Front cover image for Men, women, and chain saws gender in the modern horror film

Men, women, and chain saws gender in the modern horror film

Concentrating on three horror genres in which women and gender issues are the central focus, this study argues that sadism is actually the lesser part of the horror experience, and that audiences are drawn to the plight of the victim-hero - a figure that suffers pain but eventually vanquishes evil.
Print Book, English, 1993
1. Princeton paperback print View all formats and editions
Princeton Univ. Pr, Princeton, NJ, 1993
260 S. Ill.
9780691048024, 9780691006208, 0691048029, 0691006202
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