20 great female movie monsters which came before The Mummy
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20 great female movie monsters which came before The Mummy
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The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
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Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
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Irena – Cat People (1942)
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Mircalla/Carmilla – The Vampire Lovers (1970)
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Mrs Hyde – Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
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Carrie (1976)
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Medusa – Clash of the Titans (1981)
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Space Girl – Lifeforce (1985)
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The Alien Queen – Aliens (1986)
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Henrietta – Evil Dead 2 (1987)
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Julia – Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988)
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Ursula – The Little Mermaid (1989)
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Julie – Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
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Sil – Species (1995)
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Santanico Pandemonium – From Dusk Till Dawn (1997)
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Tiffany – Bride of Chucky (1998)
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Ginger – Ginger Snaps (2000)
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Anck Su-Namun – The Mummy Returns (2001)
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Samara – The Ring (2002)
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Jennifer – Jennifer’s Body (2009)
Ben Bussey
·UK Movies Writer
In cinemas now, Universal’s new take on ‘The Mummy’ is the first entry in the series to use a female mummy as the central antagonist. However, while this is a new twist for that particular film franchise, we’ve had our fair share of movie monster women over the years, forcing audiences to rethink old notions about ‘the fairer sex.’
Join us now as we recap twenty of the finest examples of the monstrous feminine on film…
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