Why does horror so often punish women, while sci-fi imagines futures where they’re erased, replaced, or “upgraded”? This episode dives into the gender politics of genre, exploring how horror reflects anxieties around female power, sexuality, and agency through victimisation and violence, while sci-fi projects male-dominated visions of progress where women are sidelined or transformed. From Psycho (1960) to Blade Runner (1982) to Ex Machina (2014), this episode examines what these patterns reveal about cultural fears — and how modern films are starting to challenge them.
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