House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films by Kier-La Janisse

House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films

Kier-La Janisse

360 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction art gender memoir challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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House of Psychotic Women is an autobiographical exploration of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films. Cinema is full of neurotic personalities, but few things are more transfixing than a woman losing her mind onscreen. Horror as a genre...

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Moods

dark 85%
informative 76%
reflective 66%
challenging 57%
emotional 47%
sad 33%
tense 19%
mysterious 14%
adventurous 9%
funny 9%
hopeful 9%
inspiring 9%
relaxing 4%

Pace

medium 57%
slow 31%
fast 10%

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4.41

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