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Since the early days of cinema, women have often been looked at as symbols rather than complex characters. Female characters have existed to serve the development of the main character, typically a male lens (and gaze) and often with one-dimensional characters.
But there is one genre where women are usually front and center….The horror genre delves into questions of gender and sexuality more than any other. Maybe watching women-led movies that deal with these subjects is why women like horror so much.
Suspiria
Director: Dario Argento Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 1977 Language: Italian
Starring: Barbara Magnolfi, Flavio Bucci, Jessica Harper, Miguel Bosé, Stefania Casini
Suzy (Jessica Harper) travels to Germany to attend ballet school. When she arrives, late on a stormy night, no one lets her in, and she sees Pat (Eva Axén), another student, fleeing from the school. When Pat reaches her apartment, she is murdered. The next day, Suzy is admitted to her new school, but has a difficult time settling in. She hears noises, and often feels ill. As more people die, Suzy uncovers the terrifying secret history of the place.
Horror, Halloween
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Rosemary’s Baby
Director: Roman Polanski Run Time: 138 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1968
Starring: John Cassavetes, Maurice Evans, Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
A young wife comes to believe that her offspring is not of this world. Waifish Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) and her struggling actor husband Guy (John Cassavetes) move to a New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and odd neighbors Roman and Minnie Castavet (Sidney Blackmer, Ruth Gordon). When Rosemary becomes pregnant she becomes increasingly isolated, and the diabolical truth is revealed only after Rosemary gives birth.
Horror
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The Love Witch
Director: Anna Biller Run Time: 121 min. Release Year: 2016
Starring: Gian Keys, Jared Sanford, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Laura Waddell, Samantha Robinson
Elaine (Samantha Robinson), a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, then picks up men and seduces them. However, her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she at last meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved drives her to the brink of insanity and murder.
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Horror
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Carrie
Director: Brian De Palma Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 1976
Starring: Amy Irving, John Travolta, Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, William Katt
In this chilling adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother (Piper Laurie) at home. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers. Invited to the prom by the empathetic Tommy Ross (William Katt), Carrie tries to let her guard down, but things eventually take a dark and violent turn.
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