This article is dedicated to the wonderful women that grace the Horror genre. I, along with many fans, thank and appreciate you all, not only for contributing to the genre, but for being its backbone and giving it legs.
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The chances of meeting a films star through a social media comments section is quite improbable. Lucky for myself as well as for readers, this small back and forth turned into a full interview with the Hellraiser Judgement star, Alexandra E. Harris. We sat and talked about Hellraiser Judgement, Women in Horror and yes that INFAMOUS scene in the movie.
![[#WiHM] The Decade That Changed Women in Horror | By Mark Doubt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c1d10217bffc0ccdaf728d/1519764883911-X9MCOMXGBTCL5HV1IEDK/coverblank.jpg)
If there has been a theme to my Women In Horror Month offerings, it has been The Women of 60s Horror. Barbara Steele, Deborah Kerr, Clare Bloom, Veronica Carlson…I’ve highlighted a number of women from 1960s horror over the course of the month, and it’s about time I explained why.
![[#WiHM] Feb 20th (Girl Power Film) Under The Shadow (2016) | by Mark Doubt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c1d10217bffc0ccdaf728d/1519155973443-V3K5PL9QIFY6OZQWLL9Z/COVER.jpg)
Set in Tehran in 1988 during the final few months of the Iran/Iraq war, Babak Anvari’s debut feature is a chilling and harrowing supernatural horror set in a small apartment block, and centring on Shideh (Narges Rashidi) and her daughter Dorsa (Avin Manshadi), who may have been possessed by a Djinn (a malevolent wind spirit, well documented in the Quran and still feared by those with a belief in spirits and superstition).
![[#WiHM] Feb 19th (Crazed Killer) Tina Romero | Alucarda - by Mark Doubt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c1d10217bffc0ccdaf728d/1519063492738-MV41INW9B8VQ6JXYGEN0/1FINALCover.jpg)
There is perhaps no woman killer more crazed, more brutal and more visceral than Alucarda (Tina Romero) in Juan Lopez Moctezuma’s 1978 erotic horror, Alucarda. For WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH!
![[#WiHM] Feb 15th (Goddess of Gore) | Barbara Steele by Mark Doubt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c1d10217bffc0ccdaf728d/1518719745774-1SK5BDSOVP5RKJABVG46/1newbarbarasteelecover.jpg)
Of all the female actors who broke through in the 1960s and changed the way women were portrayed – not just in horror, but in movies full stop – one stands head and shoulders above the rest.
![[#WiHM] Feb 14th (Femme Fatale) Simone Simon by Mark Doubt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c1d10217bffc0ccdaf728d/1518639841247-VMWI3IA3IVCAAII5ZQCZ/simonesimon.jpg)
Simon’s career began in much the way we are led to believe fairytale Hollywood stories do – the aspiring fashion designer was spotted in a restaurant, plucked from obscurity and established herself as one of France’s hottest stars in no time at all.
![[#WiHM] Feb 12th (Gone But Not Forgotten) Milicent Patrick | "The Beauty Who Created the Beast" - by Mark Doubt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c1d10217bffc0ccdaf728d/1518467383463-214MPL1MV2VHDISJ40GP/cover.jpg)
Born Mildred Elizabeth Fulvia Rossi, Milicent Patrick was born sometime between 1915 and the 1930s (reports vary wildly) in El Paso, Texas. Milicent was a multi-talented woman (an actor, costumer, designer, illustrator and animator) whose name you may never have heard, but whose work you are certainly aware of. Indeed, much of Milicent’s life remains a mystery, partly due to her desire to avoid the spotlight, giving several conflicting stories to would-be biographers as to her background and real life.
![February 1st "Witch Please" [Women In Horror Month Challenge] by Mark Doubt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c1d10217bffc0ccdaf728d/1517510134362-27YWHUBNE2UBIU630MLZ/vvitch-horror-feb-1-cover.jpg)
To kick off Women in Horror Month, I’m going to go for an obvious one – Anya Taylor Joy in Robert Eggers’ The VVitch. A standout performance in a beautifully original film that, like most Witch stories, carries a very potent message about the way women, particularly young women on the verge of discovering their sexuality, are treated in patriarchal society – something that.....