Research Presentation

LEWIS MADDISON
1/02/16

The Walking Dead: Strong female characters

and Carols transformation throughout the
series.
Interesting character in the world and
has a surprising transition throughout
the series.
Season 1: Weaker character who suffers
from physical and psychological abuse
from her husband, is incredibly
protective of her daughter Sophia.
Season 6: Incredibly strong character,
suspicious of everyone. Handles her self
with ease and is prone to violent
behaviour.
Is part of a wealth of strong female
characters who all have their own arcs
and stories that make them stand out
from other horror movie and TV
characters.

Other strong female characters (Maggie,

Michonne, Lori)

The show in general is a good example of

how women are portrayed in modern
horror media, often transitioning from
weaker characters to be much more
independent.

Alien: Sigourney Weavers role in the movie.

Arguably the most influential female character in Science
fiction.
A strong character throughout the entire series of movies
(even more so in the 4th)
Shows that not all female characters require a transition.
Was originally written as a male character but was changed
later on in development.
Not the only female character to appear in the movies but
remain the only one who doesnt conform to a particular
convention or trope.

Cabin in the woods: How horror tropes are used in modern Horror movies

Movie plays with the idea of Horror tropes throughout.

Actively uses the conventions of a horror movie to create an
interesting plot and offers some explanation around why
certain horror movies play out and what the underlying reason
is for the death seen in the movies.
Particular focus on intertextuality and the way horror movies
borrow from each other

Men, Women, and Chain Saws:

Gender in Modern Horror Film
investigates gender in slasher films and the appeal of horror cinema,
in particular the slasher, occult, and rape-revenge genres, from a
feminist perspective. Although these films seem to offer sadistic
pleasure to their viewers, Clover argues that these films are designed
to align spectators not with the male tormentor, but with the female
victimthe "final girl"who finally defeats her oppressor.

The final girl does look something like a female hero-and

effect, it has been argued, of the powerful discourses of
gender during that era, above all the women's movement
Tortured survivor might be a better term then hero

The groundbreaking works that comprise The Uncanny

present some of his most influential explorations of the mind.
In these pieces Freud investigates the vivid but seemingly
trivial childhood memories that often "screen" deeply
uncomfortable desires; the links between literature and
daydreaming; and our intensely mixed feelings about things
we experience as "uncanny."

An examination of modern horror cinema that

highlights particularly how such films reflect social
anxieties, representing the most popular,
accessible expression of society's everyday fears,
but also expressing much about the nation's
political values. It includes chapters which update
the horror genre through the eighties and nineties.