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Poppy Z Brite is another famous horror author(ess).
One thing to consider is that women statistically may not be predisposed to horror (of course there are exceptions) as much as men. What if they simply have a stronger aversion to horror as a basic psychological predilection? If so, it will never be a genre where there is a parity of women voices to men. If that is the case, women will never be portrayed fairly in horror. It could be that simple.
As for misogyny in slasher movies, I think, on the whole, women are portrayed very poorly in that subgenre. But you have to remember that the heyday of slashers were in the late 70s and 80s. Women were rarely portrayed well in any genre of any kind of movie. Misogyny was by no means unique to slasher films.
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