Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Updated EditionFrom its first publication in 1992, Men, Women, and Chain Saws has offered a groundbreaking perspective on the creativity and influence of horror cinema since the mid 1970s. Investigating the popularity of the low budget tradition, Carol Clover looks in particular at slasher, occult, and rape revenge films. Although such movies have been traditionally understood as offering only sadistic pleasures to their mostly male audiences, Clover demonstrates