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Heather Michele O'Rourke (December 27, 1975 – February 1, 1988) was an American child actress.She had her breakthrough starring as Carol Anne Freeling in the supernatural horror film Poltergeist (1982), which received critical acclaim and established her as an influential figure in the genre.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a 2016 supernatural horror film directed by André Øvredal. It stars Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch as father-and-son coroners who experience supernatural phenomena while examining the body of an unidentified woman (played by Olwen Kelly). It is Øvredal's first English-language film.
The representation of gender in horror films, particularly depictions of women, has been the subject of critical commentary.. Critics and researchers have argued that horror films depict graphically detailed violence, [1] contain erotically or sexually charged situations which verge on becoming pornographic, [2] [3] and focus more on injuring or killing female as opposed to male characters.
The original meaning of "final girl", as described by Clover in 1987, is quite narrow. Clover studied slasher films from the 1970s and 1980s (which is considered the golden age of the genre) [7] and defined the final girl as a woman who is the sole survivor of the group of people (usually youths) who are chased by a villain, and who gets a final confrontation with the villain (whether she ...
Kristy is a 2014 American horror thriller film directed by Oliver Blackburn and starring Haley Bennett, Chris Coy, Mike Seal, Lucius Falick and Ashley Greene.The plot follows a college student who stays on campus alone over Thanksgiving break and finds herself terrorized by a cult of ritual killers.
First horror film (or series) Notes 1920–1980 Fay Wray: King Kong (1933) Sometimes referred to as the "very first scream queen" [6] 1939–1970 Anne Gwynne: Black Friday (1940) Her last known horror film: House of Frankenstein. She is the maternal grandmother of Chris Pine. 1946–2004 Janet Leigh: Psycho (1960)
Three female figures accompany the Owl, representing Kate, Meredith, and Bruce's murdered girlfriend, Leonora. The Meredith figure asks whether Bruce or his murderous persona, the Owl, selected her. He says both, but she insists Bruce and the Owl are one and the same.
Female horror film characters (2 C, 84 P) Pages in category "Women in horror film" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.