House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films by Kier-La Janisse

House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films

Kier-La Janisse

357 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction art feminism gender horror memoir psychology challenging dark reflective medium-paced
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Cinema is full of neurotic personalities, but few things are more transfixing than a woman losing her mind onscreen. Unlike her male counterpart, the female neurotic lives a shamed existence, making these films rare places where her destructive em...

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dark 82%
reflective 76%
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tense 11%
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mysterious 8%
adventurous 5%
relaxing 2%

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fast 12%

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