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Men, women, and chain saws : gender in the modern horror film / by Carol J. Clover, with a new preface by the author.

by Clover, Carol J., 1940-

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Princeton University Press, 2015.

791.436164 C647m

Horror films -- History and criticism.

Gender identity in motion pictures.

Sex role in motion pictures.

Princeton classics.

9780691166292 (pbk.)

Updated edition with a new preface by the author.

xiii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

First published in 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index.

Preface to the Princeton Classics edition -- Carrie and the boys -- Her body, himself -- Opening up -- Getting even -- The eye of horror -- Afterword.

"Examining the popularity of low-budget cinema, particularly slasher, occult, and rape-revenge films, the author argues that, while such films have been traditionally understood as offering only sadistic pleasure to their mostly male audiences, in actuality they align spectators not with the male tormentor but with the females being tormented - particularly the slasher movie's "final girls"--Who endure fear and degradation before rising to save themselves."--Provided by publisher.

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