The constant implication in superhero films, that women are inherently powerless with their destinies shaped by the actions of men, does not seem a particularly empowering narrative.
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Pirates, Brigands And Viking Queens: Hammer’s Swashbuckling Adventures
The family entertainment action-adventure films of the 1960s from Britain’s gothic horror specialists.
He Said/She Said – The Comic Book Cashing In On Scandal And Murder
The short-lived comic book series aiming to explore notorious scandals from the point of view of both people involved.
Go Ape! The Planet of the Apes Books And Comics Of The 1970s
From novelisations to Marvel Comics to Power Records, the publications that fed the relentless Ape Fever of the Seventies.
A Dream Within A Nightmare: Jess Franco’s The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
The maverick filmmaker’s extraordinary study of eroticism and gothic horror.