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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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.
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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
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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
