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They involve numerous gender-specific tropes, many of which are explicitly or implicitly sexist, including: | They involve numerous gender-specific tropes, many of which are explicitly or implicitly sexist, including: | ||
* womankind bringing about the fall of | * womankind bringing about the fall of humanity | ||
* women as a vessel for evil | * women as a vessel for evil | ||
* women as passive, acted upon | * women as passive, acted upon | ||
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* women as deluded by their hormones | * women as deluded by their hormones | ||
* women as pawns who need to be protected, rescued, manipulated, have decisions made for them | * women as pawns who need to be protected, rescued, manipulated, have decisions made for them | ||
* women who can only act through self-sacrifice often in childbirth | |||
Note that some films in the genre occasionally tweak some of these tropes, suggesting or partially instantiating a feminist perspective. | Note that some films in the genre occasionally tweak some of these tropes, suggesting or partially instantiating a feminist perspective. | ||
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* "[[End of Days (1999 film)|End of Days]]" | * "[[End of Days (1999 film)|End of Days]]" | ||
* "[[Terms of Endearment]]" (X-Files episode with a twist) | * "[[Terms of Endearment]]" (X-Files episode with a twist) | ||
* "[[The Omen]]" (story about the child more than the mother) | |||
* "[[La Setta]]" (aka "The Sect", "The Devil's Daughter"; a 1991 film directed by Michele Soavi (aka Michael Soavi), and co-written & produced by Dario Argento | |||
* Xena episode with Gabrielle as mother | |||
Related thematically: | |||
* "[[The Seventh Sign]]" (1998 film written by Clifford Green and [[Ellen Green]]; directed by Carl Schultz; starring Demi Moore) - Demi Moore is a pregnant woman whose baby may be the first of a slew of unsouled babies heralding the end of the world. wtf? | |||
[[Category:Films]] | [[Category:Films]] | ||
Revision as of 07:29, 24 July 2007
Satan-baby films are films which are premised on late 20th century Christian mythology and eschatology: the idea that evil incarnates in a demonic being, who seeks to bring about the end of the world by fathering a child on a human woman. See also alien impregnation.
They involve numerous gender-specific tropes, many of which are explicitly or implicitly sexist, including:
- womankind bringing about the fall of humanity
- women as a vessel for evil
- women as passive, acted upon
- women's agency as directed through their fertility and reproductiveness, particularly through giving birth to male heirs
- abortion as a "sin" is often an implicit view
- women as deluded by their hormones
- women as pawns who need to be protected, rescued, manipulated, have decisions made for them
- women who can only act through self-sacrifice often in childbirth
Note that some films in the genre occasionally tweak some of these tropes, suggesting or partially instantiating a feminist perspective.
Films (and occasional other works) in this genre include:
- "Rosemary's Baby" (and the novel by Ira Levin)
- "End of Days"
- "Terms of Endearment" (X-Files episode with a twist)
- "The Omen" (story about the child more than the mother)
- "La Setta" (aka "The Sect", "The Devil's Daughter"; a 1991 film directed by Michele Soavi (aka Michael Soavi), and co-written & produced by Dario Argento
- Xena episode with Gabrielle as mother
Related thematically:
- "The Seventh Sign" (1998 film written by Clifford Green and Ellen Green; directed by Carl Schultz; starring Demi Moore) - Demi Moore is a pregnant woman whose baby may be the first of a slew of unsouled babies heralding the end of the world. wtf?