Category Archives: Women Who Kill

Originally published DECEMBER 12, 2022 on Moviejawn.com No, I’m a star! Please, I’m a star! Please, somebody help me! Please help me! Help me! Seing X in theaters this past March, I was mostly worried about my dad’s reaction it (yes I took my dad to see this). I was so excited for a newContinueContinue reading “Women Who Kill #17 Pearl from X and PEARL”

Originally published NOVEMBER 10, 2022 at moviejawn.com by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer Content Warnings: Rape, Abuse  A few years back I began watching more rape revenge films. This is a controversial subgenre that I felt I, personally, wanted to explore more in an attempt to learn what about the subgenre worked for me, and whatContinueContinue reading “Women Who Kill #16: Manu & Nadine in BAISE-MOI”

MovieJawn Link Originally published Sept. 19, 2022 at MovieJawn.com This year I have been trying to get more into “New French Extremity” films. Because I saw High Tension when I was far too young, and not a horror fan, this is another area I wrote off as being too gorey. However directors like Julia DucournauContinueContinue reading “Women Who Kill #15: La Femme from INSIDE (2007)”

Originally published August 9, 2022 at Moviejawn.com After last month’s entry into my Women Who Kill column, I decided this was a good way for me to highlight other women who I find represent societal ills and issues, or kill due to said issues. So this month’s column is on the joys of capitalism! WhoContinueContinue reading “Women Who Kill #14: Cheng Lai Sheung from DREAM HOME“

Originally published July 7th, 2022 at Moviejawn.com Like many people with a uterus who live in the United States, I am furious with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. It has been hard not to wallow in my sadness and grief. It is easy to feel powerless in these situations, so IContinueContinue reading “Women Who Kill #13: Dawn (TEETH)”

Originally published May 10, 2022 at Moviejawn.com Sometimes when we talk about killer ladies in film, we come across a truly unapologetic bitch. I have been saving this one as it got closer to prom season, so I am very excited to finally write about one of my favorite unapologetic bitches, Mary Lou Maloney fromContinueContinue reading “Women Who Kill #12: Mary Lou Maloney (HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II)”

Originally published April 11, 2022 at Moviejawn.com The Mafu Cage has been on my watchlist for sometime. I first heard about it in Kier-La Janisse’s book House of Psychotic Women. Considering it stars Carol Kane (When a Stranger Calls, Office Killer) and Lee Grant (Visiting Hours, Damien: Omen II) it was hard for me toContinueContinue reading “Women Who Kill #11: Cissy, THE MAFU CAGE”

Originally published March 8, 2022 at Moviejawn.com Speak of the Devil and she will appear.  Barbara Creed’s book The monstrous-feminine opened a door to a whole world full of damaged, terrifying, evil women who strike fear into our hearts. These women are my heroes. Perhaps the 2022 short film The Runner is a strange oneContinueContinue reading “Women Who Kill #10: The Runner from THE RUNNER”

Originally published February 3, 2022 at moviejawn.com I recently watched Fatal Attraction, my recent love of erotic thrillers has lead me down one of it’s subgenres; the obsessive woman. These are the women that haunt the dreams of straight men. It is the woman they cannot shake, no matter how much they try to ghostContinueContinue reading “Women Who Kill #9: Evelyn from PLAY MISTY FOR ME”