Enter Your Chambers and Shut Your Doors behind You: Bodily Containment, Proliferation, and the Right to Privacy in American Law and Gothic Horror.

This article examines the themes of bodily containment, proliferation, and the right to privacy in American law and gothic horror films. It specifically analyzes the portrayal of the American family and the domestic structure in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" and George A. Romero's "Night of the Living Dead." The article also discusses the Supreme Court's decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, which established the right to privacy as a fundamental right. It argues that these films challenge the notion of the home as a safe container for sexuality and question the security of the domestic space. The article further explores the genre of home invasion films, focusing on "The Birds" and "Night of the Living Dead," and how they blur the boundaries between public and private spaces, questioning the effectiveness of containment and challenging the idea of the home as a safe space. [Extracted from the article]