Barbara Creed
Barbara Creed states that the horror films obsession with blood particularly the bleeding body of a woman, where her body is turned into a 'gaping wound' suggests that castration anxiety is a central concern of the horror film - particularly the slasher genre. This theory is put into practice and shown in films such as Scream and SAW as the deaths of the women are normally very brutal and gory.
In 2005 Barbara Creed brought out a book 'phallic panic Film: Horror and the Primal Uncanny' which looks at the figures of 'Frankenstein', 'Dracula' and ' Jack the Ripper' she argues that these are male monsters.
In 2005 Barbara Creed brought out a book 'phallic panic Film: Horror and the Primal Uncanny' which looks at the figures of 'Frankenstein', 'Dracula' and ' Jack the Ripper' she argues that these are male monsters.