any good essays about why there are so many horror movies about single mothers with children?
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I can't think of even one beyond Psycho. Your input set is clearly biased.
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hmm I've watched the ring and the exorcist, but had entirely forgotten they were single moms since that's not central to plot
maybe as basic as we're all primed to view absence of an obvious protector-male as vulnerability, whether or not that's pc
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yeah perhaps. a situation that creates live-wire emotional response, for narrative purposes.
yeah! i was gonna mention those other two. thanks dude
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