Blog Supporting Female Filmmakers
I've made many lists of recommendations for horror content on the blog for spooky season over the past few years, so this year I thought I would dive into Shudder's collection and see whether they have any female-directed exclusives that you should check out this October to not only enjoy the spooks but support some female creators as well.
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 …
Dark Whispers is an Anthology horror film from creator Megan Riakos and features 11 different stories each from 11 different female directors. When Clara discovers her deceased mother’s revered ‘Book of Dark Whispers’, she can’t stop reading the strange stories within its mystical pages. Each weird tale reveals a new facet of the twisted human psyche... or the not-so-human, as the case may be.
For this spooky season I thought it only fitting to showcase the true horror of sexism that has and continues to occur within film productions.
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.
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 …