The Monstrous Feminine

"In Carrie, the film's most monstrous act occurs when the couple are drenched in pig's blood, which symbolises menstrual blood in the terms setup by the film. Women are referred to as 'pigs', women 'bleed like pigs', and the pigs blood runs down Carries body at a moment of intense pleasure, just as her own menstrual blood ran down her leg during a similar pleasurable moment in the shower. Here, women's blood and pigs blood flow together signifying horror, shame and humiliation" The Horror Reader, Chapter: Kristeva, Femininity, Abjection. Barbara Creed.