female horror directors?

Christopher K. Philippo

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Oct 16, 2003, 11:22:55 AM10/16/03

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There was a thread "Women Horror Directors" in the Yahoo! Group
"thehorrorofitall" that I got more from, and one by the same name here
on alt.horror

Kathryn Bigelow - Near Dark
Antonia Bird - Ravenous
Deborah Brock - Slumber Party Massacre II
Claire Denis - Trouble Every Day
Roberta Findlay - Snuff; Prime Evil; Blood Sisters
Amy Holden Jones - Slumber Party Massacre
Jackie Kong - The Being; Blood Diner
Mary Lambert - Pet Sematary I & II
Barbara Peters - Humanoids from the Deep
Stephanie Rothman - Blood Bath; The Velvet Vampire
Doris Wishman - A Night to Dismember; Each Time I Kill

The above may have done other horror movies than the ones I listed,
which were just examples.

Surely there must be others?

Toff

The dog from that film you saw

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Oct 16, 2003, 11:34:39 AM10/16/03

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wasn't baise moi directed by a woman?

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Dr Walpurgis

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Oct 16, 2003, 11:43:33 AM10/16/03

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The dog from that film you saw wrote:

> wasn't baise moi directed by a woman?

No, but she was asking for it.

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The dog from that film you saw

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"Dr Walpurgis" <drwal...@blueyonder.nul> wrote in message
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> The dog from that film you saw wrote:
>
> > wasn't baise moi directed by a woman?
>
> No, but she was asking for it.

fibber! - it was 2 women actually,.
one of whom likes directing films with teh word 'pure ' in them.
such as

pure sex
pure sex 2
pure masturbation
pure anal

i'm surprised they didn't call baise moi ' pure gun pointed up my arse '

DEDHeather94

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Oct 16, 2003, 4:08:18 PM10/16/03

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Mary Harron--American Psycho

Not exactly horror but a damn good flick! :D

Heather

loucyphre

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Oct 19, 2003, 5:46:52 AM10/19/03

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>
> Mary Harron--American Psycho
>
> Not exactly horror but a damn good flick! :D
>
> Heather
>

It was a brilliant stroke giving that film to Harron, who did a great job
even if the film is not perfect. The mysogyny of Patrick Bateman, and the
world he lives in is a hard thing to handle. Harron was able to show that
brilliantly.

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Lord Retsudo

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Oct 20, 2003, 4:09:25 AM10/20/03

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"Christopher K. Philippo" <cphi...@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
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> There was a thread "Women Horror Directors" in the Yahoo! Group
> "thehorrorofitall" that I got more from, and one by the same name here
> on alt.horror
>
> Kathryn Bigelow - Near Dark
> Antonia Bird - Ravenous
> Deborah Brock - Slumber Party Massacre II
> Claire Denis - Trouble Every Day
> Roberta Findlay - Snuff; Prime Evil; Blood Sisters
> Amy Holden Jones - Slumber Party Massacre
> Jackie Kong - The Being; Blood Diner
> Mary Lambert - Pet Sematary I & II
> Barbara Peters - Humanoids from the Deep
> Stephanie Rothman - Blood Bath; The Velvet Vampire
> Doris Wishman - A Night to Dismember; Each Time I Kill

A Japanese one for you:

Shimako Sato - EKO EKO AZARAKU I + II (WIZARD OF DARKNESS and BIRTH OF THE
WIZARD) and TALE OF A VAMPIRE

Tom

Robert Lee

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Oct 20, 2003, 5:09:04 AM10/20/03

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> "Christopher K. Philippo" <cphi...@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:jJyjb.33264$Hs.2...@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>> There was a thread "Women Horror Directors" in the Yahoo! Group
>> "thehorrorofitall" that I got more from, and one by the same name here
>> on alt.horror
>>
>> Kathryn Bigelow - Near Dark
>> Antonia Bird - Ravenous
>> Deborah Brock - Slumber Party Massacre II
>> Claire Denis - Trouble Every Day
>> Roberta Findlay - Snuff; Prime Evil; Blood Sisters
>> Amy Holden Jones - Slumber Party Massacre
>> Jackie Kong - The Being; Blood Diner
>> Mary Lambert - Pet Sematary I & II
>> Barbara Peters - Humanoids from the Deep
>> Stephanie Rothman - Blood Bath; The Velvet Vampire
>> Doris Wishman - A Night to Dismember; Each Time I Kill

So does Ida Lupino count, who directed scarier movies than any of this
crap, even if they weren't horror?

