Abstract
Research that refuted Daniel Linz and Edward Donnerstein's assertions about women being victimized in slasher films was an effort to empirically verify their claims. The research compared male and female victims and refuted their assertion that women are more often the victims in such movies. In responding to the research, Linz and Donnerstein have suggested the need for a cross-genre comparison. To adopt this new criteria, the comparison film genre needs to be defined. The analysis will be affected by the the kind of films chosen. If the films have few female characters, it will seem like women are disproportionately victimized.