Carol Clover — Men, Women, and Chain Saws
Curated by the horror codex · From Carol J. Clover — Men, Women, and Chain Saws (Princeton, 1992) · 185 films · Last updated Apr 26, 2026
Films discussed in Carol J. Clover's foundational 1992 study of gender in modern horror — the book that named the 'final girl' archetype and reframed slasher, occult, and rape-revenge cinema through feminist film theory.
1The Accused
1988
2Act of Vengeance
1974
3Alien
1979 ★ 4.9
4Aliens
1986 ★ 3.8
6An American Werewolf in London
1981 ★ 4.4
7The Amityville Horror
1979
8Angel Heart
1987 ★ 3.0
9Arachnophobia
1990 ★ 3.0
10Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
1958
11Audrey Rose
1977
12Behind the Green Door
1972
13The Believers
1987
14Beyond Evil
1980
15The Birds
1963 ★ 3.7
16The Birth of a Nation
1915
17Blackmail
1929
18Blade Runner
1982 ★ 4.0
19The Blob
1958 ★ 3.0
20Blood Diner
1987
21Blood Feast
1963
22Blow Out
1981
23Body Double
1984
24The Brood
1979 ★ 5.0
25The Burning
1981 ★ 2.5
26Carrie
1976 ★ 4.7
27Un Chien Andalou
1929 ★ 4.0
28Christine
1983
29A Clockwork Orange
1971 ★ 4.0
30The Crawling Eye
1958
31Cries and Whispers
1972 ★ 4.0
32Cruising
1980
33Cujo
1983 ★ 3.5
34The Dark Mirror
1946
35Dead Calm
1989
36Deadly Blessing
1981
37Deliverance
1972 ★ 4.0
38Demon Seed
1977
39Demons
1985 ★ 2.5
40Demons 2
1986
41Dirty Harry
1971
42Don't Look Now
1973
43Dracula
1931 ★ 3.5
44Dream Lover
1986
45Dressed to Kill
1980
46Duel in the Sun
1946
47E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 ★ 4.0
48The Entity
1982
49Eraserhead
1977 ★ 5.0
50The Evil Dead
1981 ★ 3.8
51The Exorcist
1973 ★ 4.1
52Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977 ★ 2.5
53Extremities
1986
54The Eye Creatures
1967
55Eyes of a Stranger
1981
56The Mask
1961
57Eyes of Laura Mars
1978
58Eyes Without a Face
1960 ★ 4.0
59Fantastic Voyage
1966
60Firestarter
1984
61The Fog
1980 ★ 4.0
62Frankenhooker
1990
63Frankenstein
1931 ★ 4.3
64Frenzy
1972
65Friday the 13th
1980 ★ 3.0
66Friday the 13th Part 2
1981 ★ 2.0
67Friday the 13th Part III
1982
68Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984
69Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
1985
70Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI
1986
71Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
1988
72From Beyond
1986 ★ 3.0
73The Funhouse
1981
74The Fury
1978
75The Gate
1987
76Ghost
1990 ★ 2.0
77Ghostbusters
1984 ★ 3.6
78Ghoulies
1985
79God Told Me To
1976
80The Godsend
1980
82Gothic
1987