Horror Films

Ok time for you movie buffs to strut your stuff. Next week I have a presentation and essay to do for my cinema studies class. The film genre for the week is Horror films. Now since I don't actually like/watch horror films I need a bit of assistance.

I've decided to focus my presentation on the way women are portrayed in horror films. In particular I'm looking at comparing the concept of the monstrous feminine with the damsel in distress portrayals.

Pretty much what I'm asking you guys to do is to suggest some possible films that I could use as examples to explore these ideas. I'll come back later and post a bit more by what I mean about the monstrous feminine and such but I actually have to do the reading about it first :P