This paper seeks to analyze the representation of the mother as a terrifying figure in two present horror films: The Babadook (2014) and Ich seh, ich seh (2014). In both, the horror is based on the relation between mother and sons, whose tension can be understood from the concept of the abject (Kristeva, 1980). In The Babadook, the horror materializes in the maternal body that is represented as an abject: she appears bathed in blood, puking and chasing her son in order to annihilate him. Also, it develops the traditional metaphorical link between the house and the maternal body (Hormigos, 2010) with the purpose of representing her threatening aspect: the space is imaginated as a confinement that may engulf the body of the self. The film sho...
This paper aimed to examine the depiction of the monstrous feminine in two horror flms, 2009\u27s Je...
Because today’s feminism is largely—and rightly—intersectional, there is currently little attention ...
Abstract: “El último verano” a text belonging to the third volume of tales by Amparo Dávila Árboles ...
[eng] The home associated with the idea of security and family may become a locus corruptus, that is...
Este artículo busca analizar la representación de la madre como figura terrorífica en dos filmes de ...
A small child is getting ready for school. His mother dresses him, pulling his jacket over his shoul...
This article responds to the critical debate around Jennifer Kent's horror movie, The Babadook (2014...
This film essay Puncture, by Rachel Frances Sharpe, and accompanying paper, by Sophie Sexon, examine...
Jennifer Kent’s horror film The Babadook shines a spotlight on maternal ambivalence, which is easily...
This thesis will examine the representation of motherhood in horror cinema in order to discuss the p...
Women’s bodies have long served as a source for abject horror. Throughout horror books, movies, and ...
This paper aimed to examine the depiction of the monstrous feminine in two horror flms, 2009’s Jenni...
This paper discusses affect and body horror through the lens of abjection, specifically how we react...
In Japanese maternal horror films, motherhood becomes a visually horrifying spectacle. Monstrous and...
This work attempts to analyze the horror genre in the Netflix limited series titled The Haunting of ...
This paper aimed to examine the depiction of the monstrous feminine in two horror flms, 2009\u27s Je...
Because today’s feminism is largely—and rightly—intersectional, there is currently little attention ...
Abstract: “El último verano” a text belonging to the third volume of tales by Amparo Dávila Árboles ...
[eng] The home associated with the idea of security and family may become a locus corruptus, that is...
Este artículo busca analizar la representación de la madre como figura terrorífica en dos filmes de ...
A small child is getting ready for school. His mother dresses him, pulling his jacket over his shoul...
This article responds to the critical debate around Jennifer Kent's horror movie, The Babadook (2014...
This film essay Puncture, by Rachel Frances Sharpe, and accompanying paper, by Sophie Sexon, examine...
Jennifer Kent’s horror film The Babadook shines a spotlight on maternal ambivalence, which is easily...
This thesis will examine the representation of motherhood in horror cinema in order to discuss the p...
Women’s bodies have long served as a source for abject horror. Throughout horror books, movies, and ...
This paper aimed to examine the depiction of the monstrous feminine in two horror flms, 2009’s Jenni...
This paper discusses affect and body horror through the lens of abjection, specifically how we react...
In Japanese maternal horror films, motherhood becomes a visually horrifying spectacle. Monstrous and...
This work attempts to analyze the horror genre in the Netflix limited series titled The Haunting of ...
This paper aimed to examine the depiction of the monstrous feminine in two horror flms, 2009\u27s Je...
Because today’s feminism is largely—and rightly—intersectional, there is currently little attention ...
Abstract: “El último verano” a text belonging to the third volume of tales by Amparo Dávila Árboles ...