What does Clover mean by 'female victim-hero'?
Clover connects a Stephen King film 'Carrie' to the female victim hero. What happens in the film makes Carrie FVH from the school she attended and that all of the students are bullying her because of the way she was dressed and that she got her first period in the changing room shower.
Why does Clover say that males relate to the females in horror films, in particular, the 'final girl'?
Clover goes over about how Steven King stated that Carrie is like a boy and was made fun of by someone pulling his trousers down and making his glasses dirty.
Why does Clover suggest that horror research is problematic?
Clover states that the horror audience can range in a variety of different ways. She concludes this in research that she carried out near a local blockbuster store which is where she had tracked what gender was buying a film called M5.
Who does Clover suggest makes-up the typical horror audience?
Clover suggests that the typical horror audience both watch horror movies on their own and within groups such as family and/or friends. Most of the audience watch the movies with a mixed number of people both female and male. However Clover has suggested that the larger population and majority of people who watch horror movies are male. When watching a horror movie with friends they tend to make it more scary by screaming or trying to make one another jump which makes it enjoyable and fun for them to watch.
Was there parity between horror audiences in regards to those who watched horror films at the cinema and those who watched them at home through rentals?
Clover identified the fact that the males, both young and middle aged liked to watch horror films more that females - both young and middle aged. When the young/middle ages males watch a horror film with a young/middle aged female it is mainly for dates at the cinema or at home, which then gives him the chance to show his strength and bravery to comfort the female from the film. The reason to why the male would have to comfort the female is because they are stereotypically known for getting frightened at a horror film. For rentals, clover identified and made it clear that there was the same amount of people having rentals as well as going to the movies. The people with rentals would not watch the films alone, they would watch them in friendship groups or a couple for potentially a date.
What are the two ways identified by Clover in which audiences identify with characters?
Clover has suggested that the way audiences are identified with characters are through two different ways; primary and secondary identification. The meaning of primary identification is through the world of the camera and Secondary is meant by the characters choice. Clover suggests that through the male gaze by Mulvey, the camera angles and movement is representing the eyes of the male looking at the female through a sexualised way. As an example to the male gaze theory it has been presented in the film 'The Cabin in the Woods'
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