Horror: Gender

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  • Horror: Gender
    • The final girl
    • Sarah is firstly represented as a maternal figure
    • High angle shot reflects her vulnerability as well as the shots of her taking pills
    • Re-birth scene: Sarah struggles through the womblike tunnel  to emerge reborn
    • Jenny (ED) begins passive and ends up being capable of violence
    • Both become primitive and monstrous femiine
    • Blood soaked images, resourcefulness of constructing their own weapons rather than relying on modern technology. 
    • Jenny’s boyfriend who is initially macho in his behaviour but is then rendered impotent/inactive.
    • Juno (D) - butch femme

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