I had the lucky opportunity to talk feminism in horror with some lovely ladies at Women Write About Comics! I love horror movies, from the truly horrific, to the thought provoking, to the ridiculous slasher flicks. I’ve been a big fan of the horror genre since I first read R.L. Steins Fear Street series as a young preteen. However the genre isn’t always the most welcoming when it comes to women. A subject me and my fellow writers for WWAC discuss in detail in this piece.
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Finding feminist ideology in the horror film genre can feel like searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore film. It can seem a futile effort considering the most popular horror tropes are particularly unflattering toward the female characters: the final virginal survivor, “ugly duckling” killer, the commonality of sexual assault as plot device, etc. Then there are the endless debates about whether a film passes the Bechdel test if the conversation between two named female characters centers around the killer who might be a man. But feminists like horror films, too! And some of the men and women who create them like feminism. The WWAC staff sat around our virtual campfire to discuss our favorite feminist leaning horror flicks.
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