1000 Women in Horror (2025)

7.0/10 96 min Documentary Horror

Overview

Is horror a man’s world? You might assume so – but you won’t be thinking that way for long once you investigate the vast contribution women have made to horror movies for well over a century. In 2020, award-winning Australian critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas released the definitive book on the subject: 1000 Women in Horror, 1895–2018, an encyclopaedic work celebrating the many women – filmmakers, actors, producers and technicians – who have shaped the genre since the moment cinema’s light first flickered.

Cast

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

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Roxanne Benjamin

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Akela Cooper

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Mattie Do

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Brea Grant

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Gigi Saul Guerrero

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Mary Harron

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Kier-La Janisse

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Nikyatu Jusu

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Natasha Kermani

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Roseanne Liang

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Toby Poser

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Lin Shaye

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Kate Siegel

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Chelsea Stardust

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Jenn Wexler

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