tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post8553007332790727158..comments2024-03-29T08:45:57.792-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): The Scariest Women in Literaturepattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-19955564808256847582012-09-23T15:34:29.693-04:002012-09-23T15:34:29.693-04:00The housekeeper in REBECCA.
Ma Green, the woman ...The housekeeper in REBECCA. <br /><br />Ma Green, the woman who ran an orphanage in a Little Orphan Annie continuity. <br /><br />Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74007916647000963782012-09-22T17:37:56.260-04:002012-09-22T17:37:56.260-04:00I've only seen the movie but my god, she was e...I've only seen the movie but my god, she was evil. I bet the book is great. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31142020910912752402012-09-22T17:33:01.122-04:002012-09-22T17:33:01.122-04:00Myra Savage in Mark McShane's SEANCE ON A WET ...Myra Savage in Mark McShane's SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON. Evil woman.Naomi Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005429772070247806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-26373848162365771032012-09-22T17:15:44.694-04:002012-09-22T17:15:44.694-04:00I am trying to remember his other books, Ed. Been ...I am trying to remember his other books, Ed. Been so long since I read him. I have fond memories of CAKES ALE.<br />Have never read that one, Al. Nor Vixen, Jeff. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-25990280426231393602012-09-22T16:30:59.994-04:002012-09-22T16:30:59.994-04:00Hope Emerson as Rose Given in CRY OF THE CITY. Jak...Hope Emerson as Rose Given in CRY OF THE CITY. Jake Hinkson just wrote about her in Criminal Element:<br /><br />http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2012/08/noir-goon-squad-hope-emerson-jake-hinkson-feminism-filmAl Tuchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-39993063279029972192012-09-22T16:14:34.597-04:002012-09-22T16:14:34.597-04:00Been fifty years since I read it but the woman in ...Been fifty years since I read it but the woman in Of Human Bondage. The thing is Somerset Maugham truly hated women so maybe the muse he based her on wasn't quite all that bad. Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-29228342804429038562012-09-22T16:09:39.042-04:002012-09-22T16:09:39.042-04:00How about Ken Bruen's Vixen? Brrrr.
MichelHow about Ken Bruen's Vixen? Brrrr.<br />MichelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-51331934828477652662012-09-22T15:27:08.762-04:002012-09-22T15:27:08.762-04:00She is the all times scariest for me. She is the all times scariest for me. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65932591693575333512012-09-22T15:11:58.307-04:002012-09-22T15:11:58.307-04:00I had managed to completely forget the beatings in...I had managed to completely forget the beatings in "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe"...though the Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly, and didn't stop there, is certainly fresh in the memory. <br /><br />Irena, particularly in the original of CAT PEOPLE, is another who is scary as hell without being Too evil...I think I'll take even Smurf over Irena when she's Upset.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74989768605225187932012-09-22T15:07:56.690-04:002012-09-22T15:07:56.690-04:00Man, that part in Animal Kingdom where she so nonc...Man, that part in <i>Animal Kingdom</i> where she so nonchalantly puts out a hit on J. Chilling.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-51872926377909011182012-09-22T15:03:06.862-04:002012-09-22T15:03:06.862-04:00How about the old woman who lived in a shoe? Becau...How about the old woman who lived in a shoe? Because she's short on food, she beats her kids? pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-18741591236133847632012-09-22T15:00:50.165-04:002012-09-22T15:00:50.165-04:00Cruella de Ville is, of course, rather a parody of...Cruella de Ville is, of course, rather a parody of this kind of villainess. <br /><br />Cinderella's stepmother, among so many stepmothers collected by the Grimms, are also hard to exceed, till one gets to the cannibalistic witches...<br /><br />Actual female villains usually do seem to outdo most fictional ones...unless, for example, the Countess Bathory legends are out of whole cloth. But she and her analogs in literature, and various vicious female heads of state and women behind the thrones, occasionally making their appearances thus, certainly come to mind.<br /><br />For some, of course, the Jeanne D'Arcs of the world are the scariest, not least for what their success suggests about men and women. Or the Emma Goldmans, for what that says similarly in terms of the threat of a good example...