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This paper examines the concept of female monstrousness in the horror movie The Exorcist, which was released in 1972. The paper discusses what the concept of "monstrousness-feminine" is in the movie and points out reasons and areas in which the concept is demonstrated. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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violence. The film, in a way, was also a psychiatrists dream - almost from the moment it hit the silver screen, the behavior of Regan, the girl who suffered the
demonic possession in The Exorcist, was analyzed and scrutinized above and beyond the obvious plot points, with a wide variety of hypotheses. What has been determined, however, was that Regan
went from sweet girl to nasty demon in the film; that she, in a sense represented the concept of "female monstrousness," which was used in the film for a variety
of reasons. While there is no "official" definition of "female monstrousness" especially as it pertains to film, it isnt hard to fill
in the blanks of the meaning of this term. Female monstrousness is when a woman (or young girl) turns into a monster, or exhibits the negative characteristics of being a
monster in order to shock, frighten or titillate an audience, and even to advance a particular plot point. Horror movies abound with this theme; Carrie, for example, converts a neglected
girl into a telekinetic battlefield, as does the book and movie Fire-Starter. The Exorcist, involving the demonic takeover of an innocent young girl, is a definite display of "monstrous feminine,"
a term coined by feminist film critic and professor Barbara Creed. And the young girls conversion from angel to devil is more than just what appears on the surface. Beneath
the surface of monstrousness feminine, Creed believes lies a cesspool of subconscious desires and unfulfilled needs. The Exorcist, by many, was
hailed as the "gold standard of horror movies," likely for good reason. It was pretty much the first graphically told "possession" movie when it was released in 1972, it brought
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