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OverviewHouse of Psychotic Women is an autobiographical exploration of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films. Cinema is full of neurotic personalities, but few things are more transfixing than a woman losing her mind onscreen. Horror as a genre provides the most welcoming platform for these histrionics: crippling paranoia, desperate loneliness, masochistic death-wishes, dangerous obsessiveness, apocalyptic hysteria. Unlike her male counterpart--'the eccentric'--the female neurotic lives a shamed existence, making these films those rare places where her destructive emotions get to play. Named after the US-retitling of Carlos Aured's The Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll, House of Psychotic Women is an examination of these characters through a daringly personal autobiographical lens. Anecdotes and memories interweave with film history, criticism, and trivia to create a reflective personal history and an examination of female madness, both onscreen and off. Contains mature themes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kier-La Janisse , Kier-La JanissePublisher: Tantor Audio Imprint: Tantor Audio Edition: Library Edition ISBN: 9798212969734Publication Date: 10 October 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationKier-La Janisse is a film writer, programmer, producer, and founder of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies. She is the author of A Violent Professional: The Films of Luciano Rossi and has edited numerous books, including Warped & Faded, Yuletide Terror, and Satanic Panic. She was a producer on the film Tales of the Uncanny and wrote, directed, and produced the award-winning documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror for Severin Films, where she is a producer and editor of supplemental features. Kier-La Janisse is a film writer, programmer, producer, and founder of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies. She is the author of A Violent Professional: The Films of Luciano Rossi and has edited numerous books, including Warped & Faded, Yuletide Terror, and Satanic Panic. She was a producer on the film Tales of the Uncanny and wrote, directed, and produced the award-winning documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror for Severin Films, where she is a producer and editor of supplemental features. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |