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Oct 21, 2019 · Hagsploitation is a sub-genre of horror featuring deranged old women, often former stars of Hollywood. This article lists 10 films that showcase the best psycho-biddy thrillers, from classics like What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? to modern gems like Hereditary.
The Bette Davis/Joan Crawford film led to a sub-genre of "Hagsploitation" horror featuring seasoned female stars as villains – but did this benefit or demean them, asks Thomas Hobbs.
Psycho-biddy films, also known as hagsploitation films, are horror or thriller movies featuring violent and mentally unbalanced older women. This category lists 76 films in this genre, from A to Z.
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) As the flagship of the Grande Dame Guignol, Baby Jane contains every vital and vile element for a true psycho-biddy flick.
- Lady in a Cage (1964) The angelic Olivia de Havilland wasn’t about to let her two Oscars stand in the way of being locked in an cage-like home elevator for ten hours and tormented by a triage of beatnik hoodlums.
- Straight-Jacket (1964) After the success of Baby Jane, and ruing the fact that she’d been snubbed out of her own Oscar nomination (indeed a crime, because Crawford was just as sensational as the wonderfully cake-faced Davis), Joan Crawford found her perilous niche in the Guignol and signed on with shock director William Castle for the story of an ax-wielding waitress sent to an asylum for removing the heads of her cheating husband (an uncredited Lee Majors) and his floozy.
- Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) As “part two” in director Robert Aldrich’s Grande Dame Guignol trilogy, Charlotte was supposed to reunite Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and briefly did so.
Oct 24, 2019 · Hagsploitation is a horror genre that features older women as the main characters, often in roles that subvert their Hollywood images and showcase their acting skills. Learn about the history, the stars, and the examples of this subversive and entertaining subgenre.
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Apr 4, 2023 · Hagsploitation is a subgenre of films that features older women as monstrous, tragic or comic characters, often played by former stars. This article explores the history and examples of hagsploitation, from Sunset Boulevard to Mother and Son, and its implications for women's representation and ageing.
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Mar 29, 2022 · Hagsploitation is a term for horror films that portray older women as monstrous hags, often with sexual desires. The article explores how films like The Shining, American Horror Story and X perpetuate ageism and misogyny in the genre.
