Slashers- The Destruction of Women

Hey Everyone,

I am doing critical research for my A2 exam. I am doing it on the topic of how women are represented in the Slasher Genre and the phenomenon of the 'Final Girl'- the one who overcomes the killer.

It would be a massive help if you could dicuss with me how women are presented, especially how they appear to be victimised and how why the final surviour ends up being a girl and whether that has changed.

I am focusing on mainly on 1970's slashers such as Halloween and Nightmare and Elm street- to see how women are shown in them but also I am lookin at new Slasher films such as The Devils Rejects to see how gender repersentation has changed and to compare them with the beginning of the slashers.

It would be a great help to hear your opinions.

Thank you,
Jodi

[Despare]

Originally Posted by jodibabe_2325

Hey Everyone,

I am doing critical research for my A2 exam. I am doing it on the topic of how women are represented in the Slasher Genre and the phenomenon of the 'Final Girl'- the one who overcomes the killer.

It would be a massive help if you could dicuss with me how women are presented, especially how they appear to be victimised and how why the final surviour ends up being a girl and whether that has changed.

I am focusing on mainly on 1970's slashers such as Halloween and Nightmare and Elm street- to see how women are shown in them but also I am lookin at new Slasher films such as The Devils Rejects to see how gender repersentation has changed and to compare them with the beginning of the slashers.

It would be a great help to hear your opinions.

Thank you,
Jodi

http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32286

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_girl



Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon tries to give you the killer's perspective too.

[The Mothman]

Originally Posted by Despare

http://www.horror.com/forum/showthre...t=women+horror

http://www.horror.com/forum/showthre...t=women+horror

http://www.horror.com/forum/showthre...t=women+horror


Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon tries to give you the killer's perspective too.

thats how on top of things we are here at HDC.

[crabapple]

Yeah!









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[Cinestro]

I also highly recommend you check out the book - The Horror Film by Peter Hutchings published by Pearson/Longman. It is excellent, if a bit written for the academics. It strongly deals with this topic along with other interesting looks at the Genre, the world and film studies.

[fortunato]

Originally Posted by Despare

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_girl

i actually wrote the small bit about behind the mask in that entry. for some reason it wasn't in there already.

[Doc Faustus]

My advice: watch Argento movies. Watch all of them. Especially Opera, Suspiria, Phenomenon and Trauma. Paper clip your eyelids open and watch them in your sleep. Ludovico your ass. But ignore Phantom of the Opera. It's a flaming, sentient space turd that will devour two hours of your life and several more, which you will have to squander complaining about something you would rather forget.

[Zero]

You've probably read Carol Clover's book - Men, Women and Chainsaws - given the use of 'final girl.' You might also check out Vera Dika's The Stalker Cycle and Kendall Phillips' Projected Fears for more on stalker flicks.

good luck with the paper!

Cheers for all your help. :) x

[ferretchucker]

Yeh, this thread is major league Déja vu!