Post by Jessica Parant The 2016 film Lady Macbeth, though not strictly a horror film but a British drama directed by William Oldroyd, is...

Written by: Jessica Welcome ghouls and goblins to The Spinster’s Parlor. Please, have a glass of wine, indulge in your favorite herbal...

By: Jessica Parant In a recent re-watch of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, I realized where my fascination with witches came from as I...

When Kelly came up with the idea of “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death” in 2018, I was still green around the ears in regards to the more...

A ritual is the ‘fixed actions and sometimes words performed regularly, especially as part of a ceremony’(Cambridge). Normally people...

I didn't have positive female role models in my life growing up, starting with my mother, stepmother, grandmother, aunts, and so forth....

By: Jessica Parant Juon- A curse born of a strong grudge held by someone who died. The place of his death gathers his grudge Anyone who...

Blog Post by: Jessica It is widely discussed that H.P. Lovecraft's work lacks female representation. There are no female protagonists and...

Blog Post by Jessica The first time I saw Perfect Blue (1997) I was too young to fully understand the underlying messaging. I recorded it...

To be lonely is different from being alone. To be alone is to make the choice to create distance from people for comfort, self-care, and...

Blog Post by Jessica When we hit on hard times in our lives we look towards things that bring us comfort. This often shows up in the...

Blog Post by Jessica In the third month of I Spit on Your Podcast, I wrote a blog post about the role of female vampires in such films as...

Blog post by: Jessica Ari Aster’s folk horror film Midsommar (2019) tends to garner a variety of reactions from people -- it is a film...

Synopsis: Purif (Daliah Lavi) is a young woman who, after having her amorous advances rejected by a young man in her town (Frank Wolff),...

Blog post by: Jessica Often when witches are either prominent in a movie or a side story of a television show, they are women dressed in...

Blog post: Jessica Alright, originally for this month’s blog post I had planned for something completely different and a bit of a heavy...

Blog by: Jessica Back when I wrote my article on the inherent evilness of women, I spoke about the Jewish folklore/biblical figure of...

Blog by: Jessica This month I decided to take a break from my regular deep, intense analysis on themes in the horror genre and instead...

Blog post by Jessica Since the introduction of the ‘Final Girl’ concept by Carol Clover in her book Men, Women and Chainsaws (1992),...

Blog Post: Jessica Listening to: Spinster's After Dark Metal Playlist “You don’t look like you listen to metal.” This was the reaction I...