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Horror Spinsters
Jul 19, 202313 min read
Disturbing Films for a Curious Mind: The Guinea Pig Series (1985-1989)
*Warning: Extreme content and spoilers ahead* Post by: Jessica, Spinster # 1 If you have been following the Spinsters of Horror since our...
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Horror Spinsters
Aug 28, 20226 min read
Fear Street: Queer Horror for a New Generation
When I was a preteen, I read R.L. Stine's Goosebumps books and it was only natural that I would eventually move onto his YA books, the...
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Horror Spinsters
Apr 3, 20226 min read
The Corset of Marriage: Lady Macbeth (2016)
Post by Jessica Parant The 2016 film Lady Macbeth, though not strictly a horror film but a British drama directed by William Oldroyd, is...
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Horror Spinsters
Feb 27, 20227 min read
The Spinster's Parlor
Written by: Jessica Welcome ghouls and goblins to The Spinster’s Parlor. Please, have a glass of wine, indulge in your favorite herbal...
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Horror Spinsters
Dec 29, 20217 min read
To be a Witch and Childfree
By: Jessica Parant In a recent re-watch of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, I realized where my fascination with witches came from as I...
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Horror Spinsters
Dec 14, 20218 min read
LSJTD: Top 5 of The Last Three Years
When Kelly came up with the idea of “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death” in 2018, I was still green around the ears in regards to the more...
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Horror Spinsters
Sep 18, 20218 min read
The Ritual Act of Transformation
A ritual is the ‘fixed actions and sometimes words performed regularly, especially as part of a ceremony’(Cambridge). Normally people...
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Horror Spinsters
May 23, 20216 min read
Embracing the Monstrous Feminine
I didn't have positive female role models in my life growing up, starting with my mother, stepmother, grandmother, aunts, and so forth....
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Horror Spinsters
Apr 25, 20217 min read
The Silent Screams in the Ju-On Curse
By: Jessica Parant Juon- A curse born of a strong grudge held by someone who died. The place of his death gathers his grudge Anyone who...
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Horror Spinsters
Mar 28, 20218 min read
The Women of Lovecraft
Blog Post by: Jessica It is widely discussed that H.P. Lovecraft's work lacks female representation. There are no female protagonists and...
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Horror Spinsters
Dec 30, 202012 min read
The Phases of Feminism: Black Christmas (1974, 2006, 2019)
Blog post by Jessica Since coming out as a horror fan the original Black Christmas (1974) has been one of my favourite horror films. When...
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Horror Spinsters
Nov 29, 20206 min read
Perfect Blue: The Mental Price of Fame
Blog Post by Jessica The first time I saw Perfect Blue (1997) I was too young to fully understand the underlying messaging. I recorded it...
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Horror Spinsters
Oct 18, 20206 min read
The Devil's Daughter (2015): A Reflection of Loneliness
To be lonely is different from being alone. To be alone is to make the choice to create distance from people for comfort, self-care, and...
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Horror Spinsters
Sep 27, 202011 min read
Metalhead: Heavy Music as Catharsis
Blog Post by Jessica When we hit on hard times in our lives we look towards things that bring us comfort. This often shows up in the...
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Horror Spinsters
Aug 30, 20205 min read
The Rise of the Female Vampire
Blog Post by Jessica In the third month of I Spit on Your Podcast, I wrote a blog post about the role of female vampires in such films as...
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Horror Spinsters
Jul 26, 20207 min read
Midsommar: A Cautionary Tale
Blog post by: Jessica Ari Aster’s folk horror film Midsommar (2019) tends to garner a variety of reactions from people -- it is a film...
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Horror Spinsters
Jun 27, 20206 min read
Il Demonio (1963)
Synopsis: Purif (Daliah Lavi) is a young woman who, after having her amorous advances rejected by a young man in her town (Frank Wolff),...
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Horror Spinsters
Apr 19, 20206 min read
The Aesthetics of Witches : It's not so black and white... magic
Blog post by: Jessica Often when witches are either prominent in a movie or a side story of a television show, they are women dressed in...
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Horror Spinsters
Mar 24, 20205 min read
Oh, Canada! How I Love Thee... Horror Movies!
Blog post: Jessica Alright, originally for this month’s blog post I had planned for something completely different and a bit of a heavy...
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Horror Spinsters
Feb 23, 20206 min read
The Gift & Curse of Female Sexuality
Blog by: Jessica Back when I wrote my article on the inherent evilness of women, I spoke about the Jewish folklore/biblical figure of...
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