Rachel’s Reviews > House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films > Status Update
Rachel
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"How can I be on the epilogue when half of the page count remains?" The appendix of information about films referenced, and films of the theme, takes up the rest of the text editions; making it more like a conjoined twin than an appendix.
The audiobook version ends with the epilogue. It suits the medium better, but it's good to know that text additions have such robust reference material built in.
— Jul 11, 2026 11:29AM
The audiobook version ends with the epilogue. It suits the medium better, but it's good to know that text additions have such robust reference material built in.
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Rachel
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Oops, I accidentally clicked the "Instant purchase" button on my Nook. Oops, I guess I need to reread it.
— May 15, 2026 02:59PM
Rachel
is 68% done
I find it really amusing that the author quotes Joan Didion's The White Album given that I tried to pick that up before this book.
Also, I really appreciate the section analyzing female masochism. Very thoughtful.
— Aug 30, 2024 09:08AM
Also, I really appreciate the section analyzing female masochism. Very thoughtful.
Rachel
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If this was a straight memoir of a dysfunctional childhood and adolescence, I probably would have stopped reading a long time ago. Weaving horror films that helped the author process her past is what makes it.
— Aug 29, 2024 02:04PM
Rachel
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Apparently white lady memoirs, especially about histories of abuse and trauma, are fine if the author is processing them through the lens of horror cinema. Granted, I loved "It Came from Out of the Closet" which was just essays doing that.
— Aug 23, 2024 06:34PM