Five Feminist Horror Movies to Get You Excited About The Genre #MovieReview
Five Feminist Horror Movies
Feminist horror embodies the values of feminist culture. Not sure where to get started in this subgenre? Give these five movies a watch!
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) This is a gorgeously crafted tale of a skateboarding vampire who lives in a worn-down Iranian city. She preys on men who mistreat women in this beautiful and striking black and white horror flick directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. If anything screams female empowerment, it’s this justice seeking vampire.
The Witch (2015) No one believes Thomason’s innocence in this period horror film. Set in 1630, a New England family is outcasted and forced to live on the edge of society, surrounded by ominous woods. Their baby boy disappears, and Thomason is blamed. Soon, the family accuses her of witchcraft, and their love and faith are tested. This story shines light on the marginalized role of women in society, how they are treated under the harsh stare of the patriarch and how their words fall on deaf ears.
Teeth (2007) This movie is a wild ride. Dawn is a member of her high school’s chastity club, but when she meets Tobey, they decide to break the vow. Unfortunately, Dawn discovers that lying within her vagina are a pair of teeth, ready to gnaw and gnash any unworthy man. It’s a crazy coming of age tale that exams the power roles within a sexual relationship and gives Dawn the ability control who and when men get to have sex with her.
It Follows (2014) Death is a sexual transmitted infection in this horror flick. Jay and her boyfriend Hugh have sex for the first time, and that’s when Jay discovers she’s been marked. Death creeps in the shadows, waiting to consume her unless she passes the curse to another person. This movie can be interpreted a few different ways. It highlights how sexual partners become a part of our histories, always following us through life. If taken more literally, it illuminates the dangers of STI’s. It doesn’t condone or condemn sex, just highlights many issues surrounding it with Jay at the center.
Audition (1999) This is a Japanese thriller horror flick that follows Aoyama, a producer widower who is ready to start dating again. He makes up an acting role and has women audition, as a way to find a new partner. It’s through here that he meets Asami, dressed in white as an expression of purity similar to his deceased wife. And that’s when everything turns. She isn’t what she seems, and she’s not interested in playing the role of the docile housewife.
