Female sexuality in horror film

The heart of cinematic horror lies a fear of female sexuality. The genre defines female sexuality as monstrous, disturbing and in the need of repression. (Jancovich, 1992)
Stephen Neale argues that horror film monsters predominantly defined as male, with women as primary victims. Women’s sexual renders them desirable but also life threatening to men which constitutes the real problem that horror cinema exists to explore.

Tenebrae by director Dario Argento
An American detective story visits Rome on a promotional tour and finds himself embroiled in a series of murders of young women.