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Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Updated Edition by Carol J. Clover
3 reviews
dark
informative
medium-paced
The concept of gender in horror is incredibly fascinating and I was intrigued by the angle that this book promised to examine it from. Unfortunately, I found the delivery lacking.
As a whole, the book felt very repetitive and very unorganized. I felt like I was listening to the same paragraphs over and over again but in different orders and a lot of the examples the author tried to use to support each topic were really reaching.
The book was also written in the 80’s so it uses some very outdated language around a few different communities of people.
All in all, it was a bit difficult to work through this book.
I think this would be a great concept to explore more with a modern perspective and better organization of the contents.
As a whole, the book felt very repetitive and very unorganized. I felt like I was listening to the same paragraphs over and over again but in different orders and a lot of the examples the author tried to use to support each topic were really reaching.
The book was also written in the 80’s so it uses some very outdated language around a few different communities of people.
All in all, it was a bit difficult to work through this book.
I think this would be a great concept to explore more with a modern perspective and better organization of the contents.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
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: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexism, Pregnancy
informative
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood