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http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/26/horror-films-actresses-hollywood-forbes-woman-time-female-audiences.html

Blakeley, K. (2010, August 26). Women in horror films. //Forbes//, 1-2. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/26/horror-films-actresses-hollywood-forbes-woman-time-female-audiences.html

(Blakeley, 2010)

__**15 Facts:**__ ** (PAGE 1) **


 * 1) ** Gender roles ** have ** always ** been ** crucial in ** the ** horror genre. **
 * 2) In the old days, ** women did little more than try to wriggle out of their bonds as a train barreled down on them **, or ** scream as a psycho slashed them in the shower **
 * 3) By the ** 1970s **, with the ** rise of the feminism ** , ** female ** protagonists ** were fighting back ** , and something called the "final girl" archetype emerged--she was ** last one standing, the girl who escaped the killer. **
 * 4) The ** '90s was a ** banner ** decade for female empowerment ** in the movies in many genres.
 * (PAGE 2)
 * 1) With so many horror remakes of late-- // Halloween // in 2007, // Friday the 13th // in 2009, // Nightmare on Elm Street // in 2010--there's been a reverting to type.
 * 2) ** Hollywood isn't bothering to upend or transform the female paradigm **
 * 3) This, experts say, is partly ** Hollywood laziness. **
 * 4) most ** remakes are ** put ** in the hands of first-time directors **, ** who don't want to risk screwing up a moneymaker. **
 * 5) "now women make up half the audiences of movies she attends"-Maitland McDonagh
 * 6) EW.com piece "Horror Films ... and the Women Who Love Them! noticed too: "Today, the genre's biggest constituency of die-hard fans is women.
 * 7) ** Two types ** are ** still a certain death sentence for a woman in horror: the bitch and the slut **
 * 8) "If a woman mouths off too much, you know she's gone,"-Andrew Cooper
 * 9) And while ** sex may not necessarily equal death for a woman anymore, too much of it is still a problem **
 * 10) "I'd say women were far more exploited in [the romantic comedy] // Valentine's Day // ."-Roth
 * 11) // Piranha //, says Cooper, two "friendly" girls are murdered, but it's because "they commit the unforgivable sin of being porn stars."