5 of 5 stars to House of Psychotic Women by Kier-la Janisse https://www.goodreads.com/review/show?id=2059870312

I want to share a short “review” of House of Psychotic Women, or rather a personal one on how it has now earned its pivotal place in my self-discovery as a woman, also as a horror fan. Reading this was perhaps the only best decision I’ve made in a while for myself. 1/?

I always saw a part of me that I shared in common with the women in horror- exclusively the horror genre underlying female psychology/neurosis. Feeling a loss of control over my emotional stability to the point where I no longer felt like a person, often unreachable, 2/?

that part of me made me feel unfathomable and alienated from everyone else. I felt like an outsider- a woman who inevitably will be misconceived, and therefore will never be granted the empathy by other people. 3/?

The book was the missing piece I didn’t know I needed, reassuring that I shouldn’t feel crazy or alone. Through its anguished portrayal of women in horror with Kier-La Janisse’s personal history, 4/?

I felt I was given a safe space as a troubled woman myself- a strange form of solace and comfort that made me feel /seen/ again.
That my feelings are not completely devalued.

I think for that reason, I’ll always hold this book close to my heart.

Ok, end of thread!