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Fear Street: Queer Horror for a New Generation
When I was a preteen, I read R.L. Stine's Goosebumps books and it was only natural that I would eventually move onto his YA books, the...
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Horror Spinsters
- Apr 3
- 6 min
The Corset of Marriage: Lady Macbeth (2016)
Post by Jessica Parant The 2016 film Lady Macbeth, though not strictly a horror film but a British drama directed by William Oldroyd, is...
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Horror Spinsters
- Feb 27
- 7 min
The Spinster's Parlor
Written by: Jessica Welcome ghouls and goblins to The Spinster’s Parlor. Please, have a glass of wine, indulge in your favorite herbal...
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Horror Spinsters
- Dec 29, 2021
- 7 min
To be a Witch and Childfree
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...
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Horror Spinsters
- Dec 14, 2021
- 8 min
LSJTD: Top 5 of The Last Three Years
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...
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Horror Spinsters
- Sep 18, 2021
- 8 min
The Ritual Act of Transformation
A ritual is the ‘fixed actions and sometimes words performed regularly, especially as part of a ceremony’(Cambridge). Normally people...
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Horror Spinsters
- May 23, 2021
- 6 min
Embracing the Monstrous Feminine
I didn't have positive female role models in my life growing up, starting with my mother, stepmother, grandmother, aunts, and so forth....
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Horror Spinsters
- Apr 25, 2021
- 7 min
The Silent Screams in the Ju-On Curse
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...
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Horror Spinsters
- Mar 28, 2021
- 8 min
The Women of Lovecraft
Blog Post by: Jessica It is widely discussed that H.P. Lovecraft's work lacks female representation. There are no female protagonists and...
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Horror Spinsters
- Nov 29, 2020
- 6 min
Perfect Blue: The Mental Price of Fame
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...
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Horror Spinsters
- Oct 18, 2020
- 6 min
The Devil's Daughter (2015): A Reflection of Loneliness
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...
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Horror Spinsters
- Sep 27, 2020
- 11 min
Metalhead: Heavy Music as Catharsis
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...
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Horror Spinsters
- Aug 30, 2020
- 5 min
The Rise of the Female Vampire
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...
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Horror Spinsters
- Jul 26, 2020
- 7 min
Midsommar: A Cautionary Tale
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...
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Horror Spinsters
- Jun 27, 2020
- 6 min
Il Demonio (1963)
Synopsis: Purif (Daliah Lavi) is a young woman who, after having her amorous advances rejected by a young man in her town (Frank Wolff),...
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Horror Spinsters
- Apr 19, 2020
- 6 min
The Aesthetics of Witches : It's not so black and white... magic
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...
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Horror Spinsters
- Mar 24, 2020
- 5 min
Oh, Canada! How I Love Thee... Horror Movies!
Blog post: Jessica Alright, originally for this month’s blog post I had planned for something completely different and a bit of a heavy...
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Horror Spinsters
- Feb 23, 2020
- 6 min
The Gift & Curse of Female Sexuality
Blog by: Jessica Back when I wrote my article on the inherent evilness of women, I spoke about the Jewish folklore/biblical figure of...
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Horror Spinsters
- Jan 19, 2020
- 6 min
Vampires in Japanese Anime
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...
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Horror Spinsters
- Dec 22, 2019
- 8 min
H20 vs H40: The Portrayal of the Survivor
Blog post by Jessica Since the introduction of the ‘Final Girl’ concept by Carol Clover in her book Men, Women and Chainsaws (1992),...
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