num_pages: 274
description: Looking at such films as Frankenstein, Svengali, King Kong and The Mark of the Vampire, Berenstein argues that classical horror cinema is marked by malleable gender roles, not by entrenched conventional personas.
language: English
title: Attack of the Leading Ladies: Gender, Sexuality, and Spectatorship in Classic Horror Cinema
titlecomplete: Attack of the Leading Ladies: Gender, Sexuality, and Spectatorship in Classic Horror Cinema (Film and Culture Series)
genres: Film, Feminism, Nonfiction, Horror
ratings_count: 28
publisher: Columbia Univ Pr