Maternal Horror: Representasi Tokoh Ibu dalam Film Rumah Dara (2009)

Fiorentika Lasty

Jurnal Kriminologi Indonesia
Vol 16, No 1 (2020): Mei

Evil mothers have long played a central role in horror films, branching into a genre of its own—maternal horror. Using Arnold’s conception of the genre and Dillaway & Paré’s house-bound motherhood, this paper aims to explore the symbols and narratives surrounding monstrous motherhood featured in Mo Brother’s “Rumah Dara” (2009) that makes it distinct from its precedent, “Dara” (2007), in which the titular character is not a mother. Findings show that while the change is determinant, the film lacks depth in portrayal of motherhood as it was directed by men.