Women Scare Me

Trigger Warning: descriptions of gore and mentions of sexual assault and rape. Mitchell Lichtenstein’s 2007 film, Teeth, is a terrifying and hilarious exploration of female autonomy and virginity using the myth of vagina dentata.    Set in a predominantly white, suburban neighbourhood, Teeth (2007) tells the story of Dawn O’Keefe. Dawn stands out against her… Read more: Teeth (2007): The horror between your legs

Trigger Warning: descriptions of gore, extensive mention of self-harm, suicide and general mental illness. Richard Bates Jr’s 2012 film, Excision, explores themes of mental illness and sexual perversion using images of bodily materials.   The film follows Pauline. Eighteen, misanthropic and moody, slowly descending into a state of psychosis, Pauline is abrasive and crude to… Read more: Excision (2012): The social Implications of bodily materiality