pani tet’s Reviews > Men, Women and Chainsaws > Status Update

Going from city to country in horror film is in any case very much like going from village to deep, dark forest in traditional fairy tales.

"...hers is an A to B to A story of restoration in which she emerges unaware of what has transpired, whereas his is an A to B to C story of revision or conversion in which he emerges a "new man" fully cognizant of what has befallen not only himself but her as well."

"...but the standard scheme puts, or at least seems to put, the female body on the line only in order to put the male psyche on the line."

"The death of a male is moreover more
likely than the death of a female to be viewed from a distance, or viewed only dimly, or indeed to happen offscreen and not be viewed at all. The murders of
women, on the other hand, are filmed at closer range, in more graphic detail, and at greater length."

"The killers are normally the fixed elements and the victims the changeable ones in any given series."

"...groups of boys who cheer the killer on as he assaults his victims, then reverse their sympathies to cheer the survivor on as she assaults the killer."