I decided to look back at the film Carrie and analyse a memorable scene which was the prom scene and I picked out how Carrie is represented in the scene and how Barbara Creed's theory is represented in the scene.
Barbara Creed
"In Carrie, the film's most monstrous act occurs when the couple are drenched in pig's blood, which symbolises menstrual blood in the terms setup by the film. Women are referred to as 'pigs', women 'bleed like pigs', and the pig's blood runs down Carrie's body at a moment of intense pleasure, just as her own menstrual blood ran down her legs during a similar pleasurable moment in the shower. Here, women's blood and pig's blood flow together signifying horror shame and humiliation"
The Horror Reader, Chapter: Kristeva, Femininity, Abjection.
Barba Creed's theory suggests that women in horror films are represented as downgraded and somehow being dirty and shameful. She believes this is shown in the film 'Carrie' where a menstruation cycle is seen to be embarrassing and not natural which is emphasised in the prom scene with the use of the 'pigs' blood which may refer Carrie to being an animal.
In this scene, Barbara Creed's theory is emphasised in many ways for example Carrie is seen in a white dress which connotes purity and cleanliness but this is yet again emphasised by the sudden of pig's blood thrown on her. She is humiliated and when she is enjoying herself and finally feels accepted, something bad happens to ruin her day. This yet again shows the shame and humiliation that she goes through and it is linked with the fire and the blood which are both the colour red and this connotes danger and death. This is scene is also similar to the shower scene in which she figures out that she has started her period and Barbara Creed's theory supports the fact that Carrie may be compared to animal as the pigs blood may emphasise that a menstruation cycle is shameful.
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