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Oct 2020
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The 'Crazy Psycho Bitch Girl' Trope

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Oh she's sweet but a psycho? The 'crazy psycho bitch girl' is a trope that makes up an entire genre of horror movies. Anney and Samantha wade through the history and examples of this trope, and why it's problematic.

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