A guide to feminist-friendly horror movies that feature strong female characters and pass the Bechdel test.
Halloween is right around the corner, which means horror-movie season is here. But every girl worth her gore knows what a feminist nightmare scary movies can be. Drew Barrymore said it best in: “What’s the point? They’re all the same—some stupid killer stalking some big-breasted girl who can’t act who is always running up the stairs when she should be running out the front door. It’s insulting.” But lady-friendly horror flicks do exist.
There are some that aren’t all about young women getting offed because they have sex and that feature at least one female main character who takes no shit. She may wear short shorts (we aren’t here to slut shame), and she may not make it out alive, but she does it her way right up to the end. We’ve created a guide to our fave flicks that meet this feminist criteria (most are available on Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and the all-horror streaming site Shudder), and have even made a handy key so you can tell right away which ones are gory, which ones need a trigger warning for rape, and which ones actually pass the Bechdel tes
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