1000 Women in Horror

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1000 Women in Horror

2025

1h 36m

Documentary

Horror

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A group of female filmmakers discuss the unique perspective women bring to the horror genre.

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Kimber Myers

Crooked Marquee

Mar 23

B-

It does more than scratch the surface of horror, and some of the lesser-known movies it references will help grow the watchlists of the creepy cognoscenti who are looking for some deeper cuts.

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John Anderson

Wall Street Journal

Mar 21

“1000 Women” is briskly entertaining and wildly informative as a clip show, insightful in its academic analysis, and the structure of the film enables a tidy organization of an often messy bunch of films.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Apr 29

Providing plenty of recommendations and inspiration for future viewing, this also successfully manages to deliver reappraisals of some much-maligned movies and the message that "horror is for everyone, because death is for everyone".

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Apr 10

Once you finish the film you will definitely get hyped for the (female) future of the genre, but also add lots of films to your watchlist.

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

Apr 6

It’s an expansive history of women in the horror film genre, both in front of and behind the camera, as well as examinations of tropes and tendencies.

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

Apr 3

3/4

90 minutes is not enough time to cover a topic worthy of a multi-part documentary, especially when it comes down to being a book promotion. But that doesn’t mean its examination isn’t interesting even with a fraction of the women represented.

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M W

@RT47582036 Mar 22

Horrible! Women can do whatever men do. It basically was women saying they can direct /produce like it’s new and never available to them. Some of the movies they showed were horrible. Maybe just show a successful movie. I don’t know…..most of the people giving commentary made horrible movies. If it’s a good movie I don’t care what sex u are. lol. Mostly just a bitchfest.

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B P

@Bradster69 Mar 20

Enlightening and Entertaining Doc Will Leave You Wanting More

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A group of female filmmakers discuss the unique perspective women bring to the horror genre.

Director: Donna Davies
Producer: Donna Davies, Giles Edwards, Nicola Goelzhaeuser
Screenwriter: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Distributor: Shudder
Genre: Documentary, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 20, 2026
Runtime: 1h 36m