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DEDHeather94

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Oct 20, 2003, 6:49:48 PM10/20/03

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>> Mary Harron--American Psycho
>>
>> Not exactly horror but a damn good flick! :D
>>
>> Heather
>>
>
>It was a brilliant stroke giving that film to Harron, who did a great job
>even if the film is not perfect. The mysogyny of Patrick Bateman, and the
>world he lives in is a hard thing to handle. Harron was able to show that
>brilliantly.
>
>------
>
>loucyphre -

I agree. She sort of tamed the story of Patrick Bateman for the screen and
"saved the book from its own bad reputation". The book was great too although
way more savage than the movie.

Heather

Christopher K. Philippo

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Oct 20, 2003, 7:32:36 PM10/20/03

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Robert Lee wrote:
> So does Ida Lupino count, who directed scarier movies than any of this
> crap, even if they weren't horror?

I don't think that's entirely fair. Near Dark and Ravenous are both
quite good, I think.

As for Lupino, what films did you have in mind? She did direct episodes
of Thriller, The Twilight Zone, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Certainly that counts for something.

Toff

Robert Lee

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Oct 20, 2003, 7:45:53 PM10/20/03

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"Christopher K. Philippo" <cphi...@nycap.rr.com> wrote in news:og_kb.7703
$%a2....@twister.nyroc.rr.com:

> Near Dark and Ravenous are both
> quite good, I think.

I missed Ravenous on the list, which is pretty good, yes.

> As for Lupino, what films did you have in mind? She did direct episodes
> of Thriller, The Twilight Zone, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
> Certainly that counts for something.

I was thinking more of The Hitch-Hiker, but yeah, the TV horror work
counts, too. Lupino's one of my big heroes (and she didn't even have to get
in bed with Hitler).

Sefton

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Oct 20, 2003, 8:04:09 PM10/20/03

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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:45:53 GMT, Robert Lee
<cranch...@snippitydoodah.earthlink.net> wrote:

>I was thinking more of The Hitch-Hiker, but yeah, the TV horror work
>counts, too. Lupino's one of my big heroes (and she didn't even have to get
>in bed with Hitler).

Leni Riefenstahl 2win

Sefton

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Christopher K. Philippo

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Oct 21, 2003, 5:09:41 PM10/21/03

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Lord Retsudo wrote:

> A Japanese one for you:
>
> Shimako Sato - EKO EKO AZARAKU I + II (WIZARD OF DARKNESS and BIRTH OF THE
> WIZARD) and TALE OF A VAMPIRE

Are you sure if Sato is a woman? The only site I saw mentioning a
gender refered to Sato as a man.

Another female horror director: Katt Shea - The Rage: Carrie 2

Toff

Norman England

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Oct 21, 2003, 6:56:47 PM10/21/03

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>> Shimako Sato - EKO EKO AZARAKU I + II (WIZARD OF DARKNESS and BIRTH
>> OF THE WIZARD) and TALE OF A VAMPIRE
>
> Are you sure if Sato is a woman? The only site I saw mentioning a
> gender refered to Sato as a man.

Ha! Shimako lives down the block from me. I'm sure she'll be thrilled to
hear this! She also does a lot of work for Capcom, doing the opening to
video games, such as the Bio-Hazard (Resident Evil) headers.

Media Fiend

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Oct 22, 2003, 2:35:00 AM10/22/03

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"Christopher K. Philippo" <cphi...@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message news:<og_kb.7703$%a2....@twister.nyroc.rr.com>...

