This character features in many genres, but in horror she is especially frightening—she might physically transform into a monstrous creature. Like most horror films, the female monster reflects ...

Wear all the punny Halloween costumes you like, but at the end of the day, Halloween is all about turning the ordinary into the monstrous ... a few of the greatest female monsters that literature ...

It was a time when I really started to unpack monstrous tropes for what I think they are – particularly those of the female monster, so often maligned for their reproductive experiences.