S1 Ep 1: What is the Monstrous Feminine?

The Monstrous Feminine

Congratulations — you’ve stumbled across our coven. 🧙‍♀️ Welcome. In this pilot episode, we discuss what exactly makes the women we see in horror films so ‘monstrous’. Are the women actually the victims? If they are, how do they become the monsters? Can they ever be both? We answer these questions using three tropes explored in the 1993 text of the same title by feminist film critic, Barbara Creed: the witch, the possessed woman, and the female vampire. To help us out, we interviewed a special guest: K/XI, director and creator of the independent horror film company @badwolffilms. 🐺 So go watch ‘Carrie’ (1976 dir. Brian De Palma), ‘Jennifer’s Body’ (2009 dir. Karyn Kusama) and ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’ (2014 dir. Ana Lily Amirpour), as these witchy bitches are about to give away all the spoilers. 😈 Hosts: Louisa, Mila, Tyia and Mina Music by: Ruud Bemelmans Editors: Marina Ashioti and Zeba Arora Be sure to follow us on Instagram @themonstrousfemininepodcast & Twitter @themonfempod, and keep watching this space for more upcoming spooky fun! ✨ *CONTENT WARNING: strong language and minor mentions of suicide and sexual violence*