1000 Women in Horror is a great Shudder doco, directed by Donna Davies and adapted from the book of the same name by Aussie cinematic academic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (who also appears prominently as a talking head) exploring femme centric horror both in front of and behind the camera.
Divided into sections that explore childhood, school years, adulthood, motherhood and aging, combining movie clips with interviews from a range of awesome women in the genre such as Akela Cooper, Mattie Do, Mary Hardin, Brea Grant, Gigi Saul Guerrero and Roseanne Liang amount many others. There are a lot of films covered that I did know like Halloween, Carrie, Possession etc, but also plenty of films (and directors) that were new to me and I’m not excited to check out!
Highlights include Chelsea Stardust detailing a tough teen experience, isolated through bullying where she felt horror was a close friend, and was inspired by seeing the name so many women at the helm of these movies. And Akela Cooper identifying with Rachel True in The Craft, emphasising the importance of both gender and race representation on screen.
Oh and Kate Siegel’s childbirth story is NEXT LEVEL.
1000 Women in Horror is a great Shudder doco, directed by Donna Davies and adapted from the book of the same name by Aussie cinematic academic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (who also appears prominently as a talking head) exploring femme centric horror both in front of and behind the camera.
Divided into sections that explore childhood, school years, adulthood, motherhood and aging, combining movie clips with interviews from a range of awesome women in the genre such as Akela Cooper, Mattie Do, Mary Hardin, Brea Grant, Gigi Saul Guerrero and Roseanne Liang amount many others. There are a lot of films covered that I did know like Halloween, Carrie, Possession etc, but also plenty of films (and directors) that were new to me and I’m not excited to check out!
Highlights include Chelsea Stardust detailing a tough teen experience, isolated through bullying where she felt horror was a close friend, and was inspired by seeing the name so many women at the helm of these movies. And Akela Cooper identifying with Rachel True in The Craft, emphasising the importance of both gender and race representation on screen.
Oh and Kate Siegel’s childbirth story is NEXT LEVEL.
