@article{b381dea463764f2f86ff008ab2a57388,
title = "You can't escape: inside and outside the {\textquoteleft}slasher{\textquoteright} movie",
abstract = "Since the 1970s, the {\textquoteleft}slasher{\textquoteright} movie, with its violence towards women and thesurviving {\textquoteleft}final girl{\textquoteright}, has been a constant presence in the horror genre to the delight of some and the perplexed dismay of others. Traditional academic approaches to the genre have tended to make assumptions about who is watching these films and why. This article uses a Jungian-inflected approach to reconsider the potential meaning of the genre, suggesting that the violence in the films is less an exhortation to violence against women, but rather a representation of women{\textquoteright}s experience of patriarchy, with the {\textquoteleft}final girl{\textquoteright} as a figure of resistance. The article also considers the meaning of the more contemporary {\textquoteleft}final girl as perpetrator{\textquoteright} slasher films.",
keywords = "Jung, feminism, film theory, final girl, horror, slasher movie",
author = "Catriona Miller",
year = "2014",
month = may,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1080/19409052.2014.907820",
language = "English",
volume = "6",
pages = "108--119",
journal = "International Journal of Jungian Studies",
issn = "1940-9052",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Group",
number = "2",
}