http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/universal_horror+transgression PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/36602 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/36602 <p>Aviva Briefel. "Monster Pains: Masochism, Menstruation, and Identification in the Horror Film.&nbsp;"&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Film Quarterly</span>&nbsp; 58.3&nbsp;(2005):&nbsp;<!--page logic-->16-27.&nbsp;<!--5--><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Alumni - Research Library</span>.&nbsp;ProQuest.&nbsp; 1 Dec. 2008&nbsp;&lt;http://www.proquest.com/&gt;</p> <p>In Monster Pains: Masochism, Menstruation, and Identification in the Horror Film, Briefel discusses the role of masochism and menstruation in the audience&rsquo;s identification with the film&rsquo;s monster in classic horror films, such as Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931).&nbsp; He analyzes the way different monsters appeal to the audience.&nbsp; He proposes a theory of the gendering of the pain felt by the monster and how it can elicit the audience&rsquo;s identification with it or sympathy for it.&nbsp; He posits that the symbolically menstrual elements of Dracula would have drawn audiences to the film.</p>