Episode 9: Gynaehorror with Dr. Erin Harrington


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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


Hays Code


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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