i think the horror genre as a medium to express female trauma is really good and can be done in a way thats truly impactful and beautiful but when men utilise it to fulfil some fantasy of theirs and completely miss the mark and it just turns into them getting off to women’s pain makes me wanna truly commit unspeakable acts and by that i mean storm hollywood and kill every male director in sight
i don’t think this was particularly asked for or wanted, but here is a list of women-led horror movies that (to my knowledge) explore female pain and trauma without exploiting it (women-directed films in bold):
what ever happened to baby jane? (1962) dir. robert aldrich
possession (1981) dir. andrzej żuławski
mirror, mirror (1990) dir. marina sargenti
ginger snaps (2000) dir. john fawcett
the others (2001) dir. alejandro amenábar
trouble every day (2001) dir. claire denis
in my skin (2002) dir. marina de van
a tale of two sisters (2003) dir. kim jee-woon
high tension (2003) dir. alexandre aja
sympathy for lady vengeance (2005) dir. park chan-wook