ABOUT: Female Appetite as a Horror Genre Motif
Inspired by Laura Maw's captivating 2019 essay, "There's Nothing Scarier Than A Hungry Woman", published in Electric Literature. This article discusses the horror genre and how filmmakers often use female appetite as a metaphor in their work. I read this essay years ago and enjoyed returning to it for a haunting, dinner-party editorial. Below are mockups, using text from the original essay.
