Horror has never been shy about discussing sexuality, body, and gender, and women happen to love that a lot. Since the dawn of cinema, women have often been looked at as symbols rather than complex characters. Female characters have existed to serve the development of the main character, typically a male, through the lens of the manic pixie dream girl, the advice-giving best friend, a trophy for a hero, a damsel in distress, and many other played-out, one-dimensional characters. i However, there is one genre where women are usually at the forefront. Horror deals with the questions of sexuality, the body, and gender more than any other genre. Perhaps watching women-led movies that dealt with subjects like these is why women love horror. Although the genre has films that have misogynistic undertones or view its female side characters as one-dimensional, the leading woman has always made waves through cinema for her complexity and desire to survive. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 9 August, 2021