🧵 Body & Feminist Horror

Fear that lives under your skin.

In this genre, horror takes physical form—in transformation, mutilation, or violation. It often explores control (or loss of control) over the body, especially through female experiences. It challenges beauty standards, gender roles, and bodily autonomy in ways that are both disturbing and empowering.

Core Features:

• Physical transformation, often grotesque

• Themes of gender, identity, and repression

• Merging body with metaphor (e.g., trauma, rage, motherhood)

Examples:

• The Substance (France)

• Teeth (USA)

• Titane (France)

• Under the Skin (UK/USA)