Women Directors...

[nightbreed]

With all the ovary talk lately i figured id chime in and pose this question-

Why arent we seeing any female directors/ writers of horror films? I mean dont get me wrong, there has definatly been alot of high profile positions involving women in hollywood lately. I seem to be seeing more and more female exec producers and art directors. I mean really when was the last time you even heard of a woman directing? I mean it frustrates me- and im a guy! A simple answer to this question is that we live in a patriachal society, but is that really the only answer? Ladies?

[avenger00soul]

All three Slumber Party Massacre films were written and directed by women. If you seen these films you would know they are just as bad, if not worse, than any male-directed slasher film.

That should just about wrap up the sexism topic. Women can make the same shitty movies guys can.

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by nightbreed
[B]With all the ovary talk lately i figured id chime in and pose this question-

Why arent we seeing any female directors/ writers of horror films?

Directors...
Drew Barrymore...She was all over her movies...Not horror though...maybe she contributed something behind the scenes in "Scream"...
Penny Marshall...But, again...not horror

Writers...
Anne Rice and Mary Shelley both wrote books that became movies...As well as many other female authors

[nightbreed]

Originally posted by avenger00soul
All three Slumber Party Massacre films were written and directed by women. If you seen these films you would know they are just as bad, if not worse, than any male-directed slasher film.

That should just about wrap up the sexism topic. Women can make the same shitty movies guys can.

holy hell your right. i forgot all about those films. but i wasnt trying to encite a sexist debate in any way i just wanted to know what the everyone thought.

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by nightbreed
holy hell your right. i forgot all about those films. but i wasnt trying to encite a sexist debate in any way i just wanted to know what the everyone thought.

I know you were'nt. That was my response to ALL of these related threads. Sorry.

Here's an example of a good female director: Kathryn Bigelow. She directed the best vampire movie ever, Near Dark. And her writing partner was a man!! OMG, can it be? Women and Men working together and making great things.

[Dr.Kelvinstein]

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.

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by Dr.Kelvinstein
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 was saving that part in case any certain feminist on here had a negative reply.

[Dr.Kelvinstein]

Sorry for telegraphing the last punch of your left/right combo, dude. I'm sure you can still score a KO, though.

[Psychoholic]

Doris Wishman :-)

[Sam The Egg]

Mary Harron wrote and directed American Psycho. (screenplay, not book)