Film Analysis
Anti-Patriarchy & Neo-Gothic Horror Films For The Year Where Men Wanted Full Control Over Women
2022 saw a slew of anti-patriarchy films disguised as "Neo-Gothic Horror," which may or may not have been related to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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8 min readJan 1, 2023
As 2022 ended, Neo-Gothic horror movies were released, scaring and entertaining us. Still, they also serve as sobering reminders of how much the American patriarchy controls women. With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, this was the year Margaret Atwood’s A Handmaid’s Tale became more real than fiction.
I will try to avoid spoilers on this list as much as possible. But I suggest you skim the titles and skip my write-ups on films you have not watched. And with that, let’s go through these Neo-Gothic Horror Films of 2022…
8. Don’t Worry Darling
Amazing cast, an amazing soundtrack, and even an amazing 1950s American suburbia, but the ending just kind of ended. Although this is not a review, this film deserves to be included because it is an…
