ladybeegood:

lesbianspacepilot:

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
  • teeth (2007) dir. mitchell lichtenstein
  • jennifer’s body (2009) dir. karyn kusama
  • black swan (2010) dir. darren aronofsky
  • silent house (2012) dir. laura lau & chris kentis
  • american mary (2012) dir. jen & sylvia soska
  • stoker (2013) dir. park chan-wook
  • carrie (2013) dir. kimberly peirce
  • soulmate (2013) dir. axelle carolyn
  • dark touch (2013) dir. marina de van
  • the babadook (2014) dir. jennifer kent
  • it follows (2014) dir. david robert mitchell
  • the witch (2015) dir. robert eggers
  • crimson peak (2015) dir. guillermo del toro
  • the invitation (2015) dir. karyn kusama
  • the lure (2015) dir. agnieszka smoczyńska
  • under the shadow (2016) dir. babak anvari
  • raw (2016) dir. julia ducournau
  • the eyes of my mother (2016) dir. nicolas pesce
  • a dark song (2016) dir. liam gavin
  • always shine (2016) dir. sophia takal
  • hereditary (2018) dir. ari aster

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