BRYAN FORBES | USA | 1975 | 115 MIN | PG | ENGLISH
The Philadelphia Film Society and Girls Like Horror invite you to a special screening of the 1975 cult classic THE STEPFORD WIVES. This haunting film shines a light on the horrors of conforming to society, revealing the darkness beneath picture-perfect suburbia.
After the film, we will be joined by Eleanor Johnson, author of Scream With Me: Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980), for a conversation about domestic horror, suburban dread, and of course her new book—which will be available for purchase by Head House Books.
Eleanor Johnson is a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She is the author of four books: Scream with Me, Practicing Literary Theory in the Middle Ages, Staging Contemplation, and the award-winning Waste and the Wasters, as well as two collections of poetry, The Dwell and Her Many Feathered Bones.
Cast: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman