#Final Girl 2
Trailer Watch: Abigail Breslin is the Final Girl
The Final Girl — the purehearted stock character who turns the tables on the killer by the end of the horror movie — has become so famous she’s gotten her own movie. A blonde Abigail...
October Horror Series Wrap Up
Throughout October, Women and Hollywood has been examining women in horror — coming of age, lady killers, demon girls, witches, haunted women — in television and film. We’ve also had...
Examining the “Woman Anxiety” Problem in The Exorcist
William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) has been a horror classic for the past 40 years, often referred to as one of the scariest films of all time, and an Oscar winner to boot. The film comes at...
There’s a New “Final Girl” in the House — and She’s a Beast: A Review of You’re Next
Crispian : Where’s Felix? Erin : I put a blender on his head and killed him. You’re Next is sick, and I mean sick like “disgusting” and sick like “badass” because somewhere in my...