Elise Sharrod

Are women’s representations in horror films to satisfy the male audience through the gaze?  Speaker:  This presentation has been put together to identify whether women representation within horror films are used to satisfy the male audience. My three focus films are good examples of the representation of women as they all have a common theme which is how women are represented as the victims.  Projector: Scene from Nightmare on Elm street 2010 (item 1) - Kris's death (4 minutes 28 seconds) In this scene from Nightmare on Elm street Kris and her boyfriend lying in a bed with low key lighting, this makes the scene more dramatic and allows the audience too feel the uneasy mood. The representation of women within this first shot is shown as sexualised as the women is wearing shorts with her legs exposed, whereas the man has a sheet over him, revealing no skin. This supports the Laura Mulvey theory the male gaze as (Item 4) "in a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasur