Why Female Body Horror Feels Scarier In Today’s Moment

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It can sometimes be hard to put words to the fear of losing the right to control your own body – but horror movies have been putting those fears on screen for decades. The female body horror genre is all about the terrifying idea that a woman’s body does not belong to her, whether she’s being turned into a monster, possessed by spirits, or serving as an unwilling host to supernatural offspring.

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00:00 Women's bodies as instruments for horror
00:59 The terror of losing bodily autonomy
03:31 The female body as a host
06:55 MUBI
08:00 A woman's enduring physical pain
15:14 Why female body horror is scarier today

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