Nosebleeds, a metallic taste in the mouth, feet that go up a whole size—the side effects of pregnancy are their own kind of body horror.
All feature pregnancies that are invasive, the result of non-consensual sexual encounters. The terror the women experience is heightened by isolation.
These films underline that helplessness, depicting how powerful institutions treat women as their property. The restrictions of religion play out not only metaphorically but literally.
For all their otherworldly and supernatural frights, they tap into very real fears, marking a significant trend in the wake of the US supreme court's decision.
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