Anthology horror is definitely having a moment right now….
10 Best Female-Directed Streaming Horror Movies on Amazon Prime
With women behind the lens, these films are prime spooky viewing indeed! By: Rachel Shatto Love women-created horror and instant gratification? Yeah, us too, and we’ve got you covered with our list of lady-directed horror movies streaming for free (if you have a subscription) on Amazon Prime. Some of these films are fan favorites and…
10 Best Streaming Horror Movies on Netflix by Female Directors
Ring in this year’s Women In Horror month by putting some lady-helmed films in your eyeballs. By: Rachel Shatto For the last seven years, the month of February has come to hold a very special place in the hearts of female horror fans, thanks to the founding of The Women in Horror Month—or, as well…
Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Episode 27: Soska Sisters Spotlight
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Happy Women In Horror Month! To celebrate this joyous time of year we are taking a close look at the works of Jen and Sylvia Soska with reviews of Dead Hooker in a Trunk and American Mary. In this episode we talk forcible castration, voluntary female circumcision, body modification, goat love and magically healing arms—and…
Diabolical Dames: Neve Campbell
By Ariel Messman-Rucker Canadian native Neve Cambell rocketed to stardom by playing angsty teen Julia Salinger on Party of Five starting in 1994, but she first landed on horror fans radar two years later with her role in 1996’s The Craft—the so bad it’s good—film about a group of high school outcasts turned revenge-seeking witches….
Diabolical Dames: Evelyn Ankers
By Ariel Messman-Rucker At a time when Bella Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. and Boris Karloff were taking over the silver screen for Universal Studios, Evelyn Ankers was staring opposite them. But while the men playing the monsters are still household names, few remember those of the leading ladies who screamed their hearts out for audiences…
Diabolical Dames: Angela Bettis
By Summer Aborashid Most of horror fans are familiar with actor/director Angela Bettis for her turn as the titular, tragic homicidal wierdo in May, Lucky Mckee’s 2002 gem. The role won her a cult following and her ability to imbue even the most painfully awkward characters with an undeniable likability that makes it impossible not…
Diabolical Dames: Anne Rice
I first got my hands on an Anne Rice novel when I was 13, I had just blazed through the Vampire Diaries series (yes, the ones the CW series is based on… shh I was 13) and I was ready for some more blood-sucker goodness which is how I stumbled upon the Vampire Chronicles. Despite…
Diabolical Dames: Jamie Lee Curtis
By Ariel Messman-Rucker You couldn’t exist in the ’80s without knowing her name–Jamie Lee Curtis. She took over movie theaters in 1978 with John Carpenter’s classic boogeyman tale Halloween and spent the next few years staring in a slew of memorable slasher flicks. The last girl in nearly every movie she stared in, Curtis embodies…
Diabolical Dames: Jennifer Carpenter
By Summer Aborashid and Rachel Shatto [Jennifer Carpenter is one bad-ass diabolical dame. In fact we love her so much that Summer and I had to write this piece together. Plus, she is one of Summer’s favorite women we are profiling this month!] When we started researching Carpenter for this post, we were surprised to…
