13 Feminist Horror Movies to Watch This Halloween
thewrap.comIf you’ve seen any horror movie, it’s no secret some of our favorite classics fall into sexist tropes, most often with the final girl in slashers being innocent and virginal while her counterpart that engages in “sinful” behavior gets the ultimate punishment.
Instead of submitting to the male gaze, these feminist horror flicks and thrillers pave a way forward for the genre, one that encourages complex female relationships, destigmatizes female sexuality and fights to avenge patriarchal society that has oppressed these female heroines for ages.Here are 13 feminist horror movies to kick off spooky season, because what’s scarier than not defeating the patriarchy?
Roman Polanski’s “Rosemary’s Baby” elevated the horror genre with its feminist focus by centering on themes of autonomy and rape culture.
Mia Farrow stars as Rosemary, a young woman married to Guy as the pair move into a new apartment building rumored to be haunted, and their introduction to their elderly neighbors who are plagued by death and tragedy doesn’t help.
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