“A total hate-fuck…”
Jill’s accidentally-on-purpose finishing off of the Generalissimo might seem over-the-top, but it too belongs to a long tradition of women who kill men through sex.
The human imagination…the male human imagination, surely? — has long created female monsters who kill men through sex, either draining them of their energy or otherwise. It is this fear that doubtless underlies the myth of the succubus and perhaps a large part of that of the vampire as well.
Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944), "The Vampire" (1893-4)
And of course, it’s a theme that plays a lot in popular culture as well. I know of at least one rather obsessive internet compilation called “out with a bang” the lists appropriate scenes. And a thaumatophile line? Well, there are doubtless many, but we could begin with a personal touchstone, the plot of Invasion of the Bee Girls, which pushes the “kill men through sex” line so thoroughly that we even get a Bee Girl point-of-view at the fatal moment.
And there are doubtless many others — ponder for a moment, and by all means comment if you come up with any.
