'Final girls' have been around since the dawn of horror as a genre, but it was Carol Clover who first coined the term in 1992. Clover criticised the trope as being oppressive, but there is something to be said for the existence of a female hero in a male-dominated field.
october 2022
Women in Horror – Summary
A summary of October 2022's theme - Women in Horror!
Women in Horror: Paula Maxa
The woman who most credibly lays claim to the title of the original scream queen earned her fame on the stage. Paula Maxa became known as ‘the most assassinated woman in the world’, and not for nought — she was ‘killed’ over 10,000 times in at least sixty different ways. Beyond the stage, her real life proves difficult to construct, but if Maxa herself is to be believed, it was just as dark as her career…
Women in Horror: Regina Maria Roche
Regina Maria Roche’s legacy is that of a ‘minor’ Gothic writer, paling in comparison to the likes of Ann Radcliffe and Mary Shelley. Yet, during her lifetime, she was widely celebrated, some of her novels becoming bestsellers and appearing in numerous editions and languages.