Category Archives: horror films

OLD AGE AND CARE : Amour, Chronic, A Woman’s Tale

Posted on December 28, 2020 by rinaross

Autoethnography Isolated from family and friends under tier 4, unable to research with any enthusiasm I have decided to end the writing of 2020.But first I must come back to my blog of December 19th, where I touched on an … Continue reading →

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AWAY FROM HER (2008) and Still Alice (2014)

Posted on November 18, 2020 by rinaross

Of all couple separations the separation due to dementia can be the most painful. Major illnesses in a partner, a child are also difficult to live through. It is the erasing of the partner and his/her annihilation that is unbearably … Continue reading →

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OLD WOMEN AND HORROR FILMS

Posted on January 31, 2018 by rinaross

  In the 18/01/2018 issue of The Guardian, Anne Bilson examines the Old Woman in Horror Films and coins the word “hagsploitation”. I admit I have paid no attention to these films in my research. The genre has never appealed … Continue reading →

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