Gore-Geous

<p>From the author of <em>Films of the New French Extremity</em> <em>The 1990 Teen Horror Cycle</em> and co-host of the <em>Faculty of Horror</em> podcast: a collection of essays where West seamlessly blends the genres of the personal essay and film criticism examining gender norms beauty standards and cultural expectations. <em>Gore-Geous: Personal Essays on Beauty and Horror </em>is a journey through the overlapping darkness of the beauty world and horror films including <em>Cat People </em>(1942) <em>The Witches</em> (1990) <em>Carrie</em> (1976) <em>Black Swan</em> (2010) <em>Audition</em> (1999) <em>Under the Skin</em> (2013) <em>American Psycho</em> (2000) and <em>Ready or Not </em>(2019) among others.</p>