Every year I’m shocked at just how quickily Women in Horror Month flies by. I mean, how the hell are we in the home stretch already? So, rather than throw more reviews at you (since I do that all year anyway) we’re gonna spend the final week on some lists.
In the interest of encouraging everyone (including myself, who has been comfort watching movies I’ve already seen a billion times basically since the moment the pandemic began) to
Watch More Women
I’ve compiled a list of women-driven films that came out in 2020/21 that I want to see.
Note: You can check out my entry for WiHM last year here if you’re interested.
Written by Women:
Amulet (2020)
Written and directed by Romola Garai.
Synopsis:
Tomaz, an ex-soldier now homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house, inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for Magda, Tomaz cannot ignore his suspicion that something insidious might also be living alongside them.
Streaming Platform:
Hulu, Rental
Sea Fever (2020)
Written and directed by Neasa Hardiman.
Synopsis:
The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
Streaming Platform:
Hulu, Kanopy, Hoopla, Rental
Relic (2020)
Great things have been bandied about in regards to this one. I have considered just blind-buying it (I do that a lot) instead of renting. I still might.
Synopsis:
When Edna—the elderly and widowed matriarch of the family—goes missing, her daughter and granddaughter travel to their remote family home to find her. Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and taking control of Edna.
Streaming Platform:
Rental
The Other Lamb (2020)
Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska.
Synopsis:
For her entire life, the cult she was born into has been all that teenage Selah has known. Along with a band of similarly cloistered young women she lives seemingly unstuck in time, cut off from modern society in a remote forest commune presided over by a man called Shepherd, a controlling, messiah-like figure with a frightening dark side. But when her insular world is rocked by a series of nightmarish visions and disturbing revelations, Selah begins to question everything about her existence—including her allegiance to the increasingly dangerous Shepherd.
Streaming Platform:
Hulu, Rental
Candyman (2021)
Duh.
Directed by Nia DaCosta.
Synopsis:
A “spiritual sequel” to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.
Streaming Platform:
Unknown, current release date August 2021
Saint Maud (2020)
Directed by Rose Glass. Why are there not more possession stories helmed by women???
Synopsis:
Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.
Streaming Platform:
DIRECTV, Epix (apparently you can’t even rent it elsewhere yet, which suuuucks)
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