> Robert Lee wrote:
> > So does Ida Lupino count, who directed scarier movies than any of this
> > crap, even if they weren't horror?
>
> I don't think that's entirely fair. Near Dark and Ravenous are both
> quite good, I think.
>

Kathryn Bigelow cannot be forgiven for the incredibly misogynous
STRANGE DAYS, featuring horribly gratuitous rape scenes from the
rapist's POV. Not surprisingly written by her ex-hubbie Little Jimmy
Cameron, who is the King of Misogynists (on film and in real life,
just ask all his other ex-wives).

WideScreenPig

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Oct 22, 2003, 2:43:56 AM10/22/03

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On 21 Oct 2003 23:35:00 -0700, media...@hotmail.com (Media Fiend)
writ thusly:

How is Cameron a misogynist, exactly? His films are almost
exclusively female-centric.

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Lord Retsudo

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Oct 22, 2003, 3:53:08 AM10/22/03

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"Christopher K. Philippo" <cphi...@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message

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>
>
> Lord Retsudo wrote:
>
> > A Japanese one for you:
> >
> > Shimako Sato - EKO EKO AZARAKU I + II (WIZARD OF DARKNESS and BIRTH OF
THE
> > WIZARD) and TALE OF A VAMPIRE
>
> Are you sure if Sato is a woman? The only site I saw mentioning a
> gender refered to Sato as a man.

Positive - she also trained at a London film school and shot much of TALE OF
A VAMPIRE in and around London. There are several sites that mention her
gender, and at least two of the books on Japanese film that I have mention
the fact also. There is a photo of her here:
http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/shimako/profile.html though I admit it's hard
to say anything conclusively from that photo. See also the post from 'Norman
England'.

Tom

Marifasus lupinus

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> Kathryn Bigelow cannot be forgiven for the incredibly misogynous
> STRANGE DAYS, featuring horribly gratuitous rape scenes from the
> rapist's POV. Not surprisingly written by her ex-hubbie Little Jimmy
> Cameron, who is the King of Misogynists (on film and in real life,
> just ask all his other ex-wives).

Christ-like, I forgive her.

-ml

Homer

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On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 06:43:56 GMT, WideScreenPig
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>How is Cameron a misogynist, exactly? His films are almost
>exclusively female-centric.

I thought the interrogation scene in TRUE LIES got a little out of
hand. Other than that, though, Cameron has generally had a thing
(onscreen, anyway) for strong women.
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The dog from that film you saw

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> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 06:43:56 GMT, WideScreenPig
> <spamt...@blowme.com> wrote:
>
> >How is Cameron a misogynist, exactly? His films are almost
> >exclusively female-centric.
>
> I thought the interrogation scene in TRUE LIES got a little out of
> hand. Other than that, though, Cameron has generally had a thing
> (onscreen, anyway) for strong women.
> --

that scene was totally bizarre and out of place - i really didn't understand
it at all.

cphi...@nycap.rr.com

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Updating a post of mine from last year:

There are relatively few female horror directors. Not too surprising,
since there are less female directors than men, but there are perhaps
disproportionately fewer female horror directors than there are female
directors generally.

Following are ones I knew of, and I added some directors and titles
from posts on the IMDb's Horror message board
<http://us.imdb.com/board/bd0000024/threads/>. And actually it's
starting to seem like there are quite a few!

