Horror movies about the risks of letting LVMs into your life

Crafty_Collar8183 · 2021-05-29T15:12:39+00:00

If you've had an LVM or LVW in your life, you've already lived through a degree of horror.

companyofwolves · 2021-05-29T19:02:34+00:00

Horror is the genre for women, because it's one of the only genres where women are usually the protagonists, consist of roughly half the cast, and allow women parts that show a full range of emotion. Whether consciously or not, horror tends to show that women who conform to society's expectations often find themselves in dangerous situations, and it's only by shedding performative niceness that they survive, escape, whatever.

Contrast this with the other woman-heavy genre, romantic comedy. I'm not knocking this niche, but the messages in those films are often ones of conformity and male-centric thinking and the enshrinement of Pickme behavior as how women should behave to catch a man. Yes, they're often cute and funny, but what are they really telling us?

imo we could really use a return to the Thriller genre, which is also often woman-centric, but these days a lot of thrillers get folded into the horror classification, which is fine, even if I think the distinction ought to be made.

Ni-You · 2021-05-29T17:29:02+00:00

I just watched the Invisible Man. A woman leaves her abusive boyfriend and is trying to put herself back together when she hears he killed himself and left her a substantial sum. Then strange things start to happen and she knows that somehow he’s still around, haunting her. But no one believes her because, obviously, ghosts are not real. The whole movie is a powerful statement about the insidiousness of gaslighting and I think it fits the narrative very well.

InaneObservations · 2021-05-29T15:54:06+00:00

Every single B horror movie starts off with the premise of some guy taking some poor hot girl to some awful abandoned building, or shack in the woods, or his car in the back of some dark parking lot, etc. and trying to bang her while telling her to ignore the creepy noise/guy with hook/skull in corner.

Shit's a documentary on why not to have free dates.

lateglower · 2021-05-29T18:31:57+00:00

The Witch for sure, featuring a female child of a LVM who gets his family kicked out of the safety of a colony and proceeds to scapegoat her for all the family’s subsequent problems.

Also The Love Witch (while I think a lot of people locked onto the aesthetics and missed the point) is to me about the deep delusion and socially destructive and self-destructive behavior caused by debilitating internalized misogyny (it seems due at least in part to prior abuse and brainwashing, with her ex and her father and others all LVM).

I saw her witch friends as a representation of the cult of misogyny. Her behavior with men and especially with the husband of her realtor is definitely rooted in low self-worth and needing a man to complete her at any cost.

jackrusselterror1 · 2021-05-29T15:23:13+00:00

Scream actually fits this quite well.

Longirl · 2021-05-29T17:52:57+00:00

I watched Girl on the Train and was horrified with how much I related to that woman’s situation. I sobbed the whole way through.

Blackbeakvesta · 2021-05-29T17:03:46+00:00

Since working from home I have had some of the low budget made for tv movies on in the background. I never used to pay attention to them much until this finding this sub but a lot are about women who let LVMs in and they turn out to be stalkers, abusive or the woman finds out they cheating.

Some obviously get rescued by another guy but there are quite a few where they start to sense stuff is not right or a female friend does some research and uncovers the truth

Adventurous_River_64 · 2021-05-30T01:11:40+00:00

Midsommar was so triggering to me as someone who went through a lot of trauma and was subsequently phased out and ditched by my emotionally unavailable boyfriend. The scene of Dani grieving was honestly one of the more horrifying ones of the whole movie and it really stuck with me.

CorruptSoulGem · 2021-05-29T15:10:10+00:00

Any thing with vampires 😩😩

olivelemon88 · 2021-05-29T18:06:37+00:00

You’re Next is a pretty great movie that fits this. The main character is a badass and her lame ass bf (and former professor) completely underestimates her survival/murder skills.

Condom-Ad-Don-Draper · 2021-05-29T18:14:03+00:00

What Lies Beneath.

Great movie btw

gcfemtastic · 2021-05-30T00:26:22+00:00

Shout out to original Stepford Wives. For years I never bothered watching it because I was only familiar with it as a butt of jokes and stupid remake with Nicole Kidman. But its great and deserves a real modern reboot written and directed by a fds-minded talent. There is so much relevency.

Rosemary's Baby captures the disempowerment of pregnant women so well. Excellent.

Repulsion is also an older film, centered around an extremely beautiful woman, vulnerability and the male gaze.

The Invisible Man (2020 with Moss) Excellent horror about society not believing abuse victims. The abuser is literally invisible, the protagonist is literally being gaslit and made to feel crazy. Captures what it feels like in real life.

