The Virgin Victim: Reimagining a Medieval Folk Ballad in The Virgin Spring and The Last House on the Left

Two films could not be executed more differently than Ingmar Bergman’s crisp, black-and-whiteJungfrukällan(The Virgin Spring, 1960), and Wes Craven’s boldly bloodyThe Last House on the Left(1972), yet both ultimately spring from the same source: a ballad of tragedy and revenge dating to at least the...

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1. Verfasser:	K. A. Laity
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthropology Applied anthropology Arts Axiology Ballads Behavioral sciences Cognitive psychology Criminal law Criminal offenses Criminals Cultural anthropology Cultural studies Emotion Emotional states Ethics Families Family members Fear Film studies Human behavior Human populations Human societies Killing Law Morality Movies Music Music genres Normative ethics Parents Performing arts Persons Philosophy Popular music Population studies Psychology Rape Reciprocal behavior Retaliation Revenge Robbers Sexual assault Sexual misconduct Sexual offenses Sexual violence Social institutions Social sciences Sociology Thieves Violence
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Zusammenfassung:	Two films could not be executed more differently than Ingmar Bergman’s crisp, black-and-whiteJungfrukällan(The Virgin Spring, 1960), and Wes Craven’s boldly bloodyThe Last House on the Left(1972), yet both ultimately spring from the same source: a ballad of tragedy and revenge dating to at least the sixteenth century. The plot of the ballad details the murder of a daughter by robbers. Seeking shelter, the robbers unknowingly ask hospitality of the girl’s parents and then display her belongings. The parents, realizing what has occurred, kill the killers. The two filmmakers share not only this story but also a
DOI:	10.2307/j.ctt4cgnbm.13