It is one of the most enjoyable feminist film theory books. The author explores the fear of the monstrous-feminine not as the castrated subject-as Freud argued. It gives all sorts of examples of castrating female monsters, with images, from popular culture!
This book makes watching horror movies and reading psychoanalysis so much interesting.
It examines the issue of gender in horror films, something that seems completely obvious when you read the essays but was always just on the tip of your subconscious mind, waiting for the right articulation.
This book makes watching horror movies and reading psychoanalysis so much interesting.
It examines the issue of gender in horror films, something that seems completely obvious when you read the essays but was always just on the tip of your subconscious mind, waiting for the right articulation.
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