Carol Clover In Slasher Films

A researcher named Carol Clover researched films using a very creative method to show a unique stance. Clover is very active in her views. One particular view she stands for is feminism and believes in equality for everyone. Clover relates gender research into various films especially “slasher” films. “Slasher” films are an exceptional choice to research feminism. Often times in “slasher” or scarier films females have a primary role. In many of those cinemas females are being tormented and faced with a very difficult challenge often by a male tormenter. Clover realizes that claim and begins her research. Clover applies the new theory and selects a specific female character from various films. She then looks into various aspects of …show more content…
She then went on to show what perspectives she was against and came up with a few claims she was for. After verifying her claims she then went on to launch the next stage of her theory which was how do the female characters normally end up in “slasher” films. Clover’s research concluded that females would have a challenge and that the women would most likely fail a time or two while trying to overcome the task. However, after taking on the challenge the female would always step up and find a way to be victorious in all the “Final Girl” movies. Thus earning the name “Final Girl” as the female would always overtake her opposition and become the “Final Girl” standing. An interesting perspective Clover pointed out was that the point of “slasher” films isn’t to show a male tormentor(s) but rather show the viewer female power and how a female victim(s) overcame a threat and won the battle. That result also showed that the genre was trying to put most of the viewer attention on the female instead of a male which provides a different and rare perspective for “slasher” cinemas. It opened new gate because it’s fair to assume that most of the time when people think of gender dominance they assume it’s male over

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