description: Do the pleasures of horror movies really begin and end in sadism? So the public discussion of film assumes, and so film theory claims. Carol Clover argues, however, that these films work mainly to engage the viewer in the plight of the victim-hero, who suffers fright but rises to vanquish the forces of oppression.
language: English
title: Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
titlecomplete: Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
genres: Media Tie In, Feminism, Pop Culture, Theory, Philosophy, Horror, Gender, Academic, Film, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 2351
publisher: British Film Institute