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How does the horror in film relate to the horror we experience in everyday life? This is one of the questions addressed in this examination of the genre of horror film. The author argues that horror films today have broken with the tradition of the genre to embrace far more violent imagery, images that are in keeping with the escalating violence in society. By examining the horror film, its history and its current trends, the author hopes to further our understanding of the meaning of the genre in today's culture and our fascination with violence.

Horror films --- History and criticism.

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Comparative literature --- Thematology --- Horror in literature. --- Violence in literature.

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Mexican fiction --- Man-woman relationships --- Horror tales --- Female-male relationships --- Male-female relationships --- Men --- Men-women relationships --- Relationships, Man-woman --- Woman-man relationships --- Women --- Women-men relationships --- Horror --- Horror fiction --- Horror stories --- Scary stories --- Scary tales --- Tales, Horror --- Terror --- Terror tales --- Relations with women --- Relations with men --- Mexico --- Interpersonal relations --- Mate selection --- Fiction --- Ghost stories --- Mexican fiction - 20th century

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What is it about 'Jaws, Alien, Little Shop of Horrors and Poltergeist' that plays on men's fear of women? And what is it that they fear most? 'The Monstrous-Feminine' examines the role of women in horror films. The author argues that when a woman is constructed as monstrous, it is almost always in conjuction with reproduction and mothering functions. In this exploration, using detailed analysis of 'Carrie, The Exorcist, Psycho' and 'Alien' among others, Creed identifies the seven faces of female monstrosity--archaic mother; monstrous womb; vampire; witch; possessed monster; deadly 'femme castratrice' and castrating mother. The argument then moves on to challenge the Freudian concept that a woman terrifies because she is castrated--Creed holds forth that the woman acting as castrat'or' is what creates horror for men. 'The' 'Monstrous-Feminine' goes on to discuss and analyze what these images mean for feministfilm theory, as well as revealing important clues about masculinity.

Film --- Depth psychology --- Monsters in motion pictures. --- Horror films --- Women in motion pictures. --- Psychological aspects.

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Horror tales, English --- English fiction --- Gothic revival (Literature) --- Romanticism --- Sublime, The. --- Aesthetics --- English horror tales --- History and criticism --- Theory, etc. --- History and criticism. --- Sublime, The --- History and criticism&delete& --- Theory, etc