Gender In Horror

Women in Horror films/TV Shows

Typically in horror movie or TV show women tend to play a pretty prominent role: the victim.

Traits for Women in Horror:

• They are waiting for a man to save them
• They're running, bloodied and terrified, 
• Tied and cut up, and we see them completely powerless at the hands of murderers 

Female Horror Archetypes:

• Sex crazed bimbo
• Badass babe
• The smart one
• The bitch
• The invisible one
• The witch
• The postmodern 
• The final girl, e.g. in Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Scream, Saw II, etc.
• Blondes - Dumb/Innocent/Evil

http://www.gorestruly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/TypicalFemaleHorrorChar.jpg

https://screampsychohorror.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/jen-vil.jpg

Websites Used:

• http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/commentisfree/2014/oct/17/women-in-horror-the-revenge