#16 | Horror Films and Feminism with Expert Alison Peirse

Dr Alison Peirse is a film professor and writer of "After Dracula", "Korean Horror Cinema", and "Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre". In this episode, we talk all about the history of women in horror and women creating horror, as well as advice for new filmmakers and horror movie recommendations to watch on Halloween!

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Alison's book list recommendations:

• Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890's to Present, by Robin R. Means Coleman
• Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in Modern Horror Film, Carol J. Glover
• The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick, by Mallory O'Meary
• 1000 Women in Horror: 1896-2018, by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• House of Psychotic Women: Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films, by Kier-La Janisse

This episode was hosted by Malin Evita and Shania Bethune, guest-starring Alison Peirse, and edited by Malin Evita.

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