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IndieWire’ s Seven Days of Scream Queens
What s ahead for this week of interviews essays and movie recommendations honoring women and queer people in horror
By Alison Foreman and Kate Erbland Oct 9, 2022 8:45 am Share This Article Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Print Talk IndieWire’s Seven Days of Scream Queens Vicky Leta Welcome to IndieWire’ s Seven Days of Scream Queens October is flying by faster than Mary Sanderson on a vacuum cleaner, so we’re taking a batty beat to honor the impact women and queer people have had on the horror genre since its inception. “Scream queen” is a maddeningly nebulous term with simple enough origins. The phrase was popularized among casting directors after the iconic performance of Fay Wray in 1933’s “King Kong” and would be used for decades to describe genre actresses from Janet Leigh in 1960’s “Psycho” to her daughter Jamie Lee Curtis in 1978’s “Halloween” and beyond. These days it’s tossed around with some frequency, used interchangeably - and incorrectly - with the term “final girl”: the last character (most often played by women but they can be of any gender expression!) alive in a slasher movie. Scream queens, it seems to us, are more than that. Womanhood and expressions of femininity have left an indelible impact on the horror genre: the helpless domesticity of “Rosemary’s Baby” as razor-sharp and painful as Pinhead’s sadomasochistic instruments of torture in “Hellraiser.” The horrors women face can be uniquely cinematic, and the temptation to mix beauty and blood too tempting for most filmmakers to resist. In 2022 - a time when the future of horror has never seemed more brightly fearsome while the future for women is historically and harrowingly unstable - motherhood, sexual safety, autonomy, freedom, and femaleness appear as prophesied next steps in the ever-mutating film space.Related
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Christopher Nolan's Best Shots: 37 Images That Define the Director's Career Ana de Armas and Michelle Williams Make a Showy Entrance Into the Best Actress Race Over the next week, we’ll wax poetic by candlelight about the true meaning of the trope; unearth feminist favorites like “Teeth” from their nostalgic crypts; pick the brains of scream queens on screens big and small; hear the horror favorites from more than a dozen woman filmmakers and horror actresses who emailed us in the lead up to Halloween; celebrate the triumphant last (???) chapter in David Gordon Green’s “Halloween” trilogy; and more. Happy haunting, ghoulfriend.SUNDAY
9 a.m. ET: What Even Is a Scream Queen? by Alison Foreman and Kate Erbland 3 p.m. ET: 25 of the Most Memorable Final Girls in Horror History by Alison ForemanMONDAY
12 p.m. ET: Cassandra Peterson on Queering the Iconic Legacy of Elvira by Samantha Bergeson 6 p.m. ET: Every “Halloween” with Horror Icon Laurie Strode, Ranked by Alison ForemanTUESDAY
1 p.m. ET: How “Teeth” Defanged the Male Gaze by Samantha Bergeson 7 p.m. ET: The 18 Scariest Woman Horror Villains by Alison ForemanWEDNESDAY
2 p.m. ET: When Your Own Body Is the Big Screen Monster by Kristen Lopez 3 p.m. ET: Barbara Crampton, Cassandra Peterson, Maika Monroe, Jennifer Tilly, and More Scream Queens Share Their Favorite Scary Movies by Alison Foreman and Kate ErblandTHURSDAY
12 p.m. ET: Remembering Fay Wray, Our Very First Scream Queen by Marya E. Gates 7 p.m. ET: 19 Skin-Crawling Body Horror Movies For and About Women by Alison ForemanFRIDAY
11 a.m. ET: In the World of Horror, Sometimes Being a ‘Crazy Woman’ Has Its Advantages by Sophie Monks KaufmanSATURDAY
8 p.m. ET: The 13 Best Feminist Horror Movies Ever Made by Alison Foreman Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. This Article is related to: Film, Television and tagged HalloweenGet The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox Subscribe