Recs if you like Our Monstrous Bodies: A stunning, visceral literary horror debut – ROSEMARY’S BABY meets CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS (‘Glitters with menace’ Lucy Rose)...

in the first edition of ‘the monstrous-feminine’, barbara creed challenges the dominant representation of women in horror films as victims, arguing that patriarchal ideology constructs women as monstrous because of their sexuality (or lack thereof).

later, creed reinterprets the monstrous-feminine as a being who embraces her body and reclaims her otherness. in line with this contemporary vision, these are books which use horror to redefine notions of ‘womanhood’.

recommendations welcome!

was curious, so did some research and found loads and loads!!! happy reading, folks!

All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.