Jessica Jones season 1 a woman with superstrength struggles with the trauma after escaping an abusive supervillain ex who can control people's minds. The show captures and makes literal the point that strong women can be abused, the need to resist and depicts a narcissistic insecure lvm perfectly.

Ready or not not a deep or intense film But a gory fun ride that reminds us that being rich doesn't mean he's a hvm! Lol

28 days later Love this film. It's not obviously feminist like some of the others listed but it portrays a realistic dynamic between the leads. Also has a male portagonsit who isn't a standard "alpha" action hero. He developes bravery through his bond with the female lead... No spoilers so I'll stop there.

Jennifer's Body. Famously flopped because it was screen tested by teenage boys who hated it. The movie is for woman, its horror, campy and about a succubus. Lol

All about eve a classic drama. Give it a shot. Themes still hold up and the acting is delicious so don't be turned off by its age!

UNDER THE SKIN

A girl walks home alone at night

Martyrs Extreme Trigger warning. I only recomend this to women who love the horror genre and are open to intensly violent and graphic film. I don't say that lightly, the visuals and theme is very upsetting (No rape or sexual violence). The theme is basically on female suffering itself. Nonconsensual martyrdom of women.

staywiththecrown · 2021-05-29T19:00:32+00:00

Ready or Not is a good one with a strong female lead!

comeonion · 2021-05-29T17:07:23+00:00

Recently saw ‘things seen and heard’ on Netflix with the amazing Amanda Seyfried. It was a little cheesy at times for my taste but definitely serves as a cautionary tale and highlight many of the covert red flags talked about here. I loved seeing such an accurate portrayal of a narcissistic abusive man, it was not far off from the reality many woman face and imo it’s a good thing to have that reflected in media.

abby_ch238 · 2021-05-30T02:07:06+00:00

While not necessarily your typical definition of horror as in nothing paranormal, a lot of books by Joyce carol oates are horror for women at the hands of LVM. Two really fucked up ones I read recently are: My Life as a Rat, The Grave Digger’s Daughter. Trigger warning: extreme violence/domestic abuse/rape/emotional abuse. They were really difficult to get through. One of them is a relationship with a narcissist and it triggered memories of my nex

rideoffalone · 2021-05-30T03:36:47+00:00

Rosemary's Baby, Unsane, Gerald's Game, Dial M for Murder, Revenge, 1922, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Gone Girl, Swallow, Burning, All I See Is You, Not Without My Daughter, Looking for Mr. Goodbar

(I used a loose definition of horror obviously!)

True-Audience-8258 · 2021-05-30T00:54:26+00:00

Pan’s Labyrinth vibes! The scene with the bleeding uterus in the book will stick with me forever.

eclo · 2021-05-30T11:14:47+00:00

Teeth is such a good one, girl gets abused by men and finds out she has vagina dentata that bites off the dicks of men who abuse her.

camelCaseC · 2021-05-30T00:34:52+00:00

Another horror movie that fits LVM as villain theme is the recent Invisible Man that came out last year. Abusive ex bf stalks his gf, and there's even more other LVM monsters in the mix. Fairly decent suspense/thriller/horror movie

libramo0n · 2021-05-30T01:36:31+00:00

Not a film but dirty john is great

Gouda8995 · 2021-05-30T23:55:31+00:00

I used to have a job that allowed headphones, and over the course of about a year I tore through many many hours of old-time horror radio shows, spanning from late 30s to mid/late 70s; and picked up the following very general themes

30s to early 40s--protagonist/antagonist could be male or female. Basically some Unexplained thing befalling the hero(ine), the person being immoral--the thief, the cheater, the colluder with the debbul, etc--get a comeuppance.

postwar to mid-50s--all about the terror of something odd happening and not being believed. The "not being believed" is what's supposed to be frightening itself and constantly declaring "I'm not crazy!" Also very loud and generally stupid dialogue.

70s--in between ads for cube steak at the local grocery store for only 49 cents a pound, it's a lot of women being haunted by their abortion, or being hunted after a divorce.

ihaveafunnyname71 · 2021-05-30T00:57:43+00:00

The new Invisible Man was fantastic. It was triggering... but showed even rich, smart, handsome guys can be abusive LVM.

Pure-Organization-26 · 2021-05-30T18:09:04+00:00

This movie called A fall from grace. Its amazing!!! A thriller that you should definitely watch

hensbanex · 2021-05-29T19:07:22+00:00

also the fears surrounding motherhood - mother, goodnight mommy, hereditary, etc. women are waking up!

Title	Horror movies about the risks of letting LVMs into your life
Author	vowelsareimportant
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Date	May 29, 2021 2:57 PM UTC (5 years ago)
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