Women in Horror
Here’s Why Dee Wallace is the Undisputed Queen of Horror
What was your first Dee Wallace horror film? Was it when you hoped against hope that Lynne Wood could survive the murderous cannibals of The Hills Have Eyes (1977)? Or when you watched Karen Whit...
Maybe Male Filmmakers Shouldn’t Tell Women’s Stories: On ‘Men’ and ‘Last Night in Soho’
The men are at it again. Or, more accurately, they’re at it more prominently, and with a significantly larger budget. Over the past year alone, two mainstream movies have been released in quick succes...
Joey’s Top 10 Horror Movies of 2021
Even with the world falling apart around us, 2021 was a stellar year for horror. For those of us who have been obsessed with the genre for much of our lives, that comes as no surprise, since horror ha...
Seven Badass Horror Heroines Who Deserve More Credit
Horror has a reputation for being a male-dominated scene. It’s a genre run by men, made for men, starring men; that’s what the consensus seems to be. This has always been insane to me, because there a...
Slaxx Boasts One Seriously Killer Pair of Pants [Review]
Oftentimes, with horror movies, a goofy premise works better on paper than it does in practice. You only have to look to the recent Aquaslash – a film about a killer waterslide – for evidence that a g...
Witch Hunt is Radical Horror [SXSW 2021 Review]
Witch Hunt, the sophomore feature from writer-director Elle Callahan (Head Count), opens with two definitions of its title. The first is the traditional one, while the second considers how the term ha...
Five Female Directed VHS Horror Films You Should Have Rented
The rise of the video store was a treasure trove for genre fans, and the nostalgia for VHS horror has spawned everything from documentaries detailing the primarily independent industry that helped lin...
The Sinners is an Impressive Directorial Debut from Courtney Paige [Review]
The Sinners makes literal an idea that has been floating around ever since men first decided they were in charge – women are, by their very nature, bad and must be kept in line accordingly. Courtney P...
Kaitlyn Bernard and Brenna Llewellyn Talk The Sinners [Interview]
The Sinners is the directorial debut of actress Courtney Paige who also penned the script, produced, and did plenty more behind the scenes to boot. The film follows a group of seven girls who have bee...
