Scream With Me: Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980)

$30.00

Scream with Me by Eleanor Johnson is an unflinching and timely recognition of the power of the horror genre to share and reflect cultural dialogues about gender, violence, and reproductive rights. Scream with Me weaves iconic horror films—Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, The Omen, The Stepford Wives, Alien, and The Shining—into the history of American feminism, revealing that true horror lies not in the supernatural, but in the familiar confines of domestic spaces.

Scream with Me by Eleanor Johnson is an unflinching and timely recognition of the power of the horror genre to share and reflect cultural dialogues about gender, violence, and reproductive rights. Scream with Me weaves iconic horror films—Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, The Omen, The Stepford Wives, Alien, and The Shining—into the history of American feminism, revealing that true horror lies not in the supernatural, but in the familiar confines of domestic spaces.