Hello! Time for my annual overview of some work I’ve done this past 12 months on women in horror, both in front and behind the camera . First up, I wrote a book called 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR, 1895-2018 and you can find out more about it here! https://www.thebluelenses.com/post/623932567433953280/new-book-1000-women-in-horror-1895-2018-now-on https://twitter.com/suspirialex/status/1284269597386960897

I wrote a chapter on Karen Arthur and just how much the big names of women’s horror criticism in the past ignored women’s horror filmmaking in Alison Peirse’s collection WOMEN MAKE HORROR, alongside @donnalmcr @ladyhorrors @SoniaLupher @ldecker_phd + more! https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/women-make-horror/9781978805118

My Spotlight profile at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists for September 2020 was on Heidi Honeycutt from @EtheriaFN @AWFJ https://twitter.com/suspirialex/status/1300938142388609024

My essay “My Name is Edna”: Fragmentation, Space and Identity in Relic (Natalie Erika James, 2020) at Film International @FilmInt http://filmint.nu/relic-natalie-erika-james-review-heller-nicholas/?m=0&ts=1612473239

I look beyond the listicles at some of the lesser known and proudly trashier history of women’s horror filmmaking at @Fangoria in the article “Wild Women with Steak Knives: The Weird World of Women’s Horror Filmmaking” in Issue 8 https://shop.fangoria.com/collections/single-issues/products/fangoria-magazine-vol-2-issue-8

And in Issue 9 of @Fangoria, I christened 2020 as The Year of Brea Grant because she fucking deserves it https://shop.fangoria.com/collections/best-sellers/products/fangoria-magazine-vol-2-issue-9

And of course, I interviewed The Long Walk by my queen Mattie Do for the Alliance of Women Film Journalists @AWFJ @MangoSodium https://awfj.org/blog/2020/02/12/the-long-walk-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

For my queens at the @TheFinalGirlsUK, I wrote about lockdown, comfort viewing and Katherine Hicks's Knight Chills (2001) https://www.thefinalgirls.co.uk/bloody-women/comfort-viewings-4?p=&m=0&ts=1612473239

At @FilmInt, I interviewed deadset legend @raphaelitequeen on her film 30 Miles from Nowhere which was super revealing about the inner workings of making your first feature http://filmint.nu/30-miles-from-nowhere-caitlin-koller-interview-heller-nicholas/

My review of Pamela Moriarty’s A Deadly Legend at the Alliance of Women Filmmakers @AWFJ https://awfj.org/blog/2020/07/08/a-deadly-legend-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

One of my favourite films of 2020 was Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli’s Violation which I believe just played Sundance; my review at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists here @AWFJ https://awfj.org/blog/2020/09/08/violation-tiff20-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

I also interviewed Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli on the eve of the world premiere of Violation last year about making rape-revenge films when you are survivors of sexual assault. Essential reading if you can face the topic. @FilmInt
http://filmint.nu/madeleine-sims-fewer-and-dusty-mancinelli-on-violation-tiff-2020/

Chinese-New Zealand filmmaker Roseanne Liang’s Shadow in the Cloud premiered at TIFF’s @MidnightMadness last year; here’s my review at the Alliance of Women Filmmakers @AWFJ https://awfj.org/blog/2020/09/15/shadow-in-the-cloud-tiff20-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

At @FilmInt, I interviewed Roseanne Liang about Shadow in the Cloud and we talked about boobs
http://filmint.nu/roseanne-liang-on-shadow-in-the-cloud-alexandra-heller-nicholas-tiff-2020/

I chat about Jax Medel and her film Day 13 at the Alliance of Women Filmmakers @AWFJ https://awfj.org/blog/2020/07/16/day-13-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

My review of Emily Harris’s brilliant recent reimagining of Carmilla at the Alliance of Women Filmmakers @AWFJ https://awfj.org/blog/2020/07/02/carmilla-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

I wrote this for @Vulture in 2018, but a reminder - there is SO MUCH MORE TO LEARN about women directed horror alone, throw those cliched top ten listicles in the bin and start with these (thanks again to @JorCru for making this happen!) https://twitter.com/suspirialex/status/1070438685638832128

And finally, I need to eat - seriously - so if you can spare the $ and follow me on Patreon, that’s where the bulk of my energies are going at the moment when it comes to women in horror! https://twitter.com/suspirialex/status/1307088175203069953

I sing the praises of Jill Gevargizian's brilliant feature version of her earlier short The Stylist for the Alliance of Women Film Journalists @JillSixx @TheStylistFilm @AWFJ https://awfj.org/blog/2021/01/28/the-stylist-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/