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“There are not a lot of female directors period, and even less who are inclined to do horror,” Blum says.”

female horror director over here! 👋 would love to direct for

Blumhouse has never produced a theatrically released horror movie directed by a woman — but hopes to

The new Halloween is a terrifying, faithful sequel that also raises questions about the booming horror business

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To be fair there are fewer female horror directors,

didn’t say they don’t exist, but we could do with being trusted, invested in, and supported more. That will help inspire and grow a new generation of female horror filmmakers. It’s a gap that can be bridged.

7:46 PM · Oct 17, 2018

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Suzette L. Prutsok

@SuzetteLPrutsok

They r coming up.., .. But u r right, mainly male dominated genre of filmmaking.

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All filmmaking is male dominated right now and historically. It’s time for change.

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Would love to see a “Get Out” style horror film highlighting for men all the scary shit women have to be aware of. Walking to their car at night, “safety in numbers”... shit they take for granted.

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I haven’t seen it yet but I hear

short film Catcalls is about that AND it’s brilliant.

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Are you exclusively a horror director?

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I wouldn’t classify myself as exclusively anything, I think it would be weird to do that, but I do (obviously) direct horror.

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I guess what he should've said was that they aren't very well known.

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Maybe one way to fix that would be to hire more of them 🤷🏼‍♀️

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This is a fair response

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@paulBir02135505

Marjane Satrapi is the one that springs most to mind and she’s absolutely fantastic so I’d be well up for more females directing horrors (couldn’t stand Babadook tho but the direction was lovely)

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