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Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Updated Edition by Carol J. Clover
5 reviews
megnut's review
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
3.5
The ideas explored in this book were really interesting... but the language was heavy on psychoanalysis & academia (I prefer my books to be more accessible).
There's obviously also limitations since it was published in 1992 and is missing more than 2 decades worth of horror cinema (and some of the language is no longer socially acceptable).
But, again, the concepts were interesting to explore and I'll be thinking of them the next time I'm watching or writing a horror.
There's obviously also limitations since it was published in 1992 and is missing more than 2 decades worth of horror cinema (and some of the language is no longer socially acceptable).
But, again, the concepts were interesting to explore and I'll be thinking of them the next time I'm watching or writing a horror.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Rape, and Sexual assault
juleseliasw's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.75
The politics of who identifies with who when viewing a horror film, and the thorough psychosexual analysis offers a lens I hadn’t watched films through before. Still, the anything that leans extremely heavily on Freud always gives me pause. Extremely dry and repetitive at times (I’ve been picking it up and setting it down for almost 5 years) I’ve learned I’m not a huge fan of footnotes (although I collected some films and books to add to my list throughout) . This is something I will revisit someday to annotate litter with my own opinions and analysis.
This is also such a fascinating text to me in the way that the genre has changed drastically since it was written, even within 5 years. I always say Carol Clover would love Ari Aster’s Hereditary and Ti West’s X!
This is also such a fascinating text to me in the way that the genre has changed drastically since it was written, even within 5 years. I always say Carol Clover would love Ari Aster’s Hereditary and Ti West’s X!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Death
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Pregnancy, Ableism, Body horror, and Racism
radfatbabe's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
An interesting dive into the gendered and psychosexual nature of horror films up through the late 80’s, and the ways in which the genera of horror gives us windows into perceptions and feelings of gender, the controlled flow of anticipation and release, and sadomasochistic sexual fantasy. This book is primarily an analytical exploration of these topics from a cis-gendered and heteronormative standpoint with touches on queer representation.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence and Murder
These topics are all mentioned or described in reference to movies and topics relating to these sceneselybntz's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Sexual assault
krislenda's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Death, Gore, and Physical abuse
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