doomkittiekhan's review
4.0
Nice assortment of essays on the horror genre and the women who helped define it. I especially enjoyed the interview with Ana Lily Amirpour.
ceruleanjen's review
4.0
An interesting look into the female directors, actresses, writers, and more that helped shape the horror genre, even if a good bit of them are overlooked for doing so. Some of the women selected I was expecting from the cover and due to popularity, but others, such as Zelda Rubinstein (Tangina from the Poltergeist movies, Mary Lambert (director of Pet Sematary, and Karen Walton, director of Ginger Snaps are also covered.
It was very informative and interesting to learn more about the often overlooked women of the genre. The way the topic of feminism was discussed in regards to horror was also fascinating. I would love to see another volume like this with women like Lin Shaye, Felicia Rose, Pamela Springsteen, Danielle Harris, Janet Leigh, Linda Blair, Katharine Isabelle, P.J. Soles, Shawnee Smith, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Rebecca De Mornay, and Christina Ricci. Would be interesting to see television such as American Horror Story discussed as well.
I haven't seen all of the movies or read all of the books in here but definitely going to add a lot to my list now. I especially liked how movies such as Get Out and The Stepford Wives were compared.
My only gripe was that it would have been nice if there have been better spoiler warnings for a few of the movies (not everyone has seen all of these yet). Giving away the ending without an obvious spoiler warning where your eyes don't already see the text beside it could have been prevented. (Spoiler warning) *Spoiler right beside it* kind of defeats the purpose.
Otherwise, a great look at the female perspective of Horror. 3.5 stars
It was very informative and interesting to learn more about the often overlooked women of the genre. The way the topic of feminism was discussed in regards to horror was also fascinating. I would love to see another volume like this with women like Lin Shaye, Felicia Rose, Pamela Springsteen, Danielle Harris, Janet Leigh, Linda Blair, Katharine Isabelle, P.J. Soles, Shawnee Smith, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Rebecca De Mornay, and Christina Ricci. Would be interesting to see television such as American Horror Story discussed as well.
I haven't seen all of the movies or read all of the books in here but definitely going to add a lot to my list now. I especially liked how movies such as Get Out and The Stepford Wives were compared.
My only gripe was that it would have been nice if there have been better spoiler warnings for a few of the movies (not everyone has seen all of these yet). Giving away the ending without an obvious spoiler warning where your eyes don't already see the text beside it could have been prevented. (Spoiler warning) *Spoiler right beside it* kind of defeats the purpose.
Otherwise, a great look at the female perspective of Horror. 3.5 stars
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