Mill of the Stone Women & The Gothic Body
Mill of the Stone Women & The Gothic Body
A visual essay on the trope of the wax/statue woman in Gothic horror by author and critic Kat Ellinger. She examines the film through “body Gothic”: the way Gothic horror turns women’s bodies into sites of beauty, vulnerability, illness, artistic display, medical exploitation, and death.
Country: GB
Genre: Documentary, Horror
Release: 2025-02-17
Director: Kat Ellinger
Production: Arrow Film & Video
Cast: Kat Ellinger
Tagline: A visual essay on the trope of the wax/statue woman in Gothic horror
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