Stephanie Aldridge - Slice 'N Dice (2003) (V)
Karen Arthur - Mafu Cage, The (1978); Lady Beware (1987)
Kathryn Bigelow - Near Dark (1987)
Antonia Bird - Ravenous (1999)
Deborah Brock - Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
Anna Campion - Loaded (1994)
Coralie - Baise-moi (2000)
Claire Denis - Trouble Every Day (2001)
Virginie Despentes - Baise-moi (2000)
Denice Duff - Song of the Vampire (2001) (V)
Roberta Findlay - Snuff (1976); Prime Evil (1988); Blood Sisters
(1987); Lurkers (1988)
Janet Greek - Spellbinder (1988)
Mary Harron - American Psycho (2000)
Bettina Hirsch - Munchies (1987)
Amy Holden Jones - Slumber Party Massacre, The (1982)
Eugenie Joseph - Mind Benders (1987); Spookies (1987)
Jackie Kong - Being, The (1983); Blood Diner (1987)
Fran Robel Kuzui - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Mary Lambert - Pet Sematary (1989); Pet Sematary II (1992)
Maria Lease - Dolly Dearest (1992)
Giovanna Lenzi - Delitti (1987)
Jennifer Chambers Lynch - Boxing Helena (1993)
Sally Mattison - Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)
Sharron Miller - Alien Zone (1978)
Barbara Peters - Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
Kristine Peterson - Critters 3 (1991); Deadly Dreams (1988)
Gaylene Preston - Mr Wrong (1985)
Deborah Roberts (I) - Frankenstein General Hospital (1988)
Stephanie Rothman - Blood Bath (1966); Velvet Vampire, The (1971)
Marina Sarghenti - Child of Darkness, Child of Light (1991) (TV);
Mirror, Mirror (1990)
Shimako Sato - Tale of a Vampire (1992); Eko eko azaraku (1995); Eko
eko azaraku II (1996)
Susan Shadburne - Shadow Play (1986)
Katt Shea - Dance of the Damned (1988); Rage: Carrie 2, The (1999)
Lynn Silver - Ghost Stories: Graveyard Thriller (1986)
Lynne Stopkewich - Kissed (1996)
Rachel Talalay - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991); Ghost in
the Machine (1993)
Ann Turner - Celia (1988)
Doris Wishman - Night to Dismember, A (1983); Each Time I Kill (2002)

The above may have done other horror movies than the ones I listed,
which were just examples.

Know of any female horror directors not named above?

Also, if there are any movies above you really don't agree could be
classified as horror, or if any of the directors are actually males,
post!

I less sure about the gender of:
Helia Colombo - Polizia brancola nel buio, La (1975)
Gabrielle Beaumont - Carmilla (1990); Godsend, The (1980)
Nettie Pena - Home Sweet Home (1981)
Hope Perello - Howling VI: The Freaks (1991) (V)
Dominique Othenin-Girard - Omen IV: The Awakening (1991) (TV); Night
Angel (1990); Halloween 5 (1989)
Rene Dalder - Hysteria (1998); Habitat (1997); Massacre at Central High
(1976)
Elly Kenner - Black Room, The (1984)

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Kei Fujiwara directed (also wrote, and appeared in) "Organ". -A brilliant
movie, one of my faves! (And she's a lovely lady too!)
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>Roberta Findlay

My favorite! TENEMENT is classic.

IAIN MCLACHLAN

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Jan 6, 2005, 7:00:20 PM1/6/05

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Hi there.

I'd also add Mexican actress Isela Vega (female lead in Peckinpah's Bring Me
the Head of Alfredo Garcia) who directed at least one horror movie called
Lovers of the Lord of the Night (which got a US release), British director
Gabrielle Beamont who helmed The Godsend (1980) as well as one of The
Beastmaster sequels and loads of genre stuff on US TV.

I think Po-Chih Leong who directed Brit vampire flick The Wisdom of
Crocodiles (98) may be female as might be Shimako Sato who directed Tale of
a Vampire (1992).

Jess Franco's long-time muse Lina Romay reportedly directed some movies
under the pseudonym Candy Coster, but so did Franco himself so tracking them
down will be very difficult.

In addition Wendy Toye also directed a segment of Three Cases of Murder
involving a haunted painting which could be considered macabre. I did a
review of that for my website:

www.geocities.com/bigfatpav2000/threecasesofmurder.html

Hope this proves of use.

Cheers.

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Toff

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Lovers of the Lord of the Night looks like it might be hard to get a
copy? Gabrielle Beamont I had on my list towards the bottom - I wasn't
sure of the sex, but I think you're right. I actually have The Gosend,
but haven't watched it yet.

Po-Chih Leong looks like a man in the photo on Yahoo! movies. An
indiewire article refers to Leong as a man also. A user here had
previously identified Sako as female, and she's on the list.

Three Cases of Murder was a good movie, I agree!

Thanks for those, thanks also to Hel-REYzah for identifying Kei
Fujiwara.

