Laurie Strode, the lead character in the Halloween franchise, might offer trauma survivors the chance to see a bit of themselves on the big screen. Morgan Podraza, a doctoral candidate in English at Ohio State University, analyzed the representation of Strode's trauma in the 2018 Halloween sequel to the 1978 original, writing in the journal Horror Studies that the depiction showed how moving forward with life after a traumatizing event is also traumatic.
Based on the closing scene of the 2018 sequel, of Strode's granddaughter holding a bloody knife that she used to defend herself, Podraza sees potential for a depiction of intergenerational trauma in the just-released Halloween Kills and in Halloween Ends, scheduled for release in 2022. Podraza can discuss Strode and other horror films' surviving "final girls," and how media portrayals of people who are marginalized help structure our own behaviors and attitudes.
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