Shudder recently put out the documentary 1000 Women In Horror, and if you’re at all interested in a look at how women have shaped and influenced the horror genre over the years, it’s a magnificent doc. We got the chance to sit down with the writer of the documentary, Alexandra Heller-NIcholas and the director, Donna Davies. You can check out the full interview below.

This was a thrilling interview just because the documentary is such a deep look already, but there’s so much more that we can learn about the history of women across subgenres in horror. If you haven’t seen the documentary, though, some of the most fascinating portions are more about what the everyday horror that women go through instead of those on the silver screen. Kate Siegel talking about her C-section was one part where I was squirming in my seat and defintely made me want to call my mom (I was a C-section baby).

Here’s what we had to say about the documentary in our 90% review.

The real highlight of 1000 Women In Horror are the people being interviewed, though. Like the previous documentary, Chain Reactions, this is about horror movies (or in that case, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), but its really about the personal stories that these women have with horror and how they got to where they are. Horror has used and exploited women since its inception. They’ve been the target of our eyes and slashers’ knives forever, but through all that, the genre has changed, warped, molted, and shifted. All of those changes have kept one thing the same, though: women.

In a world of documentaries feeling too long and too densely packed, 1000 Women In Horror gives the information, provides a story throughout, and will genuinely terrify you with one section of the doc. It’s a tremendous look at the women who shape the genre today, and those who have in the past.

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