House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films by Kier-La Janisse

House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films

Kier-La Janisse

357 pages • first pub 2012 (view editions)

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A reader fascinated by the intersection of personal memoir, feminist critique, and the representation of mental breakdowns in film.

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Cinema is full of neurotic personalities, but few things are more transfixing than a woman losing her mind onscreen. Unlike her male counterpart, the female neurotic lives a shamed existence, making these films rare places where her destructive em...

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dark: 89%

reflective: 76%

informative: 70%

emotional: 48%

challenging: 45%

sad: 28%

tense: 14%

funny: 12%

inspiring: 10%

hopeful: 9%

mysterious: 6%

adventurous: 4%

relaxing: 1%

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21% of readers chose slow
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