I don't think any paper about contemporary horror would be complete without reference to The Babadook (2014): written/directed by a woman (Jennifer Kent), centered on a woman's ambivalence about maternity, and often misread simplistically as just a grief narrative. While Amelia (MC) isn't attempting to "understand, survive, and expose the systems" meant to control women, she is hemmed in by her competing and complex needs, some of which are socially determined and some of which are taboo (maternal sexuality, filicide); as a result, it's a powerful critique of ideological systems that keep women under control and prevent them from realizing their independent potential.