The Face of Horror: Ageing Anxiety in Horror Cinema and the 'Hag Horror' Tradition.

With the ageing of contemporary societies, anxieties surrounding old age and bodily decline have become increasingly visible in popular culture, particularly within horror cinema. While feminist film studies and ageing studies have addressed representations of older women, the specific cinematic str...

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Published in:	Ekphrasis (2067-631X) Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 24 - 42
Main Author:	ERDEM, Serhat
Format:	Article
Published:	Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Theatre & Television 2025
Subjects:	Ageism Older women Anxiety Women in the motion picture industry Grotesque Social context Horror films Kristeva, Julia, 1941-
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost