In 2018, film scholar Dr. Erin Harrington wrote a vital book titled "Women, Monstrosity, and Horror Film: Gynaehorror" about the depictions of virginity, menstruation, pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause in horror. In this episode, I had the great pleasure of chatting with Erin Harrington about her book, the limits of psychoanalysis in horror, why horror is fertile ground for speaking about women’s experiences, and much more.
I’d like to think this conversation won’t just interest the
horror fans among you, I hope I'm right!

Show Notes:

Women, Monstrosity, and Horror Film: Gynaehorror

Follow Erin Harrington on Instagram/bluesky/letterboxd - @ladyhorrors

Robin Wood – Robin Wood on the Horror Film

Carol Clover – Men, Women, and Chainsaws

Barbara Creed – The Monstrous Feminine

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Claire Dederer – Monsters

Kelly Oliver – Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down: Images of Pregnancy in Hollywood Films

Sarah Arnold - Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood

Films mentioned:
Rosemary’s Baby
Madam Satan
Once Bitten
Psycho
Amityville Horror
The Shining
The Stepfather (YouTube)
Nightswim
The Taking of Deborah Logan
Barbarian
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
The Life Zone
Repulsion (YouTube)
The Brood (YouTube)
Lyle
Grace
Promising Young Woman
Violation
Birth/Rebirth
Knives and Skin
Prevenge
Titane
Inside
Relic
Men
Hatching
The Lure (YouTube)
Huesera: The Bone Woman

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