Blog Supporting Female Filmmakers
For the longest time the term horror film was synonymous to women being tormented by x threat for 90mins through an intensified predatory male gaze. So I thought I would walk through some of the key ways the genre is shifting for the better under the female gaze.
How to get your female filmmaker fix this spooky season. I already compiled a list, a little while ago now, of some top female directed horror films but this year I realised that there are still many more films to talk about, and even some new ones that have since been released. So here are …
Now it's October, and officially spooky season, I thought I would turn my attention to some of the biggest Horror movie franchises to see which ones were adding female directors to their properties.
Vampires, Time-Travel, and Dystopian Societies...Oh My! Something quite incredible is happening at the moment. Women are landing blockbuster directing jobs in the notoriously male heavy world of the sci-fi and superhero genres. With the success of Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman a range of incredible women are appearing as directors on other projects in a similar realm. S.J …
It is the month of the Hallows and so everyone is looking for some seriously spooky entertainment to appropriately scare the socks off their frightened flailing feet. So why not change up your classic list and watch something directed by a woman this year? Horror has a habit of victimising the female by shooting women with …