Horror movies. Films that lure audiences in with fantasy while reflecting society’s fears. I love them. However, one thing has constantly upset me about the culture of horror films—the sexualization of women. Yes, it’s prominent in basically every media type in the world, but horror films have consistently fetishized, degraded, and dismantled the integrity of women. Horror films use the female body as an object. Their nude bodies are often on display throughout the murder sequences, appealing to the male desire for female pain and objectification. Most horror movies, especially the older ones, take a masculine viewing position, perpetuating a male gaze that forces female characters to maintain passive roles as the objects of desire. Misogyny has always been present in horror films, but thankfully newer movies have shown a decline in female sexualization. My point is that although horror movies have come a long way in terms of sexualization, there is still so much to accomplish in the film world when it comes to fixing the normalization of objectification.