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    The Corset of Marriage: Lady Macbeth (2016)
    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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    The Spinster's Parlor
    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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    To be a Witch and Childfree
    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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    LSJTD: Top 5 of The Last Three Years
    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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    The Ritual Act of Transformation
    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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    Embracing the Monstrous Feminine
    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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     The Silent Screams in the Ju-On Curse
    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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    The Women of Lovecraft
    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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    Perfect Blue: The Mental Price of Fame
    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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    The Devil's Daughter (2015): A Reflection of Loneliness
    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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    Metalhead: Heavy Music as Catharsis
    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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     The Rise of the Female Vampire
    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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    Midsommar: A Cautionary Tale
    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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    Il Demonio (1963)
    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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     The Aesthetics of Witches : It's not so black and white... magic
    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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    Oh, Canada! How I Love Thee... Horror Movies!
    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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    The Gift & Curse of Female Sexuality
    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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    Vampires in Japanese Anime
    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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    H20 vs H40: The Portrayal of the Survivor
    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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    Am I Metal Enough?
    Horror Spinsters
    • Nov 17, 2019
    • 7 min

    Am I Metal Enough?

    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...
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