So, SpaceGirl, do you have a script?

Toff

SpaceGirl

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Jan 7, 2005, 6:48:52 AM1/7/05

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Toff wrote:

> So, SpaceGirl, do you have a script?

Lots... I write horror/sci-fi novels and stories, and I have a stack of
scripts.

Toff

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Jan 23, 2005, 11:23:28 AM1/23/05

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Two more:

Stephanie Beaton - Tales from the Grave, Volume 2: Happy Holidays
(2005) (V; Bloody Bender's Return (2003) (V); Evil in the Bayou (2003)
(V); Tales From the Grave (2003) (V)

Ana Clavell - Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2004); Horror 102: Endgame
(2004) (V)

Bonestructure

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Don't forget good ole Doris Wishman

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Thanks Bonestructure! Actually, I had Doris Wishman in the original
post, which perhaps you hadn't seen. There are a few more movies of
hers I could add to her horror filmography, I guess.

Here's another I just learned of today.

Anna Thomas - Haunting of M (1980)

Sounds like a good movie, but unfortunately it appears not even the
director has a copy!

Toff

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Feb 2, 2005, 12:29:16 AM2/2/05

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I've added yet a couple more. Thanks to everybody for their help. The
updated complete list:

Stephanie Aldridge - Slice 'N Dice (2003) (V)
Karen Arthur - Mafu Cage, The (1978); Lady Beware (1987)

Stephanie Beaton - Tales from the Grave, Volume 2: Happy Holidays
(2005) (V; Bloody Bender's Return (2003) (V); Evil in the Bayou (2003)
(V); Tales From the Grave (2003) (V)

Kathryn Bigelow - Near Dark (1987)
Antonia Bird - Ravenous (1999)
Deborah Brock - Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
Anna Campion - Loaded (1994)

Ana Clavell - Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2004); Horror 102: Endgame
(2004) (V)

Coralie - Baise-moi (2000)
Claire Denis - Trouble Every Day (2001)
Virginie Despentes - Baise-moi (2000)
Denice Duff - Song of the Vampire (2001) (V)

Sharon Ferranti - Make a Wish (2002) (V)

Roberta Findlay - Snuff (1976); Prime Evil (1988); Blood Sisters
(1987); Lurkers (1988)

Kei Fujiwara - Organ (1996)

Janet Greek - Spellbinder (1988)
Mary Harron - American Psycho (2000)
Bettina Hirsch - Munchies (1987)

Kelly Hughes - Cage aux zombies, La (1995) (V)

Anna Thomas - Haunting of M (1980)

Wendy Toye - Three Cases of Murder (1955) (segment "In the Picture")

Ann Turner - Celia (1988)

Isela Vega - Amantes del señor de la noche, Los (1986)
Doris Wishman - The Amazing Transplant (1970); Come with Me, My Love
(1976); Night to Dismember, A (1983); Each Time I Kill (2002)

The above may have done other horror movies than the ones I listed,
which were just examples

Know of any female horror directors not named above?

Bonestructure

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"Toff" <cphi...@nycap.rr.com> wrote in news:1107322156.326821.148350
@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

> Rene Dalder - Hysteria (1998); Habitat (1997); Massacre at Central High
>

I'm pretty sure he's a man. The female version of that name is spelled
Renee
Helia Colombo I have no idea
The rest are women

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Feb 2, 2005, 10:56:48 AM2/2/05

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Thanks Bonestructure, although it can be hard to tell just from the
name alone. Many names I thought of as exclusively female turn out to
be unisex (or whether it is male or female depends on the individual's
home country). For example, some people think Andrea Bianchi and Kim
Henkel are female directors, but I'm pretty sure they're men. Rene
(that spelling) is apparently a unisex name.

Anyhow, here's yet another I came across last night:

Dorna van Rouveroy - Intensive Care (1992)

I keep learning of more and more female horror directors, I guess they
just haven't received much recognition or attention. In the case of
Dorna van Rouveroy, she's got the number ten movie on IMDb's Bottom
Rated Horror Movies: way to go!

Toff