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Summary:     In the text, “The Monster and the Homosexual”, it says how in 1984, a study came out that was very anti-homosexual. It stated more or less that homosexuals could be anyone, that they were a threat to those around them, and that it was a threat to traditional family values. The AIDS crisisContinue reading “A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge!”

Summary:     In the text “Studying Blacks and Horror Films”, it discusses how in many movies, Black people are often some of the first victims attacked in all types of films. In films like Jurassic Park, one of the first onscreen deaths is that of a Black guard. In film, Black people are often seenContinue reading “Candyman!”

Summary     In the text “It’s Alive, I’m Afraid”, it says how all monsters are symbols of the birth process. In a way, the experimentation with human recreation in films inspired what became birth control pills. This lead to a sexual revolution because now women could be free to have sex with whoever they wantedContinue reading “The Babadook!”

Summary:     In the text “Trying to Survive on the Darker Side: 1980s Family Horror”, Williams talks about how the patriarchy is a huge part of the family structure in horror films. Williams says that while horror films were shifting, in the 80’s especially they were focused on family values. He also discusses how CloverContinue reading “The Stepfather!”

  Summary   In Willaim’s text, “Chain Saw Massacres: The Apocalyptic Dimension”, he discusses the many ways that slasher films and the like have evolved into the apocalyptic horror-scapes like in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In his text, Willaims discusses how in horror films, due to the apocalyptic vision the films are moving from disclosing family contradictionsContinue reading “Texas Chainsaw Massacre!”

Reading Summary In the reading “Horror, Femininity, and Carrie’s Monstrous Puberty” by Shelley Stamp, she takes almost an alternative view to how the movie Carrie is perceived. In the text, Shelley says that Carrie isn’t about a girl rebelling against her mother and embracing her femininity, but how that same femininity makes her the monsterContinue reading “Carrie!”

When Regan is first possessed by the demon, no one knows that anything is wrong with her. She and her mother Chris live a perfectly normal life, if not for the absence of her father. It doesn’t seem like Regan is at the point of trying to push her mother away, and she still playsContinue reading “The Exorcist!”

    The movie Scream is a great example of a meta-film. The characters reference various other horror films throughout the movie, ranging from the characters taking inspiration from the movies to just discussing what the people in the films did wrong. When the killer confronts Tatum Riley, she thinks it’s just a joke, and doesContinue reading “Scream!”

The way that Michael Myers gazes at his sister is the first time he releases his fury. The way that Michael acts in nicely summed up by Carol J. Clover in Her Body, Himself, where she says, “The notion of a killer propelled by a pyschosexual fury”, which is exactly what Michael is. The majorityContinue reading “Halloween!”

In Psycho, Norman Bates is shown to be a truly distrubed person. Norman has scopophilia, as demonstrated how he enjoys watching Marion undress before she gets in the shower. As stated in Laura Mulvey’s “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”, she states how scopophilia is associated, “with taking other people as objects, subjecting them to aContinue reading “Psycho!”