Episode 54: That's Hysterical: Part One

Before Dawn and Jen take a close look at two films featuring women who are not, as they say, all together sane, they wanted to to take a broader look at the way "crazy" women have been portrayed in horror cinema and television.

In the first of a two-part series, your hosts talk about what hysteria is historically and start to break down the different kinds of crazy ladies horror has to offer: the flat-out hysterical, the possessed, and the inherent evil of being female.

Below is a full list of the movies mentioned, including links to where they have been previously discussed in other episodes. 

Thanks always to The Shape for the intro and outro music. Now also featuring, "Fritz Was Here" by YoshiBlade (via OCRemix).

Intro clip from Comedy Central's Another Period.

You can find the episode of Sawbones featuring Hysteria HERE.

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And now, the movies:

The Hysterical: Audition, Happy Birthday to Me, Excision (Honorable mentions: Oculus, American Horror Story, A Tale of Two Sisters and Gothica)

The Possessed: The Exorcist (1973), The Exorcist (2016 - TV - Link is Patrons-only), and The Conjuring (Honorable mentions: all the possession movies - just all of them)

The Evil Females: Black Swan, Sleepaway Camp, Carrie (Honorable mentions: Jennifer's Body, Dracula (all of them), Ginger Snaps, Teeth, It Follows, Flowers in the Attic and Repusion)