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•  tags  Aviva Briefel. "Monster Pains: Masochism, Menstruation,
and Identification in the Horror Film. " Film Quarterly 
58.3 (2005): 16-27. Alumni - Research Library. ProQuest.  1 Dec.
2008 <http://www.proquest.com/>  In Monster Pains: Masochism,
Menstruation, and Identification in the Horror Film, Briefel
discusses the role of masochism and menstruation in the
audience’s identification with the film’s monster in classic
horror films, such as Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931). 
He analyzes the way different monsters appeal to the audience. 
He proposes a theory of the gendering of the pain felt by the
monster and how it can elicit the audience’s identification with
it or sympathy for it.  He posits that the symbolically
menstrual elements of Dracula would have drawn audiences to the
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