Hollywood's monstrous moms : vilifying mental illness in horror films /

From Carrie and Rosemary's Baby to Us, Hereditary and Run, the image of the mentally ill mom as villain looms large in the horror genre. What do these movies communicate about mothers living with mental illness, and how do these depictions affect them? Portraying mentally ill moms as problems t...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Krone, Kassia, 1987- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2024].
Subjects:	Horror films > History and criticism. Mental illness in motion pictures. Mothers in motion pictures.