Introduction / Victoria McCollum and Aislinn Clarke -- Horror's founding mothers : women in proto-cinema, visual avant-gardes and the silent era / Erica Tortolani -- Women's filmmaking and the male-centred horror film / Alexandra Heller-Nicholas -- Angela Bettis : herstory in horror / James Francis -- Stitches, screams and female beauty : Canadian women horror film / Shelby Shukaliak, Eve O'Dea and Ernest Mathijs -- 'They've got something you haven't. A cock' : exploring the gendered experience of women directors of horror in Britain / Amy Harris -- At our table : conceptualising the Black woman's horror film aesthetic / Ashlee Blackwell -- Women in horror film festivals : representation, dark storytelling and an international community of filmmakers / Kate R. Robertson -- But are you really into horror : female-centric horror film festivals, horror curators and industry champions / Anna Bogutskaya -- Short sharp shocks : an interview with women who make horror shorts / Brian Hauser -- His canon, herself : teaching horror as feminist cinema / Dan Vena, Iris Robinson, Patrick Woodstock.
Summary:
"Bloody Women: Women Directors of Horror is the first book-length exploration of female creators at the cutting edge of contemporary horror, turning out some of its most inspired and twisted offerings"-- Provided by publisher.
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