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85130825422414372802012-09-22T14:56:58.011-04:002012-09-22T14:56:58.011-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-86277961711456036522012-09-22T14:53:49.090-04:002012-09-22T14:53:49.090-04:00Patti, my first thought (after Medea) was DOUBLE I...Patti, my first thought (after Medea) was DOUBLE INDEMNITY too. But yes, Kathy Bates was memorably cuckoo in MISERY.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-90029908651055624392012-09-22T14:44:04.923-04:002012-09-22T14:44:04.923-04:00Oh, THE MAGDALENE SISTERS was one of the scariest ...Oh, THE MAGDALENE SISTERS was one of the scariest movies I have ever seen. Religion mixed with pure evil are dreadfully scary. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-13654628619201739922012-09-22T14:18:49.564-04:002012-09-22T14:18:49.564-04:00Scarlett is not scary, IMHO. She's willful and...Scarlett is not scary, IMHO. She's willful and determined, selfish and spoiled, but she's not really scary--certainly not in a Nurse Ratched way. I think of scary characters as those who abuse those in their power. The nun in The Magdalen Laundries was so scary because she was abusive and all if the mechanisms in her society supported her abuse.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-20378825586021312142012-09-22T13:52:57.982-04:002012-09-22T13:52:57.982-04:00Would Scarlett O'Hara count?Would Scarlett O'Hara count? pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-12683545651079518582012-09-22T13:51:40.204-04:002012-09-22T13:51:40.204-04:00Prashant-good point, scary isn't necessarily i...Prashant-good point, scary isn't necessarily intentional. <br />WHITE OLEANDER-oh, when a bad woman is in control of kids-that's worst of all. What a demon. <br />Bette Davis was probably bad more than anyone. THE LITTLE FOXES for sure and OF HUMAN BONDAGE to name two. <br />I still have nightmares about NURSE RATCHED. <br />Kathy Bates was perfection in that role. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-40585554160647179972012-09-22T13:42:40.013-04:002012-09-22T13:42:40.013-04:00Betty Davis played a few really nasty women, as I ...Betty Davis played a few really nasty women, as I recall, maybe in The Little Foxes or another?Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85141611466308262202012-09-22T13:15:54.652-04:002012-09-22T13:15:54.652-04:00Ingrid Magnussen, the mother in White Orleander.Ingrid Magnussen, the mother in White Orleander.sandra seamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786095189231150008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-60358047217265713222012-09-22T13:06:14.879-04:002012-09-22T13:06:14.879-04:00Regan MacNeil was just a young girl but she scared...Regan MacNeil was just a young girl but she scared the hell out of me in "The Exorcist."Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-45111060481604213762012-09-22T13:00:14.761-04:002012-09-22T13:00:14.761-04:00I don't think I have ever seen Human Desire. L...I don't think I have ever seen Human Desire. Love Gloria Grahame. And Brigid is a prime example. Amazing. <br /><br />I will if I can figure it out.Not too good with technical stuff. I have never seen TITUS. A real gulf.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59976283322500982342012-09-22T12:57:43.450-04:002012-09-22T12:57:43.450-04:00I'd go with Tamora in Titus Andronicus (outdon...I'd go with Tamora in <i>Titus Andronicus</i> (outdone only by Aaron's gleeful joyful evil -- what a great speech) or maybe Grendel's mother, whom the poet has some sympathy for yet maintains the clear horror Beowulf has facing her.<br /><br />And yeah, definitely migrate to WP. I'm glad I did some time back when Blogger first got wonky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-91319035086109232532012-09-22T12:54:16.129-04:002012-09-22T12:54:16.129-04:00Phyllis Dietrickson, DOUBLE INDEMNITY.
Phyllis Dietrickson, DOUBLE INDEMNITY.<br />pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-49101367057899182132012-09-22T12:53:39.022-04:002012-09-22T12:53:39.022-04:00Brigid O'Shaughnessy in Maltese Falcon has to ...Brigid O'Shaughnessy in Maltese Falcon has to be way up there. I just watched Fritz Lang's Human Desire, starring Glenn Ford and Gloria Graheme, and Gloria's complex character is really, really dark. It's a relentlessly bleak film through to the last frame, when Gloria is murdered by her demented husband (Broderick Crawford) after she has finally pushed him way too far, meanwhile, Glenn Ford, who had an affair with her and almost got sucked all the way in, is at the opposite end of the train, oblivious to the killing, smiling because he's decided to go with the "good" girl, and fade out.jessethebassmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907354851975985067noreply@blogger.com