A review by megnut
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Updated Edition by Carol J. Clover

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. 
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