The Films of Julia Ducournau: Raw

The first film in my analysis of the films of Julia Ducournau is the coming-of-age body horror film Raw. Ducournau’s full-length feature debut, draws on her interpersonal relationship with her parents and their expertise (gynecology and dermatology) along with her affinity for the works of David Cronenberg and Tom Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre . Centered in the throes of the zombie cultural…