Forgotten Females: Women in Jack the Ripper Films Part 2: “Man in the Attic”
The second entry in this series looks at Hugo Fregonese's 1953 remake of "The Lodger."
The second entry in this series looks at Hugo Fregonese's 1953 remake of "The Lodger."
Scorsese's film presents its characters in opposition as men of empathy and men of violence, exploring the inherent destruction caused by toxic masculinity.
Using four key Ripper-based film texts spanning a period of over seven decades, this series will redirect the focus from the killer to the many women portrayed in these works through close reading and analysis of character, themes, and motifs.
King's under-appreciated 1980 novel is a prime example of “Good For Her” horror with lessons that can be directly applied to the fourth wave of feminism currently raging.
On the anniversary of the release of Stuart Gordon's most underrated Lovecraft adaptation, we take a look at its literary origins.