To Just Survive as the Final Girl is Not Victory

Reflecting on Women in Horror Month, Kate Robertson speaks with me and fellow Plato’s Cave critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas for 4:3 film journal about the gender politics of Dario Argento, found footage cinema, the ‘Final Girl’ and many other exciting things.

Emma Westwood

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February 24, 2016

Faffing, Film article, Oscar Film Review

4:3, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Andrzej Żuławski, Barbara Creed, Bride of Frankenstein, Carol Clover, Claire Denis, Dario Argento, Daughters of Darkness, David Cronenberg, Deep Red, Devil's Advocates, final girl, found footage film, Halloween, Honeymoon, Jane Campion, Jeepers Creepers, Josephine Decker, Kate Robertson, Kathy Acker, Kei Fujiwara, Leigh Janiak, Mad Max, Mari Asato, Mattie Do, Monstrous Feminine, Possession, Psycho, rape revenge, Stendahl Syndrome, Suspiria, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Babadook, The Bird with the Crystal Plummage, The Brood, The Burning, Ursula Dabrowsky, Women in Horror Month

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EMMA WESTWOOD

Writing about movies, monsters, cinematic events and other wild trips