Women of Horror: We love you. We support you. Horror wouldn’t be here without you.

A history of omissions…

Let’s open with a baffling misconception: Women are new to the filmmaking trenches. What?! Why this fallacy spread, we’ll never understand. How it spread is by omission; and, such seemingly passive silence can be dangerously aggressive. A quick study of film history (hell, even a 3-second Google search) will smash that ignorance to smithereens. Consider this from the Women Film Pioneers Project: “More women worked at all levels inside and outside the Hollywood film industry in the first two decades than at any time since …not limited to the U.S. …a global phenomenon.” Another film fact from Mic: “Many of the highest-earning screenwriters in the early era of Hollywood were women.” Indeed, “more women than men owned independent production companies in 1923” notes The Week magazine. And, if you haven’t heard of Alice Guy-Blaché (one of Hitchcock’s greatest influences), look her up – trust us on this! Fast-forward to Cate Blanchett’s 2014 Oscar acceptance speech that turned ripples into waves, followed by Patricia Arquette’s groundbreaking 2015 Oscar acceptance speech, and the modern-day gap in both gender diversity and pay equality is just now being openly addressed.

While some film publications have been satisfied with a mere mention of who made the best-dressed list, our Slaughtered Bird family isn’t interested in that outer stuff. We want the guts. We want Horror, creators of Horror, champions, sentinels, curators of the macabre! The no-holds-barred women we’re highlighting this month deliver the goods repeatedly. These inspiring women are killing it (onscreen and off) daily.

“Where spaces don’t exist for the female artist/fan, you have carved them out. Where screens aren’t projecting films made by women,

you made them appear.”

- Women In Horror Month Official Website

Maybe, yesterday, when you thought of an amazing Horror director, screenwriter, cinematographer, author, editor, makeup artist, or actor, only men popped to mind? This month, that changes forevermore. History needs to be rewritten, this time with the actual facts.

It is our honor to celebrate the 7th Annual Women In Horror Month with our die-hard fans by showcasing women in all veins of the Horror world. We’re sure you’ll recognize many of these inspiring friends and colleagues, and we’re beyond delighted to introduce to you the new faces you don’t yet know.

With pride, we present: Women In Horror Month 2016. Join us in Horror-ific celebration!

- The Slaughtered Bird Family

Featured Interviews:

(Check back here often – we’ll be adding links to our featured Horror pioneers throughout the month.)

Nadine L’Esperance Melanie Light Tristan Risk Joanne Mitchell

Barbie Wilde Natalie Jean Prano Bailey-Bond ‘Kreepazoid’ Kelly