Ep 80 - Women of Horror feat That Horrible Woman




The Deadman Horror Show show

Summary: Deadman's Tome Patreon https://www.patreon.com/deadmanstome Campfire Tales Book One and Two https://deadmanstome.net/2017/07/16/campfire-tales-double-feature/ Monsters Exist https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072126ZVG March to the Grave https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07173CR3T You Write It, I Say It! - Fiverr https://www.fiverr.com/jessededman/say-whatever-you-type-on-a-live-podcast Horror has a lot of iconic female characters and is the one genre that really gives woman an edge. Some might complain and say that women are always the victim. To that I say nonsense. It's horror, sweetheart, there is always going to be a victim and with male and female it's sort of leaves just two choices, and it's not always women. Besides horror works by exploiting relationships so someone's girlfriend, boy toy, baby momma is gonna get the knife. Horror, compared to other genres, features more female lead roles which means we get to see these ladies face-off against impossible odds to become survival bad asses, and we can always use more of that.  Now, of course there's exploitation. It's horror. It depends on exploitation. Does that mean women are being exploited for their wider range of emotion and used as targets in a gauntlet of terror just to get a response from the audience? Uh, yeah. Just like guys are used for their risk taking behavior and often depicted as arrogant jocks. But let's explore this