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Violence Against Women
Vs. Men In Slasher Films
Presentation By: Amanda Haykus
CMS - 200 Online

Sunday, April 29, 12 1

Introduction

There is all sorts of violence in horror films, but in slasher
films the targets of these films is a female lead. The death
scenes in these films also feature longer and more brutal
attacks on the female victims versus the male victims whose
death scene are quicker and sometimes not even known until
the female victim discovers the male.


Relevent Literature
Sex and Violence in Slasher Films: Reexamining the
Assumption. By Barry S. Sapolsky, Fred Molitor, & Sarah Luque

In their peer reviewed article Sapolsky, Molitor, and Luque look at slasher
films for their content analysis. They review a the content of the films and the
violence that occurs with in these films and compare their results of the first
generation of slasher films to the first generation of slasher films released in
the 1980s. They are also looking to see the relation between the sex in the
film and the violent attacks that occur in each film.


Expectations

I expect that from the slasher films I will be watching I will
find that the attack scenes of the female victims will be
longer then male. As well as looking to see if there are more
female then male victims. I am specifically looking at the
violence in the slasher films released in the 1990’s.


Methods
I will be using the content analysis method for my research.
The categories I will focusing on is the sex of the victims, and
the length of the attacks.
The movies I will be reviewing are part of the new cycle
slasher ﬁlms commonly known by fans as the second
generation of slasher ﬁlms. The movies I will be reviewing
for my content analysis are the SCREAM Quadrilogy series
directed by Wes Craven.

Results - Number of Male VS. Female
Victims

Scream Scream 3
Total Number of Victims - 11 Total Number of Victims - 14
Female Victims - 4 = 36.4% Female Victims - 6 = 42.8%
Male Victims - 7 = 63.6% Male Victims - 8 = 57.2%
Scream 2 Scream 4
Total Number of Victims - 13 Total Number of Victims - 19
Female Victims - 6 = 46.2% Female Victims - 13 = 68.4%
Male Victims - 7 = 53.8% Male Victims - 31.6%


Results - Length of Attacks of Males VS.
Females
Scream Scream 3
Total Time = 21min 40sec Total Time = 14min 5sec
Female Time = 17min 32sec Female Time = 9min 4 sec
Male Time = 4min 8sec Male Time = 5min 1 sec
Scream 2 Scream 4
Total Time = 20min 49sec Total Time = 19min 50sec
Female Time = 17min 18sec Female Time = 17min 11sec
Male Time = 3min 31sec Male Time = 2min 39sec


Conclusion
From my content analysis I have concluded that my expectations that there
would be more female victims then male victims was proven to be false with
the exception of the final movie SCREAM 4 which from my own knowledge of
horror movie rules, “remake” movies tend to go against the rules of the
original film. As far as the part of my expectations about attacks on female
victims being long then male victims, my research proved that that was true.
In the Scream Quadrilogy, out of the total time of both sexes being attacked
78.8% was the average percentage of time for females and 21.2% was the
average percentage of time for males. Although it has been shown that more
males are victimized on the big screen, attacks on females are shown for a
significantly longer period of time.

Work Cited
SCREAM. Dir.Wes Craven. Dimension Films, 1996

SCREAM 2. Dir.Wes Craven. Dimension Films, 1997



Sapolsky, Barry S., Molitor, Fred, & Luque, Sarah (2003), Sex and Violence in
Slasher Films: Reexamining the Assumptions. Journalism and Mass
Communication Quarterly, Vol# 80, Pg 28-38


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