Day 29: The Falling

Day 29: Female-Helmed Horror Movies For October The Falling Written and Directed by Carol Morley 2014 1 hour, 42 minutes I watched it on Amazon Prime with my friend Natalie Klinger Heyman while the kids were at school, and we ate pizza and sweets. It was awesome. Sometimes this stay-at-home-mom gig really has its pluses, even if we so rarely take advantage.   I found this movie in an article…

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Day 28: Shorts Showcase

Day 28: Female-Helmed Horror Movies For October Short Films   Persephone Directed and Co-Written by Lisa J. Dooley 2014 5 minutes I watched it on www.funsizehorror.com A young woman (Rae Olivier) wakes up in a coffin and you’d think that’s the worst of it. But the challenges only keep coming. It’s terrifying. The claustrophia is so real and yet, Dooley manages to make that buried coffin a preferable place to…

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Day 27: Shorts by Rebekah McKendry

Day 27: Female-Helmed Horror Movies For October Short Films Directed by Rebekah McKendry   Rebekah McKendry is a true horror fanatic. I became a fan from her co-hosting duties on Shockwaves, the Blumhouse podcast about all things horror. She’s passionate about all kinds of scary movies but especially seems to champion the merits of “lower brow” horror like shark movies and other “aquatihorror.” She likes what she likes and she’s…

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Day 26: Donner Pass

Day 26: Female-Helmed Horror Movies For October Donner Pass Directed and Co-Story by Elise Robertson 2011 1 hour, 30 minutes I watched it on Amazon Prime. (Shout out to the fabulous Catherine Cobb for both suggesting it and being the Script Supervisor on the film! She’s been the Script Supervisor on several of my movies and she does an awesome job.)   Hey, I didn’t mind it. I even had…

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Day 25: B.C. Butcher

Day 25: Female-Helmed Horror Movies For October B.C. Butcher Directed and Co-Written by Kansas Bowling 2016 51 minutes I watched it on Amazon Prime.   This was not a good movie but it seems completely disinterested in being one. So I guess I won’t hold that against it. Director and Co-Writer Kansas Bowling made this movie independently when she was just 17 on 16 mm film. She’s a big proponent…

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Day 24: The Devil’s Doorway

Day 24: Female-Helmed Horror Movies For October The Devil’s Doorway Directed by Aislinn Clarke Written by Aislinn Clarke, Martin Brennan and Michael B. Jackson 2018 1 hour, 17 minutes   In Ireland in 1960, at one of those terrible Magdalene Laundry convents the Catholic Church used to horrifically imprison women deemed sinful (unmarried and pregnant, sex workers, mentally ill or whatever else they didn’t like), two priests, Father John, the…

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Day 23: The Open House

Day 23: Female-Helmed Horror Movies For October The Open House Written, Directed and Co-Produced by Suzanne Coote and Matt Angel 2018 1 hour, 34 minutes I watched it on Netflix.   “The Open House” is a waste of time. This thing is so full of MacGuffins and then it ends up being exactly what you thought it’d be from the beginning. This is the first feature for directors, Suzanne Coote…

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Day 22: The Countess

Day 22: Female-Helmed Horror Movies For October The Countess Starring and Written, Composed and Directed by Julie Delpy 2009 1 hour, 38 minutes I watched it on DVD, borrowed from the library. (Use your library, folks! The resources are amazing. They have the entire Criterion Collection, for example.)   The Countess Elizabeth Bathory (Julie Delpy) was an infamous Hungarian countess and serial killer who lived from 1560-1614. After being separated…

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Day 21: Mirror, Mirror

Day 21: Female-Helmed Horror Movies For October Mirror, Mirror Directed and Co-Written by Marina Sargenti 1990 1 hour, 44 minutes I watched it on Amazon Prime with my husband, John. (Lovingly restored in glorious 4:3 pan and scan with all the original scratches and film tears left intact for historical relevance.)   This was delightful. It felt absolutely made by women. The main relationship of the movie is between two…

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Day 20: Tormented (aka Berkshire County)

Day 20: Female-Helmed Horror Movies For October Tormented (aka Berkshire County) Directed by Audrey Cummings 2014 1 hour, 23 minutes I watched it on Tubi.   This movie started out under the title “Berkshire County” and then became “Tormented.” For once, a title change was a good idea. It sets up the theme so nicely. Kylie (Alysa King) goes to a high school Halloween party, where she is coerced by…

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