THE 1001ST WOMAN OF HORROR
“I grew up believing that horror was a boys’ club. Of course, in many ways it still is – both in the industry and in terms of the fandom. I know for myself and many other women, Carol J Clover’s [1992] book ‘Men, Women and Chainsaws’ was a real lightning bolt moment when we realised there were ways into this genre for women spectators and creatives that weren’t necessarily regressive or selling out ‘team woman’. It was hugely liberating, and this book in large part seeks to continue that sense of liberation.”
This is Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, contextualising the gender-corrective approach to genre cinema in her latest book ‘1000 Women in Horror 1895-2018’. She also, with typical modesty,
