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Reading Alien (dir. by Ridley Scott) Against Barbara Creed’s ‘The Monstrous Feminine’
Drawing on Sigmund Freud’s theory of sexuality, in an essay titled ‘The Monstrous-Feminine’ Barbara Creed applies psychoanalytic theory to the horror film genre, observing the relationship between femininity and monstrosity. In her rejection of the widespread evaluation of the female role in horror as one of pure victimisation, she argues… Continue reading