WOMEN IN HORROR RECOGNITION MONTH 2013

Yay! Finlly it's back! Women in Horror Recognition Month has returned to assist the female geniuses of the horror world in gaining opportunities, exposure and education through philantropic events, printed articles and interviews and endless types of online support. At the same time Women in Horror Recognition Month wishes to break down social construct and educate the public in terms of discrimination within the business and how the public can help females in reaching equality and the opportunity to create and share their concept of life, pain and freedom.

Strong, artistic females that aren't afraid to break away and set an example, are truly and personally inspiring to me. I often feel that women (no, I'm not one of those who androgynize people) are more artistic and emotionally expressing themselves, so encouraging the public to get involved with underrepresented female artists can also turn the public into a positive platform for aspiring women that need an extra spark of courage and enlightenment.

Last year I published a few entries on female rolemodels (or simply just hot females) within the genre, both characters and artists; Women in Uniforms, The Femme Fatale of Female Villains, Feisty Females & Classic Scream Queens, Female Horror Icon Moments, Fabulous Female Writers, Female Filmmakers and Fabulous Female Artists. This year I haven't planned on posting anything personal in relation to WiHM but I would recommend you to take a look at this year's ambassadors - amongst them some of my personal favorites that I'll be following.

BLOGS
Two of my favorite horror bloggers have taken on the task of enlightening us of the female power on different levels within horror; Brittney-Jade Colangelo at Day of the Woman and Christine Hadden at Fascination With Fear. I also stumbled across Disturbed - Patient #9 which is a twisted but fascinating blog posting both personal thoughts, imagery and videos.

PODCASTS

Dark Dolls talk all things horror related, wheter it's books, movies or real life events. They are also open for submissions of independent movies, books, music, PR etc. The Whorer takes a punk-fem-queer approach to horror films and offers diverse episodes from tv-show and movie analyses to horror history.

FILM FESTIVALS
Ax Wound Film Festival (US) is this year supporting WiHM on the big screen by accepting short and feature horror film made by women. Jennifer's Bodies (UK) is hosting its 2013 film festival in Edinburgh, Scotland and accepting submissions directed, produced or written by women. Popcorn Horror's (UK) mission is to show the world that you don't need to be a famous movie producer to release an amazing film. Popcorn Horror is open for submissions and is building a community based on its content providers.

SHORT STORIES & REVIEWS

Sirens Call Publications is always on the lookout for new talents and if you have a piece that shows creativity, originality and a desire to share your story - don't hestitate to submit. Nina D'Arcangela posts some juicy book reviews at Spreading the Writer's Word and Bleeding Dead Film Reviews offers a wide range of both short and feature film previews and reviews.

WOMEN IN HORROR RECOGNITION MONTH: FEMALE FILMMAKERS

In honor of Women In Horror Recognition Month, I hereby present my top 3 of female filmmakers. 







MARY LAMBERT

Mary Lambert (2007)

Mary Lambert is known to horror fans for directing the 1989 adaption of Stephen King's novel Pet Sematary (1989), and its sequel Pet Sematary II (1992). This Arkansas born film director is also known for Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005), the thriller The Attic (2007) and the upcoming action/horror High Midnight (2012) where a "broken-down sheriff is forced to join forces with an obsessed Victorian vampire hunter to defeat an undead force consuming a small frontier town in 1892 New Mexico".


Other trivia: Mary Lambert stars as herself in the 2009 documentary Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror. She is also known for directing some of the music industry's most famous music videos, amongst them Chris Isaak's Dancin and Janet Jackson's Nasty and Control. She has also directed videos for Annie Lennox, Mick Jagger, Whitney Houston (RIP), Live, Mötley Crüe, Queensryche, Sting and many others. Her most famous include Madonna's videos Like a Virgin, Material Girl and Like a Prayer.

DEBRA HILL 

Debra Hill

Debra Hill (November 10th 1950 - March 7th 2005) was an American screenwriter and film producer, mostly known for co-writing and co-producing my all time favorite horror movie Halloween (1978). After working with John Carpenter as a script supervisor and assistant editor (of Assault on Precinct 13 in 1975), Debra Hill started further professional collaborations with Carpenter, which also marked the beginning of their personal relationship.

In 1978 Debra Hill and John Carpenter co-wrote and co-produced Halloween. Following its success, they worked together on Halloween II (1981) and Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982). Hill and Carpenter also worked on The Fog (1980) together.

Other trivia: Debra Hill was in 2003 honored by Women In Film with the Crystal Award.




DIABLO CODY

Diablo Cody (2007)

Born Brook Busey, Diablo Cody is an American screenwriter and author. She first became known for her candid chronicling of her year as a stripper in her 'The Pussy Ranch' blog and her 2006 memoir Candy Girl. A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper.

In 2007, Diablo Cody sold a horror script called Jennifer's Body to Fox Atomic. Released in 2009, the horror/comedy Jennifer's Body starred Megan Fox as the title character, a movie which Cody also directed and for which Cody now is widely known in the horror circuit. 

Other trivia: Diablo Cody has been nominated for several awards for her movie Juno, amongst them People's Choice Award during the Toronto International Film Festival, the Golden Globe, Independent Spirit Award, and has earned four Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture and won one for Best Original Screenplay.