Women In Horror

Women have been in horror series and films as long at they began, all with the same character and the same ending, the victim that is saved by a fearless man who is then known as the 'hero' -helping them from the predicament that they themselves have got in.
Up until recently women have constantly been portrayed as helpless, however many modern horror visuals now show women as the villian. A strong, psychotic, persistent villian (I guess its better than the norm). Not only that but some women have been portrayed as the hero in these situations. An example is Annabelle and Gone Girl's Amy Dunne who was shown to be a complete sociopath.

Not only has the characters and positions of women changed but this idea of beauty as well. Initially majority of shows and films so these women and not only the victims, but the hot victim. A beautiful helpless girl that NEEDS a mans help. I understand that to attract a wide audience (males and females) the characters need to be particularly attractive themselves. These standards never really changed up until the last few years. From the start American Horror Story did actually cast attractive actress and actors (Jessica Lange and Dylan Mcdermott) but throughout the series, concentrating on the fifth series, Freakshow - these beauty standards were no longer. It showed beautiful people flawed, with physical mental and personal problems.










I like this idea of keeping the characters relatively good looking but with obvious ugly flaws. I think I am going to really relish on the concept of women overtaking horror and being in charge but also have a slight twist on it without making it too stereotypical either way.