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How Horror Allows Women To Be Both Damsels And Demons
Originally published September 7, 2019 in The Rational.
When you think of female characters in horror films, you might think of a bra-less bimbo being stalked through the woods by a masked serial killer. Or perhaps youβre picturing a perfectly coiffed starlet from the 1940s fainting at the sight of a costumed monster. Either way, in the wake of todayβs womenβs empowerment movement, the first image conjured up is unlikely to be someone who seems worth idolizing at all.
The Evil Black Widows of Liverpool
The subject of whether or not women can write horror still raises its head from time to time (surely it should be long buried now, given the plethora of amazing female horror authors past and present) but what about the act of committing it? I donβt mean the crime of passion, the revenge killing, the impulsive, pushed over the edge, βmoment of madnessβ murder. The type of murder to which I am referring is the cold, calculated, carefully planned and systematic serial murder. The type more readily associated withβ¦well, historically at leastβ¦men.
Women Developing Their Characters: An Argument for Protagonist Diversity Beyond the Audience Surrogate
Almost everyone loves to project themselves into a good fantasy from time to time, whether it be through a video game, book, television show or just in our own minds. Some media, such as video games, make this process very easy by putting the player in the protagonistβs shoes throughout the story. In literature, the easiest way to accomplish this effect is to use what theorists call an audience surrogate. Audience surrogates appear throughout literature, but some popular examples include Dr. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes stories, Nick Carraway from The Great Gatsby, and Bella Swan from Twilight.
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