror including women in slasher films, the
monstrous-feminine, puberty (related to Carrie), women as the monster, and many other
examples/discussions
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in Modern Horror Film - Carol J.
Clover
discusses feminism and The Final Girl in slasher films, interesting quote(s) from Stephen King,
Carrie is, in its more adult implications, an uneasy masculine shrinking from a future of female
equalityshes also Woman, feeling her powers for the first time., other interesting chapters
about Freud, sex, violence against women including rape, and revenge
Books
Other Books
Witches - Tracy Borman (May have useful terms for defining a witch in the
introduction)
-Both books above may have useful definitions, terms and other references within them.
Journal Articles
Journal Articles/Websites
Websites
Carrie at 40: Why the Horror Genre Remains Important for Women - Noah Berlatsky
@ The Guardian
-argues women make up the majority of horror fans, Carrie representing a witch and menstrual monster, no
male saviour in Carrie (main characters women)
Horror: The Film Genre Where Men Dont Have All the Fun - Anne Billson @ The
Telegraph
-discusses how often people consider women in horror as only being the victim, but also points out that Cat
people, A nightmare on Elm Street, The Others and The Woman in Black the women are in charge, discusses
The Final Girl and identifying with survivor os of horror if its male or female (ex. Alien, Halloween, Scream)
In Horror Film The Witch, Terror Stems From Puritanical Control of Women - Britt
Ashley @ Bitch Magazine/Media
-discusses the film The Witch and about Puritans, fear of womens bodies, girl becoming a woman, Women
making deals with the Devil, origin story of Americathe female form as an embodiment of original sin:
something to be feared, judged, and controlledThe real terror wasnt a witchbut rather the God-fearing
men dutifully deciding the fate of the women around them
Documentaries
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film Andrew Monument
-Covers the evolution of the horror genre within the American Film Industry overall (not just about women)
Bloody Breasts: Women, Feminism and Horror Films - Maude Michaud (web
series)
-Web documentary series, looks at gender roles and stereotypes, interviews with women who enjoy horror
films, overall discussions of feminism and horror in filmmaking
Other
Im still searching for more sources but I want to find more that has to do
with Feminism, Abjection (specifically - Powers of Horror by Julia Kristen),
and possibly Psychoanalysis, Binary Oppositions (with gender roles), and
other relating topics/themes that I may find as I look more closely at my
sources. I also am still considering which films to talk about as there are
quite a few that relate to what I wish to write about.
Bibliography
Bloody Breasts: Women, Feminism and Horror Films [Documentary Web-Series] Prod. Michaud. Quirky Films (2011) At: https://
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXNeNBMdzAL9R3SQMyYC-IZpEzA1-QzA0 Accessed on: 26/1/2017
Borman, T. (2013) Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction London: Jonathan Cape.
Clover, C. (1992) Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender In The Modern Horror Film Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Creed, B. (1993) The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis London: Routledge.
Grant, B. (1996) The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film USA: University of Texas Press.
Janisse, K. (2012) House of Psychotic Women England: FAB Press Ltd.
Nowell, R. (2011) Where nothing is off limits: genre, commercial revitalization, and the teen slasher posters of 1982-1984 In:
Post Script 30 (2) [online] At: go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?
p=AONE&sw=w&u=ucca&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA264173332&it=r&asid=78dfd7e591e601af6b273f63b0058b24 Accessed on:
26/1/2017
Off Screen (2014) Issues of Gender in the Horror Genre, Part 1 At: http://offscreen.com/issues/view/volume-18-issues-6-7
Accessed on: 26/1/2017
Off Screen (2014) Gender and Horror Part 2 At: http://offscreen.com/issues/view/gender-horror-pt2 Accessed on: 26/1/2017
Bibliography
Pulliam, J. (2014) Monstrous Bodies: Feminine Power in Young Adult Horror Fiction North Carolina: McFarland & Company.
Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror (2009) Directed by Donna Davies [Television Film] Canada: Sorcery Films
Raw, L. (2008) The Scarlet Letter (1972): a feminist horror movie In: Interactions 17 (2) [online] At: go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?
p=AONE&sw=w&u=ucca&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA192001272&it=r&asid=2c847bb660ff162070a4270c9bfb3de5 Accessed on:
26/1/2017
Sullivan, J. (1986) The Penguin Encyclopaedia of Horror and the Supernatural USA: Viking Press.
Wee, V. (2010) Patriarchy and the Horror of the Monstrous Feminine In: Feminist Media Studies 11 (2) [online] At: http://
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14680777.2010.521624 Accessed on: 26/1/2017
Welcome to My Darkside: Women in Horror (2009) Directed by Reyna Young [DVD] USA: Last Doorway Productions
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009) Directed by Andrew Monument [DVD]
USA: Lux Digital Pictures
Illustration List
Figure 1. Carrie (1976) [Film Still] At: http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/carrie-1976/images/36455880/title/
carrie-1976-photo Accessed on: 26/1/2017
Figure 2. The Woman in Black (2012) [Film Still] At: http://www.livemint.com/rf/Image-621x414/LiveMint/
Period1/2015/01/03/Photos/M-130_02261_rgb--621x414.jpg Accessed on: 26/1/2017
Figure 3. The Witch (2015) [Film Still] At: http://cdn.bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/THEWITCH.jpg Accessed on: 26/1/2017