In Defense of Wendy, Barbra, and the Traumatized Women of Horror Cinema
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In Defense of Wendy, Barbra, and the Traumatized Women of Horror Cinema
In Defense of Wendy, Barbra, and the Traumatized Women of Horror Cinema
Why do we regard certain female characters in horror as weak just because they visibly suffer and grieve? Gwendolyn Kiste reexamines Wendy, Barbra, and representations of trauma. […]
January 6, 2022 On Screen
Old Ghosts and New Traumas Stalk Stuart Neville’s House of Ashes
Old Ghosts and New Traumas Stalk Stuart Neville’s House of Ashes
In The House of Ashes, Stuart Neville’s first standalone novel in almost a decade, the greatest gift that one woman can offer another is to believe her. […]
October 18, 2021 Books
The Beauty of the Macabre: Interviewing Crystal Connor, A Trusted Name in Terror
The Beauty of the Macabre: Interviewing Crystal Connor, A Trusted Name in Terror
Author Crystal Connor talks about being over zombies, writing horror for both kids and adults, and finding horror in the Bible. […]
February 26, 2021 Books
The Science of Women in Horror Brilliantly Dissects Horror Movie Tropes and Traditions
The Science of Women in Horror Brilliantly Dissects Horror Movie Tropes and Traditions
From final girls to femme fatales, The Science of Women in Horror is a great dissection of tropes and traditions in horror movies. […]
February 23, 2021 Books, On Screen
Does She Make You Scream? Introducing the Murder Babe, the Final Girl’s Opposite Number
Does She Make You Scream? Introducing the Murder Babe, the Final Girl’s Opposite Number
We all know about horror’s Final Girl, but where’s the love for the Murder Babe? From Buffy Summers to Akasha to Ginger Fitzgerald, here are our favorites. […]
February 19, 2021 On Screen
When a Period is More Than Punctuation: Menstruation in Horror Fiction
When a Period is More Than Punctuation: Menstruation in Horror Fiction
The Unsuitable author Molly Pohlig examines menstruation as a turning point in her own novel, as well as Stephen King’s Carrie & Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love. […]
October 30, 2020 Books
Camilla Grudova on the Monstrousness of the Midcentury Woman
Camilla Grudova on the Monstrousness of the Midcentury Woman
As part of our Come Join Us By The Fire author essay series, “Ghost Bread” author Camilla Grudova writes about the tragic fates of women in midcentury horror movies. […]
October 30, 2020 Books, On Screen
5 Works of Horror by Women That Need Film Adaptations Now
5 Works of Horror by Women That Need Film Adaptations Now
Five horror novels, collections, and stories written by women we’d like to see on screen, featuring spiders, gothic boarding schools, snake-handling cults, & more. […]
March 27, 2020 Books
9 Female Horror Authors You Should Read This Women in Horror Month
9 Female Horror Authors You Should Read This Women in Horror Month
Gwendolyn Kiste, author of The Rust Maidens, on nine truly terrifying women authors you should be reading during Women in Horror Month – and all year round. […]
February 7, 2020 Books
