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The original Slumber Party was also written by feminist author Rita Mae Brown--though admittedly she and Amy Holden Jones admit they loaded the movie up with nudity and sleaze because that's what teen males wanted to see. I worked at a video store for a very long time, though, and know that Slumber Party is more often than not rented by females.
Debra Hill helped Carpenter write Halloween, Ginger Snaps was written by a woman, and the similarly-themed The Curse was writted and driected by a woman. The weird vampire movie Blood and Donuts was also done by a woman (Holly Dawson, I believe her name was). AND Ritualistic has a bitchin' poster collection.
Still, it is mainly a male genre, in that most horror films are directed toward a teen male audience.
Curiously enough, an Allan Moore issue of Swamp Thing dealt with lycanthropy as a metaphor for womanhood earlier and as poignantly as either Ginger Snaps or The Curse. I believe the title of the issue was even The Curse.
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