“All the Creatures Were Stirring” Written and Directed by Rebekah McKendry and David Ian McKendry 2018 1 hour, 20 minutes I watched it on iTunes. (I’m a fan of their shorts and of Shockwaves so I figured I better pay for this rather than wait a few weeks and stream it on Shudder.) I’m putting the finishing touches on my own Christmas horror script, “The Apology,” so I figured, ‘tis…
Read MoreDay 31: The Book of Birdie
Day 31 (HAPPY HALLOWEEN!): Female-Helmed Horror Movies For October The Book of Birdie Directed by Elizabeth E. Schuch Written by Elizabeth E. Schuch and Anami Tara Shucart 2017 1 hour, 31 minutes I watched it on iTunes. Behold: an independent horror feature with an all-female cast, written and directed by women! Birdie (the wide-eyed Ilirida Memedovski) is brought to live in a dying convent by her grandmother. It’s unclear…
Read MoreDay 30 – 3:Eye For An Eye
Day 30: Female-Helmed Horror Movies For October 3: Eye For An Eye Written, Directed and Produced by Lou Simon 2018 1 hour, 22 minutes I watched it on iTunes. This is one of those be patient, it will be worth it kind of flicks. I full on thought a few of the performances were terrible until a good ways in and then I understood there was a purpose to…
Read MoreDay 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…
Read MoreDay 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…
Read MoreDay 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…
Read MoreDay 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…
Read MoreDay 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…
Read MoreDay 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…
Read MoreDay 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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