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Bad Blood: The Cost of Sexual Curiosity in Archetypal Tales

Abstract The article examines the motif of the sexual curiosity of pubescent girls in two archetypal tales, the horror film Carrie (1976) and the fairy tale 'Sneewittchen' (1812). Taking a brief detour through early nineteenth-century vampire literature, it investigates the hazards of sexuality, the significance of violence and the meaning of monsters. It illustrates not only the cost of sexual curiosity for the characters under discussion, but also reflects on our own apparently insatiable curiosity about tales of terror.