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1. RESEARCH CATALOGUE
Horror Film

2. SHORT OF THE WEEK - HORROR
http://www.shortoftheweek.com/category/genre/horror/
This is a website of all of the best short films. I searched the horror genre and
then narrowed down the topic by looking for supernatural themes. I will use
these short films to see how the codes and conventions of contemporary
supernatural themed horror films are portrayed. This will give me more
knowledge and insight for creating my own short film.

3. ALIEN (1979, RIDLEY SCOTT)
Female lead

4. CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012,
DREW GODDARD)
Group of mixed gender teenagers
Focus on different youth sub cultures and gender roles
All sub genres of horror
postmodern

5. SCREAM (1996, WES CRAVEN)
Post modern
Describes the conventions of horror films
Focus on a group of teenagers with mixed genders
slasher

6. BRIGHT DARKNESS: LOST ART OF THE
SUPERNATURAL HORROR FILM (FILM
STUDIES)
This book covers all of the topics that I want to cover so it
would be very helpful to me. It covers how supernatural
horror films used to be and how they are different now with
Dysons opinions on how to make them better.

7. MEN AND WOMEN AND
CHAINSAWS
• “the definitive new paradigm for
understanding not only the genre of horror
but the masochistic side of the pleasures
of film viewing”
• Specifically looks at woman in horror films
which is good for my research.
• “a brilliant analysis of gender and its
disturbances in modern horror films”

8. WOMEN AND FILM: A SIGHT AND
SOUND READER
• Looks at classic and modern films and how the
gender roles have changed over time.
• Also looks at foreign film and their obsession
with gender.
• “a major contribution to a feminist
understanding of film”
• More than 30 essays by distinguished critics and
historians
• Talks about Alien, which is one of my focal
films.

9. THE MONSTROUS-FEMININE
http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_monstrous_feminine.html?id=
hs09AAAAIAAJ
Also covers the abject which will be interesting

10. ATTACK OF THE LEADING LADY
• 1930s perspective gender in horror film book
• Academic reviews that give good insight into the book
• http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=459